The Necessity of Atheism: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

The Necessity of Atheism, credited to David Marshall Brooks, 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 The Necessity of Atheism by David Marshall Brooks. Read by Wesseling Plain speaking is necessary in any discussion of religion, for if the freethinker attacks the religious dogmas with hesitation, the orthodox believer assumes that it is with regret that the freethinker would remove the crutch that supports the orthodox. And all religious beliefs are "crutches" hindering the free locomotive efforts of an advancing humanity. There are no problems related to human progress and happiness in this age which any theology can solve, and which the teachings of freethought cannot do better and without the aid of encumbrances. (Summary from the preface)

Recording facts

• Recording title: The Necessity of Atheism
• Author credits: David Marshall Brooks
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 22
• Listed recording duration: 11:13:21

Catalogue topics

• nonfiction
• atheism
• humanism
• religion
• freethinkers
• spirituality
• church
• freedom

Track guide

1. 00 - Preface — 16:42
2. 01 - The Evolution of Religious Beliefs — 22:12
3. 02 - The Koran, the Old and New Testaments — 1:13:19
4. 03 - The Prophets Mohammed, Jesus, and Moses; Charlatans or Victims of Mental and Physical Disease — 1:00:20
5. 04 - Soundness of a Foundation for a Belief in a Deity — 45:20
6. 05 - The Persistence of Religion — 9:20
7. 06 - Religion and Science — 13:38
8. 07 - Religion and Medicine — 49:59
9. 08 - Religion and Astronomy — 5:36
10. 09 - Religion and Geography — 5:15
11. 10 - Religion and Chemistry and Physics — 6:11
12. 11 - Religion and Geology, Philology and Evolution — 12:40
13. 12 - Religion and Witchcraft — 1:06:13
14. 13 - Religion and Morality — 39:20
15. 14 - Christianity and War — 6:21
16. 15 - Christianity and Slavery — 22:11
17. 16 - Christianity and Labour — 39:13
18. 17 - Religion and Woman — 19:55
19. 18 - The Philosophers and the Great Illusion — 40:29
20. 19 - The Doom of Religion; The Necessity of Atheism - Part 1 — 46:54
21. 20 - The Doom of Religion; The Necessity of Atheism - Part 2 — 45:04
22. 21 - Contemporary Opinion — 27:18

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