LEADER 00000cam a22004574a 4500 001 711047850 003 OCoLC 005 20120221234845.0 008 110328s2011 enk b 001 0 eng 010 2011013514 020 9780521768351 (hardback) 020 0521768357 (hardback) 020 9780521186650 (paperback) 020 052118665X (paperback) 020 40019886993 020 1988699304 020 9781988699301 024 8 40019886993 035 (OCoLC)711047850 040 DLC|beng|cDLC|dYDX|dBTCTA|dYDXCP|dUKMGB|dCDX|dBWX|dIUL |dCOO|dSTF|dPUL|dYUS|dIG# 042 pcc 049 CCXC 050 00 BL200|b.H69 2011 100 1 Howson, Colin. 245 10 Objecting to God /|cColin Howson. 264 1 Cambridge, UK ;|aNew York :|bCambridge University Press, |c2011. 300 xi, 220 pages ;|c23 cm 336 text|btxt|2rdacontent 337 unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 338 volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 504 Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-216) and index. 505 0 1. Of human bondage -- 2. God unlimited -- 3. How to reason if you must -- 4. The well-tempered universe -- 5. What does it all mean? -- 6. Moral equilibrium -- 7. What is life without thee? -- 8. It necessarily ain't so. 520 "The growth of science and a correspondingly scientific way of looking at evidence have for the last three centuries slowly been gaining ground over religious explanations of the cosmos and mankind's place in it. However, not only is secularism now under renewed attack from religious fundamentalism, but it has also been widely claimed that the scientific evidence itself points strongly to a universe deliberately fine-tuned for life to evolve in it. In addition, certain aspects of human life, like consciousness and the ability to recognise the existence of universal moral standards, seem completely resistant to evolutionary explanation. In this book Colin Howson analyses in detail the evidence which is claimed to support belief in God's existence and argues that the claim is not well-founded. Moreover, there is very compelling evidence that an all-powerful, all-knowing God not only does not exist but cannot exist, a conclusion both surprising and provocative"--|cProvided by publisher. 590 Gift of the Estate of Norman Wilkinson. 650 0 God|xProof. 650 0 Religion|vControversial literature. 650 0 Religion and science. 910 bb 201203 945 MARCIVE (03/23)
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