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I'd love to get any references you have. I enjoy learning from anyone who can keep an open mind. I do have to say that your comment about sheep herders, while

I'd love to get any references you have. I enjoy learning from anyone who can keep an open mind. I do have to say that your comment about sheep herders, while funny (and accurate) was a little over the top. Deistic or Theistic, if someone doesn't suck at religion I think that they should be left alone. Especially if that leads them to give money to the poor, teach in developing nations, etc. While it can be argued that those things have negative effects I've also seen some of the good that comes from it first hand. I love this comic. I believe it sums up most of what I think about religion. The only thing I would change is the one where the father is teaching his daughter. There does need to be room for a parent to "express" belief to his children and acceptance when the children differ from the parent. http://theoatmeal.com/comics/religion http://theoatmeal.com/comics/religion Agnostic and atheistic beliefs can be added to the above comic as well. :-) That being said, if you see someone sucking at their religion please school them and tell them I'm asking them not to make the rest of us look bad.

super_mario 14y ago
Here they are before I forget: A Devil's Chaplain Are You Living in a Computer Simulation Arguing About Gods Atheism - The Case Against God Atheist Manifest - In Defense of Atheism Atheist Universe Biblical Cosmology Breaking the Spell - Religion as a Natural Phenomenon Cognitive and neural foundations of religious belief Darwin's Dangerous Idea Evolution and the Meanings of Life Demon Haunted World - Science as a Candle in the Dark Dossier Of Reason Evil God Challenge Forged God - The Failed Hypothesis God Is Not Great Godless History of God Jesus Interrupted Jesus Myth - The Case Against Historical Christ Letter To A Christian Nation Logic and Theism Love Thy Neighbour - Evolution of In-group Morality Lying Misquoting Jesus Superstition In All Ages The Ascension of Yahweh_ The Origins and Development of Israelite Monotheism The Christian Delusion The Dialogues of Plato The Early History of Heaven The End of Faith The Evolution of God The God Delusion The God Virus How Religion Infects Our Lives And Culture The Moral Landscape Who Wrote the Bible Why I am not a Christian These are just some of the books I have read on the subject, but there are others highly rated and recommended that I still want to go through. However, these are really good. If this list seems daunting I would recommend a shorter list: "Breaking the spell" by Daniel Dennett "The God Delusion" by Richard Dawkings "God is not great" by Christopher Hitchens "End of Faith" by Sam Harris But books by Steven Hawking "The Grand Design", "Universe from Nothing" by Lawrence Krauss and "Your Inner Fish - A Journey into the 3.5 billion year history of the human body" by Neil Shubin, are also great although somewhat more technical. All other books are softer read.

super_mario 14y ago

Here they are before I forget: A Devil's Chaplain Are You Living in a Computer Simulation Arguing About Gods Atheism - The Case Against God Atheist Manifest - In Defense of Atheism Atheist Universe Biblical Cosmology Breaking the Spell - Religion as a Natural Phenomenon Cognitive and neural foundations of religious belief Darwin's Dangerous Idea Evolution and the Meanings of Life Demon Haunted World - Science as a Candle in the Dark Dossier Of Reason Evil God Challenge Forged God - The Failed Hypothesis God Is Not Great Godless History of God Jesus Interrupted Jesus Myth - The Case Against Historical Christ Letter To A Christian Nation Logic and Theism Love Thy Neighbour - Evolution of In-group Morality Lying Misquoting Jesus Superstition In All Ages The Ascension of Yahweh_ The Origins and Development of Israelite Monotheism The Christian Delusion The Dialogues of Plato The Early History of Heaven The End of Faith The Evolution of God The God Delusion The God Virus How Religion Infects Our Lives And Culture The Moral Landscape Who Wrote the Bible Why I am not a Christian These are just some of the books I have read on the subject, but there are others highly rated and recommended that I still want to go through. However, these are really good. If this list seems daunting I would recommend a shorter list: "Breaking the spell" by Daniel Dennett "The God Delusion" by Richard Dawkings "God is not great" by Christopher Hitchens "End of Faith" by Sam Harris But books by Steven Hawking "The Grand Design", "Universe from Nothing" by Lawrence Krauss and "Your Inner Fish - A Journey into the 3.5 billion year history of the human body" by Neil Shubin, are also great although somewhat more technical. All other books are softer read.