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Atheist Universe: The Thinking Person's Answer to Christian Fundamentalism | 
 enlarge | Author: David Mills
Creator: Dorion Sagan
Publisher: Ulysses Press
Category: Book
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Pages: 272
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Dimensions (in): 8.4 x 5.4 x 0.9
ISBN: 1569755671
Dewey Decimal Number: 322
EAN: 9781569755679
ASIN: 1569755671
Publication Date: August 4, 2006
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Product Description
Clear, concise, and persuasive, Atheist Universe details exactly why God is unnecessary to explain the universe and life's diversity, organization, and beauty. The author thoroughly rebuts every argument that claims to "prove" God's existence — arguments based on logic, common sense, philosophy, ethics, history and science.
Atheist Universe avoids the esoteric language and logic used by philosophers and presents its scientific evidence in simple lay terms, making it a richly entertaining and easy-to-read introduction to atheism. A comprehensive primer, it addresses all the historical and scientific questions, including: Is there proof that God does not exist? What evidence is there of Jesus's resurrection? Can creation science reconcile scripture with the latest scientific discoveries?
Atheist Universe also answers ethical issues such as: What is the meaning of life without God? It's a spellbinding inquiry that ultimately arrives at a controversial and well-documented conclusion.
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 A Misleading Foreword October 12, 2008
Although I do share many of the same views as the author, I found the format insulting to my intelligience. I was very impressed by the Foreword by Dorion Sagan. I read the foreword in the bookstore, and was laughing so much, that I could not wait to bring the book home. I was extremely disappointed. The first chapter, "Interview with an Athiest", was neither entertaining nor informative. The rest of the book did not improve. It seemed more opinion based than factual. I am no more interested in reading an athiest's opinion than a diest's. I agree with Joseph Izzo, that the logic was just plain silly; the kind that bores you, not entertains you.
 From Christian To Skeptic September 21, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
My experiences were not at all that dissimilar to the author's.
As I tried to defend Christianity from critics I started studying apologetics. At first I did this to defend my cherished faith, however, the more I studied, the more I became dissatisfied with the answers Christians gave to defend their faith.
Slowly and almost a little bit reluctantly, I started seeing clearly the errors of Theism and starting embracing atheism.
This book is the most sensible, well laid out book I have read on this subject, and I have read quite a bit. Succinct and without all the fluff of some of the other books I have read. You don't have to be a scientist to clearly understand it.
Kudos to the author for his courage and his ability to lay it out for others so clearly.
 A Basic Primer For Non-Believers September 7, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I found the the first 6 chapters slightly disappointing. Not because they aren't well-written or thoughtful, but because they are pretty basic stuff for non-theists who have a lot of exposure to these arguments.
However, chapters 7-10 are some of the most outstanding arguments and writings I've heard to date on their subjects. I'm not going to go into detail, but chapter 8, "The Myth of Hell" is an astoundingly perceptive and pursuasive discussion on the subject of the Christian belief in Hell and why the concept itself completely obliterates all Christian perceptions of God. Of all the similar works I've read, chapter 8 is among the best. Since it's written from paragraph one by making the assumption that God DOES exist, it makes how he frames his points even better.
With all the works of what some are terming "The New Atheists," I think Mills should be proud to produce a work that I believe is worthy of sitting on anyone's shelf next to Dawkins, Hitchens...etc.
Thoughtful work. Easy Read. Highly recommended, especially to those that are just entering into freethought reading whether you're an atheist, unsure and searching or just plain curious.
Good but dry in places August 31, 2008
The author knows his subject. He also knows how to reply to the silly statements and beliefs of creationists and those who believe in fairy tales. But I found his writing in some places a bit dry and tiresome compared to other writers on this subject. Of course, he takes a different route and his book is not meant to compete with the other books. He takes a very educated and scientific view of all things and generally disproves creationism among other things. He takes no prisoners in his view of his opposition --- or those who believe in god and specifically fundamentalists. If you want to know how to answer the beliefs of those folks, you need this book. Although the burden of proof is with them, not the atheist.
Whether your are an atheist or not, this is a very intriguing book. The subject of evolution is gone into in some detail and the discussion quite interesting and eye-opening.
The author did have a time line problem. He said he surfed the Web in the 1980s. In early 1991 Berners-Lee wrote the first web browser. Tim Berners-Lee and Robert Cailliau's official proposal for the World Wide Web is dated November 12th, 1990. This is the first document that actually uses the term.
That makes you wonder how deeply documented the work really is. It's not that the Internet didn't exist in the 1980's. But it didn't exist in the form we know today and there were no Web sites such as he describes in the book.
Fortunately, these mistakes in documentation were not related directly to the topic.
- Susanna K. Hutcheson
Exceeded all of my expectations... August 18, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I've been questioning relgion for quite some time, but never really labeled myself as an atheist. This book is intended as a specific rebuttal to the creative design 'science' promoted by religiously influenced schools. Not only does it wonderfully refute creative design with solid scientific arguements, it also points out many contradictions within the bible on various topics.
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