Godless by Barker, Dan -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Praise Title Page Dedication Foreword Introduction PART 1 - Rejecting God

Chapter One - The Call Chapter Two - The Fall Chapter Three - The Fallout Chapter Four - The New Call

PART 2 - Why I Am an Atheist

Chapter Five - Why I Am an Atheist Chapter Six - Refuting God Chapter Seven - Omni-Aqueous Chapter Eight: - Cosmological Kalamity

DOES KALAM BEG THE QUESTION? IS KALAM SELF-REFUTING? DOES KALAM COMPARE APPLES AND ORANGES?

Chapter Nine - Dear Theologian

Where did I come from? What’s it all about? How do I decide what is right and wrong? Who am I?

PART 3 - What’s Wrong With Christianity

Chapter Ten - The Bible and Morality

MIGHT MAKES RIGHT HUMANS HAVE NO INTRINSIC RIGHT TO FAIRNESS OR RESPECT BIBLE CHARACTERS ARE POOR ROLE MODELS WHAT ABOUT JESUS? MANY MORAL PRECEPTS OF THE BIBLE ARE UNACCEPTABLE WHAT ABOUT THE GOOD TEACHINGS OF THE BIBLE? THE TEN COMMANDMENTS THE GOLDEN RULE LOVE THY NEIGHBOR THE BEATITUDES TURN THE OTHER CHEEK HUMANISM OFFERS MORALITY

Chapter Eleven - Murder, He Wrote Chapter Twelve - For Goodness Sake Chapter Thirteen - Bible Contradictions

SHOULD WE KILL? SHOULD WE TELL LIES? SHOULD WE STEAL? SHALL WE KEEP THE SABBATH? SHALL WE MAKE GRAVEN IMAGES? ARE WE SAVED THROUGH WORKS? SHOULD GOOD WORKS BE SEEN? SHOULD WE OWN SLAVES? DOES GOD CHANGE HIS MIND? DOES GOD KNOW THE FUTURE? ARE WE PUNISHED FOR OUR PARENTS’ SINS? WHOSE FAULT WAS IT THAT MOSES COULD NOT ENTER THE PROMISED LAND? IS GOD GOOD OR EVIL? DOES GOD TEMPT PEOPLE? IS GOD PEACEABLE? WHO WAS THE PRIEST IN THE STORY OF DAVID AND THE SHEWBREAD? WHEN WAS JESUS BORN? WAS JESUS PEACEABLE? WAS JESUS TRUSTWORTHY? SHALL WE CALL PEOPLE NAMES? HAS ANYONE SEEN GOD? HOW MANY GODS ARE THERE? ARE WE ALL SINNERS? HOW OLD WAS JEHOIACHIM WHEN HE BECAME KING? HOW OLD WAS AHAZIAH WHEN HE BEGAN TO REIGN? SHOULD WE SWEAR AN OATH? WHEN WAS JESUS CRUCIFIED? SHALL WE OBEY THE LAW? HOW MANY ANIMALS ON THE ARK? WERE WOMEN AND MEN CREATED EQUAL? WERE TREES CREATED BEFORE HUMANS? DID MICHAL HAVE CHILDREN? HOW MANY STALLS DID SOLOMON HAVE? DID PAUL’S MEN HEAR A VOICE? IS GOD OMNIPOTENT? DOES GOD LIVE IN LIGHT? DOES GOD ACCEPT HUMAN SACRIFICE? WHO WAS JOSEPH’S FATHER?

Chapter Fourteen - Understanding Discrepancy

“HEAR” OR “UNDERSTAND”? “VOICE” OR “SOUND”?

Chapter Fifteen - Did Jesus Exist?

FLAVIUS JOSEPHUS THE SECOND CENTURY AND LATER BOTTOM OF THE BARREL NOT THE GOSPEL TRUTH HOW DID THE MYTH ORIGINATE? ARE THE MIRACLES HISTORICAL? CONCLUSION

Chapter Sixteen - Did Jesus Really Rise From the Dead?

CAN HISTORY PROVE A MIRACLE? NATURALISTIC EXPLANATIONS INTERNAL DISCREPANCIES CONSISTENTLY INCONSISTENT LEGEND PAUL (YEAR 55 C.E.) MARK (YEAR 70 C.E.) MATTHEW (YEAR 80 C.E.) LUKE (YEAR 85 C.E.) GOSPEL OF PETER (YEAR 85 C.E.) GOSPEL OF JOHN (YEAR 90-95 C.E.) DID THE DISCIPLES DIE FOR A LIE? WHY DO SO MANY BELIEVE IN THE RESURRECTION? SO WHAT DID HAPPEN? THE LEGEND IDEA IS RESPECTFUL

PART 4 - Life Is Good!

Chapter Seventeen - We Go to Washington Chapter Eighteen - Adventures in Atheism Chapter Nineteen - Life and Death Matters

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