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VICTOR J.STENGER THE NEW ATHEISM
Table of Contents
Chapter 1. — ATHEISM ON THE OFFENSIVE
NOTES
Chapter 2. — THE FOLLY OF FAITH
NOTES
Chapter 3. — THE SWORD OF SCIENCE
NOTES
Chapter 4. — THE DESIGN DELUSION
NOTES
Chapter 5. — HOLY SMOKE
NOTES
Chapter 6. — SUFFERING AND MORALITY
Chapter 7. — THE NATURE OF NATURE
Chapter 8. — THE NATURE OF MIND
NOTES
Chapter 9. — THE WAY OF NATURE
Chapter 10. — THE FUTURE OF ATHEISM
INGERSOLL’S VOW
PREFACE
NOTES
1. ATHEISM ON THE OFFENSIVE
THE GODS PEOPLE WORSHIP
THE ATHEIST WORLDVIEW
IS AMERICA A DEIST NATION?
ATHEISM IN SOCIETY
NEW ATHEISM STEPS IN
THE END OF FAITH?
THE GOD DELUSION
BREAKING THE TABOO
GOD: A FAILED HYPOTHESIS?
IS GOD GREAT?
NOTES
2. THE FOLLY OF FAITH
FAR FROM BENIGN
DOING THE RIGHT THING
THE NEOCONS
THE THEOCONS
TOWARD THE APOCALYPSE
FAITH AND EVIDENCE
NOTES
3. THE SWORD OF SCIENCE
CAN SCIENCE STUDY THE SUPERNATURAL?
IS SCIENCE BASED ON FAITH?
CAN WE TRUST OUR MINDS?
DO SCIENCE AND RELIGION CONFLICT?
CAN ONE BALANCE SCIENCE AND BELIEF?
CAN SCIENCE DISPROVE GOD’S EXISTENCE?
IS ANY GOD CONSISTENT WITH SCIENCE?
NOTES
4. THE DESIGN DELUSION
DESIGNED FOR LIFE?
A LOGICAL ARGUMENT
SCIENTIFIC ARGUMENTS
Ratio of Electrons to Protons
Ratio of Electromagnetic Force to Gravity
Expansion Rate of the Universe
Mass Density of the Universe
Cosmological Constant
EARTHLY DESIGN
INTELLIGENT DESIGN
THE END IN COURT
DAWKINS’S DISPROOF
NOTES
5. HOLY SMOKE
THE DARK BIBLE
WHAT DID JESUS DO?
HISTORICAL HORRORS
ATHEIST HORRORS?
STALIN AND ATHEISM
FOLLOWING ORDERS
THE SAGA OF JOSEPH SMITH
THE MOUNTAIN MEADOWS MASSACRE
THE FUNDAMENTALISTS
RON’S REVELATION
LESSONS FROM MORMONISM
HOLY TERROR
NOTES
6. SUFFERING AND MORALITY
A CRISIS IN FAITH
THE PROPHETS’ ANSWER
FREE WILL AND SUFFERING
REDEMPTIVE SUFFERING
THE BOOK OF JOB
JESUS, THE APOCALYPTIC TEACHER
A SCIENTIFIC TAKE
ALL IS VANITY
SUFFERING IN ISLAM
SUFFERING IN HINDUISM
SUFFERING IN BUDDHISM
The Eightfold Path to Enlightenment
SUFFERING IN TAOISM
RELIGION AND MORALITY
UNIVERSAL MORALITY
THE NATURAL ORIGIN OF MORALITY
NOTES
7. THE NATURE OF NATURE
SCIENTIFIC NATURALISM
MATTER
WHAT ABOUT SPIRIT?
THE UNIVERSE OF MATTER
THE MASS OF THE UNIVERSE
THE BEGINNING OF TIME?
A NATURAL SCENARIO FOR THE ORIGIN OF THE UNIVERSE
WHAT ABOUT THE LAWS OF PHYSICS?
INVARIANCE
NOTES
8. THE NATURE OF MIND
THE IMMATERIAL SOUL
EVIDENCE OF ABSENCE
TESTING THE HYPOTHESIS
PSYCHIC PSEUDOSCIENCE
THOUGHTS AND MATTER
PHILOSOPHICAL MUSINGS ON MIND
LOOKING AT THE DATA
NEUROTHEOLOGY
NEURAL NETWORKS
IS THE BRAIN A COMPUTER?
SO, WHAT ABOUT THE SOUL?
NOTES
9. THE WAY OF NATURE
THE AXIAL SAGES
THE INNER FIRE OF ATMAN
AXIAL JUDAISM
AXIAL GREECE
SAMKHYA
BUDDHA
CONFUCIUS
LAO TZU
THE RETURN OF THE SELF
QUANTUM SPIRITUALITY
MAKING YOUR OWN REALITY
EVERYTHING WE OBSERVE IS PARTICLES
SAM HARRIS AND SPIRITUALITY
THE WAY OF NATURE
NOTES
10. THE FUTURE OF ATHEISM
THE ORIGIN OF RELIGION
A GOD GENE?
THE GODS ARE NOT WINNING
UNDERSTANDING THE DATA
GODLESS SOCIETY
LIVING WITHOUT RELIGION
THE NEW ATHEISM SUMMARIZED
NOTES
BIBLIOGRAPHY
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
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