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The Necessity of Atheism

David Marshall Brooks

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Plain speaking is necessary in any discussion of religion, for if the freethinker attacks the religious dogmas with hesitation, the orthodox believer assumes that it is with regret that the freethinker would remove the crutch that supports the orthodox. And all religious beliefs are "crutches" hindering the free locomotive efforts of an advancing humanity. There are no problems related to human progress and happiness in this age which any theology can solve, and which the teachings of free thought cannot do better and without the aid of encumbrances. (Summary from the preface)

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. . .Jewish ideas; they belong to the old fundamental errors of humanity. Yet, Plato knew that the punishment inflicted on a guilty person is not, nor should it be, a vengeance; it is a painful remedy imposed on him for his own benefit and that of society. At about the same period Athenian law laid down the principle that punishment should be as personal as the fault, thus St. Paul founded Christian Theology on two archaic ideas which had already been condemned by enlightened Athenians of the fourth century before our era, ideas which no one would dream of upholding in these days, though the structure built upon them still subsists."

In chapter V of the first Epistle of St. John, these words strike the visitor, "There are three that bear witness in heaven, the Father, and the Word, and the Holy Ghost, and these three are One." If these two56 verses are authentic, they would be an affirmation of the doctrine of the Trinity, dating from the first century, at a time when. . . Read More

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Compulsively readable and quite informative, this text is quite strange in the way that it treats Jesus—due to an off-comment in some book, the author has taken it upon himself to write that Jesus of Nazareth most probably had a physical defect and was trying to compensate; thus his behavior—and of

Although written in the early 1930s I found the arguments advanced still relevant if the examples are somewhat dated. This book is definitely intended for those who already are agnostic, atheist, or strongly inclined toward disbelief in the supernatural. If you're looking for a balanced debate on th

Μια ενδιαφέρουσα και αρκετά εμπεριστατωμένη "πολεμική" της θρησκείας, γραμμένη το 1933, πριν τον Β παγκόσμιο και τον Ψυχρό Πόλεμο, τότε που η ανθρωπότητα ακόμα κοιτούσε με ελπίδα το παράδειγμα της Ρωσίας, ως μιας νέας, διαφορετικής, αθρησκης και ανθρωποκεντρικής φαινομενικά κοινωνίας.
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An emotive and impassioned tract against religion, or - despite a cursory glance at the other Abrahamic faiths and a typical, atheistic wistfulness for that brand of ancient Roman paganism that had no pretensions of being taken seriously - those most diabolical followers of Christ. This is a fun but

A tedious and quite banal attack on religions, seemingly not powerful enough to shake believers from their faiths, nor novel enough to interest nonbelievers from their busy lives.

For anyone who feels uncomfortable about critically assessing his or her faith, this is a dangerous book to read. It has all the force and impact of a really modern rationalist approach to theism, citing extensive examples of where religion has not advanced, but significantly hindered, human civilis

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