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Outgrowing God

Author : Richard Dawkins
Publisher : Random House
ISBN 13 : 1984853910
Total Pages : 314 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (848 download)

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Download or read book Outgrowing God written by Richard Dawkins and published by Random House. This book was released on 2019-10-08 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Should we believe in God? In this brisk introduction to modern atheism, one of the world’s greatest science writers tells us why we shouldn’t. Richard Dawkins was fifteen when he stopped believing in God. Deeply impressed by the beauty and complexity of living things, he’d felt certain they must have had a designer. Learning about evolution changed his mind. Now one of the world’s best and bestselling science communicators, Dawkins has given readers, young and old, the same opportunity to rethink the big questions. In twelve fiercely funny, mind-expanding chapters, Dawkins explains how the natural world arose without a designer—the improbability and beauty of the “bottom-up programming” that engineers an embryo or a flock of starlings—and challenges head-on some of the most basic assumptions made by the world’s religions: Do you believe in God? Which one? Is the Bible a “Good Book”? Is adhering to a religion necessary, or even likely, to make people good to one another? Dissecting everything from Abraham’s abuse of Isaac to the construction of a snowflake, Outgrowing God is a concise, provocative guide to thinking for yourself. Praise for Outgrowing God “My son came home from his first day in the sixth grade with arms outstretched plaintively demanding to know: ‘Have you ever heard of Jesus?’ We burst out laughing. Maybe not our finest parenting moment, given that he was genuinely distraught. He felt that he had woken up one day to a world in which his peers were expressing beliefs he found frighteningly unreasonable. He began devouring books like The God Delusion, books that helped him formulate his own arguments and helped him stand his ground. Dawkins’s new book is special in the terrain of atheists’ pleas for humanism and rationalism precisely since it speaks to those most vulnerable to the coercive tactics of religion. As Dawkins himself says in the dedication, this book is for ‘all young people when they’re old enough to decide for themselves.’ It is also, I must add, for their parents.”—Janna Levin, author of Black Hole Blues “When someone is considering atheism I tell them to read the Bible first and then Dawkins. Outgrowing God—second only to the Bible!”—Penn Jillette, author of God, No!

An Atheist Guide to God

Author : Sophia O. Y. Jones
Publisher : Xulon Press
ISBN 13 : 1606473530
Total Pages : 218 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (64 download)

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Download or read book An Atheist Guide to God written by Sophia O. Y. Jones and published by Xulon Press. This book was released on 2008-11 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If ever, there was a time for a book of this caliber, the time is now! This book has a message for everyone, if you believe or do not believe in God. "An Atheist Guide to God" is subject to controversy and debate. Not only is the title an original, its content is a force to be reckoned with. You might be wondering, "What in the world would possess anyone to conjure up such a title?" Over a decade ago, the concept was given to the author by revelation. At first, she did not understand why she was given this task, and dreaded it. Then, she realized that not only was she becoming the author, she was a student being taught herself. Sophia Jones was born on the island of Jamaica, where she was raised by her great grandma. She migrated to the United States to reside with her mother in her early teens. After high school she joined the Navy, where she became a Hospital Corpsman. Later, she attended the New England Bible College. Sophia is also an accomplished poet.

The Atheist's Guide to Reality: Enjoying Life without Illusions

Author : Alex Rosenberg
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN 13 : 0393083330
Total Pages : 369 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (93 download)

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Download or read book The Atheist's Guide to Reality: Enjoying Life without Illusions written by Alex Rosenberg and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2011-10-03 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A book for nonbelievers who embrace the reality-driven life. We can't avoid the persistent questions about the meaning of life-and the nature of reality. Philosopher Alex Rosenberg maintains that science is the only thing that can really answer them—all of them. His bracing and ultimately upbeat book takes physics seriously as the complete description of reality and accepts all its consequences. He shows how physics makes Darwinian natural selection the only way life can emerge, and how that deprives nature of purpose, and human action of meaning, while it exposes conscious illusions such as free will and the self. The science that makes us nonbelievers provides the insight into the real difference between right and wrong, the nature of the mind, even the direction of human history. The Atheist's Guide to Reality draws powerful implications for the ethical and political issues that roil contemporary life. The result is nice nihilism, a surprisingly sanguine perspective atheists can happily embrace.

The Good Atheist

Author : Dan Barker
Publisher : Ulysses Press
ISBN 13 : 1569758468
Total Pages : 242 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (697 download)

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Download or read book The Good Atheist written by Dan Barker and published by Ulysses Press. This book was released on 2011-01-25 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How does an atheist respond to the question, What is the purpose of life? Barker helps you understand and appreciate why freely choosing to help and cooperate with others is the true path to finding purpose.

How to Prove God Does Not Exist

Author : Trevor Treharne
Publisher : Universal-Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1612331181
Total Pages : 323 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (123 download)

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Download or read book How to Prove God Does Not Exist written by Trevor Treharne and published by Universal-Publishers. This book was released on 2012 with total page 323 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How to Prove god Does Not Exist is the complete guide to the nonbeliever stance. The most diverse validation of atheism ever written, it deconstructs every major criticism of atheism and defense of religion through logical, philosophical, historical, cultural, moral and scientific means. This builds towards a more strident approach towards asserting atheism, with five key justifications outlined for why god does not exist. This expansive work employs the philosophy of Epicurus, David Hume and Friedrich Nietzsche, the science of Charles Darwin, Albert Einstein and Stephen Hawking, plus the logic of Bertrand Russell, the psychoanalysis of Sigmund Freud, and the contemporized insights of New Atheism advocates such as Christopher Hitchens and Richard Dawkins. It features original concluding insights with prominent atheists such as scientists Vic Stenger and Michael Shermer, plus philosophers Peter Singer and Michel Onfray. There are also unprecedented views of atheism by notable believers, including the 21st century's leading Christian philosopher, Professor Richard Swinburne, while journalist Peter Hitchens unveils why his late brother Christopher's arguments for atheism were "unoriginal, trivial and often ill-informed." The all-encompassing How to Prove god Does Not Exist is the complete armory of arguments that every atheist should know.

God Doesn't Believe in Atheists

Author : Ray Comfort
Publisher : Bridge Logos Foundation
ISBN 13 : 9780882709222
Total Pages : 196 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (92 download)

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Download or read book God Doesn't Believe in Atheists written by Ray Comfort and published by Bridge Logos Foundation. This book was released on 2002-06 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book proves to atheists that they don't exist, reveals to agnostics their true motives, and strengthens the faith of the believers. This book answers questions such as Who made God? and Where did Cain get his wife? The book uses humor, reason, and logic to send a powerful message. Here are some reactions from atheists who read the book . . .

The God Debates

Author : John R. Shook
Publisher : Wiley-Blackwell
ISBN 13 : 1444328050
Total Pages : 253 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (443 download)

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Download or read book The God Debates written by John R. Shook and published by Wiley-Blackwell. This book was released on 2010-07-13 with total page 253 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The God Debates presents a comprehensive, non-technical survey of the quest for knowledge of God, allowing readers to participate in a debate about the existence of God and gain understanding and appreciation of religion?s conceptual foundations. Explains key arguments for and against God's existence in clear ways for readers at all levels Brings theological debates up to the present with current ideas from modernism, postmodernism, fideism, evidentialism, presuppositionalism, and mysticism Updates criticism of theology by dealing with the latest terms of the God debates instead of outdated caricatures of religion Helps nonbelievers to learn important theological standpoints while noting their shortcomings Encourages believers and nonbelievers to enjoy informed dialogue with each other Concludes with an overview of religious and nonreligious worldviews and predictions about the future of faith and reason

Thank God for Atheists

Author : Timothy Morgan
Publisher : Harvest House Publishers
ISBN 13 : 0736966293
Total Pages : 287 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (369 download)

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Download or read book Thank God for Atheists written by Timothy Morgan and published by Harvest House Publishers. This book was released on 2015-10-01 with total page 287 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The greatest authors of atheism did more to push me toward belief in God than any Christian apologist writer." --Timothy Morgan. After a decade of major disappointments, Timothy Morgan was ready to reject God. Atheism offered an escape--an opportunity to dismiss God permanently. But as Morgan delved into the thinking of great atheists past and present, he was stunned. In book after book, he found their reasons for rejecting God to be intellectually unfulfilling. In Thank God for Atheists he candidly shares his journey by letting atheists speak for themselves, examining their logic to see whether it holds up or not. Along the way, deals with these key questions: What are the key elements of the atheist worldview? Who are the leading modern-day atheists, and what are they saying? How can you effectively respond to atheism? You'll find this a personal and thoughtful book on why the evidence for God is much more compelling than the evidence against Him.

A Sceptic's Guide to Atheism

Author : Peter S Williams
Publisher : Authentic Media Inc
ISBN 13 : 1842278991
Total Pages : 230 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (422 download)

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Download or read book A Sceptic's Guide to Atheism written by Peter S Williams and published by Authentic Media Inc. This book was released on 2013-09-01 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is an accessible response to the contemporary anti-God arguments of the 'new atheists' (Dawkins, Dennett, Harris, Hitchens, Grayling, etc). Atheism has become militant in the past few years, with its own popular mass media evangelists such as Richard Dawkins and Daniel Dennett. In this readable book, Christian philosopher Peter S. Williams considers the arguments of the 'new atheists' and finds them wanting. Williams explains the history of atheism and responds to the claims that: 'belief in God causes more harm than good'; 'religion is about blind faith and science is the only way to know things'; 'science can explain religion away'; 'there is not enough evidence for God'; 'the arguments for God's existence do not work'. Williams argues that belief in God is more intellectually plausible than atheism.

An Atheist's Guide to God

Author : Barry Phelps
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781724383563
Total Pages : 570 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (835 download)

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Download or read book An Atheist's Guide to God written by Barry Phelps and published by . This book was released on 2018-07-26 with total page 570 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fair and factual look at Faith to Atheism and everything inbetween. An Atheist's Guide To God is written, with dry humour, for real people, not arcane theologians with stratospheric IQs who could demolish me in debate but not explain themselves to Einstein's child of six. And as I am an Englishman it inevitably concentrates on the Christian idea of god. I barely attack god in this book but raise many questions about religions, their clergy, theology and holy books. Why should he, she or it, existing or otherwise, be criticised for the sins of his clergy, unless for failing to bring them to heel? Besides, as an old Fleet Street hack I raise mostly rhetorical questions about god or gods and leave you to infer the answers. I treat the Bible and other holy texts as plain reading, what they actually say, as divines can make them mean anything - and do. Researching this book taught me how easy it is for theologians to become beguiled into writing weighty tomes on lightweight matters which would better be answered by a single sentence, sometimes a single plural word. I have tried to resist that temptation. The Bible is a tad prudish. It uses the words 'slave' or 'slavery' but usually prefers 'bondsman' or 'bondsmaid' which can mean either slave or indentured servant, to be divined from context. It is also coy about sex. 'Fornicate' appears occasionally in the Bible but 'he knew her' or 'Uncovering' or 'seeing his or her nakedness' are preferred evasions. Sodomy is sometimes used but, again, euphemisms are preferred: 'homosexuality' is a nineteenth-century neologism and, worse, it is a Greek/Latin hybrid. Nor is 'rape' used but 'ravish' or, "He being stronger than she, forced her and lay with her" Song of Solomon 4:1. Women in ancient times were treated as mere chattels, the property of their fathers or husbands. Don't blame me for the political incorrectness of life in those days. I use faith to mean views that are invulnerable to all evidence, disproof and reason while belief is views that evidence and reason might change - but seldom do. In writing this book a constant sub-theme emerged: if you take holy books as guides then a serious discussion can ensue, if you take them literally it cannot. Literalism, I suggest, is an untenable idea. I could have used the phrase "If you accept the Bible literally" hundreds of times but that would have been boring for both you and me. Similarly, with "God declined to get involved". With both please infer from context. "The Church" means the Roman Catholic Church, dominating Christianity for over 1,000 years (the Dark Ages) unless clearly intended otherwise. Bible quotations are from American websites of the King James Authorised Version of the Bible. Translations are, of course, a semantic quagmire so I simply go with the words of the King James Authorised version whose text is as scripturally accurate or inaccurate as other versions but in far more beautiful English. I note single-issue campaigners, such as eco-warriors, try to persuade themselves, if few others, to interpret holy books as supporting their causes. Atheism also embraces freethinkers, agnostics and humanists: some people claim to be all four. It is a law of criticism that if you can't disparage the facts in a book then criticise the tone. Feel welcome. Barry Phelps

Relax, It's Just God

Author : Wendy Thomas Russell
Publisher : SCB Distributors
ISBN 13 : 1941932010
Total Pages : 200 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (419 download)

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Download or read book Relax, It's Just God written by Wendy Thomas Russell and published by SCB Distributors. This book was released on 2017-01-16 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gold-medal winner of a Next Generation Book Award, silver-medal winner of the Independent Publishers Book Award. As featured on the PBS NewsHour “A gem of a book.” — LIBRARY JOURNAL (STARRED REVIEW) A step-by-step guide to raising confident, open-minded kids in an age of religious intolerance. Relax, It's Just God offers parents fresh, practical and honest ways to address issues of God and faith with children while promoting curiosity and kindness, and successfully fending off indoctrination. A rapidly growing demographic cohort in America, secular parents are at the forefront of a major and unprecedented cultural shift. Unable to fall back on what they were taught as children, many of these parents are struggling, or simply failing, to address issues of God, religion and faith with their children in ways that promote honesty, curiosity, kindness and independence. The author sifts through hard data, including the results of a survey of 1,000 nonreligious parents, and delivers gentle but straightforward advice to both non-believers and open-minded believers. With a thoughtful voice infused with humor, Russell seamlessly merges scientific thought, scholarly research and everyday experience with respect for a full range of ways to view the world. "Relax, It's Just God" goes beyond the numbers to assist parents (and grandparents) who may be struggling to find the right time place, tone and language with which to talk about God, spirituality and organized religion. It encourages parents to promote religious literacy and understanding and to support kids as they explore religion on their own -- ensuring that each child makes up his or her own mind about what to believe (or not believe) and extends love and respect to those who may not agree with them. Subjects covered include: • Talking openly about our beliefs without indoctrinating kids • Making religious literacy fun and engaging • Talking about death without the comforts of heaven • Navigating religious differences with extended family members • What to do when kids get threatened with hell

Religion for Atheists

Author : Alain De Botton
Publisher : Signal
ISBN 13 : 0771025998
Total Pages : 298 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (71 download)

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Download or read book Religion for Atheists written by Alain De Botton and published by Signal. This book was released on 2012-03-06 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the author of The Architecture of Happiness, a deeply moving meditation on how we can still benefit, without believing, from the wisdom, the beauty, and the consolatory power that religion has to offer. Alain de Botton was brought up in a committedly atheistic household, and though he was powerfully swayed by his parents' views, he underwent, in his mid-twenties, a crisis of faithlessness. His feelings of doubt about atheism had their origins in listening to Bach's cantatas, were further developed in the presence of certain Bellini Madonnas, and became overwhelming with an introduction to Zen architecture. However, it was not until his father's death -- buried under a Hebrew headstone in a Jewish cemetery because he had intriguingly omitted to make more secular arrangements -- that Alain began to face the full degree of his ambivalence regarding the views of religion that he had dutifully accepted. Why are we presented with the curious choice between either committing to peculiar concepts about immaterial deities or letting go entirely of a host of consoling, subtle and effective rituals and practices for which there is no equivalent in secular society? Why do we bristle at the mention of the word "morality"? Flee from the idea that art should be uplifting, or have an ethical purpose? Why don't we build temples? What mechanisms do we have for expressing gratitude? The challenge that de Botton addresses in his book: how to separate ideas and practices from the religious institutions that have laid claim to them. In Religion for Atheists is an argument to free our soul-related needs from the particular influence of religions, even if it is, paradoxically, the study of religion that will allow us to rediscover and rearticulate those needs.

In Freedom We Trust

Author : Edward M. Buckner
Publisher : Prometheus Books
ISBN 13 : 1616146451
Total Pages : 339 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (161 download)

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Download or read book In Freedom We Trust written by Edward M. Buckner and published by Prometheus Books. This book was released on 2012-12-11 with total page 339 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Opponents attack the president of the United States for not being a real Christian. Bitter arguments erupt over whether the United States is or should be a Christian nation. Sound familiar? These contentious issues are not just recent developments but were also the topics of fierce debate in the late eighteenth century. Like President Obama today, President Thomas Jefferson had to contend with accusations that his religious convictions were questionable. Against complaints that the writers of the Constitution did not invoke God, John Adams replied, "It will never be pretended that any persons employed in that service had interviews with the gods." This book covers these and other related issues from the two-centuries-long debate over religion and secularism in America. Taking an unabashedly atheistic point of view, the father-and-son authors argue that everyone--from evangelical Christian to ardent atheist--needs a secular America and separation of church and state. They examine the decidedly unchristian roots of the Fourth of July, the important difference between "tolerance" and "toleration," the misleading confusions related to the difference between "public" and "governmental," the value of secular schooling, the erroneous contention that atheism is equivalent to immorality and therefore dangerous, and a host of other contemporary and historical topics. With a list of key dates related to the history of secular America, notes, bibliography, and glossary, In Freedom We Trust offers important facts and arguments for secular humanists and anyone with an interest in freedom of conscience.

I Don't Have Enough Faith to Be an Atheist

Author : Norman L. Geisler
Publisher : Crossway
ISBN 13 : 1433581442
Total Pages : 417 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (335 download)

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Download or read book I Don't Have Enough Faith to Be an Atheist written by Norman L. Geisler and published by Crossway. This book was released on 2021-05-17 with total page 417 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To some, the concept of having faith in a higher power or a set of religious beliefs is nonsensical. Indeed, many view religion in general, and Christianity in particular, as unfounded and unreasonable. Norman Geisler and Frank Turek argue, however, that Christianity is not only more reasonable than all other belief systems, but is indeed more rational than unbelief itself. With conviction and clear thinking, Geisler and Turek guide readers through some of the traditional, tested arguments for the existence of a creator God. They move into an examination of the source of morality and the reliability of the New Testament accounts concerning Jesus. The final section of the book deals with a detailed investigation of the claims of Christ. This volume will be an interesting read for those skeptical about Christianity, as well as a helpful resource for Christians seeking to articulate a more sophisticated defense of their faith.

The Christian Atheist

Author : Craig Groeschel
Publisher : Zondervan
ISBN 13 : 0310597412
Total Pages : 180 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (15 download)

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Download or read book The Christian Atheist written by Craig Groeschel and published by Zondervan. This book was released on 2010-04-06 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Are you putting your whole faith in God but still living as if everything is up to you? You may believe in God, attend church, and generally treat people with kindness…but are you living as if God doesn't exist? Have you surrendered to God completely, living every day depending upon the Holy Spirit? Pastor and bestselling author Craig Groeschel will lead you on a personal journey toward an authentic, God-honoring life. This honest, hard-hitting, and eye-opening look into the ways people believe in God but live as if he doesn't exist is a classic of discipleship training. Groeschel's personal journey will help you break down your own barriers between simple belief and a more intentional faith. This book will help you: Let go of the shame of your past and know that you’re forgiven. Embrace Christ’s profound love for you. Believe in the power of prayer. Give up control when life doesn't seem fair. Trust God with all your anxious thoughts, heartache, struggles, and pain. From the author of Winning the War in Your Mind, The Christian Atheist is a rallying cry to get honest with God, shed the self-sufficiency and the hypocrisy, and live a life that truly brings glory to Christ.

The Atheis's Guide to Christmas

Author : Ariane Sherine
Publisher : HarperCollins UK
ISBN 13 : 0007389825
Total Pages : 354 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (73 download)

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Download or read book The Atheis's Guide to Christmas written by Ariane Sherine and published by HarperCollins UK. This book was released on 2010 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Last year, Guardian journalist Ariane Sherine launched the Atheist Bus Campaign and ended up raising over 150,000 Pounds, enough to place the advert 'There's probably no God. Now stop worring and enjoy your life' on 800 UK buses in Januaray 2009.

Everybody Is Wrong About God

Author : James A. Lindsay
Publisher : Pitchstone Publishing (US&CA)
ISBN 13 : 1634310381
Total Pages : 268 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (343 download)

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Download or read book Everybody Is Wrong About God written by James A. Lindsay and published by Pitchstone Publishing (US&CA). This book was released on 2015-12-01 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A call to action to address people's psychological and social motives for a belief in God, rather than debate the existence of God With every argument for theism long since discredited, the result is that atheism has become little more than the noises reasonable people make in the presence of unjustified religious beliefs. Thus, engaging in interminable debate with religious believers about the existence of God has become exactly the wrong way for nonbelievers to try to deal with misguided—and often dangerous—belief in a higher power. The key, author James Lindsay argues, is to stop that particular conversation. He demonstrates that whenever people say they believe in "God," they are really telling us that they have certain psychological and social needs that they do not know how to meet. Lindsay then provides more productive avenues of discussion and action. Once nonbelievers understand this simple point, and drop the very label of atheist, will they be able to change the way we all think about, talk about, and act upon the troublesome notion called "God."