R Blackford
John Wiley & Sons
e druk, 2009
9781405190466
50 Voices of Disbelief – Why We Are Atheists
Why We Are Atheists
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John Wiley & Sons |
e druk, 2009
ISBN13: 9781405190466
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50 Voices of Disbelief: Why We Are Atheists presents a collection of original essays drawn from an international group of prominent voices in the fields of academia, science, literature, media and politics who offer carefully considered statements of why they are atheists.
Features a truly international cast of contributors, ranging from public intellectuals such as Peter Singer, Susan Blackmore, and A.C. Grayling, novelists, such as Joe Haldeman, and heavyweight philosophers of religion, including Graham Oppy and Michael Tooley
Contributions range from rigorous philosophical arguments to highly personal, even whimsical, accounts of how each of these notable thinkers have come to reject religion in their lives
Likely to have broad appeal given the current public fascination with religious issues and the reception of such books as The God Delusion and The End of Faith
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<p>Acknowledgments ix</p>
<p>Introduction: Now More Important than Ever Voices of Reason 1<br /> Russell Blackford and Udo Schüklenk</p>
<p>Unbelievable! 5<br /> Russell Blackford</p>
<p>My Bye Bull Story 10<br /> Margaret Downey</p>
<p>How Benevolent Is God? An Argument from Suffering to Atheism 16<br /> Nicholas Everitt</p>
<p>A Deal–Breaker 23<br /> Ophelia Benson</p>
<p>Why Am I a Nonbeliever? I Wonder . . . 28<br /> J. L. Schellenberg</p>
<p>Wicked or Dead? Reflections on the Moral Character and Existential Status of God 33<br /> John Harris</p>
<p>Religious Belief and Self–Deception 41<br /> Adèle Mercier</p>
<p>The Coming of Disbelief 48<br /> J. J. C. Smart</p>
<p>What I Believe 50<br /> Graham Oppy</p>
<p>Too Good to Be True, Too Obscure to Explain: The Cognitive Shortcomings of Belief in God 57<br /> Thomas W. Clark</p>
<p>How to Think About God: Theism, Atheism, and Science 65<br /> Michael Shermer</p>
<p>A Magician Looks at Religion 78<br /> James Randi</p>
<p>Confessions of a Kindergarten Leper 82<br /> Emma Tom</p>
<p>Beyond Disbelief 86<br /> Philip Kitcher</p>
<p>An Ambivalent Nonbelief 97<br /> Taner Edis</p>
<p>Why Not? 105<br /> Sean M. Carroll</p>
<p>Godless Cosmology 112<br /> Victor J. Stenger</p>
<p>Unanswered Prayers 118<br /> Christine Overall</p>
<p>Beyond Faith and Opinion 123<br /> Damien Broderick</p>
<p>Could It Be Pretty Obvious There s No God? 129<br /> Stephen Law</p>
<p>Atheist, Obviously 139<br /> Julian Baggini</p>
<p>Why I am Not a Believer 145<br /> A. C. Grayling</p>
<p>Evil and Me 157<br /> Gregory Benford</p>
<p>Who s Unhappy? 161<br /> Lori Lipman Brown</p>
<p>Reasons to be Faithless 165<br /> Sheila A. M. McLean</p>
<p>Three Stages of Disbelief 168<br /> Julian Savulescu</p>
<p>Born Again, Briefly 172<br /> Greg Egan</p>
<p>Cold Comfort 177<br /> Ross Upshur</p>
<p>The Accidental Exorcist 182<br /> Austin Dacey</p>
<p>Atheist Out of the Foxhole 187<br /> Joe Haldeman</p>
<p>The Unconditional Love of Reality 191<br /> Dale McGowan</p>
<p>Antinomies 197<br /> Jack Dann</p>
<p>Giving Up Ghosts and Gods 200<br /> Susan Blackmore</p>
<p>Some Thoughts on Why I Am an Atheist 204<br /> Tamas Pataki</p>
<p>No Gods, Please! 211<br /> Laura Purdy</p>
<p>Welcome Me Back to the World of the Thinking 220<br /> Kelly O Connor</p>
<p>Kicking Religion Goodbye . . . 226<br /> Peter Adegoke</p>
<p>On Credenda 230<br /> Miguel Kottow</p>
<p> Not Even Start to Ignore Those Questions! A Voice of Disbelief in a Different Key 236<br /> Frieder Otto Wolf</p>
<p>Imagine No Religion 252<br /> Edgar Dahl</p>
<p>Humanism as Religion: An Indian Alternative 259<br /> Sumitra Padmanabhan</p>
<p>Why I Am NOT a Theist 263<br /> Prabir Ghosh</p>
<p>When the Hezbollah Came to My School 270<br /> Maryam Namazie</p>
<p>Evolutionary Noise, not Signal from Above 274<br /> Athena Andreadis</p>
<p>Gods Inside 279<br /> Michael R. Rose and John P. Phelan</p>
<p>Why Morality Doesn t Need Religion 288<br /> Peter Singer and Marc Hauser</p>
<p>Doctor Who and the Legacy of Rationalism 294<br /> Sean Williams</p>
<p>My Nonreligious Life: A Journey From Superstition to Rationalism 300<br /> Peter Tatchell</p>
<p>Helping People to Think Critically About Their Religious Beliefs 310<br /> Michael Tooley</p>
<p>Human Self–Determination, Biomedical Progress, and God 323<br /> Udo Schüklenk</p>
<p>About the Contributors 332</p>
<p>Index 338</p>
<p>Introduction: Now More Important than Ever Voices of Reason 1<br /> Russell Blackford and Udo Schüklenk</p>
<p>Unbelievable! 5<br /> Russell Blackford</p>
<p>My Bye Bull Story 10<br /> Margaret Downey</p>
<p>How Benevolent Is God? An Argument from Suffering to Atheism 16<br /> Nicholas Everitt</p>
<p>A Deal–Breaker 23<br /> Ophelia Benson</p>
<p>Why Am I a Nonbeliever? I Wonder . . . 28<br /> J. L. Schellenberg</p>
<p>Wicked or Dead? Reflections on the Moral Character and Existential Status of God 33<br /> John Harris</p>
<p>Religious Belief and Self–Deception 41<br /> Adèle Mercier</p>
<p>The Coming of Disbelief 48<br /> J. J. C. Smart</p>
<p>What I Believe 50<br /> Graham Oppy</p>
<p>Too Good to Be True, Too Obscure to Explain: The Cognitive Shortcomings of Belief in God 57<br /> Thomas W. Clark</p>
<p>How to Think About God: Theism, Atheism, and Science 65<br /> Michael Shermer</p>
<p>A Magician Looks at Religion 78<br /> James Randi</p>
<p>Confessions of a Kindergarten Leper 82<br /> Emma Tom</p>
<p>Beyond Disbelief 86<br /> Philip Kitcher</p>
<p>An Ambivalent Nonbelief 97<br /> Taner Edis</p>
<p>Why Not? 105<br /> Sean M. Carroll</p>
<p>Godless Cosmology 112<br /> Victor J. Stenger</p>
<p>Unanswered Prayers 118<br /> Christine Overall</p>
<p>Beyond Faith and Opinion 123<br /> Damien Broderick</p>
<p>Could It Be Pretty Obvious There s No God? 129<br /> Stephen Law</p>
<p>Atheist, Obviously 139<br /> Julian Baggini</p>
<p>Why I am Not a Believer 145<br /> A. C. Grayling</p>
<p>Evil and Me 157<br /> Gregory Benford</p>
<p>Who s Unhappy? 161<br /> Lori Lipman Brown</p>
<p>Reasons to be Faithless 165<br /> Sheila A. M. McLean</p>
<p>Three Stages of Disbelief 168<br /> Julian Savulescu</p>
<p>Born Again, Briefly 172<br /> Greg Egan</p>
<p>Cold Comfort 177<br /> Ross Upshur</p>
<p>The Accidental Exorcist 182<br /> Austin Dacey</p>
<p>Atheist Out of the Foxhole 187<br /> Joe Haldeman</p>
<p>The Unconditional Love of Reality 191<br /> Dale McGowan</p>
<p>Antinomies 197<br /> Jack Dann</p>
<p>Giving Up Ghosts and Gods 200<br /> Susan Blackmore</p>
<p>Some Thoughts on Why I Am an Atheist 204<br /> Tamas Pataki</p>
<p>No Gods, Please! 211<br /> Laura Purdy</p>
<p>Welcome Me Back to the World of the Thinking 220<br /> Kelly O Connor</p>
<p>Kicking Religion Goodbye . . . 226<br /> Peter Adegoke</p>
<p>On Credenda 230<br /> Miguel Kottow</p>
<p> Not Even Start to Ignore Those Questions! A Voice of Disbelief in a Different Key 236<br /> Frieder Otto Wolf</p>
<p>Imagine No Religion 252<br /> Edgar Dahl</p>
<p>Humanism as Religion: An Indian Alternative 259<br /> Sumitra Padmanabhan</p>
<p>Why I Am NOT a Theist 263<br /> Prabir Ghosh</p>
<p>When the Hezbollah Came to My School 270<br /> Maryam Namazie</p>
<p>Evolutionary Noise, not Signal from Above 274<br /> Athena Andreadis</p>
<p>Gods Inside 279<br /> Michael R. Rose and John P. Phelan</p>
<p>Why Morality Doesn t Need Religion 288<br /> Peter Singer and Marc Hauser</p>
<p>Doctor Who and the Legacy of Rationalism 294<br /> Sean Williams</p>
<p>My Nonreligious Life: A Journey From Superstition to Rationalism 300<br /> Peter Tatchell</p>
<p>Helping People to Think Critically About Their Religious Beliefs 310<br /> Michael Tooley</p>
<p>Human Self–Determination, Biomedical Progress, and God 323<br /> Udo Schüklenk</p>
<p>About the Contributors 332</p>
<p>Index 338</p>