2007-05-13 19:05:57 · 28 answers · asked by spring storm 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
No one finds answers or truths in outside sources as reading a book. If one recognizes a truth in something he reads it is not because it is in the book but that one recognizes it as truth because it already exists in one's heart. As long as one seeks truth in outside sources, one will be like a reed in the wind.
2007-05-13 19:26:17 · answer #1 · answered by stedyedy 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Atheists don't have any such book. They don't really need one. We don't need to limit ourselves to any single book and we don't need to dogmatically adhere to anything anyone (even another atheist) would say that goes that far from knowing the importance of science, reason, and philosophy.
If atheists are looking for atheists, they'd probably look around for some, either research (look into many books and online material) or pose the question on a discussion boards or amongst other atheists in a different setting.
Current popular books about atheism right now would be:
"The God Delusion" by Richard Dawkins
"The End of Faith" by Sam Harris
"Letter to a Christian Nation" by Sam Harris
"Breaking the Spell" by Daniel Dennett
"God Is Not Great" by Christopher Hitchens
"God: The Failed Hypothesis" by Victor Stenger
"Infidel" by Ayaan Hirsi Ali
"The Varieties of Scientific Experience" by Carl Sagan
"Atheist Manifesto" by Michel Onfrey
"I Sold My Soul on eBay" by Hemant Mehta
Besides these there are other "classics" of atheism, freethought, humanism, and skepticism, such as:
"Why I Am Not a Christian" by Bertrand Russell
"Atheism: The Case Against God" by George H. Smith
Anything written by Robert "The Great Agnostic" Ingersoll
"The Demon-Haunted World" by Carl Sagan
There are more, but these are just the well-known ones.
2007-05-13 19:24:10 · answer #2 · answered by Logan 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No, not really. We're a bit more acclimated to differences of opinion. Plus, we're more likely to have read more than one book in our lifetimes. A good start for understanding the atheist position might be The God Delusion by Richard Dawkins, but it's nowhere near holy writ.
2007-05-13 19:09:43 · answer #3 · answered by Doc Occam 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it's called the power of their own mind, yet they question who possibly made them, or the universe, or the trees and the animals, oceans, and every other thing on this planet. I don't understand why it's so hard to believe God. We didn't just appear out of nowhere. It that were true then why hasn't anything continued to pop up. Same can be said for evolution, why has no monkey turned into a human, and don't say we haven't let enough time go by to see it happen, that answer doesn't cut it
2007-05-13 19:16:26 · answer #4 · answered by T 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Emotional Resilience by David Viscott, MD really opened my eyes to the real nature of my emotional life that a childhood steeped in religion failed to address in any way. Ayn Rand had a lot of nice things to tell me as well. Did you know thoughts and feelings are the same thing?
2007-05-13 19:17:36 · answer #5 · answered by JudyTang 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Atheism is basically a lack of religion. Not being a real "religion" with defined churches, leaders, gods, etc. it wouldn't have a book. People become atheist the second they stop believing in any form of god.
2007-05-13 19:09:28 · answer #6 · answered by Odysseus J 3 · 4⤊ 0⤋
the bible gives a few basic points... it doesnt answer all questions, but i think atheists go off of known scientific knowledge which isnt much better its just that they reject the few points the bible has right off the bat and fill in the blanks with their own understanding ..
2007-05-13 19:12:51 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
The other 9 billion books on the library shelves.
2007-05-13 19:14:59 · answer #8 · answered by Sun: supporting gay rights 7 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Encyclopedia
2007-05-13 19:09:18 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
Well, not exactly. They just start slowly saying "Well, Freee-drick Neeee-cha says........" and hope that Christians will be so intimidated by their pronunciation of "Freee-drick Neeee-cha" that they will assume that they are reading from a big smart book and stop challenging them.
2007-05-13 19:34:40 · answer #10 · answered by spit_316 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋