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atheism

World Poetry Day - My Atheist Tuppence

With today being World Poetry Day and with the publication of Filling the Void: A Selection of Humanist and Atheist Poetry, which is a book that I am particularly proud of. It's a wonderful collection of a great variety of books. I urge you to check it out.

Survival of the Fittest: Metamorphosis

Feedback on Zombie Covers Please!

As some of my readers who have been with me over the years will know, I am writing a zombie book. Correction, a series. Correction, have written. The finished manuscript is being run past certain guinea pigs for feedback. Now I need some assistance in covers. I have been working

Biblical Exegesis

Herod Has Problems

Over on a previous post and thread from a long time ago, one (Christian) commenter declared that the likes of JP Holding and Jason Engwer had basically dealt with all of the harmonisation issues within the context of the historical problems in the Gospels of Luke and Matthew and their

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Proof Copy of New Book Looks Tip Top

I am pretty excited that my new book is finally nearing completion. After some teething problems with the ebooks, they are now polished and available, and the paperback is following hot on their tails (all through Onus Books). Filling the Void: A Selection of Humanist and Atheist Poetry is a

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Filling The Void with Atheist and Humanist Poetry

Finally, a project that I have been working on for some time has come to fruition. Filling The Void: A Selection of Humanist And Atheist Poetry is released through Onus Books and features a foreword by Andrew Copson, the Chief Executive of the British Humanist Association, and an afterword by

determinism

My Free Will? Book and Talk...

Free Will? An investigation into whether we have free will or whether I was always going to write this book. It was my first book, and in many ways I would like to rewrite it. I have so much to add to it, so many psychological and scientific findings that

classical theism

The Problem With "God": Classical Theism Under The Spotlight - Great Review

My recent ebook (reasonably priced, don't you know) The Problem With "God": Classical Theism Under The Spotlight has just been reviewed by a Top 500 Reviewer, and I am more than happy with the review, which adds to the two 5* reviews it already has: 4.

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Shelley Segal's Awesome "An Atheist Album"

I was some months back listening to the one of the last Reasonable Doubts podcast episodes featuring an interview and some songs by Australian singer-songwriter Shelley Segal. Segal comes from an orthodox Jewish background, but came to reject theism in favour of atheism, and became involved in atheist activism. This,

agnosticism

My Updated Top Atheistic and Agnostic Songs

I have decided to recompile a list of my favourite atheistic /agnostic / philosophical songs. There are many on other lists which I do not know and feel I would like to, but here is my short list. I have made a comment with each and maybe copied the odd lyric

classical theism

Is this the Best Possible World? Does God Have Free Will?

[caption id="attachment_6939" align="alignright" width="288"] Click on me, reader![/caption] I wrote this some time ago in a few places and thought I would resurrect it on account of my new ebook, The Problem With "God": Classical Theism Under

God's characteristics

Is God Infinite?

This post is from my friend James A. Lindsay, a PhD mathematician and counter-apologist. I edited his book Dot, Dot, Dot: Infinity Plus God Equals Folly and really enjoyed it. The book is concerned with the nature of God and his claimed infinite properties. He has recently released another book

death

Legacy of Life

As I mentioned the other day, I am compiling a collection of humanist and atheist poems called Filling the Void. I am editing it at the moment, and there are some grea tpieces in there; varied and poignant. [caption id="attachment_6829" align="alignright" width="

Filling the Void

Final Request for Humanist, Atheist, Scientific & Philosophical Poetry

I am compiling an anthology of humanist and atheist poetry entitled Filling The Void, which I have posted about before. There is a niche in the market for this sort of book as I have struggled to find much in this area as a compilation or collection. The book should

Featured ATP

The Problem With "God": Classical Theism Under The Spotlight

This is just a reminder that I have a new ebook available called: The Problem with "God". My new ebook is available now on Kindle, Nook and Kobo. James A. Lindsay (Dot, Dot, Dot: Infinity Plus God Equals Folly) kindly wrote a foreword to support the project. The

Rebecca Bradley

Rebecca Bradley's "Cadon, Hunter" - Great Book with Something to Say, too

Rebecca Bradley is a fellow writer here at SIN. She recently completed a new book called Cadon, Hunter, a book set amid a clash of civilisations and ways of life. It follows a hunter gatherer tribe who are beset by a plague brought to them from the protagonist, Cadon, as

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Another great review for my Free Will? book

Recently, I received another cracking review for my Free Will? book. It was the first book I wrote and heralded the start of my journey into authorship. Grab yourself a copy! (US here, UK here) A great insight and reference for this fascinating subject., 26 Nov. 2015ByAmazon Customer This review

Interviews

James A. Lindsay interviewed - Again!

James A. Lindsay, who wrote Dot, Dot, Dot, with its foreword by the late Victor Stenger, has written another cracking book (with a foreword by Peter Boghossian). Here, I interview him about his new project. The book and interview concern the psychology of religion. It's a great chat

Book Reviews

Kalam Cosmological Argument Book Update

I wrote my dissertation for my Masters in Philosophy on the Kalam Cosmological Argument. It was a firm favourite topic of mine for some time. As a result, I was always planning on converting my dissertation into a book. Well, over the last few days, I have resurrected the idea and am happily thunder

determinism

You know you are doing something right, when... - this moved me

I received this email through the website contact form the other night. It moved me. Subject: I was always going to write this email. Hey Jonathan,

Caleb Lack

13 Reasons to Doubt - scientific and philosophical skepticism

SIN has created its own book which came out in 2014. It's a great collection of essays looking at a whole range of subjects to be skeptical of. For example, Rebecca Bradley deals with "pseudoarcheology", whilst Caleb Lack writes about cognitive biases. Subjects from science denialism to groupthink,

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Update on my zombie fiction book

I am happy to say that the final edit before it goes back to my partner in crime, Rebecca Bradley, of my zombie book is going really well. The great thing is that I have really enjoyed re-reading it. It is in parts tense, in parts gruesome, and in others intellectually stimulating and funny.

God's characteristics

The Problem with "God" - a reminder

This is just a reminder that I have a new ebook available called: The Problem with "God". My new ebook is available now on Kindle, Nook and Kobo. James A. Lindsay (Dot, Dot, Dot: Infinity Plus God Equals Folly) kindly wrote a foreword to support the project. The

Book Reviews

Holidays are coming, holidays are coming

It's that time of the year, my friends! Almost. Anyway, let me try to persuade you to part company with some hard earned cash in support of my projects and books. This is partly a reblog of Caleb Lack's post some time ago over at the superb Great Plains Skeptic here at SIN (so the first part is writ

God's characteristics

Great first review for my new ebook on classical theism

John Grove, a commenter here on occasion at ATP, and a great supporter of my work, has really kindly placed the first review of my new ebook on classical theism: God's omni characteristics. It is an amalgam (the book) of my posts, with some original extras, which I think is a super one-stop shop for

atheism

My new ebook available now: The Problem with "God"

My new ebook is available now on Kindle, Nook and Kobo. James A. Lindsay (Dot, Dot, Dot: Infinity Plus God Equals Folly) kindly wrote a foreword to support the project.