Contents

Cover    1

Title Page    3

Copyright Page    4

Endorsements    5

Dedication    7

Introduction: How to Reach a Culture of Radical Unbelief    11

Part One: A Framework for Fruitful Conversations    17

1. No Selling Required    19

2. The Big Picture    31

3. The State of the Doubter’s Knowledge    45

Part Two: What Skeptics Need to Know About God    51

4. Love and the Meaning of Life    53

5. The Reason for the Rules    73

6. What Jesus Meant by That Whole “Born Again” Thing    87

7. Why Hell Is Fair and Heaven Won’t Be Boring    105

8. How to Think About the Bible    123

Part Three: Dealing With the Data    147

9. The God Hypothesis    149

10. Christianity and Pagan Myths    167

11. The World Is Not Enough    187

12. Up Close and Personal With God    207

13. Hypocrisy, Sex, and Other Causes of Skepticism    231

14. Telling the World Its Story    253

Notes    255

About the Author    269

Back Cover    271