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Moostache

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4. Those are good....Richard Dawkins can be an acquired taste...
Sun Oct 25, 2020, 08:53 PM
Oct 2020
Carl Sagan was less "atheist" than he was a straight up proponent for evidentiary-based conclusions - which in general excludes most religious screeds, but he was an outstanding author and amazingly prescient at times too. MUST READ!

Sam Harris is easy to digest on his earlier works (like "letter to a 'Christian' nation&quot , but his more recent stuff is not so much atheist as political agenda at times with his anti-Muslim stances running over other topics.

Daniel Dennett is a great philosopher and author, but his style is dense writing and can be difficult to read at times (at least for me)...

Any favorite atheist authors? [View all] sakabatou Oct 2020 OP
Terry Pratchett catrose Oct 2020 #1
Carl Sagan ItsjustMe Oct 2020 #2
Duppers Oct 2020 #5
I've read "Contact." sakabatou Oct 2020 #6
Read The Demon Haunted World exboyfil Oct 2020 #13
Christopher Hitchens. Laffy Kat Oct 2020 #3
I think I've read one of his books. sakabatou Oct 2020 #7
Agreed. Missn-Hitch Oct 2020 #21
LOL, I guess so! Laffy Kat Oct 2020 #22
LOL!! I REALLY do. Nice to meet you too. Missn-Hitch Oct 2020 #24
Those are good....Richard Dawkins can be an acquired taste... Moostache Oct 2020 #4
I have yet to read anything by Dennett sakabatou Oct 2020 #8
Recommended (Dennett works worth a read): Moostache Oct 2020 #10
The Demon Haunted World is a masterpiece exboyfil Oct 2020 #12
Kurt Vonnegut exboyfil Oct 2020 #9
HEMANT MEHTA JustFiveMoreMinutes Oct 2020 #11
Ah, yes, The Friendly Atheist. sakabatou Oct 2020 #18
Isaac Asimov. alwaysinasnit Oct 2020 #14
Aw you beat me to it. Susan Calvin Oct 2020 #16
... alwaysinasnit Oct 2020 #17
Isaac Asimov, as far as I know. Susan Calvin Oct 2020 #15
This probably won't qualify as an Atheist author calguy Oct 2020 #19
Salman Rushdie Warpy Oct 2020 #20
Terry Pratchett and Niel Gaiman... uriel1972 Oct 2020 #23
Book Recommend: Susan Jacoby's FREETHINKERS. Missn-Hitch Oct 2020 #25
Karl Marx FigTree Oct 2020 #26
1. Hitchens Brainstormy Nov 2020 #27
Philip Pullman PassingFair Nov 2020 #28
Faith Versus Fact: Why Science and Religion Are Incompatible, by Jerry Coyne Towlie Dec 2020 #29
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