| |
|
The God Delusion 1529 reviews Richard Dawkins
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2006
Brilliant
This is an eminently cogent and brave book. Dawkins reasoning and arguments are brilliant, his style eloquent and warm. He gives a solid foundation for the improbability of a Creator Deity, the considerable harms caused by Religion and Theism, and the possibility and desireability of living a ...
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
Letter to a Christian Nation 678 reviews Sam Harris
Knopf, 2006
Letter to a Christian Nation
+ Do you believe in the god, Zeus? No? Neither do I. + Delivers what it Promises + Letter to Christian Nation
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
The End of Faith: Religion, Terror, and the Future of Reason 872 reviews Sam Harris
W. W. Norton, 2005
Refreshing Secular Humanism without Political Correctness
+ A thought-provoking, if somewhat alarmist, wake-up call
Sam Harris discusses and substantiates extensively that Islam constitutes a totalitarian danger for modern civilization and that it is much more resistent to a tolerant interpretative change than other religions. Despising real life versus a glorious hereafter promised to the faithful is ...
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
Natural Atheism 42 reviews David Eller
American Atheist Press, 2004
WOW!!! You MUST read this book!
+ A very sound, solid, refreshing, and deep book on Atheism + Atheism is natural to human existence. + Excellent, but wordy + Taking Steps Beyond The Heated Debate
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
Why Darwin Matters: The Case Against Intelligent Design 64 reviews Michael Shermer
Holt Paperbacks, 2007
Good book on why intelligent design is irrelevant
+ Effective if somewhat politically correct + Good Book for Evolution Junkies
A highly readable book that precisely discusses the current debates around evolution, intelligent design, why people belief in God and why Darwin matters. Shermer knows exactly what the issues are and presents them in a straightforward way. I'd definitely recommend this book for anyone interested ...
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
Darwinism and its Discontents 12 reviews Michael Ruse
Cambridge University Press, 2006
Truth Over Ideology
+ Darwinism -- For laity and scholar alike + Quite A Substantive Introduction to Darwinism and its Impact + Adjudicating points of contention
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
Darwin's Dangerous Idea: Evolution and the Meanings of Life 159 reviews Daniel C. Dennett
Simon & Schuster, 1996
"DDI" offers Bold and accessible argument
+ A philosophy book that stuff scientists (like me) can get behind
In "Darwin's Dangerous Idea," author Daniel Dennett offers a compelling and comprehensive argument for why Charles Darwin's idea of modification by natural selection is "the single best idea anyone has ever had" and why ultimately, it is not "dangerous" in the least bit. He further attests that the ...
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
Darwin's Dangerous Idea: Evolution and the Meanings of Life 159 reviews Daniel C. Dennett
Simon & Schuster, 1996
"DDI" offers Bold and accessible argument
+ A philosophy book that stuff scientists (like me) can get behind
In "Darwin's Dangerous Idea," author Daniel Dennett offers a compelling and comprehensive argument for why Charles Darwin's idea of modification by natural selection is "the single best idea anyone has ever had" and why ultimately, it is not "dangerous" in the least bit. He further attests that the ...
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
Letter to a Christian Nation 678 reviews Sam Harris
Knopf, 2006
Letter to a Christian Nation
+ Do you believe in the god, Zeus? No? Neither do I. + Delivers what it Promises + Letter to Christian Nation
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
Natural Atheism 42 reviews David Eller
American Atheist Press, 2004
WOW!!! You MUST read this book!
+ A very sound, solid, refreshing, and deep book on Atheism + Atheism is natural to human existence. + Excellent, but wordy + Taking Steps Beyond The Heated Debate
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
Darwinism and its Discontents 12 reviews Michael Ruse
Cambridge University Press, 2006
Truth Over Ideology
+ Darwinism -- For laity and scholar alike + Quite A Substantive Introduction to Darwinism and its Impact + Adjudicating points of contention
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
The End of Faith: Religion, Terror, and the Future of Reason 872 reviews Sam Harris
W. W. Norton, 2005
Refreshing Secular Humanism without Political Correctness
+ A thought-provoking, if somewhat alarmist, wake-up call
Sam Harris discusses and substantiates extensively that Islam constitutes a totalitarian danger for modern civilization and that it is much more resistent to a tolerant interpretative change than other religions. Despising real life versus a glorious hereafter promised to the faithful is ...
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
Why Darwin Matters: The Case Against Intelligent Design 64 reviews Michael Shermer
Holt Paperbacks, 2007
Good book on why intelligent design is irrelevant
+ Effective if somewhat politically correct + Good Book for Evolution Junkies
A highly readable book that precisely discusses the current debates around evolution, intelligent design, why people belief in God and why Darwin matters. Shermer knows exactly what the issues are and presents them in a straightforward way. I'd definitely recommend this book for anyone interested ...
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
The God Delusion 1529 reviews Richard Dawkins
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2006
Brilliant
This is an eminently cogent and brave book. Dawkins reasoning and arguments are brilliant, his style eloquent and warm. He gives a solid foundation for the improbability of a Creator Deity, the considerable harms caused by Religion and Theism, and the possibility and desireability of living a ...
|
|
|
|
|
|