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Finally, a fair account A number of readers will come across this book thinking it to be some form of 'God Delusion' style rebuttal of religion. In fact, the book simply states what positive atheism is and explores the reasoning behind it. There is no need to debate whether the arguments in the book are sufficient to declare God as no more - that's simply not what the book aims to do. Just read it with a view to understanding what atheism can be if it is used positively, as opposed to expecting a vociferous offensive against... more info
Atheism - The Only Proposition Supported By The Evidence
If you've ever wondered what an atheist really thinks then this book is a pretty accurate account. If you are an atheist then this book summarises the main philosophical and evidential stances that makes atheism such a strong position. The book shows how tough it is to deny the evidence for the universe lacking a 'father figure' like any of the gods proposed by various religions throughout the ages. An atheist is simply someone who has looked at the evidence, perused the holy books and found the... more info
The most uncritical, biased, flawed book of reasoning I have ever read! I was for once going to read an atheistic book in the hopes that it would be unbiased and actually give reasons for its own worldview instead of merely pointing out the faults with others. This book was a major disappointment! Let me show you why. To begin with, Baggini starts by saying that atheism is the negation of theism. So far so good, I thought. Then all of a sudden in the next paragraph he says that we can not learn anything from knowing this. What a load of rubbish! If not for the word atheism... more info
"Why I Am Not a Christian..." ... and neither a follower of whatsoever other faiths else. This book is about a strange thing, a non-belief that has got its own name. We do not have words for people who do not believe in unicorns, or not in astrology, but people who do not believe in gods are called atheists. Only the disbelief in gods seems important that westerners coined a special term for it. Though persecution of nonbelievers has gone out of fashion in most parts of the civilized world, prejudices about atheism and... more info
