Godless: 150 Years of Disbelief

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Godless is a compilation of wide-ranging texts, both hilarious and horrifying, on atheism, belief, and religion. The selections in the book appeared in various formats from the late 19th century through the early 21st, and their authors were often active in the anarchist, Marxist, or radical leftist movements of their day. Derived from printed pamphlets, periodicals, and newspaper pieces that were mass-produced and widely distributed, these texts serve as freethinking propaganda in a media war against morbid authoritarian doctrines. With both a sophisticated analysis of inconsistencies in deistic beliefs and a biting satirical edge, Godless gives ammunition to those fighting fundamentalist bigotry—and more than a few reasons to abandon Christianity. Readers previously familiar with the authors’ political polemics will be rewarded in contemplating another side of their remarkable literary output. Contributors include Emma Goldman, Ambrose Bierce, Chaz Bufe, E. Haldeman-Julius, Earl Lee, G. Richard Bozarth, Johann Most, Joseph McCabe, Matilda Gage, Pamela Sutter, S.C. Hitchcock, and Sébastien Faure. Chaz Bufe is the author, editor, or translator of over a dozen books, including Alcoholics Anonymous: Cult or Cure?; An Understandable Guide to Music Theory; The Heretic’s Handbook of Quotations; The American Heretic’s Dictionary; and the science fiction novel Free Radicals: A Novel of Utopia and Dystopia (under the pseudonym Zeke Teflon). Chaz has also been the publisher and primary editor at See Sharp Press since 1984. Dan Arel is a journalist, activist, and author of the critically acclaimed book Parenting without God. Cover Back Cover Title Contents Introduction - Dan Arel The God Pestilence - Johann Most Woman, Church, and State - Matilda Gage The Devil's Dictionary (excerpts) - Ambrose Bierce American Heretic's Dictionary (excerpts) - Chaz Bufe The Failure of Christianity - Emma Goldman Twelve Proofs of the Nonexistence of God - Sebastien Faure The Meaning of Atheism - E. Haldeman-Julius How Christianity Grew Out of Paganism - Joseph McCabe Christianity and Slavery - Joseph McCabe Judeo-Christian Degradation of Woman - Joseph McCabe Why Science Leaves Religion in the Dust - Chaz Bufe Twenty Reasons to Abandon Christianity - Chaz Bufe May the Farce Be with You: A Lighthearted Look at Why God Does Not Exist - Pamela Sutter Disbelief 101: A Young Person's Guide to Atheism (excerpt) - S.C. Hitchcock Dogspell - Earl Lee Afterword - Chaz Bufe About the Authors