Then he shows how the concept of atheist was originally a pejorative connotation and concluded that the survival of Christianity in the form of Christian atheism on the Judeo-Christian morality. In the first part 'Athéologie', the author develops Nietzsche's doctrine, but criticizing his view on the death of God. The book was translated into English in 2007 with the titles Atheist Manifesto: The Case Against Christianity, Judaism, and Islam and In Defence of Atheism: The Case Against Christianity, Judaism and Islam. Two other books were written shortly after its publication as replies to its arguments: L'Anti-traité d'athéologie, Le système Onfray mis à nu by Matthieu Baumier, and Dieu avec esprit: Réponse à Michel Onfray by Irène Fernandez. According to Onfray, the term ' athéologie' is taken from a project of a series of books written and compiled by Georges Bataille under the vocable La Somme athéologique, which was ultimately never completed. Tightly argued, this is a work that is sure to stir debate on the role of religion in American society-and politics.Atheist Manifesto: The Case Against Christianity, Judaism, and Islam ( French: Traité d'athéologie) is a 2005 book by French author Michel Onfray.

In their place, all three demand faith and belief, obedience and submission, and extolling the “next life” to the detriment of the here and now.

If Nietzsche proclaimed the death of God, Onfray insists that not only is God still very much alive but also increasingly controlled by fundamentalists who pose a danger to the nature of human morality.ĭocumenting the ravages of religious intolerance over the centuries, the author makes a strong case against the three religions for their obsession with purity and their contempt for reason and intelligence, individual freedom, desire, and the human body, as well as their disdain for women, sexuality, and pleasure. Not since Nietzsche has a work so groundbreaking and explosive questioned the role of the world’s three major monotheistic religions. This hugely controversial work demonstrates convincingly how the world’s three major monotheistic religions-Christianity, Judaism, and Islam-have attempted to suppress knowledge, science, pleasure, and desire, condemning nonbelievers often to death. “A strong case for removing all the remnants of Judeo-Christian ideology from our secular culture.”-Freedom from Religion Foundation.

Atheist Manifesto by Michel Onfray