50 voices of disbelief why we are atheists /
"50 Voices of Disbelief: Why We Are Atheists presents a collection of original essays drawn from an international group of prominent voices in the fields of academia, science, literature, media and politics who offer carefully considered statements of why they are atheists"--Provided by pu...
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Literature type: | Electronic eBook |
Language: | English |
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http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/book/10.1002/9781444307986 |
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"50 Voices of Disbelief: Why We Are Atheists presents a collection of original essays drawn from an international group of prominent voices in the fields of academia, science, literature, media and politics who offer carefully considered statements of why they are atheists"--Provided by publisher. |
Carrier Form: | 1 online resource (viii, 346 p.) |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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9781444357653 (electronic bk.) 1444357654 (electronic bk.) 9781444307986 1444307983 9781444307993 (electronic bk.) 1444307991 (electronic bk.) |
Index Number: | BL2785 |
CLC: | B91 |
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Now more important than ever : voices of reason / Unbelievable! / My "bye bull" story / How benevolent is God? : an argument from suffering to atheism / A deal-breaker / Why am I a nonbeliever? : I wonder-- / Wicked or dead? : reflections on the moral character and existential status of God / Religious belief and self-deception / The coming of disbelief / What I believe / Too good to be true, too obscure to explain : the cognitive shortcomings of belief in God / How to think about God : theism, atheism, and science / A magician looks at religion / Confessions of a kindergarten leper / Beyond disbelief / An ambivalent nonbelief / Why not? / Godless cosmology / Unanswered prayers / Beyond faith and opinion / Could it be pretty obvious there's no God? / Atheist, obviously / Why I am not a believer / Evil and me / Who's unhappy? / Reasons to be faithless / Three stages of disbelief / Born again, briefly / Cold comfort / The accidental exorcist / Atheist out of the foxhole / The unconditional love of reality / Antinomies / Giving up ghosts and gods / Some thoughts on why I am an atheist / No gods, please! / Welcome me back to the world of the thinking / Kicking religion goodbye-- / On credenda / "Not even start to ignore those questions!" : a voice of disbelief in a different key / Imagine no religion / Humanism as religion : an Indian alternative / Why I am NOT a theist / When the Hezbollah came to my school / Evolutionary noise, not signal from above / Gods inside / Why morality doesn't need religion / Doctor Who and the legacy of rationalism / My nonreligious life : a journey from superstition to rationalism / Helping people to think critically about their religious beliefs / Human self-determination, biomedical progress, and God / |