wavy_wonder1

Does anyone have any suggestions. I've been searching, but unable to decide on anything.

Thanks,
Eric

haitu

the bible.

Deus Ex

http://secweb.infidels.org/?kiosk=featuredBooks

Occhamist

H.L. Mencken's Treatise on the Gods is a classic.

Splarnst

My personal favorite is George H. Smith's, Atheism: The Case Against God.

Minnesota Joe

Below are my favorites.

Excellent starter:
Atheism: A very short introduction by Julian Baggini

More advanced exploration of atheism:
The Cambridge Companion to Atheism edited by Michael Martin

(Includes statistics about and profiles for atheists as well as brief arguments for and against atheism.)

Philosophers talking about their atheism:
Philosophers without Gods: Meditations on Atheism and the Secular Life

(Contains interesting arguments I hadn't read before.)

Naturalistic world views:
Sense and Goodness Without God: A Defense of Metaphysical Naturalism by Richard Carrier
Encountering Naturalism: A Worldview and Its Uses by Thomas W. Clark

A heavy philosophical defense of atheism:
Atheism: A Philosophical Justification by Michael Martin

(These are structured, logical arguments to atheism.)

Brand-spanking new:
Why I Became an Atheist: A Former Preacher Rejects Christianity by John W. Loftus

(I'm still reading the last, but I don't feel at all hesitant to recommend it. Many of the atheist books written in the last couple of years have been screeds instead of calm arguments -- this book is a cut above.)

If you want to start somewhere light, you can't go wrong with Julian Baggini's book or Thomas W. Clarke's book, because they are small, yet pack a pretty big punch, pound-for-pound. So does Loftus's book come to think of it.

If you so desire you can purchase books through the Secular Web -- I think they get a kickback.

Deus Ex

I highly recommend this book!

wavy_wonder1

I'll definitely look into these. I was also suggested some of Carl Sagan's books (e.g., Demon Haunted World & The Varieties of Scientific Experience: A Personal View of the Search for God).

Are these worth it?

Thanks,
E.L.B.

wavy_wonder1

And uh...no.

Thanks,
E.L.B.

Occhamist

Yes!