The Christian Delusion:Why Faith Fails[Sir Fun]

Release Title :

The Christian Delusion Why Faith Fails[Sir.Fun]



File Format :

epub,mobi



Book Description :


Release date: April 27, 2010


AMAZON LINK : http://www.amazon.com/Christian-Delusion-Why-Faith-Fails/dp/1616141689


File Size: 3.19 MB

Paperback: 422 pages

Publisher: Prometheus Books (April 27, 2010)

Language: English

ISBN-10: 1616141689

ISBN-13: 978-1616141684


Foreword by Dan Barker

In this anthology of recent criticisms aimed at the reasonableness of Christian

belief, former evangelical minister and apologist John W. Loftus, author of the

critically acclaimed Why I Became an Atheist, has assembled fifteen outstanding

articles by leading skeptics, expanding on themes introduced in Loftus's first

book.



Central is a defense of Loftus's "outsider's test of faith," arguing that believers

should test their faith with the same skeptical standards they use to evaluate the

other faiths they reject, as if they were outsiders. Experts in medicine,

psychology, and anthropology join Loftus to show in four chapters why, when this

test is applied to Christianity, it becomes very difficult to rationally defend.

Three chapters follow that demonstrate errors and superstitions throughout the

Bible, making any claim of the Bible being God's word nearly impossible to sustain.

Then two chapters expose the immorality of the biblical God, with an innovative

argument from animal suffering, and a cogent reply to Christians who attempt to

defend the depravity of the Bible's God. Three chapters then focus on why it is

unreasonable to believe that Jesus is the risen son of God.


Finally, three popular Christian claims are dispatched. The contributors show why

Christianity does not provide the basis for morality, atheism was not the reason

Hitler murdered so many, and Christianity was not responsible for modern science.

Collectively, these articles reveal that popular Christian beliefs tend to rely on

ignorance of the facts.


Drawing together experts in diverse fields, including Hector Avalos, Richard

Carrier, David Eller, and Robert Price, The Christian Delusion deals a powerful

blow against Christian faith.