Why Are You Atheists So Angry?

99 Things That Piss Off the Godless

By: Greta Christina

Narrated by: Greta Christina

Length: 4 hrs and 57 mins

Publisher's summary

Why are atheists angry? Is it because they're selfish, joyless, lacking in meaning, and alienated from God? Or is it because they have legitimate reasons to be angry - and are ready to do something about it? Armed with passionate outrage, absurdist humor, and calm intelligence, popular blogger Greta Christina makes a powerful case for outspoken atheist activism, and explains the empathy and justice that drive it. This accessible, personal, down-to-earth book speaks not only to atheists, but also to believers who want to understand the so-called new atheism.

Why Are You Atheists So Angry? drops a bombshell on the destructive force of religious faith - and gives a voice to millions of angry atheists.

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©2012 Greta Christina (P)2012 Audible, Inc.

Critic reviews

"I found this book informative and enraging! Leave it to Greta to inform and elucidate like no other. I highly recommend this book to everyone, everywhere. And I hope never to get Greta angry at me. :)" (David Silverman, President, American Atheists)

"Greta Christina’s analysis of religion is acute and witty, and at the same time fair and compassionate. And I'm jealous: I sure wish I could write as well as she does." (Alan Sokal, Professor of Physics, New York University)

Couldn't have said it better

Greta offers great reasons for anger and activism, for coming out as an atheist and countering religion. I deeply respect her and her writings.

Extraordinary.

Clear, concise and interesting. An absolute must-read for everyone. My bet is you'll be taking notes throughout as I was!

Brilliant! This will be a Classic

Slick Arguments from atheist activists, title is deceptively brilliant as I got the intent wrong the first time I saw it. The content is profoundly economized to make the point. I would recommend this to anyone disturbed or a scholar of things about theism and atheism.

Everyone get angry!

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

I finished this in a day and a half, if my boss wasn't so adamant about me doing my job I would have finished on the first day.

Any additional comments?

The author does a great job expressing the frustration of dealing with a magical thinking world, while respecting those still caught in it's vortex of immoral non-consistent and out-right harmful doctrine and dogma.

Compassion and a desire for justice for others

A thoughtful and rational guide to atheism.
Easy to digest.
Atheism's well put and simple and softly spoken. I can 'carry iit' as my Big Stick

Great Book; Great Narration

I was pleasantly surprised to find that Greta was narrating her own book- I've watched many of the talks she's given and I love her speaking style. The book itself is one I can see myself listening to over and over, picking it up again when I'm faced with explaining to baffled family why I'm such an angry atheist.

you are angry becuase your uninformed.

This book wasn’t for you, but who do you think might enjoy it more?

You would enjoy this if you can't think for yourself.

What could Greta Christina have done to make this a more enjoyable book for you?

Maybe put less time into being angry at things you don't understand.

You didn’t love this book... but did it have any redeeming qualities?

Well informed to why people may be so smart but yet so dumb at the same time.

Any additional comments?

well done, the emotion of rage toward religion blinds the one from faith. The godless are a religion of blind. Be more happy about living for nothing I guess than living angry at thing that won't matter when your dead.

more rant than informative

I was hoping to find something more informative here, but all the material seemed to be a rehashing of Dawkins, Harris, and Hitchens. Lacked any real intellectual value which is why I suspect she is a pod caster. that said I still agree with her position, even if some of her justifications are weak.

religious rhetoric...same old song and dance

Would you try another book from Greta Christina and/or Greta Christina?

No. If you want a good book on the subject read Penn jillette's God No.

Has Why Are You Atheists So Angry? turned you off from other books in this genre?

No, just her writings

What didn’t you like about Greta Christina’s performance?

She is spinning her politics into a religious manifesto where if you don't agree with her your wrong. She and many others (bill maher comes to mind) are trying to turn atheism from an unaffiliated lack of faith, into a collective that have the same doctrine and sheep their way through life. the very thing that turned me away from any faith, which is an us vs them outlook on life, is the object of this book.

She is condescending to the reader throughout much of the book, talking down to you because you are not nearly as enlightened as she is, and just like the forces she is writing against, she lets you know, if you don't share her ideas you are not only wrong, but stupid. She is also condescending by saying things like " I don't hate people that think differently than be, BUT...." and then uses a vast vocabulary to tell you she hates people that don't share her doctrine.

And keep in mind I am a free thinker and agree with her statements about how atheists should be taken seriously, and 2000 year old sheep herder's campfire stories should not dictate our national policies. But I don't think that someone with a different opinion is somehow a lesser person or inferior.

Its the same BS the the religious right has been feeding us for centuries just wrapped up with an angry leftist vibe, repackaged think like us and sold back to you.

If you could play editor, what scene or scenes would you have cut from Why Are You Atheists So Angry??

I would remove the author as the narrator. The woman was unable to hide her contempt for others in her voice. She would say something that she thought was bullet proof or a huge insult on "the other side" and then make a small smug laugh and she did it throughout the whole book.

Any additional comments?

I have a saying. "Try not to argue with someone that shares the same opinion with you." Man, this book really makes that hard.

Forgettable book, even though I agree with everyth

This book begins with a collection of 100 reasons why religion, generally speaking, stinks. Almost all reasons given fall into one of the three following categories: 1) Religious people behaving badly (ex systematic child molesting) 2) Religious people receiving special treatment (ex people excused because they've dice something for religious reasons and 3) non religious people being discriminated against (ex can't get elected president). These 100 reasons are presented in a rather haphazard unstructured way. Moreover, because 100 reasons are presented in a short amount of space, don’t expect any depth of analysis. Most reasons are just 1-4 sentences. To take a few examples:

Atheists are angry because…
- 53 percent of Americans don’t want an atheist president
- Because the catholic church protected child rapists from being prosecuted
- 9/11
- 40% of Utah homeless people are outcast gays
- That polite atheists are deemed intolerant
- Writing about your atheist opinion can [in some countries] result in death

To be fair to G.Christina, she does acknowledge that her list is unstructured and that there is a lot more to all of the arguments. The list I suppose could be seen more as a starting point for further discussions. It also provides many reminders for atheist readers such as myself about all the things that are wrong with religion.

Beyond the list, the book provides answers to some frequently asked questions that are typically directed at atheists, such as “isn’t atheism just another religion?”, or “why do you not make a clear distinction between moderate religious practitioners and fundamentalists?”. As such this book can provide interested readers with a somewhat shallow overview explaining why atheists don't like religion. However, compared to The God Delusion by Richard Dawkins (which is probably trumped by other books), this is an inferior book in almost every respect. The God Delusion does everything that this book does, only better, and it is also more well written. The one advantage that this book have is that it is shorter. So, if you have a tight schedule this book might be an alternative. However, even in the short introduction to atheism category, a better alternative is Sam Harris book, letter to a christian nation which drives home the same points in a more powerful and coherent way.