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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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Avg. Customer Rating:  199 reviews
Sales Rank: 3342
Media: Paperback
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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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 good book July 2, 2008
Hey people will believe whatever they want to believe, but think about this.... if all of you read this book from a young age over and over... nothing in the world would make you believe in god, it goes both ways.. or better yet, dont believe in a book at all, stand on your own two feet, appreciate the creative nature of literature... its a good book, gets you thinking if you havent thought about certain things it mentions. ;) enjoy!
 Mostly Effective June 23, 2008
I found it to be good basic info, a little slow at times. The last part on intelligent design was rather tedious. If you are just out of the church and need support to justify your new views this will be of great help to you.
Refreshing June 14, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I highly recommend this to folks on both sides of the evolution/intelligent design fence. The research here showed me that a lot of the so-called debate is really over non-issues. Being a former minister myself, I know that conservative Christianity has a tendency to rehash ideas that were historically disproven. The average church-goer has never been exposed to an unbiased history of the Church. The truth is, no matter how clearly the scientific evidence has been explained, most folks lack the intellectual integrity to question their belief system seriously. I know I struggled terribly.
The primary insight that I gained through reading Atheist Universe was that science is not a collection of lies perpetrated by atheists to deceive God's chosen but rather the collected wisdom of the ages, presented in an open-source format where anyone can freely contribute. And for all the knowledge that we have gained, it is through science that we discover just how little we know and what great mysteries still await those who desire to know.
 Poor Scholarly Attribution June 12, 2008
0 out of 4 found this review helpful
As it has been said in other reviews of this book, the Author does a poor job of supplementing these scientifically claims with citations of sources. It is as if we need to take Mill's word for everything from the Big Bang, to other physics-oriented science. I'm not saying any of these claims are not credible, but he spends some pages describing these scientific claims and not even back it up with citations or experiments or scientists. If he does supply one of those three, it is only a small step in the right direction; simply saying the experiment of 1926 proved this isn't good enough.
As a final note, anyone who uses a quote from MAHATMA GANDHI as evidence for the non-existence of God needs their head checked.
Atheist Universe June 8, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Is it important to find out why you think the way you do? David Mills gives the reader evidence with simple logic in his book "Atheist Universe" If your looking for a soft approach to the claims of religion you won't find it here. Question like how did the universe appear, what is the meaning of life, politics controling you with religion. You are given evidence to scientific questions. This book will help you to better understand through evidence and objective facts.
Chet Z. Fort Lauderdale
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