Websites

Bible

The Bible in it's Own Words - Bible quotes about "cruelty, intolerance, injustice, women, nonsence, science, absurdities, contradictions" "Unbelievably, I would describe the Bible as by far the most evil book I have ever read. If someone wrote such a book today it would be classified as hate speech."
• Bible Quotes at Atheist Network
• Biblical Nonsense
• Big Scary List of Scary Quotes, Big Scary List of Falwell Quotes
• Disbelief net
  

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• Atheist Revolution - "Breaking free from irrational belief and opposing Christian Extremism in America"
• Atheists.net (Warning: lots of profanity but very clever)
• The Blasphemy Challenge - website posts videos of people professing the phrase: "I deny the holy spirit." It is listed here because it is a powerful statement about public opinion of Christianity
• National Catholic Reporter - archived Catholic abuse stories
• Pastafarians - Flying Spaghetti Monster religious movement - possibly the best take on religion that has ever been presented, now has quite the following. Website has involvement updates, products

• The Profits of Religion "A study of supernaturalism as a source of income and a shield to privilege"
• Non-Prophets Radio
• The OUT Campaign - encouraging atheists to come out of the closet
• Positive Atheism - separation of church and state articles, quotes, editorial links
• Rational Response Team "Believe in god? We can fix that."
• Rent-a-Priest (we're not kidding) from "Celibacy Is The Issue" (CITI), an excommunicated group who insists celibacy is the cause of the Catholic church's problems. (This arguement doesn't pan out in light of the Baptist sex abuse crisis, nor in the lack of problems posed by Buddhist celibate monks, but the link is interesting.) Also see Married Priests.org
• Vexen - The Bane of Monoth
• World Pantheism

Products, Bumperstickers, T-shirts, Etc.

• Carry a Big Sticker
• Evolve Fish - fantastic sayings, slogans, products
• Irregular Times
• National Org for Women - NOW Store - Religious
• Order of St. Nick - alternative holiday cards, news
• See Sharp Press
• War-on-Christmas Cards

History of Christianity

• 1000 Years of Carnage and Barbarity in the Name of Christ (well done, concise timeline)
• The Abolition of Christian Witch-Prosecution "...instance of the fanaticism of the seventeenth century which appeared anonymously under the title Druten-Zeitung, in 1627, praising in poor verses the great deeds of the Inquisition. According to Horst's authority, they are written by a Protestant who expresses his joy and gratitude to God that in the adjoining Catholic countries the extirpation of witchcraft was carried on with unabating vigor..."
• Burning Times - Auto-da-fe (includes price list and allotment for torture devices, equipment, "operations" decreed by Archbishop of Cologne. Thankfully written tongue-in-cheek by Kenneth Humphreys; this data would otherwise be unconfrontable.)
• Christian Enterprise - Inquisition and Burning Times
• Christian Myth and Legend (partial article, many more listed, membership needed to access)
• Christian Inquisition
• Christian Right, History of the
• Christianization of Europe "All sects of heretics are condemned and various punishments are appointed for them and their accomplices." --Pope Alexander IV (1254-61)
  (Directory for the Inquisitors p. 135)
• History of the Devil and the Idea of Evil - Paul Carus
• Early Christianity - development of concepts of heaven and hell
• Nazi-Christian Artifacts
• Nazi Christian Movement
• Papal Princes - Christian Lords of Hell and Earth (brief history of select popes, good info with sense of humor)

Suggested Reading

• Abortion and the Catholic Church - E. Reed and C. Moriarty "Both writers agree that the Catholic Church's position against abortion is aimed at keeping women subordinate. Historically women have been denied their rightful position in the social, intellectual, and productive life of their society. The authoritarianism of the Church in the abortion issue is the same authoritarianism the Church needs to keep its followers in line. The Church hierarchy fears that if women gain control over their bodies, they will want to gain control also over their minds and lives. If conception is raised to a sacred level, woman is lowered to a mere receptacle for reproduction."
• The Bad News Bible: The New Testament - David Voas Modern Christianity has been described as the ultimate feel-good religion, but reading the New Testament can be an alarming experience; the gospels are far from being good news for the modern reader.
• Betrayal of Trust: Abuse of Children - Annie Laurie Gaylor, founder of Freedom From Religion Foundation addresses the religious scandal of molestation of minors by members of the clergy. Book reproduces online.
• Blind Faith: Confronting Contemporary Religion - Dolan Chester After recounting the hate and insecurity that religious systems have introduced into our lives, he urges that the world would he a far better place if we could exorcise our presumptuous gods, reject the religion of the mystics, and realise that our destiny rests with us.
• The Born Again Skeptic's Guide to the Bible - Ruth Hurmence Green "Ex-Methodist Missouri grandmother critiques the "Good Book" with wit and insight. Invaluable to freethinkers engaging in debate with religionists over the merits of bible contents."
• The Christ Conspiracy: The Greatest Story Ever Sold - Acharya S - Christian groups drew upon a multitude of myths and rituals that already existed long before the Christian era and reworked them into the story the Christian religion presents today-known to most Westerners as the Bible.
• Ferns Report "The Ferns Inquiry (2005) was an official Irish government inquiry into the allegations of clerical sexual abuse in the Irish Catholic Diocese of Ferns. The Inquiry recorded its revulsion at the extent, severity and duration of the child sexual abuse perpetrated on children by priests acting under the aegis of the Diocese of Ferns."
• God is Not Great - Christopher Hitchens "makes the ultimate case against religion. With a close and erudite reading of the major religious texts, he documents the ways in which religion is a man-made wish, a cause of dangerous sexual repression, and a distortion of our origins in the cosmos." More Hitchens material
• The God Delusion - Richard Dawkins "...preeminent scientist and outspoken atheist Richard Dawkins delivers a hard-hitting, impassioned, but humorous rebuttal of religious belief. With rigor and wit, Dawkins eviscerates the arguments for religion and demonstrates the supreme improbability of the existence of a supreme being. He makes a compelling case that faith is not just irrational, but potentially deadly. In a preface written for the paperback edition, Dawkins responds to some of the controversies the book has incited. This brilliantly argued, provocative book challenges all of us to test our beliefs, no matter what beliefs we hold."
• Healing Homosexuals: A Psychologist's Journey Through the Ex-Gay Movement and the Pseudo-Science of Reparative Therapy - Jeffy G. Ford, former director of Outpost's "Ex-gay ministry" and former respresentative for Exodus International. Abstract:
  Reparative therapy has become a generic term for any process that purports to facilitate a shift from homosexual orientation to heterosexual orientation. The author shares his own process as a survivor and former practitioner of reparative therapy. The religious mind-set and presuppositions that support reparative therapy are explored. The history of the grass roots ex-gay movement and the political ramifications associated with claims of healing are exposed. The author concludes that the pseudo-scientific claims of reparative therapy are suspect and warns of the risks and potential harm associated with these experimental therapies.
  
• Imagine No Superstition - Stephen Frederick Uhl A former priest, now atheist psychologist, "clearly shows most of us how to get free and drop childhood prejudices and myths. This can deeply enrich individuals and families throughout our pluralistic society." Basically, people argue the existence of gods because they can't understand the world.
• Losing Faith in Faith: From Preacher to Aethist - Dan Barker "This book is an arsenal for skeptics and a direct challenge to believers."
• One Woman's Fight - Vashti McCollum Supreme Court battle that ended religious instruction in the public schools (McCollum v. Board of Education, 1948).
• Ordination of Women in the Catholic Church - John Wijngaards - Why and how women's roles in the Roman Catholic Church were lost. (Companion website: Women Priests.com )
• The Real Moses - Fintan Ruth Comparison of facts: evolution vs. creation
• The Recovering Catholic: Personal Journerys of Women Who Left the Catholic Church - Joanne H. Meehl "So many things about the church teachings take years or even a lifetime to get past. There's always a feeling of "they're gonna get me". The scars it leaves include guilt; and the feeling that even though you're doing what's right for you, you're bad, and God is an angry man who will be angry with you. Also, one is left with the feeling that unless you're perfect, you might as well give up - perfection is the only goal. And, if you suffer, on some level you must deserve it for something you've done."
• With God On Our Side: One Man's War Against an Evangelical Coup in America's Military - Mikey Weintstein
• With God On Our Side: The Rise of the Religious Right in America - William Martin
• Sanity Quest Publishing -
  "Message: Obey God, and you will be rewarded.
  In fact: Obey what you believe to be the voice of God, and you will be rewarded.
  In fact: Obey what you believe to be the voice of God, no matter how insane or immoral those directions may appear, and you will be rewarded.
  But now that we have the Word of God written down, such voices in the sky (or head) are generally regarded as unreliable.  Now it’s: Obey what you believe your Holy Scriptures are telling you, no matter how insane or immoral those directions may appear, and you will be rewarded."
• Why Religion - Yehuda Cohen Sociological role of religion
• Woe to the Women - The Bible Tells Me So - Annie Laurie Gaylor The Bible, Female Sexuality, and the Law
• Women Without Superstition: "No Gods - No Masters" - Collected writings, edited by Annie Laurie Gaylor Anthology of women freethinkers

• See Sharp Press
• Truth Be Known

More

• Be Heard. The thinking person's bookstore
• Ex-Christian.net's Bookstore