The Necessity of Atheism

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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)

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1 00 - Preface 16:41
2 01 - The Evolution of Religious Beliefs 22:11
3 02 - The Koran, the Old and New Testaments 1:13:18
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 45:19
6 05 - The Persistence of Religion 9:20
7 06 - Religion and Science 13:37
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 39:12
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 46:53
21 20 - The Doom of Religion; The Necessity of Atheism - Part 2 45:03
22 21 - Contemporary Opinion 27:18