| Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 318 pages). |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Ideas explained ; v. 5
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Ideas explained series ; 5.
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| Summary |
"Explains and evaluates the principal rationale for and against belief in God, and argues in favor of atheism"--Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-305) and index. |
| Contents |
One kind of God- and a few alternatives -- Religion can do without God -- Paley's challenge to atheism and Darwin's answer -- The objections to Darwinism -- Did someone set the dial? -- Does God explain why anything exists? -- Can we prove God exists by pure logic? -- Do we get our morals from God? -- Can we know God directly? -- Faith doesn't have a prayer -- The Holy Bible isn't wholly reliable -- Did God compose the Quran? -- How to prove a negative -- Vast evil shows there is no God -- Can human free will explain why God allows vast evil? -- Can God be a person? -- What God can't do and what God can't know -- Is there a spirit world? -- Atheism is irresistible -- Disillusioned and happy. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Atheism.
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Atheism. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Steele, David Ramsay. Atheism explained. Chicago, Ill. : Open Court, ©2008 9780812696370 (DLC) 2007042691 (OCoLC)175289944 |
| ISBN |
9780812697032 (electronic book) |
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0812697030 (electronic book) |
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9780812696370 |
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0812696379 |
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