Flowers of Freethought (First Series): Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Flowers of Freethought (First Series), credited to George William Foote, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

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LibriVox recording of Flowers of Freethought (First Series) by George William Foote. Read in English by LibriVox volunteers A collection of 51 short essays by George William Foote, who in May 1881 founded the magazine "The Freethinker", which is still published (online) today. In the first issue, Foote writes: The Freethinker is an anti-Christian organ, and must therefore be chiefly aggressive. It will wage relentless war against superstition in general, and against Christian superstition in particular. The essays of this collection were previously published in "The Freethinker" over more than 10 years, and detail Foote's views on religion and Christianity. He writes about as diverse topics as specific stories from the Bible, the devil, blasphemy and heretics, miracles, the weather, and the view of Christianity on women. What unites these essays is Foote's conviction that atheism is the logical and natural position with respect to religion and gods. (Summary by Ava)

Recording facts

• Recording title: Flowers of Freethought (First Series)
• Author credits: George William Foote
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 52
• Listed recording duration: 8:51:03

Catalogue topics

• religion
• Christianity
• collection
• essays
• atheism
• apologetics
• freethought

Opening tracks: first 24 of 52

1. 00 - Preface — 3:58
2. 01 - Old Nick — 15:08
3. 02 - Fire!!! — 9:36
4. 03 - Sky Pilots — 10:03
5. 04 - Devil Dodgers — 9:09
6. 05 - Fighting Spooks — 9:02
7. 06 - Damned Sinners — 10:36
8. 07 - Where is Hell? — 6:48
9. 08 - Spurgeon and Hell — 9:44
10. 09 - Is Spurgeon in Heaven? — 9:26
11. 10 - God in Japan — 7:31
12. 11 - Stanley on Providence — 7:51
13. 12 - Gone to God — 12:32
14. 13 - Thank God — 7:49
15. 14 - Judgment Day — 23:49
16. 15 - Shelley's Atheism — 32:11
17. 16 - Long Faces — 18:32
18. 17 - Our Father — 10:02
19. 18 - Wait Till You Die — 7:47
20. 19 - Dead Theology — 30:19
21. 20 - Mr. Gladstone on Devils — 9:13
22. 21 - Huxley's Mistake — 6:42
23. 22 - The Gospel of Freethought — 21:54
24. 23 - On Ridicule — 6:59

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