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ATHEIST RESOURCES
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Addresses of atheist organizations and other groups of interest
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This file contains listings of atheist organizations in the United
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States, Canada, the United Kingdom, and Germany.
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It also contains listings of some books of interest to atheists, both
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fiction and non-fiction. A list of religious humour and satire is
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included.
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Finally, there is a small section on other electronic resources for
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atheists.
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USA
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Freedom From Religion Foundation
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Darwin fish bumper stickers and assorted other atheist paraphernalia
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are available from the Freedom From Religion Foundation in the US.
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They also publish a journal, "Freethought Today".
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FFRF,
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P.O. Box 750,
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Madison.
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WI 53701.
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Tel (608) 256-8900 / (608) 256-5800
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Freethought Society of Greater Philadelphia
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A local group affiliated to the Freedom From Religion Foundation.
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They're a non-profit educational organization who list their aims as:
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1. Maintaining the Jeffersonian wall of church/state separation
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2. Advocating non-theistic ideas through the unrestrained application
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of reason and human endeavour.
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They organize regular speaker meetings and publish a newsletter.
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Freethought Society of Greater Philadelphia
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P.O. Box 242,
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Pocopson,
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PA 19366-0242.
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Tel 610-793-2737.
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Evolution Design
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Evolution Design sell the "Darwin fish". It's a fish symbol, like the
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ones Christians stick on their cars, but with feet and the word
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"Darwin" written inside. The deluxe moulded 3D plastic fish is $4.95
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plus $0.50 shipping in the US. They also sell Darwin fish lapel pins
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(same price), and a range of T-shirts.
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Evolution Design,
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P.O. Box 26336,
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Austin.
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TX 78755.
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Tel (512) 338-9671
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People in the San Francisco Bay area can get Darwin Fish from Lynn
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Gold -- try mailing <figmo@netcom.com>. For net people who go to Lynn
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directly, the price is $4.95 per fish.
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Set Free
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Atheist stickers, T-shirts and books.
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Set Free,
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P.O. Box 3065-192,
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Garden Grove.
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CA 92642.
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American Atheists, Inc.
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Founded over 30 years ago, American Atheists works for the civil
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rights of Atheists and for state/church separation. It publishes a
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monthly newsletter and produces a weekly television series available
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on over 130 cable access channels. Membership and other information
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free on request, but only available by snail-mail.
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P.O. Box 140195,
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Austin,
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TX 78714-0195.
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Tel (512) 458-1244.
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Fax (512) 467-9525.
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BBS (512) 302-0223.
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Dial-THE-Atheist (512) 458-5731 (free recorded message service).
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Email 71700.2744@compuserve.com
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American Atheist Press
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Carries books, booklets, bumper stickers, and videos on Atheist and
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freethought topics. Free catalog on request by only available by
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snail-mail. American Atheist Press books can also be ordered on the
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American Atheist BBS at 512-302-0223.
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Their books include critiques of the Bible, lists of Biblical
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contradictions, and so on. One such book is "The Bible Handbook",
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listed in the reading list.
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American Atheist Press,
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P.O. Box 14505,
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Austin,
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TX 78761-4505.
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Tel (512) 458-1244.
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Fax (512) 467-9525.
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Email 71700.2744@compuserve.com
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Prometheus Books
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Sell books including Haught's "Holy Horrors".
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700 East Amherst Street,
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Buffalo.
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New York 14215.
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Tel (716) 837-2475.
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An alternate address (which may be newer or older) is:
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Prometheus Books,
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59 Glenn Drive,
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Buffalo.
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NY 14228-2197.
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Prometheus also have an address in the UK.
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African-Americans for Humanism
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An organization promoting black secular humanism and uncovering the
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history of black freethought. They publish a quarterly newsletter,
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"AAH Examiner".
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Norm R. Allen, Jr.,
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African Americans for Humanism,
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P.O. Box 664,
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Buffalo,
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NY 14226.
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American Humanist Association
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Publish a journal "The Humanist".
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American Humanist Association,
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7 Harwood Drive,
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P.O. Box 146,
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Amhearst.
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NY 14226-0146.
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Atheists United
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Atheists United,
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P.O. Box 5329,
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Sherman Oaks.
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CA 91413.
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Tel (818) 594-0678
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Church and State
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Church & State,
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8120 Fenton Street,
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Silver Spring.
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MD 20910.
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Tel (301) 589-3707
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Skeptical Inquirer Magazine
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The journal of the Committee for the Scientific Investigation of
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Claims Of the Paranormal, CSICOP. An excellent publication which
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discusses Creationism and other pseudo-scientific beliefs, as well as
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New Age religion, the paranormal, and so on; all from a sceptical
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viewpoint. Sometimes a little too conservative and reactionary, but
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generally pretty good.
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Skeptical Inquirer,
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Box 703,
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Buffalo.
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NY 14226-0703.
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Skeptic Magazine
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Skeptic magazine covers religious matters, as well as the more
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scientific scepticism covered by Skeptical Enquirer. Subscriptions are
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$35/year U.S., $25/year for seniors/students, $55/year outside the
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U.S.
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2761 N. Marengo Ave.,
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Altadena,
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CA 91001.
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Free Inquiry Magazine
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Free Inquiry,
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Box 664,
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Buffalo.
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NY 14226-0664.
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Tel (716) 636-7571
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A secular humanist magazine, founded in 1980 to challenge the forces
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of fundamentalism. It offers natural explanations for miraculous
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claims, defends the separation of church and state, advocates a
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nonreligious way of life, and demonstrates how to be a moral person
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without relying on supernatural beliefs.
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Some sample articles are on-line; if you have gopher access, connect
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to gopher.internet.com, port 2100, /11/collected/free_inq.
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The American Rationalist
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The American Rationalist,
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P.O. Box 994,
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St. Louis.
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MO 63188.
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"Creation/Evolution" and "NCSE Reports"
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National Center for Science Education,
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P.O. Box 9477,
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Berkeley,
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CA 94709.
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Tel (510) 526-1674
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CANADA
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Humanist Association of Canada
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Publish a magazine "Humanist in Canada". Have local groups in Toronto,
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Victoria, Hamilton-Burlington, Alberta and elsewhere.
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Humanist Association of Canada,
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P.O. Box 3769,
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Station C,
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Ottawa,
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Ontario.
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K1Y 4J8.
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The above is also the address for the local Ottawa group.
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UNITED KINGDOM
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Rationalist Press Association
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Rationalist Press Association,
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88 Islington High Street,
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London.
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N1 8EW.
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Tel 071 226 7251
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National Secular Society
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Publish "The Freethinker", a monthly magazine founded in 1881.
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National Secular Society,
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47, Theobalds Road,
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London.
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WC1X 8SP.
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Tel 071 404 3126.
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British Humanist Association
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British Humanist Association,
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14 Lamb's Conduit Passage,
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London.
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WC1R 4RH.
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Tel 071 430 0908
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Fax 071 430 1271
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South Place Ethical Society
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South Place Ethical Society,
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Conway Hall,
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Red Lion Square,
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London.
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WC1R 4RL.
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Tel 071 831 7723
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Prometheus Books
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Prometheus seem to have a distributor in the UK now. They sell books,
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including Haught's "Holy Horrors".
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Prometheus Books,
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10 Crescent View,
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Loughton,
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Essex.
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RG10 4PZ.
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Tel 081 508 2989
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GERMANY
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IBKA e.V.
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IBKA e.V.
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Postfach 880,
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D-12118 Berlin.
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Germany.
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Tel +49 30 826 61 52
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IBKA is Internationaler Bund der Konfessionslosen und Atheisten, They
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publish a journal "MIZ -- Materialien und Informationen zur Zeit
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(Politisches Journal der Konfessionslosen und Atheisten)." (Snappy
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title, huh?) Write to "MIZ-Vertrieb" at the IBKA address.
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For atheist books, write to:
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IBDK-Verlag GmbH,
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Postfach 167,
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D-63703 Aschaffenburg.
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Germany.
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Tel +49 6021 15744
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IBDK is Internationaler B<>cherdienst der Konfessionslosen,
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Books
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FICTION
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Thomas M. Disch
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"The Santa Claus Compromise"
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Short story. The ultimate proof that Santa exists. All characters and
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events are fictitious. Any similarity to living or dead gods -- uh,
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well...
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Walter M. Miller, Jr
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"A Canticle for Leibowitz"
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One gem in this post atomic doomsday novel is the monks who spent
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their lives copying blueprints from "Saint Leibowitz", filling the
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sheets of paper with ink and leaving white lines and letters.
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Edgar Pangborn
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"Davy"
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Post atomic doomsday novel set in clerical states. The church, for
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example, forbids that anyone "produce, describe or use any substance
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containing... atoms".
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Philip K. Dick
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Philip K. Dick wrote many philosophical and thought-provoking short
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stories and novels. His stories are bizarre at times, but quite
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approachable. He wrote mainly SF, but he wrote about people, truth and
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religion rather than technology. Although he often believed that he
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had met some sort of God, he remained sceptical. Amongst his novels,
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the following are of some relevance:
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"Galactic Pot-Healer"
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A fallible alien deity summons a group of Earth craftsmen and women to
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a remote planet to raise a giant cathedral from beneath the oceans.
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When the deity begins to demand faith from the earthers, pot-healer
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Joe Fernwright is unable to comply. A polished, ironic and amusing
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novel.
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"A Maze of Death"
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Noteworthy for its description of a technology-based religion.
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"VALIS"
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The schizophrenic hero searches for the hidden mysteries of Gnostic
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Christianity after reality is fired into his brain by a pink laser
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beam of unknown but possibly divine origin. He is accompanied by his
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dogmatic and dismissively atheist friend and assorted other odd
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characters.
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"The Divine Invasion"
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God invades Earth by making a young woman pregnant as she returns from
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another star system. Unfortunately she is terminally ill, and must be
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assisted by a dead man whose brain is wired to 24-hour easy listening
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music. (Look, I said this stuff was bizarre, OK?)
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Margaret Atwood
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"The Handmaid's Tale"
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A story based on the premise that the US Congress is mysteriously
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assassinated, and fundamentalists quickly take charge of the nation to
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set it "right" again. The book is the diary of a woman's life as she
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tries to live under the new Christian theocracy. Women's right to own
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property is revoked, and their bank accounts are closed; sinful
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luxuries are outlawed, and the radio is only used for readings from
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the Bible. Crimes are punished retroactively: doctors who performed
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legal abortions in the "old world" are hunted down and hanged.
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Atwood's writing style is difficult to get used to at first, but the
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tale grows more and more chilling as it goes on.
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Kingsley Amis
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Wrote an 'alternate history' where The Armada was not defeated and
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Europe is dominated by the Catholicism. Depicts life in a quasi-modern
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society controlled by the old-style Catholic church.
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Various Authors
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"The Bible"
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This somewhat dull and rambling work has often been criticized.
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However, it is probably worth reading, if only so that you'll know
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what all the fuss is about. It exists in many different versions, so
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make sure you get the one true version.
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NON-FICTION
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Antony Flew
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"Thinking Straight"
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A readable introduction to logical reasoning. Originally published as
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"Thinking About Thinking". Prometheus Books. ISBN 0-87975-088-X.
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Peter de Rosa
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"Vicars of Christ"
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Although de Rosa seems to be Christian or even Catholic this is a very
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enlighting history of papal immoralities, adulteries, fallacies etc.
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Bantam Press, 1988.
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(German translation: "Gottes erste Diener. Die dunkle Seite des
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Papsttums", Dr<44>mer-Knaur, 1989).
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Michael Martin
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"Atheism: A Philosophical Justification"
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A detailed and scholarly justification of atheism. Contains an
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outstanding appendix defining terminology and usage in this
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(necessarily) tendentious area. Argues both for "negative atheism"
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(i.e. the "non-belief in the existence of god(s)") and also for
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"positive atheism" ("the belief in the non-existence of god(s)").
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Includes great refutations of the most challenging arguments for god;
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particular attention is paid to refuting contempory theists such as
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Platinga and Swinburne.
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Temple University Press, Philadelphia, USA. 541 pages. ISBN
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0-87722-642-3 (hardcover; paperback also available)
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"The Case Against Christianity"
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A comprehensive critique of Christianity, in which he considers the
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best contemporary defences of Christianity and (ultimately)
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demonstrates that they are unsupportable and/or incoherent.
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Temple University Press. 273 pages. ISBN 0-87722-767-5
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James Turner
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"Without God, Without Creed"
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Subtitled "The Origins of Unbelief in America". Examines the way in
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which unbelief (whether agnostic or atheistic) became a mainstream
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alternative world-view. Focusses on the period 1770-1900, and while
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considering France and Britain the emphasis is on American, and
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particularly New England developments. "Neither a religious history of
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secularization or atheism, Without God, Without Creed is, rather, the
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intellectual history of the fate of a single idea, the belief that God
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exists."
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The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, MD, USA. 316 pages.
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ISBN (hardcover) 0-8018-2494-X (paper) 0-8018-3407-4
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George Seldes (Editor)
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"The Great Thoughts"
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A "dictionary of quotations" of a different kind, concentrating on
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statements and writings which, explicitly or implicitly, present the
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person's philosophy and world-view. Includes obscure (and often
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suppressed) opinions from many people. For some popular observations,
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traces the way in which various people expressed and twisted the idea
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over the centuries. Quite a number of the quotations are derived from
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Cardiff's "What Great Men Think of Religion" and Noyes' "Views of
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Religion".
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Ballantine Books, New York, USA. 490 pages. ISBN (paper)
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0-345-29887-X.
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Richard Swinburne
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"The Existence of God (Revised Edition)"
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This book is the second volume in a trilogy that began with "The
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Coherence of Theism" (1977) and was concluded with "Faith and Reason"
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(1981). In this work, Swinburne attempts to construct a series of
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inductive arguments for the existence of God. His arguments, which are
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somewhat tendentious and rely upon the imputation of late 20th century
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western Christian values and aesthetics to a God which is supposedly
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as simple as can be conceived, were decisively rejected in Mackie's
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"The Miracle of Theism". In the revised edition of "The Existence of
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God", Swinburne includes an Appendix in which he makes a somewhat
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incoherent attempt to rebut Mackie. Clarendon Paperbacks, Oxford.
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J. L. Mackie
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"The Miracle of Theism"
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This (posthumous) volume contains a comprehensive review of the
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principal arguments for and against the existence of God. It ranges
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from the classical philosophical positions of Descartes, Anselm,
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Berkeley, Hume et al, through the moral arguments of Newman, Kant and
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Sidgwick, to the recent restatements of the classical theses by
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Plantinga and Swinburne. It also addresses those positions which push
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the concept of God beyond the realm of the rational, such as those of
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Kierkegaard, Kung and Philips, as well as "replacements for God" such
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as Lelie's axiarchism. The book is a delight to read - less
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formalistic and better written than Martin's works, and refreshingly
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direct when compared with the hand-waving of Swinburne. Oxford.
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James A. Haught
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"Holy Horrors: An Illustrated History of Religious Murder and Madness"
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Looks at religious persecution from ancient times to the present day
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-- and not only by Christians. Library of Congress Catalog Card Number
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89-64079. Prometheus Books, 1990.
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Norm R. Allen, Jr.
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"African American Humanism: an Anthology"
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See the listing for African Americans for Humanism.
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Gordon Stein
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"An Anthology of Atheism and Rationalism"
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An anthology covering a wide range of subjects, including 'The Devil,
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Evil and Morality' and 'The History of Freethought'. Comprehensive
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bibliography. Prometheus Books.
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Edmund D. Cohen
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"The Mind of The Bible-Believer"
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A study of why people become Christian fundamentalists, and what
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effect it has on them. Prometheus Books.
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George H. Smith
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"Atheism: The Case Against God"
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Describes the positions of atheism, theism and agnosticism. Reviews
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many of the arguments used in favour of the existence of God.
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Concludes with an assessment of the impact of God on people's lives.
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Prometheus Books.
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Isaac Asimov
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"Asimov's Guide to the Bible"
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Asimov surveys and describes contemporary Biblical scholarship on the
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Bible, book by book, coupled with his own very interesting asides and
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speculations. Especially worthwhile are his descriptions of the
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apochrapha and many Christian and Rabbinical legends and traditions,
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some of which the general public only knows as idioms of speech.
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Outlet Book Company, Inc. 2 volumes, 1988, ISBN 0-517-34582-X Also
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available as two paperback volumes:
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1. "Asimov's Guide to the Bible: Old Testament"
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2. "Asimov's Guide to the Bible: New Testament"
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Avon Books, 1971. ISBN 0-380-01031-3 and ISBN 0-380-01032-1
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"In the Beginning"
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A book describing the differences between science and the Bible vis a
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vis the first several chapters of Genesis. Different in outlook,
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content, and purpose from the same chapters of his "Guide". The intent
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is to present an even-handed explanation of each side, but science
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comes off rather better overall, since the focus is on the science of
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the book of Genesis.
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Bertrand Russell
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"Why I Am Not a Christian and Other Essays on Religion and Related
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Subjects"
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This book has many essays (some clearly transcriptions of lectures)
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with Russell giving religion in general and Christianity in general a
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much harder time than is ordinary in common discourse. However, many
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of the discussions in alt.atheism have recognizable echos in these
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essays and Russell's lucid arguments, whether one agrees with them or
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not, are worth reading for their succinct description of the atheist
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position on issues that are taken up almost daily on alt.atheism.
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Touchstone Books, Simon & Schuster, 1967, ISBN 0-671-20323-1
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Charles Mackay
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"Extraordinary Popular Delusions & the Madness of Crowds"
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Most of us give too short a shrift to the reality of fad, fancy, and
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its serious side-effect; mob-think. This classic book describes witch
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trials, slow poisoning (a fad where Italian and French nobles were
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socially sanctioned to murder each other provided a sufficiently
|
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subtle poison was used) and the various forms of "Ponzi" schemes such
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as the South Sea Bubble and the Dutch Tulip Mania. One gets the
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feeling the US' Founding Fathers were familiar with this book. Those
|
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who assume they will always be on the same side as the majority or
|
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that the majority can be counted on to be rational would particularly
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profit from reading it. Besides, it is enormously entertaining as it
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highlights human folly in an engaging way.
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Crown Publishing Group, paperback, ISBN 0-517-53919-5, Harmony
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Lee Carter
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"Lucifer's Handbook"
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A compilation of all the arguments for the existence of God, condensed
|
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and simplified into one neat volume. Academic Associates. ISBN
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0-918260-01-9
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W.P. Ball and G.W. Foote
|
||
|
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"The Bible Handbook"
|
||
|
||
Bible contradictions, absurdities, atrocities, immoralities...
|
||
contains Ball, Foote: "The Bible Contradicts Itself", AAP. Based on
|
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the King James version of the Bible. American Atheist Press. 372 pp.
|
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ISBN 0-910309-26-4, 2nd edition, 1986.
|
||
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HUMOUR / SATIRE
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Jeremy Pascall
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"God: The Ultimate Autobiography"
|
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|
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God gets the chance to put the record straight after being misquoted
|
||
for so many years. Jeremy Pascall acts as "Holy Ghost Writer".
|
||
|
||
"In most autobiographies the subject starts at the beginning, but in
|
||
My case that's tricky. I have no beginning. And, for that matter, I
|
||
have no end. I'm Infinite. So it makes starting the story difficult.
|
||
Not to mention ending it. In theory this book could continue
|
||
indefinitely, which, of course, raises practical difficulties like
|
||
the immense size of it and the fact that no one would live to read
|
||
it all the way through. Except Me and that narrows its commercial
|
||
appeal."
|
||
|
||
Includes the eleventh commandment, why Adam and Eve were fired from
|
||
the first Theme Park, Top of the Popes, and so on. Ebury Press, ISBN
|
||
0-85223-657-3 (hardback).
|
||
|
||
"Satan: The Hiss and Tell Memoirs"
|
||
|
||
The other side of the story, as told by the Prince of Darkness. A
|
||
great book for the bookshelf if fundies visit.
|
||
|
||
"Right from the start I intended to set up a rival attraction to
|
||
Heaven. Somewhere that was not run, as He ran His place, like a boy
|
||
scouts camp but somewhere you could, if you so wished, scout for
|
||
camp boys, not to mention willing girls and every animal of every
|
||
possible gender, all in a constant state of sexual arousal.
|
||
|
||
Includes the eighth delightful sin, Hades Leisure Park disorder form,
|
||
and so on. Ebury Press, ISBN 0-85223-766-9 (hardback). "God: The
|
||
Ultimate Autobiography" and "Satan: The Hiss and Tell Memoirs" have
|
||
also been published as a single paperback volume.
|
||
|
||
The SubGenius Foundation / Rev. Ivan Stang
|
||
|
||
"The Book of the SubGenius"
|
||
|
||
The official holy book of the Church of the SubGenius. Read it and
|
||
prepare for X-day, July 5th 1998, when the flying saucers from Planet
|
||
X will land. Jehovah-1 the Space God is an alien, and still threatens
|
||
this planet.
|
||
|
||
HAS FEAR OF THE UNUSUAL PREVENTED YOU FROM JOINING THE CHURCH OF THE
|
||
SUBGENIUS? Or, if yo are already a member, has Conspiracy harassment
|
||
kept you from enjoying your full rights as a SubGenius? Do they
|
||
constantly reinforce your Conspiracy programming by making it
|
||
financially necessary that you attend endless pink-ins, gatherings
|
||
of dull blandoid Normalcy Dupes who bore you to death, making you
|
||
sit there while you secretly daydream of wreaking havoc on their
|
||
pallid world? Or do they try to intimidate you out of SubGeniusness?
|
||
For instance, are you having trouble getting a good job, or laid? Is
|
||
it increasingly difficult for you to "relate"? Is your mail being
|
||
opened? Have you recently had a Close Call of the Third Kind?"
|
||
|
||
An unholy mix of profundity and profanity; a satire on religion, or a
|
||
religion of satire. Simon and Schuster, NY. ISBN 0-671-63810-6
|
||
|
||
See also the newsgroup alt.slack.
|
||
|
||
Malaclypse the Younger
|
||
|
||
"Principia Discordia"
|
||
|
||
The Bible of Discordianism, the worship of Eris, Goddess of Chaos and
|
||
Confusion.
|
||
|
||
"A Discordian is Required during his early Illumination to Go Off
|
||
Alone and Partake Joyously of a Hot Dog on a Friday; this Devotive
|
||
Ceremony to Remonstrate against the popular Paganisms of the Day: of
|
||
Catholic Christendom (no meat on Friday), of Judaism (no meat of
|
||
Pork), of Hindic Peoples (no meat of Beef), of Buddhists (no meat of
|
||
animal), and of Discordians (no Hot Dog Buns)."
|
||
|
||
In some ways, Discordianism is the sister church of the Church of the
|
||
SubGenius. SubGenii and Discordians are everywhere; read their
|
||
respective Holy Books, and an awful lot more of what you see on the
|
||
Internet will make sense.
|
||
|
||
The Principia Discordia is available online, if you know where to
|
||
look.
|
||
|
||
Electronic Resources
|
||
|
||
SKEPTIC DISCUSSION GROUP
|
||
|
||
Analogous to sci.skeptic, but higher quality. Debates about
|
||
religion-associated factual claims happen regularly. Ask for
|
||
information from <skeptic-request@jhuvm.hcf.jhu.edu>.
|
||
|
||
Also available as bit.listserv.skeptic.
|
||
|
||
OBJ-REL: FOR "OBJECTIVE DISCUSSION OF RELIGION"
|
||
|
||
Both religious and irreligious people argue their points of view. Ask
|
||
for information from <obj-rel-request@jhuvm.hcf.jhu.edu>.
|
||
|
||
LOGIC-L: FOR THE DISCUSSION OF TOPICS RELATED TO THE TEACHING AND STUDY OF
|
||
ELEMENTARY LOGIC
|
||
|
||
The primary purpose of this List is to provide a forum for the
|
||
exchange of views, experiences, techniques, and professional
|
||
information pertaining to the teaching and study of elementary
|
||
logic. By 'elementary logic' we mean the areas of logic customarily
|
||
taught up through the undergraduate level, and including the concerns
|
||
of both deductive and inductive logic, with special emphasis upon the
|
||
apparatus of first-order predicate calculus. The intent of the List is
|
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|
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regarded as exclusive of discussions of a theoretical character. We
|
||
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|
||
* Developing trends in the teaching of logic
|
||
* Comparison of the levels at which elementary logic is taught --
|
||
symbolic logic, metatheory, etc.
|
||
* New developments in the teaching of elementary logic -- modal
|
||
logic, relevance logic, speech act theory, etc.
|
||
* Issues in the philosophy of logic, epistemology, cognitive
|
||
science, linguistics, computer science, psychology etc. as they
|
||
bear upon the teaching of logic
|
||
* Logic software available as teaching and learning aids
|
||
* Consideration of new (and old) textbooks and their merits
|
||
* Successful (and unsuccessful) practices in the teaching of logic
|
||
-- the use of puzzles, humor, paradoxes, differing testing
|
||
methods, etc.
|
||
* The relations of logic to ordinary language, and the strengths and
|
||
limitations of formalization
|
||
* The interrelations between logical and rhetorical modes of
|
||
communication
|
||
* The history of the teaching of logic, and where it seems to be
|
||
going as we move into the 21st Century The list is unmoderated and
|
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open to anyone, from any discipline, with a serious academic
|
||
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|
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insight, relevant conference announcements/calls for papers, etc.
|
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|
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|
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To subscribe, send a message to <LISTSERV@BUCKNELL.EDU> containing
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When you subscribe you automatically receive explanatory
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|
||
|
||
ALT.ATHEISM FTP ARCHIVE
|
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A selection of files culled from alt.atheism is available for
|
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anonymous ftp access at ftp.mantis.co.uk. For those without access
|
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to FTP, a mail server provides access to the files; send mail to
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<mail-server@mantis.co.uk> with the single word help in the
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|
||
When calling the ftp site, please try and pick times which are not
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office hours in the UK -- that is, not between 09:00 and 18:00
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UTC.
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||
|
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SKEPTIC MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
|
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There is an archive of selected articles from Skeptic magazine
|
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<mathew@mantis.co.uk>
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Information on Uniplex e-mail. Information on construction of
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housing using geodesic domes. Reasonably priced recumbant bikes.
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