Reddit reviews The Atheist's Bible: An Illustrious Collection of Irreverent Thoughts

"The reason that there are so many opinions is that no one knows the truth"

Introductory quote to this book:

http://www.amazon.com/Atheists-Bible-Illustrious-Collection-Irreverent/dp/0061349151/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1301269902&sr=8-1

You're referring to cultural Christianity (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cultural_Christian). I didn't even know there was such a term. There's even a 2007 BBC article from Richard Dawkins (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/7136682.stm) calling himself a cultural Christian.

> Prof Dawkins, who has frequently spoken out against creationism and religious fundamentalism, replied: "I'm not one of those who wants to stop Christian traditions.
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> "This is historically a Christian country. I'm a cultural Christian in the same way many of my friends call themselves cultural Jews or cultural Muslims.
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> "So, yes, I like singing carols along with everybody else. I'm not one of those who wants to purge our society of our Christian history.
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> "If there's any threat these sorts of things, I think you will find it comes from rival religions and not from atheists."

Are you looking for a way to be converted to Christianity without realizing it? If not, stay away from searching atheism and Bible at the same time. Most results are articles that either turn Christians into atheists (http://www.patheos.com/blogs/unfundamentalistchristians/2016/04/11-bible-verses-that-turn-christians-into-atheists/) or try to covert atheists into Christianity (https://www.everystudent.com/wires/atheist.html). In any case, I guess you can follow all the instructions Jesus gave his disciples as blueprint of what a good person ought to do and be (https://www.alternet.org/belief/bible-verses-atheists-love). In all, service (Meals of Wheels, Habitat for Humanity, soup kitchens, etc.). By the way, there's an Atheist's Bible, which covers God, Christianity and faith in all.

Makes sense.

They did, haha.
Not really a "bible" in the literal sense, but it is a great read.

http://www.amazon.com/The-Atheists-Bible-Illustrious-Collection/dp/0061349151/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1345088936&sr=8-1&keywords=atheists+bible

http://www.amazon.com/Atheists-Bible-Illustrious-Collection-Irreverent/dp/0061349151

The Atheist's Bible: An Illustrious Collection of Irreverent Thoughts

This was a pretty good read.

As was this.

Still reading this one.

A fun, quick read.

Haven't read it, but if his other book is anything by which to judge, worth a look.

Good luck.

OP: Because Atheism is a religion now. It wouldn't have so much fanaticism and witch-hunting otherwise. They have symbols (that giant spaghetti thing), high priests (Richard Dawkins), their own scriptures ( Amazon ) and so on.

That said, I love atheists and was an atheist for more than half my life. I recall that the point was not "convincing" but "saving people from themselves" as apparently my point of view at the time was the better way to be.

I've brought it up before, but I find this link on Cracked to be a good read on this subject.

http://www.cracked.com/article_15663_10-things-christians-atheists-can-and-must-agree-on.html

Both sides of the debate feel passionately they are in the right and doing their best to help enlighten the other side. Neither side is being totally evil or draconic (except for the fringe), they are just being very passionate.