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Summary: Excellent. If god read this book he would cease to exist.
Review: The book is well organized and presents an overwhelming case. It covers the many arguments in favor of god and refutes them thoroughly.
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Summary: Excellent! A very readable treatment of a difficult subject.
Review: A very impressive book. Although I usually get bored reading philosophy, this book kept my attention. The case he presents seems ironclad. I'm curious - is anyone aware of a readable and rational opposing view?
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Summary: An impressive, complete atheist apologetics
Review: This book is a complete review of agnostic and christian thought about God, as well as its numerous fallacies. No doubt one of the best books on the topic, especially about faith. This book is noticeable in that it contentrates also on faith, and how you can show that faith is not a valid epistemiological device. It also dispels the "christians are moral" myth. Recommended to theists, agnostics and atheists alike, as the ultimate word on the subject.
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Summary: poor understanding of theology and illogical arguments
Review: Anyone who has carefully read theology especially Aquanis knows how full of holes Smiths logic is. This column does not have enough space to refute all of his arguments, but I will examine a few points. Smith claims that God doesn't exist. God is defined as " he who is." In other words God is another name for reality. How can this be refuted? Nor is this commiting the fallacy of inference from a label. God is absoulte being. Thus it is illogical to argue if God exists or not. Aquanis argued from the five ways not to show whether God exists or not, but to make it easier for people to see that God is reality itself. Anyone who has read even part of the summa theologica and examines it carefully knows this. God is also personal. It is impossible for personal beings to exist from an impersonal source. His arguments against hell, also does not make any sense. It is true that God is all good, but he is also all just. He must punish evil. As long as evil con! tinues punishment continues, hence an eternal hell. His claim that religion lowers self esteem is false. Christ said to love your neighor as yourself. Is not love of self the essence of self esteem? A wise man is wise because he examines both sides of an issue, not just one. This book is seriously biased, and does not present a convincing case for atheism.
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Summary: A good book to contradict.
Review: I found this book to be quite enjoyable, edifying, and (attimes) entertaining. And if God were a mere cosmic construct - anobjective entity to be proved or disproved - Smith's arguments would carry significant weight. But as it is, he has (as most philosophical atheists who attempt to "point out the rational absurdity of theism") very little grasp of what theism actually means philosophically, and prefers to spend time poking holes in Christian mythology, which is like shooting carp in a barrel. But that was the purpose of the book, to concentrate primarily on Christian theology, so that doesn't at all bother me. What does slightly disturb me is what another reviewer called his "sales person methodology", that is his willingness to sail quickly through the "rough areas" of the antitheist philosophy, coming to the quick conclusion that the particular point with which he was concerned as "rationally absurd" or some such thing, and! ! moving on to other issues. He does however quite thoroughly refute the *foundation* of Christian theology and Christian ethics, and without even getting into the specific details too much manages to expose Christianity for what it is; a damn cult. This leads me to believe, as I have long believed, that theism itself is not really open to rational disproof, but that Christianity itself - due to intense hypocrisy and interal contradiction - may quite easily be disposed of as the second-rate misological rubbish that it is. Ultimately, I would suggest this book to any theist or atheist wishing to learn more about rational argument as it pertains to theology in general.
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Summary: Agnostic no more
Review: Before I read this book I considered myself an agnostic because, while I have no belief in a god, I also don't claim to know that there isn't something out there that might fall under someone's definition of a deity. Smith pointed out the flaw in the popular misconception of the words atheist and agnostic: 'Agnostic' is an adjective meaning that a person lacks knowledge about a god. 'Atheist' on the other hand, is a noun, a label, meaning that a person has no belief in a god. Many people are agnostic theists - they have very devout beliefs while stating plainly that their god is beyond human comprehension. These people are agnostic theists. They believe without knowing everything there is to know about the thing they believe in. Many people, those who call themselves agnostics, are actually agnostic atheists - they have no belief in any god but they also don't lay claim to cosmos-spanning knowledge that there couldn't possibly be a thing that fits the deity la! ! bel. By delineating this dichotomy between theism and atheism, Smith goes on to explain exactly why the claims of the past about the traditional idea of god are, in general, bad ideas. This book does a good job of dismantling the poor logic and bad moral reasoning imbedded in theology. It is a very complete answer to the question, "Why don't you believe?" The person who asks such a question should ask it of themselves - "Why don't you believe in <fill in any belief you find unbelievable>?" Once they answer that question in detail for the myriad belief systems they reject, then they'll be ready to read Smith's book. They'll see their answers echoed again and again.
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Summary: The book is not objective.
Review: The author uses the sale person methodology:he underlines everything which is negative in the product he criticizes (theism) and defends everything which is positive in his product (atheism).This approach makes the author to avoid a lot of complicated issues.
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Summary: There is no "god", period.
Review: In this tome, the radical (root) principles and ideas of religion, spiritualism, and religiosity are exposed. The logic and examinations herein reveal that the world's major religions are, at best, the illogical products of human ignorance, and at worst they are outright frauds. Atheists, skeptics, agnostics, and even some religionists, will find the arguments presented here compelling, exciting, and challenging. The points Smith makes are so cogent and well reasoned, that religious people will not directly confront or argue against them, preferring instead to change subjects whenever they are confronted with the crushing force of logic in Smith's arguments. While a large segment of this book argues against the Christian god, and Christian ideas (becasue it was written in, and for, a predominantly Christian culture), the arguments are just as valid against the god-ideas of any other religion. This book is a must for anyone who questions religion, and has doubts about the existence of any gods. Make no mistake, this is not just an excellent argument against the idea of god, and against the 'need' for religions which posit the existence of a god, it is also an excellent display of logic, deductive, and inductive reasoning. Few college logic courses make such good use of logical argument and reason. The political and social implications of atheism and religion are not within the scope of this book's examinations. However, one can not help but ask such questions as , ''Since there is no god, how can it be ethical to allow organizations promoting such an idea to remain tax exempt?", or "What beneficial, useful things could be done with the $100 billion which are given to churches and religions each year in America?", or "To what extent has the dumbing down of Americans in the public schools caused the rise in spiritual or religious belief in America?", or "Can a culture's backwardness be determined by its peoples' devotion to old religious ideas?". -Brian Lynch
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Summary: Superbly written and Systematic Attack on Religion
Review: The Case Against God is one of the best books I have read about atheism. It systematically forces the theist to give up each of his arguments or face total irrationality. A few points were overemphasized in the book, but overall The Case Against God is accurate, germane, and convincing.
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Summary: From a theological perspective. . .
Review: An outstanding book that clearly outlines the philosophical foundations of the atheist movement. This book will definitely shake the foundation of the unlearned theologian. However, it does present several fatal flaws, such as not separating knowledge and comprehension, assigning all theological thought to a biased definition of agnosticism, and never truly refuting St. Thomas Aquinas and the Summa Theologica. This is a must read for atheist and theist alike!
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