Join Amazon Prime and ship Two-Day for free and Overnight for $3.99. Already a member? Sign in.
Atheism Explained
and over 300,000 other books are available for Amazon Kindle – Amazon’s new wireless reading device.
Learn more
|
Frequently Bought Together
Customers Who Bought This Item Also Bought
The Portable Atheist: Essential Readings for the Nonbeliever by Christopher Hitchens |
by Guy P. Harrison
|
Godless: How an Evangelical Preacher Became One of America's Leading Atheists by Dan Barker |
Atheist Universe: The Thinking Person's Answer to Christian Fundamentalism by David Mills |
God's Problem: How the Bible Fails to Answer Our Most Important Question--Why We Suffer by Bart D. Ehrman |
Editorial Reviews
Product Description
From the Back Cover
Be the first person to add an article about this item at Amapedia.com.
› See featured Amapedia.com articles
Conditions of Use
|
Privacy Notice
© 1996-2009, Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates
Atheism Explained explores the claims made both for and against the existence of God. On the pro side: that the wonders of the world can only be explained by an intelligent creator; that the universe had to start somewhere; telepathy, out-of-body experiences, and other paranormal phenomena demonstrate the existence of a spirit world; and that those who experience God directly provide evidence as real as any physical finding. After disputing these arguments through calm, careful criticism, author David Ramsay Steele presents the reasons why God cannot exist: monstrous, appalling evils; the impossibility of omniscience; and the senseless concept that God is a thinking mind without a brain. He also explores controversial topics such as Intelligent Design, the power of prayer, religion without God, and whether a belief in God makes people happier and healthier. Steele’s rational, easy-to-understand prose helps readers form their own conclusions about this eternally thorny topic.
From the Back Cover
"A clear, concise, complete, and convincing presentation of the case for atheism. Covers essentially all the arguments for and against God, in science, philosophy, and theology, with sympathy for the believer's views even as they are shown to be untenable."
—Victor J. Stenger, author of God: The Failed Hypothesis
"Atheism Explained is a gem. It is clear, informative, well-argued, provocative, often witty, and unfailingly interesting. David Ramsay Steele ranges over so many issues that I should be surprised if he were right about everything, but it makes for a most stimulating read. The book is in a different league from Richard Dawkins's The God Delusion, and deserves much greater success."
—Jeremy Shearmur, author of The Political Thought of Karl Popper
"A refreshingly readable introduction to the arguments for and against believing in God, and the implications atheism has—and more importantly does not have—for politics, morality, and even religion itself."
—Susan Blackmore, author of Conversations on Consciousness
"Steele explains atheism with scholarship, cogency, wit, and clarity. He aims at the nonacademic reader, but no professional philosopher I know of could fail to be impressed."
—Jan Narveson, author of This Is Ethical Theory
"Atheism Explained is a much better defense of atheism than the recent works by Dawkins and Hitchens."
—James Sadowsky, S.J., Professor of Philosophy, Fordham University
"Steele defends atheism by a comprehensive analysis of attempts to prove and disprove the existence of God. If you want to refute atheism, then you need to reply to Atheism Explained. It may well become the classic work on the subject. It is as readable as it is rigorous."
—J.C. Lester, author of Escape from Leviathan
David Ramsay Steele is author of From Marx to Mises (1992), co-author (with Michael Edelstein)of Three Minute Therapy (1997), and editor of Genius: In Their Own Words (2002). His articles have appeared in Critical Review, Liberty, National Review, and Ethics. He contributed to The Atkins Diet and Philosophy (2005) and The New Encyclopedia of Unbelief (2007).
—Victor J. Stenger, author of God: The Failed Hypothesis
"Atheism Explained is a gem. It is clear, informative, well-argued, provocative, often witty, and unfailingly interesting. David Ramsay Steele ranges over so many issues that I should be surprised if he were right about everything, but it makes for a most stimulating read. The book is in a different league from Richard Dawkins's The God Delusion, and deserves much greater success."
—Jeremy Shearmur, author of The Political Thought of Karl Popper
"A refreshingly readable introduction to the arguments for and against believing in God, and the implications atheism has—and more importantly does not have—for politics, morality, and even religion itself."
—Susan Blackmore, author of Conversations on Consciousness
"Steele explains atheism with scholarship, cogency, wit, and clarity. He aims at the nonacademic reader, but no professional philosopher I know of could fail to be impressed."
—Jan Narveson, author of This Is Ethical Theory
"Atheism Explained is a much better defense of atheism than the recent works by Dawkins and Hitchens."
—James Sadowsky, S.J., Professor of Philosophy, Fordham University
"Steele defends atheism by a comprehensive analysis of attempts to prove and disprove the existence of God. If you want to refute atheism, then you need to reply to Atheism Explained. It may well become the classic work on the subject. It is as readable as it is rigorous."
—J.C. Lester, author of Escape from Leviathan
David Ramsay Steele is author of From Marx to Mises (1992), co-author (with Michael Edelstein)of Three Minute Therapy (1997), and editor of Genius: In Their Own Words (2002). His articles have appeared in Critical Review, Liberty, National Review, and Ethics. He contributed to The Atkins Diet and Philosophy (2005) and The New Encyclopedia of Unbelief (2007).
Product Details
Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?
|
Inside This Book
(learn more)
Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs):
(learn more)
free will defense, cosmological argument, kalam argument, god gene, young earth creationism, pure logic, irreducible complexity, young earth creationists, coercive intervention, first cause argument, greatest conceivable thing, one big thought, scope for free will, classical theism, capacity for free will, most theists, evil outcomes, people free will, ten qualities, highest integer Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New Testament, Big Bang, Ontological Argument, The Objections, Ten Commandments, Improbable Universe Argument, Does God Explain Why Anything Exists, Paley's Challenge, Old Testament, Can God, The Holy Bible Isn't Wholly Reliable, Taj Mahal, Did Someone Set the Dial, Sherlock Holmes, Did God Compose the Quran, Noah's Flood, Can We Know God Directly, Can We Prove God Exists, Origin of Species, Van Inwagen, Atheism Is Irresistible, Noah's Ark, Therefore God, Faith Doesn't Have, Atheism Explained Browse Sample Pages:
Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
free will defense, cosmological argument, kalam argument, god gene, young earth creationism, pure logic, irreducible complexity, young earth creationists, coercive intervention, first cause argument, greatest conceivable thing, one big thought, scope for free will, classical theism, capacity for free will, most theists, evil outcomes, people free will, ten qualities, highest integer Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New Testament, Big Bang, Ontological Argument, The Objections, Ten Commandments, Improbable Universe Argument, Does God Explain Why Anything Exists, Paley's Challenge, Old Testament, Can God, The Holy Bible Isn't Wholly Reliable, Taj Mahal, Did Someone Set the Dial, Sherlock Holmes, Did God Compose the Quran, Noah's Flood, Can We Know God Directly, Can We Prove God Exists, Origin of Species, Van Inwagen, Atheism Is Irresistible, Noah's Ark, Therefore God, Faith Doesn't Have, Atheism Explained Browse Sample Pages:
Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
What Do Customers Ultimately Buy After Viewing This Item?
 |
79% buy the item featured on this page: Atheism Explained: From Folly to Philosophy (Ideas Explained) $12.21 |
 |
6% buy Atheist Universe: The Thinking Person's Answer to Christian Fundamentalism $10.17 |
 |
6% buy 50 Reasons People Give for Believing in a God $12.23 |
 |
5% buy Godless: How an Evangelical Preacher Became One of America's Leading Atheists $10.17 |
Tags Customers Associate with This Product(What's this?)Click on a tag to find related items, discussions, and people.
|
Help others find this product — tag it for Amazon search
No one has tagged this product for Amazon search yet. Why not be the first to suggest a search for which it should appear?
Customer Reviews
|
Share your thoughts with other customers:
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||
Most Helpful Customer Reviews
Share your thoughts with other customers: Create your own review
|
|
Customer Discussions
Beta (What's this?)
New! See all customer communities, and bookmark your communities to keep track of them.
|
This product's forum
(0 discussions)
Ask questions, Share opinions, Gain insight
Active discussions in related forums
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Product Information from the Amapedia Community
Beta (What's this?)Be the first person to add an article about this item at Amapedia.com.
› See featured Amapedia.com articles
Listmania!
So You'd Like to...
Look for Similar Items by Category
Get Within Reach Expand your power options with an extension cord. Get the cord type, indoor or outdoor, in the length you need in Lighting & Electrical. |
Best Books of 2008 |
Say, "Oof Da!" |
Get That Chiseled Look |
|||||||
|
Your Recent History
(What's this?)|
You have no recently viewed items or searches.
After viewing product detail pages or search results, look here to find an easy way to navigate back to pages you are interested in. Look to the right column to find helpful suggestions for your shopping session. |
Continue shopping: Top Sellers
| ||||
| ||
| ||
| ||
| ||
| ||
