New Atheism, The · Taking a Stand for Science and Reason by Stenger, Victor J. -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

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Title Page Copyright Page Table of Contents Dedication INGERSOLL’S VOW PREFACE 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? 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 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 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

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