Last updated: Sunday, April 21, 2019
Some misguided people have claimed that atheists don’t have beliefs. While atheists are distinguished by what they don’t believe, and there might not be any particular belief that all atheists share in common, individual atheists do have beliefs. Here I will list some of mine, along with some references. These will sometimes be blogposts I have written, and they will sometimes be books by other people. The former will link here. The latter will be italicized, include the author’s name, and link to Project Gutenberg or to Amazon. When I have written several blog posts on a topic, I’ll include a link to the appropriate tag instead of to particular posts. This will provide you with an up-to-date list of my posts on the topic.
Epistemology
The surest way to truth is through critical thinking, not through faith.
The Importance of Critical Thinking in Religion
The Bible is not the word of God.
The Age of Reason The Cure for Fundamentalism: Why the Bible Cannot be the “Word of God”
Not a single proof of God’s existence actually works.
TAG: God Atheism: A Philosophical Justification Religion Refuted: Debunking the case for God
Ethics
Morality can be grounded in the intrinsic value of human life.
The Moral Landscape’s Definition of Good Morality or Meaning Without God? Improving the Ten Commandments
A good God would not damn someone to eternal suffering in Hell for relying on evidence and reason instead of blind faith.
There is no Eternal Damnation in Hell Questions that May Never be Answered, Answers that May Never be Questioned
Far from being a virtue, faith is intellectual dishonesty, and people are better off without it.
Ten Reasons To Lose Faith: And Why You Are Better Off Without It
Religious faith sometimes leads good people to do evil.
Bad Ideas vs. Bad People The Hijacking of Morality The Dark Side of Christian History The End of Faith: Religion, Terror, and the Future of Reason
History
Jesus was not an incarnation of God, a messiah, or a miracle worker.
Who Was Jesus? Fingerprints of The Christ
Human life is the result of evolution, not of special creation.
TAG: Evolution
Religion, in general, is man-made, not divinely revealed.
The Origin of Religion: Predisposing Factors The Transcendental Temptation: A Critique of Religion and the Paranormal Man Made God: A Collection of Essays
The most successful religions have been shaped by evolutionary selective forces, not just created by single individuals.
The Evolution of Theology The Religion Virus: Why we believe in God
Metaphysics
The Omni-God — a being who is omnipotent, omniscient, and omnibenevolent — does not exist.
The Impossibility of Omniscience
Some other conceptions of God do not exist.
Does God Exist?
