11 points axiologist 1 hour ago 9 comments

axiologist 1 hour ago | parent

»With more than 700 pages, 300 illustrations, 500 inspirational quotes, 1700 references, and 1500 cross-references, the Atheist Bible is one of the largest works on atheism, and, quite possibly, the largest monograph on the topic. The book is licensed by the author, Fabian M. Suchanek, under a Creative Commons Attribution license. See the legal conditions at the end of the book.«

silverFork 29 minutes ago | parent

definition from chapter 1.. cut and paste:

"A person rejects belief in the supernatural

This position is commonly known as atheism.... A person takes no specific stance towards the belief in the supernatural..

This point of view is commonly referred to as agnosticism.... The supernatural is anything existing outside the natural world...

A god or deity is a supernatural being or spirit worshiped as having power over nature or the fate of humans...

Religion is the worship of a god or the supernatural...

The Dawkins Scale: Level 1: Strong theism. 100% probability God exists. ...

Level 2: De facto theism. Very high probability God exists but short of 100%....

Level 2: De facto theism. Very high probability God exists but short of 100%...

Level 3: Leaning towards theism. Higher than 50% probability that God exists but not very high Level 4: Completely impartial. Exactly 50% probability that God exists....

Level 5: Leaning towards atheism. The probability of God’s existence is lower than 50% but not very low....

Level 6: De facto atheism. Very low probability that God exists, but short of zero. ...

Level 7: Strong atheism. 100% probability God does not exist..... ""

I would say that I am at level 7; My father was at level 4; and my mother at level 4 or 5 but at times 6 or 7..

speed_spread 2 minutes ago | parent

I'm not seeing "whether God exists or not is irrelevant".

graemep 26 minutes ago | parent

It says it offers an atheist perspective, but surely there are many atheist perspectives. I would have thought that the perspectives of say Richard Dawkins, Mussolini, Mao and Bertrand Russell would have very different perspectives?

manithree 25 minutes ago | parent

Boring. I was hoping for something as exciting as the Atheist Hymnal.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xmwAD7nHqaY

zulux 23 minutes ago | parent

I would expect an Athiest Bible not to appeal to gods. From the section about Truth:

" Theories Persephone and the seasons

As a motivating example for our study of truth, let us consider a story from ancient Greek mythology (inspired by a TED talk by British physicist David Deutsch1). To explain the seasons of summer and winter on Earth, the ancient Greeks had the following story: Hades, God of the Underworld, kidnaps Persephone, the Goddess of Spring, and negotiates a forced marriage contract, requiring her to return regularly, and lets her go. Each year, she is magically compelled to return to him. And when she does, her mother, Demeter, Goddess of the Earth, is sad, and makes it cold and barren. "

Xirdus 17 minutes ago | parent

I think you misread that fragment. The story was invoked as an example of something that's "obviously" false (partly due to appeal to gods), but also impossible to prove false (partly due to appeal to gods). The chapter is about avoiding this kind of explanations for worldly phenomena.

ehecatl42 7 minutes ago | parent

> Chapter 17:Islam > Discusses the Muslim worldview. (For security reasons, this chapter is not available here.

Ok, then.