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Divinity Of Doubt: The God Question (2011)

by Vincent Bugliosi(Favorite Author)
3.28 of 5 Votes: 2
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1593156294 (ISBN13: 9781593156299)
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Vanguard Press
review 1: I could probably give this 4 stars, but perhaps I'm becoming a bit jaded to these religious polemics. It's sad that I waste my time and somehow perversely enjoy seeing an author rip up illogical and irrational belief systems.This book is almost exclusively a shredding of Christianity and a lot less an argument for agnosticism. I was curious to learn how an entire book could be written on agnosticism because it seemed impossible. My impressions may have been correct, as the author spends the bulk of the book dismantling Christianity. The best part of the book was the preface where he set the reader's expectation. Without his caveats, most readers probably would be disappointed - and Bugliosi knew this. He promised fresh arguments, and he delivered; as unimaginable as that m... moreight seem since tomes of anti-Christian writings have been written for centuries going back to at least Thomas Paine. Speaking of whom, Bugliosi rips Paine but I wasn't buying it. I read Paine. I've read the Bible. I see no problems and suspect Bugliosi was primarily looking for tiny foibles of Bible skeptics in an effort to really appear objective. My view was that it took some serious lawyer twisting to maintain this facade.Hitchens, Dawkins, et. al are attacked in the book for failing to make a successful argument of "no God" because as Bugliosi correctly points out, attacking religion isn't the same as proving there's no God. That's the bulk of his argument against the atheism.One criticism I have within that section of the book was when citing Dawkin's probability argument. Dawkins takes the argument of "look at how complex everything is, therefore God" and says God would have to be even more complex. Mathematically we can conclude that all that complexity is improbable and God would be even more improbable. Bugliosi failed to recognize that Dawkins' argument was from probability, which is a valid argument under the assumption that God is more complex than the universe. I viewed Bugliosi's argument as a straw man. Along those lines, I would have liked to see more on disproving atheism. He does try, but his inability to grasp biology was difficult to trudge through. I think maybe he should have taken a class or hired a tutor to help him understand some basic principles.He makes some very convincing arguments. My guess is that he's throwing his pearls before swine.
review 2: This book is written by an agnostic, so if you are weak spiritually, intellectually or never ponder the philosophical God, this is not a book for you. The author presented his arguments well. The questions are valid; the answers we offer are short on logic and full of contradiction. The author’s problem is he does not distinguish between the self-appointed God brokers and God the deity. There is a significance difference between the deity and methods we use to sell God’s existence. Most arguments for God are a lesson in cognitive dissonance as the brokers repeat the traditional arguments for the existence of God, without consideration of what they are actually saying. In summarizing; the existence of God is a personnel one that only you can answer for yourself. Many of us claim to GOT God………. Few of us actually GET God….Getting God will never be achieved through assigning a proxy. This is a journey you must make yourself. less
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Miichu09
Everyone who has ever thought about religion, atheist or devout Christian, MUST read this book!
zariyah12
Nowhere near as good as Hitchens, Dawkins and Harris, but still some pretty good word tracks.
ghiwach
A lot of research by Bugliosi has gone into this book. There is much to learn here.
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