Project Gutenberg 2007-01-02 Public domain in the USA. 287 Brooks, David Marshall 1902 1994 The Necessity of Atheism Reading ease score: 54.9 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read. Produced by Marilynda Fraser-Cunliffe, Janet Blenkinship and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "The Necessity of Atheism" by David Marshall Brooks is a critical analysis of religious beliefs and their evolution, likely written in the 20th century. The text delves into the historical development of religions, examining key figures such as Jesus, Moses, and Mohammed while questioning the foundations of theistic beliefs. Brooks contends that humankind's reliance on supernatural beliefs has stifled progress and argues for the validity of atheism as a more rational worldview. At the start of the work, the author highlights the primitive origins of religious beliefs, suggesting that early humans created gods to explain phenomena they could not understand. Through an exploration of early man’s emotions like fear and hope, Brooks demonstrates how concepts of gods evolved from animism to organized religions. He further discusses how these ideologies have been perpetuated through historical narratives, pointing out contradictions and fallacies within sacred texts. This sets the stage for a broader critique of Western religions, establishing a foundation for the argument that atheism offers a more logical and humane approach to understanding life. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Religion and science Atheism BL Text Atheism Browsing: Philosophy & Ethics Browsing: Religion/Spirituality/Paranormal 609457 609428 2024-10-09T04:41:31.779886 2023-09-09T07:24:49.713063 text/html text/html 611935 2011-07-23T09:06:56 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 227050 2011-07-23T09:08:40 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 319235 2024-10-09T04:41:42.174828 application/epub+zip 324006 2024-10-09T04:41:35.228916 application/epub+zip 309842 2024-10-09T04:41:33.823902 application/epub+zip 537669 2024-10-09T04:41:47.549826 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 495277 2024-10-09T04:41:41.143880 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 459604 2022-09-09T13:38:53.782006 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 574419 574294 2024-10-09T04:41:30.837923 2023-09-09T07:24:49.019066 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 574207 2011-07-23T09:07:02 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 218668 2011-07-23T09:08:40 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 574211 2011-07-23T09:07:08 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 218619 2011-07-23T09:08:40 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21387 2024-10-09T04:41:47.685788 application/rdf+xml 11124 2024-10-09T04:41:34.383895 image/jpeg 2929 2024-10-09T04:41:34.100879 image/jpeg 299715 2024-10-09T04:41:31.833925 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog