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Engaging, good-humored, and brilliantly argued, this volume confronts head-on many of the myths, slanders, misconceptions, and half-truths about atheism and its adherents. The crisply articulate authors, both respected philosophers, tackle allegations that range from the claim that atheism is just another religion, to the familiar slur about atrocities having been committed in its name. They counter religionists' hubristic prediction that atheism has no future, and engage with important themes including the relationship between atheism and ethics, where they demonstrate that belief in a deity is not the only foundation for moral probity.
As well as getting to the heart of one of today's most hotly contested debates, the authors present a brief history of modern atheism, and explain why the empiricism of modern science makes the intellectual appeal of atheism irresistible. In doing so, they provide a dazzling tutorial on critical thinking, and conclude that atheism is now the only truly reasonable response to 'the God question'.
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- Title 50 Great Myths About Atheism
- Author RUSSELL BLACKFORD
- Binding Hardcover
- Pages 274
- Language ENG
- Publisher Wiley-Blackwell
- Date 2013
- Features Bibliography, Dust Cover, Illustrated, Index, Table of Contents
- ISBN 9780470674048
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Themes
- Aspects (Academic): Religious
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