Best Arguments Against Religion - April 2024

Mere Christianity

In the classic Mere Christianity, C.S. Lewis, the most important writer of the 20th century, explores the common ground upon which all of those of Christian faith stand together. Bringing together Lewis’ legendary broadcast talks during World War Two from his three previous books The Case for Christianity, Christian Behavior, and Beyond Personality, Mere Christianity provides an unequaled opportunity for believers and nonbelievers alike to hear this powerful apologetic for the Christian faith.

• ASIN: 0060652926
• ASIN: 0060652926
• ISBN: 0060652926
• Brand: Harper San Francisco
• Manufacturer: HarperOne

The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion

New York Times Bestseller   In this “landmark contribution to humanity’s understanding of itself” (The New York Times Book Review) social psychologist Jonathan Haidt challenges conventional thinking about morality, politics, and religion in a way that speaks to conservatives and liberals alike.    Drawing on his twenty five years of groundbreaking research on moral psychology, Haidt shows how moral judgments arise not from reason but from gut feelings. He shows why liberals, conservatives, and libertarians have such different intuitions about right and wrong, and he shows why each si... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0307455777
• UPC: 884678038868
• ASIN: 0307455777
• ISBN: 0307455777
• Brand: Jonathan Haidt
• Manufacturer: Vintage

The Case for Christ: A Journalist's Personal Investigation of the Evidence for Jesus (Case for ... Series)

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER! OVER 5 MILLION COPIES SOLD!Is there credible evidence that Jesus of Nazareth really is the Son of God? Former atheist and Chicago Tribune journalist Lee Strobel says yes! In this revised and updated bestseller, The Case for Christ, Strobel cross-examines a dozen experts with doctorates from schools such as Cambridge, Princeton, and Brandeis, asking hard-hitting questions - and building a captivating case for Christ's divinity.Strobel challenges them with questions like, How reliable is the New Testament? Does evidence for Jesus exist outside the Bible? Is there an... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0310345863
• UPC: 025986345860
• ASIN: 0310345863
• ISBN: 0310345863
• Brand: HarperCollins Christian Pub.
• Manufacturer: Zondervan

Waking Up: A Guide to Spirituality Without Religion

For the millions of Americans who want spirituality without religion, Sam Harris’s latest New York Times bestseller is a guide to meditation as a rational practice informed by neuroscience and psychology.From Sam Harris, neuroscientist and author of numerous New York Times bestselling books, Waking Up is for the twenty percent of Americans who follow no religion but who suspect that important truths can be found in the experiences of such figures as Jesus, the Buddha, Lao Tzu, Rumi, and the other saints and sages of history. Throughout this book, Harris argues that there is more to understan... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1451636024
• ASIN: 1451636024
• ISBN: 1451636024
• Brand: Simon Schuster
• Manufacturer: Simon & Schuster

The Reason for God: Belief in an Age of Skepticism

A New York Times bestseller people can believe in—by "a pioneer of the new urban Christians" (Christianity Today) and the "C.S. Lewis for the 21st century" (Newsweek). Timothy Keller, the founding pastor of Redeemer Presbyterian Church in New York City, addresses the frequent doubts that skeptics, and even ardent believers, have about religion. Using literature, philosophy, real-life conversations, and potent reasoning, Keller explains how the belief in a Christian God is, in fact, a sound and rational one. To true believers he offers a solid platform on which to stand their ground against ... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1594483493
• ASIN: 1594483493
• ISBN: 1594483493
• Brand: Riverhead Trade
• Manufacturer: Penguin Books

I Don't Have Enough Faith to Be an Atheist

Geisler and Turek argue that Christianity requires the least faith of all worldviews because it is the most reasonable. A valuable aid to those interested in examining the reasonableness of the Christian faith.

• ASIN: 1581345615
• ASIN: 1581345615
• ISBN: 9781581345612
• Brand: Crossway Books
• Manufacturer: Crossway Books

Cold-Case Christianity: A Homicide Detective Investigates the Claims of the Gospels

Written by an L. A. County homicide detective and former atheist, Cold-Case Christianity examines the claims of the New Testament using the skills and strategies of a hard-to-convince criminal investigator. Christianity could be defined as a “cold case”: it makes a claim about an event from the distant past for which there is little forensic evidence. In Cold-Case Christianity, J. Warner Wallace uses his nationally recognized skills as a homicide detective to look at the evidence and eyewitnesses behind Christian beliefs. Including gripping stories from his career and the visual techniqu... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1434704696
• ASIN: 1434704696
• ISBN: 1434704696
• Brand: David C Cook
• Manufacturer: David C Cook

God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything

In the tradition of Bertrand Russell's Why I Am Not a Christian and Sam Harris's recent bestseller, The End of Faith, Christopher Hitchens makes the ultimate case against religion. With a close and erudite reading of the major religious texts, he documents the ways in which religion is a man-made wish, a cause of dangerous sexual repression, and a distortion of our origins in the cosmos. With eloquent clarity, Hitchens frames the argument for a more secular life based on science and reason, in which hell is replaced by the Hubble Telescope's awesome view of the universe, and Moses and the burn... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0446697966
• ASIN: 0446697966
• ISBN: 0446697966
• Brand: Twelve Publishing
• Manufacturer: Twelve

How to Act Right When Your Spouse Acts Wrong

Experience the Blessings of an Imperfect Marriage. We all–at one time or another–have the opportunity to act right when our spouse acts wrong. There are no perfect marriages or perfect spouses. We know that having a good marriage requires effort and hard work. Yet we often don’t know how to continue to love when we are angry, hurt, scared, or just plain irritated. Nor are we sure what that kind of love is supposed to look like. Should we be patient? Forgive and forget? Do something else entirely? Acting right when your spouse acts wrong will not necessarily guarantee a more satisfying ma... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0307458490
• ASIN: 0307458490
• ISBN: 0307458490
• Brand: WaterBrook Press
• Manufacturer: WaterBrook

The God Delusion

A preeminent scientist -- and the world's most prominent atheist -- asserts the irrationality of belief in God and the grievous harm religion has inflicted on society, from the Crusades to 9/11.With rigor and wit, Dawkins examines God in all his forms, from the sex-obsessed tyrant of the Old Testament to the more benign (but still illogical) Celestial Watchmaker favored by some Enlightenment thinkers. He eviscerates the major arguments for religion and demonstrates the supreme improbability of a supreme being. He shows how religion fuels war, foments bigotry, and abuses children, buttressing h... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0618918248
• ASIN: 0618918248
• ISBN: 0618918248
• Brand: Mariner Books
• Manufacturer: Mariner Books

Enlightenment Now: The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism, and Progress

• ASIN: B073TJBYTB
• ASIN: B073TJBYTB
• Manufacturer: Penguin Books

The Best Argument against God (Palgrave Pivot)

.... compares two theories―Naturalism and Theism―on a wide range of relevant data. It concludes that Naturalism should be preferred to Theism on that data. The central idea behind the argument is that, while Naturalism is simpler than Theism, there is no relevant data that Naturalism fails to explain at least as well as Theism does.

• ASIN: 1137354135
• ASIN: 1137354135
• ISBN: 1137354135
• Manufacturer: Palgrave Pivot

The Case for Faith: A Journalist Investigates the Toughest Objections to Christianity (Case for ... Series)

Was God telling the truth when he said, “You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart”?In his #1 bestseller The Case for Christ, Lee Strobel examined the claims of Christ, reaching the hard-won verdict that Jesus is God’s unique son. In The Case for Faith, Strobel turns his skills to the most persistent emotional objections to belief―the eight “heart barriers” to faith. This Gold Medallion-winning book is for those who may be feeling attracted to Jesus but who are faced with difficult questions standing squarely in their path. For Christians, it will deepen the... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0310339294
• UPC: 025986339296
• ASIN: 0310339294
• ISBN: 0310339294
• Brand: HarperCollins Christian Pub.
• Manufacturer: Zondervan

Miracles

• ASIN: B002BY77FY
• ASIN: B002BY77FY
• Manufacturer: HarperOne

No God but One: Allah or Jesus?: A Former Muslim Investigates the Evidence for Islam and Christianity

Having shared his journey of faith in the New York Times bestselling Seeking Allah, Finding Jesus, Nabeel Qureshi now examines Islam and Christianity in detail, exploring areas of crucial conflict and unpacking the relevant evidence.In this anticipated follow-up book, Nabeel reveals what he discovered in the decade following his conversion, providing a thorough and careful comparison of the evidence for Islam and Christianity--evidence that wrenched his heart and transformed his life.In Seeking Allah, Finding Jesus, Nabeel Qureshi recounted his dramatic journey, describing his departure from I... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0310522552
• UPC: 025986522551
• ASIN: 0310522552
• ISBN: 9780310522553
• Brand: HarperCollins Christian Pub.
• Manufacturer: Zondervan

The God Argument : The Case against Religion and for Humanism

A powerful argument for humanism as an alternative to organized religion, by one of the world's leading public

• UPC: 25447842
• Rating: 4.25

The God Argument: The Case Against Religion and for Humanism (Paperback)

There has been a bad-tempered quarrel between defenders and critics of religion in recent years. Both sides have expressed themselves acerbically because there is a very great deal at stake in the debate. This book

• UPC: 960108362
• Rating: 4.25

The God Argument : The Case against Religion and for Humanism

Examines the arguments for and against religion and advocates for humanism as a logical

• UPC: 21917747
• Rating: 4.25

Crimes Against Logic: Exposing the Bogus Arguments of Politicians, Priests, Journalists, and Other Serial Offenders - eBook

Uncover the truth under all the BSIn the daily battle for our hearts and minds--not to mention our hard-earned cash--the truth is usually the first casualty. It's time we learned how to see through the

• UPC: 568136675
• Rating: 4.182

Ice Core Evidence - Dispelling Arguments Against Immanuel Velikovsky’s Theories Based On Greenland Ice Cores - eBook

The debate over ice core data has spanned many years. I have reexamined the record and analyzed the evidence in terms of Velikovsky's scenario. What I have found is that his critics, who have raised

• UPC: 582845679

When Arguments Against the Christian God Fail - eBook

This book is written for ordinary people with enquiring and skeptical minds about the Christian God. The author defends the Christian faith (apologetics) by covering a wide spectrum of topics like the credibility and compatibility

• UPC: 385244794

Responding to Muslim Arguments Against Christianity - eBook

This essay will focus on a handful of claims that conservative Muslim apologists often make about Christianity and the New Testament. It is the author's hope that this work will help the Christian reader to

• UPC: 663870650

100 Biblical Arguments Against Sola Scriptura

"Where Is That in the Bible?" Fundamentalists and many other Protestants use this question all the time, particularly when they're dealing with Catholics. When they are being trained how to talk with Catholics, Fundamentalist evangelizers

• UPC: 20571973

Marx, Marxism, and Religion. A Brief Analysis of Interactions through Arguments, Semantics, and Context Awareness - eBook

Document from the year 2015 in the subject Sociology - Religion, , language: English, abstract: Without the fear of contradicting anyone, it can generally be held that academicians worldwide describe Karl Marx as an atheist.

• UPC: 941114495

The Truth of Christianity : Being an Examination of the More Important Arguments for and Against Believing in That Religion

The Truth of Christianity: Being an Examination of the More Important Arguments for and Against Believing in That

• UPC: 205118179