| Edition |
1st ed. |
| Description |
307 p. ; 24 cm. |
| Summary |
"A case against religion and a description of the ways in which religion is man-made"--Provided by the publisher. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 287-294) and index. |
| Contents |
Putting it mildly -- Religion kills -- A short digression on the pig, or, Why Heaven hates ham -- A note on health, to which religion can be hazardous -- The metaphysical claims of religion are false -- Arguments from design -- Revelation : the nightmare of the Old Testament -- The New Testament exceeds the evil of the Old one -- The Koran is borrowed from both Jewish and Christian myths -- The tawdriness of the miraculous and the decline of Hell -- "The lowly stamp of their origin" : religion's corrupt beginnings -- A coda : how religions end -- Does religion make people behave better? -- There is no "Eastern" solution -- Religion as an original sin -- Is religion child abuse? -- An objection anticipated : the last-ditch "case" against secularism -- A finer tradition : the resistance of the rational -- In conclusion : the need for a new Enlightenment. |
| Subject |
Religion -- Controversial literature.
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Rationalism.
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| ISBN |
9780446579803 |
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0446579807 |
| Standard No. |
YDXCP 2537013 |
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NZ1 10914138 |
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AU@ 000040502860 |
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NLGGC 305532766 |
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