Atheist Universe: The Thinking Person's Answer to Christian Fundamentalism
David Mills
Language: English
Pages: 272
ISBN: 1569755671
Format: PDF / Kindle (mobi) / ePub
OR DOES GOD EXIST ONLY IN OUR HEADS?
IS THE BIBLE TRULY GOD’S WORD?
OR IS IT A JUMBLE OF FANCIFUL MYTHS?
Atheist Universe details why God is unnecessary to explain the universe’s diversity, organization and beauty. Using simple, straightforward logic, this book rebuts every argument that claims to “prove” God’s existence.
A comprehensive primer for countering today’s religious dogma, Atheist Universe addresses all the historical and scientific questions, including:
•What is atheism, and why is it so misunderstood?
•If God is a myth, then how did the universe appear?
•Without God, is there an objective “right” and “wrong”?
•What is the meaning of life without God?
•Is there evidence of Jesus’ miracles and resurrection?
•Can atheists explain “near death” experiences and medical miracles?
•Can science and the Bible realistically be reconciled?
•What is the behind-the-scenes relationship between politics and religion?
“off-limits” question, our current laws of physics nonetheless provide a very satisfying answer to universal origins without invoking the supernatural. If we are truly barred from questioning what existed or happened prior to the Big Bang, then this restriction imposed by physics would once again support a secular cosmology, because the necessity of a prior-existing god could not even be taken into scientific consideration, much less be proven through scientific means as creationism aspires to
to her mother’s. Through additional research, geneticists hope to aid paleontologists in determining precisely when and where Homo erectus first evolved into Homo sapiens. Very preliminary results indicate an African origin of our mitochondrial DNA approximately 200,000 years ago. Many paleontologists, however, challenge these tentative findings, arguing that humans appeared earlier. Theoretically, if we could retrace the history and mutational alterations of our mitochondrial DNA, then we
do anything He wanted, including forgiving all “sinners” unconditionally. The fact that God supposedly demands blood before He offers forgiveness is indicative of the bestial mindset of the primitive cultures extant when the Bible was written. The biblical God was created in man’s own vengeful, bloodletting image. If my family or friends “do me wrong,” I soon forgive them and hold no long-term grudge. And I’m willing to bet that you’re equally forgiving. There is no rational purpose in fuming
current secular thought, and values intellectual respectability over devotion to the Bible. In this very crucial respect, then, ID has already conceded its subservience to secular science. To me, what is among the most astounding examples of ID’s abandonment of Scripture is Gerald Schroeder’s book The Science of God. Schroeder actually argues that the Book of Genesis makes reference to Einstein’s theory of relativity! Allegedly, Einstein’s time-dilation explains why the Creation “days” are
this one person would be viewed correctly as indisputably insane. But because a majority believe this tale, the absurdity of the fantasy is undeservedly dissipated. A Final Thought “I’m a born-again atheist.” GORE VIDAL, writer Let’s suppose that you’ve read this entire book and you are still uncertain whether to embrace a secular or a theological view of the universe and mankind. If you reject a secular worldview and instead adopt Christianity, then I and other freethinking