num_pages: 220
description: Growing up in a strict Muslim community in south-east London Alom Shaha learnt that religion was not to be questioned. Reciting the Quran without understanding what it meant was simply a part of life; so too was obeying the imam and enduring beatings when he failed to attend the local mosque. Shaha was more drawn to science and its power to illuminate. As a teen he lived between two worlds: the home controlled by his authoritarian father and a school alive with books and ideas.In a charming blend of memoir philosophy and science Shaha explores the questions about faith and the afterlife that we all ponder. Through a series of loose lessons he tells his own compelling story drawing on the theories of some of historys greatest thinkers and interrogating the fallacies that have impeded humanity for centuries. Shaha recounts how his education and formative experiences led him to question how to live without being tied to what his parents priests or teachers told him to believe and offers insights so that others may do the same.This is a book for anyone who thinks about what they should believe and how they should live. Its for those who may need the facts and the ideas as well as the courage to break free from inherited beliefs. In this powerful narrative Shaha shows that it is possible to live a compassionate fulfilling and meaningful life without God.
language: English
title: The Young Atheist's Handbook: Lessons for Living a Good Life Without God
publisher: Scribe