Christianity evolving: on the origin of Christian species / David Eller -- Christianity's success was not incredible / Richard Carrier -- Christianity is wildly improbable / John W. Loftus -- Why Biblical studies must end / Hector Avalos -- Can God exist if Yahweh doesn't? / Jaco Gericke -- God's emotions: why the Biblical God is hopelessly human / Valerie Tarico -- The absurdity of the atonement / Ken Pulliam -- The Salem Witch Trials and the evidence for the resurrection / Matt McCormick -- Explaining the resurrection without recourse to miracle / Robert M. Price -- Hell: Christianity's most damnable doctrine / Keith Parsons -- Is religion compatible with science? / David Eller -- Neither life nor the universe appear intelligently designed / Richard Carrier -- Life after death: examining the evidence / Victor J. Stenger -- Moral facts naturally exist (and science could find them) / Richard Carrier -- Changing morals and the fate of evangelicalism / Robert M. Price.
Summary
Collects essays that discuss the varied interpretations of the Christian message across Christian sects; critique the doctrines of hell, resurrection, and atonement; and examine the relationship between religion and science.
