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The God delusion
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From the Book - 1st Mariner Books edition.
A deeply religious nonbeliever. Deserved respect ; Undeserved respect
The God hypothesis. Polytheism ; Monotheism ; Secularism, the Founding Fathers and the religion of America ; The poverty of agnosticism ; NOMA ; The great prayer experiment ; The Neville Chamberlain school of evolutionists ; Little green men
Arguments for God's existence. Thomas Aquinas's "proofs" ; The ontological argument and other a priori arguments ; The argument from beauty ; The argument from personal "experience" ; The argument from Scripture ; The argument from admired religious scientists ; Pascal's wager ; Bayesian arguments
Why there almost certainly is no God. The ultimate Boeing 747 ; Natural selection as a consciousness-raiser ; Irreducible complexity ; The worship of gaps ; The anthropic principle : planetary version ; The anthropic principle : cosmological version ; An interlude at Cambridge
The roots of religion. The Darwinian imperative ; Direct advantages of religion ; Group selection ; Religion as a by-product of something else ; Psychologically primed for religion ; Tread softly, because you tread on my memes ; Cargo cults
The roots of morality : why are we good? Does our moral sense have a Darwinian origin? ; A case study in the roots of morality ; If there is no God, why be good?
The "good" book and the changing moral Zeitgeist. The Old Testament ; Is the New Testament any better? ; Love thy neighbour ; The moral Zeitgeist ; What about Hitler and Stalin? : weren't they atheists?
What's wrong with religion? : why be so hostile? Fundamentalism and the subversion of science ; The dark side of absolutism ; Faith and homosexuality ; Faith and the sanctity of human life ; The great Beethoven fallacy ; How "moderation" in faith fosters fanaticism
Childhood, abuse and the escape from religion. Physical and mental abuse ; In defence of children ; An educational scandal ; Consciousness-raising again ; Religious education as a part of literary culture
A much needed gap? Binker ; Consolation ; Inspiration ; The mother of all burkas.
From the Book
A deeply religious non-believer
The God hypothesis
Arguments for God's existence
Why there almost certainly is no God
The roots of religion
The roots of morality : why are we good?
The "good" book and the changing moral Zeitgeist
What's wrong with religion? : why be so hostile?
Childhood, abuse and the escape from religion
A much needed gap?
A deeply religious non-believer. Deserved respect ; Undeserved respect
The God hypothesis. Polytheism ; Monotheism ; Secularism, the Founding Fathers and the religion of America ; The poverty of agnosticism ; NOMA ; The great prayer experiment ; The Neville Chamberlain school of evolutionists ; Little green men
Arguments for God's existence. Thomas Aquinas' "proofs" ; The ontological argument and other a priori arguments ; The argument from beauty ; The argument from personal "experience" ; The argument from scripture ; The argument from admired religious scientists ; Pascal's wager ; Bayesian arguments
Why there almost certainly is no God. The Ultimate Boeing 747 ; Natural selection as a consciousness-raiser ; Irreducible complexity ; The worship of gaps ; The anthropic principle : planetary version ; The anthropic principle : cosmological version ; An interlude at Cambridge
The roots of religion. The Darwinian imperative ; Direct advantages of religion ; Group selection ; Religion as a by-product of something else ; Psychologically primed for religion ; Tread softly, because you tread on my memes ; Cargo cults
The roots of morality : why are we good? Does our moral sense have a Darwinian origin? ; A case study in the roots of morality ; If there is no God, why be good?
The "good" book and the changing moral Zeitgeist. The Old Testament ; Is the New Testament any better? ; Love thy neighbour ; The moral Zeitgeist ; What about Hitler and Stalin? : weren't they atheists?
What's wrong with religion? : why be so hostile? Fundamentalism and the subversion of science ; The dark side of absolutism ; Faith and homosexuality ; Faith and the sanctity of human life ; The great Beethoven fallacy ; How "moderation" in faith fosters fanaticism
Childhood, abuse and the escape from religion. Physical and mental abuse ; In defence of children ; An educational scandal ; Consciousness-raising again ; Religious education as a part of literary culture
A much needed gap? Binker ; Consolation ; Inspiration ; The mother of all burkas.
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Subjects
Subjects
Areligiosität
Ateísmo
Atheism
Atheismus
Atheïsme
Athéisme
Christian Nonfiction
Controversial literature
Dieu
God
Gotteslehre
History
Irreligion
Irréligion
Military
Nonfiction
Ouvrages de controverse
Philosophy
Political
Religiekritiek
Religion
Religion -- Controversial literature
Religion -- Ouvrages de controverse
Religión
Religión -- Literatura de controversial
Science & Technology
Ateísmo
Atheism
Atheismus
Atheïsme
Athéisme
Christian Nonfiction
Controversial literature
Dieu
God
Gotteslehre
History
Irreligion
Irréligion
Military
Nonfiction
Ouvrages de controverse
Philosophy
Political
Religiekritiek
Religion
Religion -- Controversial literature
Religion -- Ouvrages de controverse
Religión
Religión -- Literatura de controversial
Science & Technology
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9780618918249
9780547348667
9781400123780
9780618680009
9781400103782
9781400133789
9780547348667
9781400123780
9780618680009
9781400103782
9781400133789
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