Introduction / Christopher Hitchens --- Lucretius, from De Rerum Natura (On the Nature of Things), Book I, Translated by W. Hannaford Brown --- Omar Khayyam, from Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam: A Paraphrase from Several Literal Translations by Richard Le Gallienne --- Thomas Hobbes, Of Religion, from Leviathan --- Benedict de Spinoza, Theological-Political Treatise --- David Hume, The Natural History of Religion Of Miracles --- James Boswell, An Account of My Last Interview with David Hume, Esq. --- Percy Bysshe Shelley, A Refutation of Deism --- John Stuart Mill, Moral Influences in My Early Youth, From Autobiography --- Karl Marx, Contribution to the Critique of Hegel’s Philosophy of Right --- George Elliot, Evangelical Teaching --- Charles Darwin, Autobiography --- Leslie Stephen, An Agnostic’s Apology --- Analote France, Miracle --- Mark Twain, Thoughts of God, From Fables of Man Bible Teaching and Religious Practice, From Europe and Elsewhere and A Pen Warmed Up In Hell --- Joseph Conrad, Author’s Note to The Shadow Line --- Thomas Hardy, God's Funeral --- Emma Goldman, The Philosophy of Atheism --- H. P. Lovecraft, A Letter on Religion --- Carl Van Doren, Why I Am An Unbeliever --- H. L. Mencken, Memorial Service --- Sigmund Freud, from The Future of an Illusion, Translated and edited by James Strachey --- Albert Einstein, Selected Writings on Religion --- George Orwell, from A Clergyman’s Daughter --- John Betjeman, In Westminster Abbey --- Chapman Cohen, Monism and Religion; An Old Story --- Bettrand Russel, An Outline of Intellectual Rubbish --- Philip Larkin, Aubade; Church Going --- Martin Gardner, The Wandering Jew and the Second Coming --- Carl Sagan, The Demon-Haunted World; The God Hypothesis --- John Updike, from Roger’s Version --- J. L. Mackie, Conclusions and Implications, From The Miracle of Theism: Arguments for and against the Existence of God --- Michael Shermer, Genesis Revisited: A Scientific Creation Story --- A. J. Ayer, That Undiscovered Country --- Daniel C. Dennett, Thank Goodness! --- Charles Templeton, from A Farewell to God, A Personal Word; Questions to Ask Yourself --- Richard Dawkins, Why There Almost Certainly Is No God; Gerin Oil; Atheists for Jesus --- Victor Stenger, from God: the Failed Hypothesis, Cosmic Evidence --- Daniel C. Dennett, A Working Definition of Religion, From "Breaking Which Spell?" --- Elizabeth Anderson, If God Is Dead, Is Everything Permitted? Penn Jillette, There Is No God --- Ian Mcewan, End of the World Blues --- Steven Weinberg, What About God? From Dreams of a Final Theory --- Salman Rushdie, "Imagine There’s No Heaven": A Letter to the Six Billionth World Citizen --- Ibn Warraq, The Koran; The Totalitarian Nature of Islam --- Sam Harris, In the Shadow of God, From The End of Faith --- A. C. Graying, Can an Athiest Be a Fundamentalist? From Against All Gods --- Ayaan Hirsi Ali, How (and Why) I Became an Infidel.