• by Taner Edis
• ISBN: 978-1573929776
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It is not obvious that the world is a godless, accidental place. This idea looks crazy from the perspective of many intellectual traditions, it goes against common sense, it even denies many claims people accept as facts. So I have a long argument to make. Which is just as well; I don't trust knock-down disproofs of God any more than proofs. And I want to build up a naturalistic picture of the world as well as criticize religious claims. This means I will lean heavily on science, though not, I hope, without being aware of the frailties of our sciences. In this, at least, I will be in good company. Infidels have usually embraced modern science, while religious thinkers have often had to make excuses for why the world looks different than what our religions let us expect. With science, we have stumbled upon an excellent way of learning about the world, and the best of our scientific knowledge consistently undermines our hope that there is a God.