It says it offers an atheist perspective, but surely there are many atheist perspectives. I would have thought that the perspectives of say Richard Dawkins, Mussolini, Mao and Bertrand Russell would have very different perspectives?
This position is commonly known as atheism.... A person takes no specific stance towards the belief in the supernatural..
This point of view is commonly referred to as agnosticism.... The supernatural is anything existing outside the natural world...
A god or deity is a supernatural being or spirit worshiped as having power over nature or the fate of humans...
Religion is the worship of a god or the supernatural...
The Dawkins Scale:
Level 1: Strong theism. 100% probability God exists. ...
Level 2: De facto theism. Very high probability God exists but short of 100%....
Level 2: De facto theism. Very high probability God exists but short of 100%...
Level 3: Leaning towards theism. Higher than 50% probability that God exists but not very high
Level 4: Completely impartial. Exactly 50% probability that God exists....
Level 5: Leaning towards atheism. The probability of God’s existence is lower than 50% but not very low....
Level 6: De facto atheism. Very low probability that God exists, but short of zero. ...
Level 7: Strong atheism. 100% probability God does not exist..... ""
I would say that I am at level 7; My father was at level 4; and my mother at level 4 or 5 but at times 6 or 7..
I would expect an Athiest Bible not to appeal to gods. From the section about Truth:
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Theories
Persephone and the seasons
As a motivating example for our study of truth, let us consider a story from ancient Greek mythology (inspired by a TED talk by British physicist David Deutsch1). To explain the seasons of summer and winter on Earth, the ancient Greeks had the following story: Hades, God of the Underworld, kidnaps Persephone, the Goddess of Spring, and negotiates a forced marriage contract, requiring her to return regularly, and lets her go. Each year, she is magically compelled to return to him. And when she does, her mother, Demeter, Goddess of the Earth, is sad, and makes it cold and barren.
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I think you misread that fragment. The story was invoked as an example of something that's "obviously" false (partly due to appeal to gods), but also impossible to prove false (partly due to appeal to gods). The chapter is about avoiding this kind of explanations for worldly phenomena.
»With more than 700 pages, 300 illustrations, 500 inspirational quotes, 1700 references, and 1500 cross-references, the Atheist Bible is one of the largest works on atheism, and, quite possibly, the largest monograph on the topic. The book is licensed by the author, Fabian M. Suchanek, under a Creative Commons Attribution license. See the legal conditions at the end of the book.«
"A person rejects belief in the supernatural
This position is commonly known as atheism.... A person takes no specific stance towards the belief in the supernatural..
This point of view is commonly referred to as agnosticism.... The supernatural is anything existing outside the natural world...
A god or deity is a supernatural being or spirit worshiped as having power over nature or the fate of humans...
Religion is the worship of a god or the supernatural...
The Dawkins Scale: Level 1: Strong theism. 100% probability God exists. ...
Level 2: De facto theism. Very high probability God exists but short of 100%....
Level 2: De facto theism. Very high probability God exists but short of 100%...
Level 3: Leaning towards theism. Higher than 50% probability that God exists but not very high Level 4: Completely impartial. Exactly 50% probability that God exists....
Level 5: Leaning towards atheism. The probability of God’s existence is lower than 50% but not very low....
Level 6: De facto atheism. Very low probability that God exists, but short of zero. ...
Level 7: Strong atheism. 100% probability God does not exist..... ""
I would say that I am at level 7; My father was at level 4; and my mother at level 4 or 5 but at times 6 or 7..
" Theories Persephone and the seasons
As a motivating example for our study of truth, let us consider a story from ancient Greek mythology (inspired by a TED talk by British physicist David Deutsch1). To explain the seasons of summer and winter on Earth, the ancient Greeks had the following story: Hades, God of the Underworld, kidnaps Persephone, the Goddess of Spring, and negotiates a forced marriage contract, requiring her to return regularly, and lets her go. Each year, she is magically compelled to return to him. And when she does, her mother, Demeter, Goddess of the Earth, is sad, and makes it cold and barren. "
Ok, then.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xmwAD7nHqaY