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The God delusion
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From the Book
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 person '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 neighbor
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 'modernization' in faith fosters fanaticism
Childhood, abuse and the escape from religion
Physical and mental abuse
In defense of children
An educational scandal
Consciousness-raising again
Religious education as a part of literary cultur
From the Book
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 ; Inspirati
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9780618680009
9780547348667
9781400123780
9780547348667
9781400123780
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