Posted on: June 24, 2009 - 8:07am #1

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Anything you can find from

Anything you can find from Carl Sagan!

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Posted on: June 24, 2009 - 9:41am #2

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Also, Michael Shermer is

Also, Michael Shermer is quite good.

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Posted on: June 24, 2009 - 10:01am #3

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Here are a few I have on my

Here are a few I have on my Summer list:

Freethinkers: A history of American Secularism - Susan Jacoby

Misquoting Jesus: The story behind who changed the Bible and why - Bart Ehrman

Of Men and Muses - Thomas Verenna (this is Rook's new book)

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The Twilight Saga - Stephanie Meyer

I have already started Of Men and Muses, Freethinkers is on its way, Misquoting Jesus is in my amazon shopping cart and the twilight series I will be borrowing shortly. I don't know if I will have enough time to read everything...but will surely try ! Smiling

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Posted on: June 24, 2009 - 1:05pm #4

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Sense and Godness without

Sense and Godness without god - Richard Carrier
The quran - John Meadows Bodwell Translation
The Magus - John Knowles
The Quantum Brain - Jeffrey Satinover
The Forever War - Dexter Filkins

How can not believing in something that is backed up with no empirical evidence be less scientific than believing in something that not only has no empirical evidence but actually goes against the laws of the universe and in many cases actually contradicts itself? - Ricky Gervais

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Posted on: June 24, 2009 - 1:56pm #5

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The Red Queen: Sex and the

The Red Queen: Sex and the Evolution of Human Nature

The Authoritarian Specter

Nonzero: The Logic of Human Destiny

The Way We Never Were: American Families and the Nostalgia Trap

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Books about atheism

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Posted on: June 24, 2009 - 2:50pm #6

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Books on my list which I

Books on my list which I would recommend. I am currently reading the first one.

Dying to Kill: The Allure of Suicide Terror (Paperback)

Understanding Terror Networks (Hardcover)

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Physics of the Impossible: A Scientific Exploration into the World of Phasers, Force Fields, Teleportation, and Time Travel (Paperback)

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Posted on: June 24, 2009 - 3:49pm #7

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Ken G. wrote: Can I get

Ken G. wrote:

Can I get some suggestion for this summer's reading list,already read Harris,Hitchens and Dawkins books.

My mom inadvertantly let my birthday gift(sept 9) out of the bag. I told her I wanted "Infidel" by Ayaan Hersi Ali. I went to vistit her for our regular weekly dinner, and she keeps a brush for me in a drawer so I can brush my hair before we go to the cafeteria(she lives in an assisted living home).

Anywho, I get there, open the drawer where my brush is, and I see a book next to it, cover face down. I thought she merely stuck one of her books in there, I turned it over thinking it was one of her books. SUPRISE!

So now that I know, I tease her because she is Catholic, I do a "help me" voice (being the voice of the book) "Dont leave me here, your mom will try to convert me".

That is my long winded way of saying "Infidel" by Ayaan Hersi Ali,

Other books:

1984

Animal Farm

The Oedipus Trilogies

Medea

Billy Bud

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To name a few.

Hitchens, Harris, Dawkins, for any atheist, if you haven't read by now, you are way behind.

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Posted on: June 24, 2009 - 8:57pm #8

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House of Leaves- Mark Z

House of Leaves- Mark Z Danielewski (I think)

My Booky Wook- Russell Brand (hilarious)

Dubliners- James Joyce

Stalingrad- Antony Beevor

"Do not, as some ungracious pastors do, show me the steep and thorny way to heaven. Whiles, like a puff'd and reckless libertine, himself the primrose path of dalliance treads. And recks not his own rede."

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Posted on: June 24, 2009 - 11:03pm #9

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phooney wrote:Anything you can find from Carl Sagan !

Yes ! Carl Sagan is excellent. I already read " A Candle in the Dark " I think every kid before he or she graduates from high school ,should have to read this eye-opener book. Mandatory reading.

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Posted on: June 25, 2009 - 3:57am #10

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Renee wrote:Here are a few I have on my Summer list :

Thank's for the list , Last summer one of my favorite book's was "The American Age of Unreason by Susan Jacoby.I highly recommend it. With all of this new technology why are we so dumb,seems to be her point.

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Posted on: June 25, 2009 - 4:02am #11

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Abu Lahab wrote:Sense and Godness

Thank's for the list.I do have one question,is that Sense and Godness or Goodness without God ?

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Posted on: June 25, 2009 - 4:11am #12

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Hambydammit wrote:The Red Queen:Sex and the Evolution of ---

Human Evolution. This one sounds good,but the one that really caught my eye was "The Authoritarian Specter, I've been reading a lot about different Governments. Thank's for the list !

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Posted on: June 25, 2009 - 4:22am #13

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Cpt_pineapple wrote: Books on my list

Yes they all look like they would be very interesting,but the one that sticks out is "Physics of the Impossible"by Michio Kaku.I just watched a show last week on the Science channel "Cheat Sheet" and he was the Scientist that answered the questions.

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Posted on: June 25, 2009 - 4:54am #14

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Brian37 wrote:Infidel and other books

Thank's for the suggestions,I was wondering what "Billy Bud" is about. Your into Orwell , he's a must read,I got a cut out from a magazine,with his picture,when he was selling his book "1984" and with a quote from him that reads "If you want a picture of the future,imagine a boot stamping on a Human face for ever". I always surprised when people say to me "did your ever read 1984"and I say yes,a long time ago,then I ask them if they ever read "Homage to Catalonia"by George Orwell,and they say No,and I haven't even heard of it,so then I tell them that when he was a private and a corporal in the Spanish Civil War ,fighting the communist and that although he considered himself a Socialist ,he was Anti-Stalinist,not anti-Marxist.Check it out.

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Posted on: June 25, 2009 - 5:06am #15

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cervello_marcio wrote:House of Leaves-Mark Z

Thank's for the suggestions.House of Leaves ? I'll have to check that one out.

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Posted on: June 25, 2009 - 7:06am #16

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Ken G. wrote: Thank's for

Ken G. wrote:

Thank's for the suggestions,I was wondering what "Billy Bud" is about. Your into Orwell , he's a must read,I got a cut out from a magazine,with his picture,when he was selling his book "1984" and with a quote from him that reads "If you want a picture of the future,imagine a boot stamping on a Human face for ever". I always surprised when people say to me "did your ever read 1984"and I say yes,a long time ago,then I ask them if they ever read "Homage to Catalonia"by George Orwell,and they say No,and I haven't even heard of it,so then I tell them that when he was a private and a corporal in the Spanish Civil War ,fighting the communist and that although he considered himself a Socialist ,he was Anti-Stalinist,not anti-Marxist.Check it out.

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I was wondering what "Billy Bud" is about.

It is a story about a guy who joins the military(1700s 0r 1800s) on a ship. The Captain is an abusive prick to everyone on the ship. (Dont want a spoiler if you are going to read it.)

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Posted on: June 25, 2009 - 2:26pm #17

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Answers in Gene...wrote:Michael Shermer is quite good.

Yes ,I agree. I've read " Why do People believe in Weird Things:and why do smart people believe i strange things. One of my favorite books.

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Posted on: June 25, 2009 - 5:05pm #18

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A must read.

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Posted on: June 25, 2009 - 10:25pm #19

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2000 Years of Disbelief is

2000 Years of Disbelief is pretty cool

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