Book · 2014 · Religion
A Manual for Creating Atheists
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Peter's book is a really incisive clear take on why critical thinking is important how faith-based thinking can be dangerous and also relates what you can do to spread ideas based on fact and reason with your friends and family.
Dave Rubin · The Rubin Report · Dec 2015 Listen at 0:54 The best things said about it
And and the book that you've written which I just read this week a manual for creating atheist it was it was wonderful it was it was what I try to do here actually uh which I guess goes to what you said at the top because it was understandable you were trying to give people the tools to go.
Dave Rubin The Rubin Report · Dec 2015 Why people recommend it
A Manual for Creating Atheists by Peter Boghossian is an incisive and clear critique of faith-based thinking that emphasizes the importance of critical thinking and provides tools for spreading secular ideas. Dave Rubin frequently highlighted and discussed the book across several episodes of The Rubin Report. When hosting Peter Boghossian on the program in December 2015, Rubin praised the work at the start of the interview as an understandable guide giving people practical tools, and he recommended it to listeners during the closing segment. Rubin returned to the book in subsequent episodes, using it as a touchstone in discussions with other guests. For instance, in conversations with Ali Rizvi, Gad Saad, and Faisal Saeed Al Mutar, Rubin explored Boghossian's background in the atheist movement and his perspectives on secularism. In another episode featuring Zuby, Rubin referenced Boghossian's views on postmodernism as a secular religion. Throughout these appearances, Rubin consistently praised Boghossian's efforts to champion reason, noting that the text aligns closely with the goals of promoting open inquiry and intellectual independence, making it a recurring point of interest on his podcast.
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“He wrote a book called "A Manual for Creating Atheists." And now most of his friends are usually, well, certainly people of faith, but mostly evangelical Christians, I think.”
“well that's why that's why pete bogosian he talks about this post-modernism as a secular religion which makes so much sense and this is he's an atheist i mean he wrote a book called the manual for creating atheists so that this is not something that”
“so when I had Peter beian on he wrote a book called a manual for creating atheist”
“so last week my guess was Peter bosi and who your probably familiar with and he wrote a book called a manual for creating atheists and one of the things that I thought was most interesting about”
“joining me this week is Peter beian philosophy instructor critical thinker and author of Emanual for creating atheists Peter's book is a really incisive clear take on why critical thinking is important how faith-based thinking can be dangerous and also relates what you can do to spread ideas based on fact and reason with your friends and family”
“and and the book that you've written which I just read this week a manual for creating atheist it was it was wonderful it was it was what I try to do here actually uh which I guess goes to what you said at the top because it was understandable you were trying to give people the tools to go”
“you can check out his work at Peter ban.com and buy a manual for creating atheist wherever books are sold”
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“And as a guy that wrote a book called "A manual for Creating Atheists," you spend an awful lot of time around religious people now.”
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“Peter bosan is a philosophy instructor critical thinker and author of aanu for creating atheists he's also an anti-g Warrior and can back it up with some jiujitsu”





