Yuletide, Christmas, Hanukkah, Oshogatsu - a world of names for a time of year about something. A time to reflect on our heritage, our faith, our existence. A time to recognise our roots.

With this in mind I have collected together a series of tools for those of us inclined to non-theistic ideas. Perhaps in reflecting on your life this festive season you might join hands with your secular brother, your atheistic sister and praise the mind of the rational thinker. Stand up atheists and be counted this Xmas!

Don't forget to pass these links on to that questioning Christian friend of yours, that agnostic Muslim companion, so that they might share in the joy of a universe devoid of deities, of a festive season imbued with philosophical purpose:

1.Brits and Americans - A comparison of beliefs: Whilst the majority of Britons observe no faith whatsoever the opposite is true of the American population. According to them, Evolution is the real fallacy.

2.Jonathan Miller's BBC4 Documentaries: The superb documentary 'A Rough History of Disbelief' can be seen in full here... (A follow up series of interviews, 'The Atheism Tapes' is also worth hunting for!)

3.Sam Harris on 'The End of Faith': In this short video exposition, Harris delivers a series of stunning blows against the vagaries of religious belief. In this article he exposes some of the myths and truths about atheism.

4.Beyond Belief Conference 2006: Lively video debates on the status of religion. Including thoughtful contributions from Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris, V.S. Ramachandran and many other forward thinkers.

5.The Rational Response Squad: Will you take the blasphemy challenge? Join the most rational of Internet phenomenas and inject your belief system with a shitload of intent.

6. Fallacies: Take the quiz What do you REALLY know about the bible? or explore the The Creation Fallacy, a blog about the multifaceted fallacies of the fundamentalist, Christian position.

7.The Carnival of The Godless: One of the most inscrutable Blog Carnivals on the web. Browse here for a plethora of Godless intent.

8.The Wikipedia Atheist Pages: Browse the painstakingly referenced Atheist articles in Wikipedia (donate to keep Wikipedia free!)

9. The Huge Entity on Religion: Explore this site's massive variety of articles about religion here, or visit our links section here, here and here.

10.Atheist Bibles - Carry one of these with you at all times:

Religion Explained: by Pascal Boyer	A History of God: by Karen Armstrong	The End of Faith: by Sam Harris	The Varieties of Religious Experience: by William James	Breaking the Spell: by Daniel C. Dennet
(Browse our full catalogue of Random Reads for some more book ideas)

Any other related links you'd like to share, please don't hesitate to post them in the comments section or, alternatively, start a discussion or two in The Huge Entity Forum...

Enjoy your Xmas and New Year!

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