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Greater Than You Think: A Theologian Answers the Atheists About God | 
 enlarge | Author: Thomas D. Williams
Publisher: FaithWords
Category: Book
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Media: Paperback
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Pages: 192
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Dimensions (in): 7.9 x 5.1 x 0.6
ISBN: 0446514934
Dewey Decimal Number: 239
EAN: 9780446514934
ASIN: 0446514934
Publication Date: June 23, 2008
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The recent runaway bestsellers God Is Not Great and The God Delusion have left Christians feeling defensive but not necessarily equipped to refute the accusations of nonbelievers. The bestsellers have also provoked those who are the fence about whether God exists, and if so, whether He's good. In his trademark elegant prose, Father Williams provides accessible but intellectually rich answers for both groups. Questions include "Isn't religion just another name for superstition (or magic or myth)?""If God is all-good and all-powerful, how can evil exist in the world?" and "Hasn't science disproved God's existence?" For believers and those searching for something to believe in, Father Williams offers an easy-to-use resource for building up one's own faith and igniting others'.
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 Are you kidding me?!! August 16, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
a reply??? to a book??? what was this guy on?
you'd think somebody insulted his mother. Well I think this is ridiculous. I cant believe it was published.
 A reasoned response??? July 30, 2008
8 out of 15 found this review helpful
Looking for a reasoned response to the arguments of Dawkins et al I read this book because that it is what the blurb promised.
But there is no attempt at all to rebut the arguments advanced in The God Delusion refuting the arguments for God's existence.
Instead, the author poses questions of his own which are not the questions a seeker looking for a rebuttal of Dawkins would ask.
In case I've missed it, would someone indicate to me where, in Father Williams' book he deals seriatim with Dawkins' arguments in chapter 3 of The God Delusion?
Surely, a theologian can come up with something better than asking: Hasn't science disproved God's existence? A shyster lawyer would hesitate about using that trick to shift the onus of proof.
Why do atheists hate God, he asks? One reacts by asking: How can they express an emotion about something which they don't believe exists?
Father Williams is an atheist in respect of every god other than the one who meets the requirements of Christian belief. Does that mean that he hates all the other gods? Of course it doesn't.
Unless Father Williams' belief in the Christian God prevents him from reasoning about whether other gods exist, then a process of reasoning similar to that used by Dawkins to reject Father williams' God has persuaded Father Williams to reject all except the Christian God. Emotion plays no more a part in Dawkins' reaching his conclusion that it does in Father Williams reaching his.
He faults Dawkins' expertise in theology which, he thinks, leads Dawkins to misunderstand the transcendent nature of God. Yet Father williams himself anthropomorphises by giving him (God) a human ear and the human emotion of love -- how else could he believe, as he says he does, that God listens to him and loves him?
Anyone expecting, as I did, to find in this book an apologia with the persuasive reasoning of a theologian such as the late Father Raymond E Brown runs the risk of being conned by the blurb.
 Quick Read and Well Organized July 28, 2008
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
Fr. William's book is a quick read. He handles a very complicated subject in a well organized and thoughtful manner. I recommend it highly
Supported by Reason, Written with Love July 17, 2008
7 out of 9 found this review helpful
Starting with the clever title with multiple meanings (as the font size decreases to form separate phrases), Father Thomas presents a well reasoned rebuttal to Hitchens, Dawkins et al. This book explains what the nouveau-athiests cannot admit to themselves -- that they cling to their beliefs through a "faith" they claim to rise above. Father Thomas explains his views with love for all, using a quiet voice that best proclaims the value of his foundations.
"Written With Simplicity and Reason" July 10, 2008
2 out of 4 found this review helpful
In response to recent best-seller God Is Not Great, Williams brilliantly answers the questions of religion and atheism. He writes with simplicity and reason. This book reads as smoothly as a novel.
He addresses many issues that Hitchens mentioned in God is Not Great. Perhaps his greatest point is that not all religious people are fanatics.
If you are a Christian, atheist, or agnostic, read this book! If you read God is Not Great, read this book!
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