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Index
Table of Contents
God Without Religion
Preface
What Is This Book About?
Chapter One
Let the Games Begin!
Some Leading Atheist Views
Christopher Hitchens
Richard Dawkins
Stages in the Development of the Universe
The Origin of Life
Stephen Hawking
Some Leading Religious Views
Intelligent Design
Rabbi Jonathan Sacks
Review of Chapter One
Chapter Two
A Fistful of Fallacies
A. Some Atheist Fallacies
The Fallacy of the Kalahari Polar Bear
The Best Butter Fallacy
The Bophocles Fallacy
B. Some Pro-Religion Fallacies
Argument from False Premise
Shaving with Occam’s Razor
Moving the Goalposts
Review of Chapter Two
Chapter Three
Two Types of Gods
Comparison of Theism, Deism and Atheism
Other Mechanisms of Evolution
Review Of Chapter Three
Chapter Four
Two Types of Religion
Creed Religions
Communal Religions
Alternative Classifications of Religions
Communal and Creed Religions — A Comparison
Case Study 1 — Hinduism
Case Study 2 — The Roman State Religion
Case Study 3 — Christianity
A Quick Glance at Some Other Religions
Conclusion
Review of Chapter Four
Chapter Five
Judaism: A Religion at the Crossroads
Judaism as a Communal Religion
Review of Chapter Five
Chapter Six
Is Christianity True?
Jesus as “the Christ”
Jesus’s Teachings
The Birth of a Myth
Was Jesus Born in Bethlehem?
Conclusions
Notes To Chapter Six
Review Of Chapter Six
Chapter Seven
Crescent Moon and Rising Sun
Classification
Name
Numbers
God(s)
Beliefs
Practices
Leading Figure(s)
Denominations
Violence
Origins
Conversion
Toleration
Community
Sacred Book(s)
Claim of “Truth”
Ethics
Reflections
Review Of Chapter Seven
Chapter Eight
Conclusion
Summary Of Conclusions
About the Author
Select Bibliography
Further Reading
Endnotes
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