Resources
Interesting and useful links to help you learn more about religion, secularism, humanism, apolgetics, and more.
Recovering from Religion
The Recovering from Religion web site is full of good information, including support groups, links to good books and articles, summer camps and retreats, and much more.
The RecoveringFromReligion.medium.com blog is their blog location, with stories and essays by people who have left religion and are exploring feelings and social consequences.
ExCommunications, a Medium.com publication, "Stories from ex-believers, doubters, and those recovering from religion."
The Clergy Project, devoted to clergy who have lost faith. Community support, resources, practical concerns, new careers for ex-clergy, and much more.
Podcasts and Blogs
Within Reason by Alex O-Connor
The Atheist Experience by the Atheist Community of Austin
The Thinking Atheist by Seth Andrews
The Bible Says What!? by Michael Wiseman
History for Atheists by Tim O'Neill
Recovering from Religion, hosted by Kara Griffin
The Friendly Atheist, by Hemant Mehta. News related to religion and society. Hemant also wrote I Sold My Soul on eBay.
Books
These are just a few of the many books about religion, atheism, and philosophy. See the bibliography for more.
The God Delusion, by Richard Dawkins
The Blind Watchmaker, by Richard Dawkins
Two of the most influential books about religion in modern history. Dawkins is an evolutionary biologist who has written extensively about religion (and coined the word "meme"). He's written a number of books, but these two are the best place to start.
Breaking the Spell, by Daniel C. Dennett
A philosopher's history of religion, an "unblinking look beneath the veil of orthodoxy," that examines religion's history scientifically.
Misquoting Jesus, by Bart D. Ehrman
One of my favorites that helped inspire The Religion Virus. Bart Ehrman is a true scholar of the Bible, and gives a fascinating and well-researched history of Jesus' portrayal. It's astonishing how much "common wisdom" about Jesus is simply wrong.
The End of Faith: Religion, Terror, and the Future of Reason, by Sam Harris
Sam Harris is perhaps religion's harshest critic. This book is a tour de force that illuminates the fundamental conflict between faith and reason, and shows how humans have been willing to ignore reason and logic, leading to most of the worst atrocities in human history.
God is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything, by Christopher Hitchens
The subtitle, "poisons everything," sets Hitchens' tone. One of the most influential modern atheist writers, Hitchens shows just how severely religion has damaged humanity and held back progress for thousands of years.
God Against the Gods: The History of the War Between Monotheism and Polytheism, by Jonathan Kirsch
This book was another that strongly influenced The Religion Virus. If you read Kirsch's work, you'll see his ideas behind the evolution of religious memes that I discuss, particularly about polytheism, the evolution of monotheism, and the evolving concept of Yahweh himself.
Why I am Not a Christian and other essays on religion and related subjects, by Bertrand Russell
Published in 1957, this work by one of the greatest mathematicians and philosophers of all time became the foundation of religious criticism. This book, along with his views on homosexuality, premarital sex, and marriage, cost Russell dearly: a lawsuit blocked his appointment to Professor of Philosophy at New York City College. When the case went to court, a Catholic judge declared Russell to hold immoral views, that he was morally unfit to teach philosophy, and was an advocate of lawlessness.
Web Sites
Religions Wiki — A complete encyclopedia of arguments for and against God and religions. This is probably the best reference anywhere if you want to learn about any particular claim about religion.