Been watching Matt Dillahunty on YouTube...

[rurallib]

1. I am a huge fan of the Dillahunty and the Atheist Community of Austin

I work out to old Atheist Experience videos that are online at youtube. I am working backward from today - I am just starting 2011.

While Dillahunty is great, my favorite current host is Tracy Harris. She is so very practical. Two of the older hosts that I really enjoyed were Jeff Dee and Martin Wagner.

I have always had a love for history. One question that has always bugged me is just how did religion evolve. There wasn't exactly anyone chronicling religion's rise and evolution, especially since it was evolving in different ways in different places.

Tracy Harris did write a very good, very short article on religious evolution from research she did on her own the old fashioned way at the library before the internet. I will add it to the end if I can find it.

You may want to go to the Atheist Community of Austin website and poke around. One of the best sections is the FAQ section https://atheist-community.org/resources/atheism-faq where they answer the usual questions religions hit us with.

Oops - just found their blog https://freethoughtblogs.com/axp/ - it is part of the forethought blogs. May want to poke around there

I know that Matt in particular often recommend Dave Dennet books - I don't remember the titles. Google should help.
The only atheist book I have read is Christopher Hitchens "God Is Not Great."

Now for that Tracy Harris research on (what I call) the evolution of religion - oops longer than I remember so here is the link:

http://atheistexperience.blogspot.com/2007/08/ugarit-and-bible.html