Atheist and Skeptical Resources

Religious themes

BOOKS:

These first four books are those authored by “The Four Horsemen.” 
 

• The End of Faith by Sam Harris

• God is not Great by Christopher Hitchens

• The God Delusion by Richard Dawkins

• Breaking the Spell by Daniel Dennett

Deconversion stories:
 

• Godless: How an Evangelical Preacher Became One of America’s Leading Atheists by Dan Barker.

• Deconverted: A Journey from Religion to Reason by Seth Andrews.

• Why I Believed: Reflections of a Former Missionary by Kenneth Daniels.

• Towards the Light by John S. Compere.

• Hope After Faith: An Ex-Pastor’s Journey from Belief to Atheism by Jerry DeWitt.

• The Atheist Muslim: A Journey from Religion to Reason, by Ali. A. Rizvi.

Guides for helping the recently deconverted:

• Leaving the Fold: A Guide for Former Fundamentalists and Others Leaving Their Religion by Dr. Marlene Winell.

• Exiting the JW Cult: A Healing Handbook: For Current & Former Jehovah's Witnesses, by Bonnie Zieman.

PODCASTS:

• The Thinking Atheist with Seth Andrews http://www.thethinkingatheist.com/

• Everyone's Agnostic with Call Midgley and Bob Pondillo http://www.everyonesagnostic.com/

• Friendly Atheist with Hemant Mehta http://friendlyatheistpodcast.com/

• Secular Jihadists with Armin Navabi and Ali Rizvi https://soundcloud.com/secular-jihadists

• Voices of Deconversion   http://voicesofdeconversion.com/home/

WEBSITES:

• Richard Dawkins Foundation:  https://www.richarddawkins.net/

• Atheist Alliance International:  https://www.atheistalliance.org/

• The Clergy Project: https://clergyproject.org/

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STREET EPISTEMOLOGY

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• Anthony Magnabosco: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCocP40a_UvRkUAPLD5ezLIQ

Skepticism themes

BOOKS:

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• The Demon Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark, by Carl Sagan.

• Flim-Flam! Psychics, ESP, Unicorns, and Other Delusions, by James Randi. 

• The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe How to Know What's Really Real in a World Increasingly Full of Fake, by Steven Novella and the rest of the SGU Rouges.

• Is Gwyneth Paltrow Wrong about Everything? How the Famous Sell Us Elixirs of Health, Beauty and Happiness, by Timothy Caulfield.

• Bad Advice or Why Celebrities, Politicians, and Activists Aren't Your Best Source of Health Information, by Paul A. Offit MD.

• The Not-So-Intelligent Designer, Why Evolution Explains the Human Body and Intelligent Design Does Not, by Abby Hafer.

• Bad Science, by Ben Goldacre.
   

PODCASTS​

• The Skeptics Guide to the Universe: https://www.theskepticsguide.org/

• The Skeptic Zone: https://www.skepticzone.tv/

• Skeptoid: https://skeptoid.com/

• Geologic Podcast: http://www.geologicpodcast.com/

• Squaring the Strange: https://squaringthestrange.libsyn.com/

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WEBSITES

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• Science Based Medicine: https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/

• Neurologica: https://theness.com/neurologicablog/

• Quackwatch: https://quackwatch.org/

• The Morning Heresy: https://centerforinquiry.org/blog/who-to-marginalize-next/

• SkeptVet, Science-based Pet Health: http://skeptvet.com/Blog/

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PUBLICATIONS

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• Skeptical Inquirer: https://skepticalinquirer.org/

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