The path to reason

Smith, a business analyst at a computer software firm who was once a conservative Christian, seeks to eliminate misconceptions about atheism and skepticism by examining faith and reason, the two means by which we evaluate our world. Writing for those who are confused by media representations and culture wars about philosophy and religion, Smith explains his personal path to atheism and skepticism as he describes the collision of faith and reason, the application of reason to such ideas as the soul, God, and meaning, critical thinking, including its fallacies, and specific precepts of skepticism. He then explains Christianity as he perceives it, analyzing such ideas as heaven and hell, the ten commandments, sex and violence, Jesus in the books of Matthew and John, the end times, prophecy and religious history, and the facts of life of a committed atheist.

101 Contradictions in the Bible

Filled with Fascinating Quotes from the Most Famous Book in the World. Contradictions in the Bible Teaches us that even Perfection still needs work. Discover what the Bible says but we do not notice, understand in a new dimension what the Holy Book is Really telling you. Make up your own mind and decide. Are You a leader or a Follower?


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How to Be a Good Atheist

The title of Nick Harding’s book How to Be a Good Atheist, could mean morally good or effective. What is offered covers what ‘atheism’ means, a brief history of it, a justification, and an attack on religion. It is a short (160 pages) addition to the current spate of anti-religious books by Dawkins, Dennett, Hitchens, etc. It is very clear and readable, though there are some stylistic and grammatical slips.
He seems to agree with the view of some writers, that there are five subsets of atheism: dogmatic, sceptical, critical, philosophical and speculative. I would rather see a spectrum, ranging from mere absence of belief in God or gods, to either a denial of their existence, or the view that since there is neither evidence nor logical argument in favour, and rather good reasons against, a negative result is the only tenable conclusion. There is a chapter on “What is wrong with religion?” – essentially, that it relies on faith – although Harding points out that some religions have no gods. His history of atheism is clear if necessarily very condensed. There is a spirited defence of atheism against the usual silly attacks, e.g. it is just another faith, lots of bad people like Hitler have been atheists (he wasn’t, and in any case it is irrelevant), atheists cannot be moral, if we lose religion we lose all our finer qualities, love, art, music, etc., we all “really” believe in God but atheists won’t admit it, and so on.

Breaking the Spell - Religion as a Natural Phenomenon

If nowhere else, the dead live on in our brain cells, not just as memories but as programs--computerlike models compiled over the years capturing how the dearly departed behaved when they were alive. These simulations can be remarkably faithful. In even the craziest dreams the people we know may remain eerily in character, acting as we would expect them to in the real world. Even after the simulation outlasts the simulated, we continue to sense the strong presence of a living being. Sitting beside a gravestone, we might speak and think for a moment that we hear a reply.

In the 21st century, cybernetic metaphors provide a rational grip on what prehistoric people had every reason to think of as ghosts, voices of the dead. And that may have been the beginning of religion. If the deceased was a father or a village elder, it would have been natural to ask for advice--which way to go to find wateror the best trails for a hunt.

God Wants You Dead

This book is about the past, present, and future evolution of human ideas. Its primary emphasis is on parasitic collectivist ideologies. It examines where such ideas come from, how they harm us, and how we can remove them from our own minds and from the culture around us. Finally, it tells us the amazing things that will become possible for humanity when they are gone. Not only religions, but also nation states, racial groups, corporations and other collectives are targeted for observation and criticism.
This book will probably offend you, if you hold any icons to be sacred or are a
believer in any ideology that encourages group loyalty and action. When you get
to a part criticizing your favorite ideology, please just try to remember that we are
actually trying to be helpful.

Superstition in All Ages

SUPERSTITION IN ALL AGES: A DYING CONFESSION

BY JEAN MESLIER

A Roman Catholic Priest, who at his death left as his “Last Will and Testament” this now famous manuscript as contained herein, entitled COMMON SENSE

This atheistic book was a work of by Baron d'Holbach's as but it was written under the name of Jean Meslier. It was originally published in French in 1772. Due to the severe restrictions on the press in the 18th century, d'Holbach published most of his work under the names of famous dead people. This book also includes a thirty-nine page abstract of the testament of John Meslier written by Voltaire. 

WHEN we wish to examine in a cool, calm way the opinions of men, we are very much surprised to find that in those which we consider the most essential, nothing is more rare than to find them using common sense; that is to say, the portion of judgment sufficient to know the most simple truths, to reject the most striking absurdities, and to be shocked by palpable contradictions. We have an example of this in Theology, a science revered in all times, in all countries, by the greatest number of mortals; an object considered the most

What respect really is ?

Respect is what? How will we recognize respect? Is it external appearance or the body language? Is it fear or something else? In a country like Bangladesh the respect is nothing but FEAR. If u smoke cigarette before an elderly person then you are nothing but impolite. But is that so?
If you keep long hair for style or whatever the reason is, in our country you will be regarded as impolite or plebeian. The million dollar question is what is the problem? Can a long hair even harm a fly? A person who usually smoke, if he come across of an elderly person he has to banned off the cigarette. But is it good? In fact the tendency of hiding something natural is not good for anyone. It can be harmful for the mental health of that person.

If you ask someone why smoke in front of an elderly person or keep long hair is a sign of impoliteness? And ask him answer logically, be sure he will fail to answer. Not only he, anyone of this world will fail to answer that logically. Because there is no logical answer to refute this question.

Whom should i respect to?Is that the age of a person that he spent before my birth or the giving of something that someone deserve? If we have to respect the elderly people then i have to respect Hitler also.But is he a person of respect? If a bad person of your area is elderly than you,what will your expression after looking at him?Will you respect him or ignore him at the first glance?For sure you will do the latter.Then what are we respecting actually?

What we need is CHANGE.The wind of change.We need educated person.Not that every literate person is educated.We don't need literate person but we need more educated person.An literate person is not capable off giving anything to the nation where an educated person certainly can.Anyone can be literate but not everyone can be an educated.We hope one day the fear in the name of respect will be only myth.