Christianity has the Bible, Islam has the Qur'an, both of which outline these faiths - their philosophy, morality and core beliefs. Other religions such as Hinduism have several books explaining this. Does atheism have a definitive work, or several definitive works explaining their position?
2007-03-17 14:46:51 · 14 answers · asked by Mordent 7 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Atheism: The Case Against God by George H. Smith. I love that book. Sooooo much.
Ok, so it's not ACTUALLY our Bible... but it's a great overview.
And no, we don't have an official "atheist book". There are, however, several wonderful works out there. I'd recommend:
Atheism: The Case Against God by George H. Smith
The God Delusion by Richard Dawkins
"The End of Faith" & "Letter to a Christian Nation" by Sam Harris
The Demon-Haunted World: Science As A Candle In The Dark by Carl Sagan
2007-03-17 14:49:38 · answer #1 · answered by ZER0 C00L ••AM••VT•• 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The great thing about being an atheist is you don't have to subscribe to one book of person's ideas and hope they'll apply to all things for all time - that's impossible and is the reason why all religions always die. There are hundreds of great works that assist the atheist thinker - works by Nietzsche, Sartre, Camus, Beckett, Dawkins, Darwin and so on and so on and so on. And few books encourage an atheist viewpoint so usefully as the Bible!
2007-03-17 14:56:24 · answer #2 · answered by Bad Liberal 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Atheism has no such book.
We have no "position" aside from having no belief in gods.
Anything else an atheist believes is their own personal philosophy.
2007-03-17 14:53:56 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Keep in mind that you used "holy books" for the "faiths" you mentioned -- as atheism is neither faith nor religion (it is, in fact, the absolute absence of both of those things) there is no "holy book" for atheism.
There are a number of books that teach you to use your brain to reason, and so which can lead you to leave behind superstitious myth.
"The God Delusion" by Richard Dawkins is fairly new and readily available -- it's a good start.
Peace.
2007-03-17 14:53:13 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Not really. Nothing we'd all agree to. But I suggest you start with Sam Harris' "Letter to a Christian Nation", Richard Dawkin's "The God Delusion", and Paul Kurtz's "In Defense of Secular Humanism" for an idea of where most of us are coming from on the issue.
2007-03-17 14:54:19 · answer #5 · answered by eri 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not really.
I suppose if you simply *must* have a book explaining the whole thing you might check out Richard Dawkins' "The God Delusion", or Sam Harris' "Letter to a Christian Nation".
2007-03-17 14:51:16 · answer #6 · answered by SomeGuy 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Science.
2007-03-17 14:51:18 · answer #7 · answered by NONAME 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Atheism is not a religion so why should it have a religious format? their are those who have web sites if you need them.
http://www.webofreason.org/index.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atheism
http://godisimaginary.com/
http://www.infidels.org/library/modern/richard_carrier/resurrection/lecture.html
http://www.realitymatters.com/origin.html
hope these help to enlighten you ;Try Buddhism also it is atheistic in some arenas
2007-03-17 14:58:40 · answer #8 · answered by dogpatch USA 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes: Spaceballs.
2007-03-17 14:52:19 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You ever heard of truth? Science is the search for truth. It is forever on going and not scripted in some ancient scribe.
2007-03-17 14:50:26 · answer #10 · answered by apple juice 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋