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. Not so much the second, despite the clarity of his writing and strength of his anti-religion arguments.Atheist Manifesto: The Case Against Christianity, Judaism, and Islam ( French: Traité d'athéologie) is a 2005 book by French author Michel Onfray. Towards the end, the book is less atheist than hostile to religion. He then seeks to base a new epistemology on Bentham's utilitarianism with its very obvious weakness of oppression of the minority for the benefit of the majority, the greatest number. Is there no room for independent knowledge? How else did the Enlightenment emerge? Knowledge is inextricably linked to power, says Foucault, and Christian power in the west pollutes all medical and other knowledge. (He criticises Foucault's attitude to Iran, in the end.) Also, a second reading shows how wedded he is to Foucault, not surprising in a French thinker.

That's simply false: has he never heard of Christian pacifists? I'm persuaded by atheism/agnosticism, but this falsity really weakens the book, making its opponents into straw people. Among some examples, he states that no Christian or Muslim thinkers condemn the violence and misogyny so evident in the churches and mosques. I think I can see its weaknesses now, There are some factual assertions which are simply false. On a second reading after a few years, I have revised my opinion.

Atheist Manifesto by Michel Onfray