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In Defence of Atheism: The Case Against Christianity, Judaism and Islam (Paperback)
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all these other countries) Usually dispatched within 48 hours | |Short Description for In Defence of AtheismReligion is making a comeback, bringing in its wake extremism. This text demonstrates that organised religion is motivated by worldly, historical and political power; that the three monotheisms - Christianity, Islam and Judaism - exhibit the same hatred of women, reason, the body, the passions; that religion denies life and glorifies death.
Full description- Publisher: Serpent's Tail
- Published: 17 April 2008
- Format: Paperback 224 pages
- See: Full bibliographic data
- Categories: Philosophy | Agnosticism & Atheism | Eclectic & Esoteric Religions & Belief Systems
- ISBN 13: 9781852429935 ISBN 10: 1852429933
- Sales rank: 94,684
Full description for In Defence of Atheism
In the twenty-first century, religion is making a comeback, bringing in its wake extremism of all kinds. From Christian anti-abortion campaigns to suicide bombers claiming the righteousness of Islam, we are witnessing a resurgence of fundamentalism. Michel Onfray's response to the threat of a post-modern theocracy is to lay down the principles of an authentic atheism: exposing the fiction that is God, he proposes instead a new philosophy of reason that celebrates life and humanity."In Defence of Atheism" demonstrates that organised religion is motivated by worldly, historical and political power; that the three dominant monotheisms - Christianity, Islam and Judaism - exhibit the same hatred of women, reason, the body, the passions; that religion denies life and glorifies death. Onfray exposes some uncomfortable truths: Judaism invented the extermination of a people; Jesus never existed historically; Christianity was enforced with extreme violence by Constantine; Islam is anti-Semitic, misogynist, warlike and incompatible with the values of a modern democracy.
