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God: The Failed Hypothesis Victor J. Stenger

God: The Failed Hypothesis By Victor J. Stenger

God: The Failed Hypothesis by Victor J. Stenger


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Treating the traditional God concept, as conventionally presented in the Judeo-Christian and Islamic traditions, like any other scientific hypothesis, this work examines the claims made for God's existence. It considers the Intelligent Design arguments as evidence of God's influence in biology.

God: The Failed Hypothesis Summary

God: The Failed Hypothesis: How Science Shows That God Does Not Exist by Victor J. Stenger

Throughout history, arguments for and against the existence of God have been largely confined to philosophy and theology, while science has sat on the sidelines. Despite the fact that science has revolutionized every aspect of human life and greatly clarified our understanding of the world, somehow the notion has arisen that it has nothing to say about the possibility of a supreme being, which much of humanity worships as the source of all reality. This physicist and author contends that, if God exists, some evidence for this existence should be detectable by scientific means, especially considering the central role that God is alleged to play in the operation of the universe and the lives of humans. Treating the traditional God concept, as conventionally presented in the Judeo-Christian and Islamic traditions, like any other scientific hypothesis, Stenger examines all of the claims made for God's existence. He considers the latest Intelligent Design arguments as evidence of God's influence in biology. He looks at human behavior for evidence of immaterial souls and the possible effects of prayer. He discusses the findings of physics and astronomy in weighing the suggestions that the universe is the work of a creator and that humans are God's special creation. After evaluating all the scientific evidence, Stenger concludes that beyond a reasonable doubt the universe and life appear exactly as we might expect if there were no God.

God: The Failed Hypothesis Reviews

Darwin chased God out of his old haunts in biology, and he scurried for safety down the rabbit hole of physics. The laws and constants of the universe, we were told, are too good to be true: a setup, carefully tuned to allow the eventual evolution of life. It needed a good physicist to show us the fallacy, and Victor Stenger lucidly does so. The faithful won't change their minds, of course (that is what faith means), but Victor Stenger drives a pack of energetic ferrets down the last major bolt hole and God is running out of refuges in which to hide. I learned an enormous amount from this splendid book. -- Richard Dawkins, Author of the New York Times best seller The God Delusion. Marshalling converging arguments from physics, astronomy, biology, and philosophy, Stenger has delivered a masterful blow in defense of reason. God: The Failed Hypothesis is a potent, readable, and well-timed assault upon religious delusion. It should be widely read. -- Sam Harris, author of the New York Times bestsellers The End of Faith and Letter to a Christian Nation. I strongly recommend this book to all readers, including those on the fence and those firmly positioned either side of it. To the scientist Stenger provides a comprehensive review of the evidence and arguments in a balanced and accessible manner. To the theist, Stenger shows why intelligent design fails and as such, hints at what sort of evidence would be required to avoid the pitfalls of previous arguments. If theists want to take a matter of faith, and turn it into a matter of fact, then they will need to satisfy the arguments against their position put forward so cogently by Stenger. As such, it is a resource that should not be ignored by anyone interested in this field. I recommend it highly. -- Dr Jason Braithwaite, Behavioural Brain Sciences Centre, University of Birmingham, UK.

Table of Contents

Models and Methods; The Illusion of Design; Searching For a World Beyond Matter; Cosmic evidence; The Uncongenial Universe; The Failures of Revelation; Do Our Values Come From God?; The Argument From Evil; Possible and Impossible Gods; Living in the Godless Universe; Index.

Additional information

GOR003014816
9781591024811
1591024811
God: The Failed Hypothesis: How Science Shows That God Does Not Exist by Victor J. Stenger
Used - Very Good
Hardback
Prometheus Books
20070102
287
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