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Is He Out There? - Debating The God Delusion (Paperback)
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Is He Out There? - Debating The God Delusion (Paperback)
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Is He Out There? is an interdisciplinary examination of the
Christian reaction to Dawkinss The God Delusion. That reaction has
offered a wide range of counter-arguments, among them: that
Dawkinss demonstration of how God almost certainly doesnt exist
addresses an out-dated conception of God; that science and religion
are not conflictual as Dawkins contends and indeed may well be
converging upon an understanding of how God acts in the universe;
that Dawkinss denigration of the Bible depends on an overly literal
reading; and that Dawkins assumes a narrative of progress in which
human beings take the place of God in controlling the course of
history. Is He Out There? responds to these arguments in the
context of current scientific understanding, biblical criticism and
philosophy. Paul Laffan demonstrates how the desire to meet the
challenge posed by Dawkinss viewpoint has led to the perversion of
scientific theories and accepted positions in other important
fields of inquiry. It suggests that Christianity is wedded to a God
who is the cause of the universe a classical conception of cause
that is anachronistic; that denying the Bible was read for most of
the Christian era as offering a literal account of divine creation
is a significant misrepresentation of doctrinal history; and that a
complete dismissal of progress requires the dismissal of scientific
achievement. The author considers the extent to which attractive,
secular values like tolerance and freedom of opinion are Christian
in source and whether moral systems require God to underwrite them.
The wide-ranging nature of Is He Out There? not only provides a
review of the state of contemporary Christian apology but is a
measured address of the arguments put forward in The God Delusion
and indeed of the substantive commentary on Dawkinss thesis.
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