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The Varieties of Scientific Experience: A Personal View of the Search for God
Carl Sagan
Penguin (Non-Classics), 2007
A Gift to Mankind--Cosmos Vision for Leaders
+ Mentally stimulating and entertaining
+ A lost voice of reason
+ Sharing the Awe of Astronomy
+ Question & Answer Section at the End is Fascinating
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Religion and Science
Bertrand Russell
Oxford University Press, USA, 1997
"Religion and Science" as opposed to "Religion vs. Science"
+ Comments on 2 CD Audio...
+ Two Titans' Battle is Reviewed by Capable Hands
+ Religion and Science
+ A must read for the religious and nonreligious alike
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Religion Explained
Pascal Boyer
Basic Books, 2002
A joy to read for a behavioral scientist
+ A serious effort to get to the real roots of religious thinking
+ Worth the effort
This book helps us to see current formalized (text based) religions and ethics as almost necessary products of the evolutionary history of our hyper-social species.
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Moral Minds: How Nature Designed Our Universal Sense of Right and Wrong
Marc Hauser
Ecco, 2006
Natural Morality
Over the last decade the study of the human brain has moved out of the leafy halls of academia into many different fields, including ethics and the law. If socially unacceptable behavior is being driven by some wiring problem in the brain, is a person legally liable? Or is the brain just one part ...
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Darwin's Dangerous Idea: Evolution and the Meanings of Life
Daniel C. Dennett
Simon & Schuster, 1996
Unintelligent design explained
+ Must read!
+ More a critique than anything else
+ Complex and Entertaining
+ like good medicine
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The Making of the Fittest: DNA and the Ultimate Forensic Record of Evolution
Sean B. Carroll
W. W. Norton, 2006
reasoned, thought-provoking, and thoroughly enjoyable
+ The best of the evolution explanation books of the last 20 years
+ A truly fit book
+ Evolution or Bust!
+ One of the best evolution books for the general public
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Misquoting Jesus: The Story Behind Who Changed the Bible and Why (Plus)
Bart D. Ehrman
HarperOne, 2007
An Excellent Look at Textual Criticism
+ Getting to Know Bart Through Christian Disillusionment
+ An Eye Opener
+ Biblical errors, omissions and frauds
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The Blind Watchmaker: Why the Evidence of Evolution Reveals a Universe Without Design
Richard Dawkins
W. W. Norton, 1996
A Good Introduction To and Defense of Evolution
+ Even IF blind
+ Essence of the scientific method
+ Dawkins vs. "Peter", "Paul", "Luke", and "John"
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Why I am not a Christian: And Other Essays on Religion and Related Subjects
Taylor & Francis, 2007
Anticipating today's neo-atheists: read whatever your views!
+ Outdated and yet more important than ever
+ A Classic of Atheism
+ A rationale explanation of faith
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The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark
Carl Sagan, Ann Druyan
Ballantine Books, 1997
A superior book, but it won't be read by those who need it.
+ Should be required reading
+ A Candle in the Dark
+ excellent book,sagan saw the future.
+ The Art of Baloney Detection
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The God Delusion
Richard Dawkins
Mariner Books, 2008
A Lesson To All
+ Epic.
I have enjoyed this book, as well as Dawkin's similar work, very much. I find him enlightened and a great communicator of valuable life-affirming ideas. He longs for people to think for themsleves and as such, he argues succsessfully, make the world a more harmonious and tolerant place.
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Asimov's Guide to the Bible: A Historical Look at the Old and New Testaments
Isaac Asimov
Gramercy, 1988
Must have hot Biblical Historicity students
+ Asimov's Guide
+ Asimov's outdated guide; it's still a good read
+ Fascinating Historical Background of Biblical Times
+ Great secular view of the Bible
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Breaking the Spell: Religion as a Natural Phenomenon
Daniel C. Dennett
Penguin (Non-Classics), 2007
Dennett Does It Again!
+ A Giant Fight
+ Slow and gentle argument
+ Philosophy at its best
+ Thought-provoking and readable
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Atheism: The Case Against God (Skeptic's Bookshelf)
George H. Smith
Prometheus Books, 1980
The Magnum Opus of Atheism
+ Excellent
+ You've read the New Atheists. Now try an 'old' one
+ If you only read one book on atheism, this is the one
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Asimov's Guide to the Bible: A Historical Look at the Old and New Testaments
Isaac Asimov
Gramercy, 1988
Must have hot Biblical Historicity students
+ Asimov's Guide
+ Asimov's outdated guide; it's still a good read
+ Fascinating Historical Background of Biblical Times
+ Great secular view of the Bible
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