03214nam 2200709Ia 450 991082907490332120200520144314.01-107-21780-61-139-12452-81-283-29844-997866132984471-139-12287-80-511-81247-71-139-11713-01-139-12779-91-139-11277-51-139-11496-4(CKB)2550000000055611(EBL)775084(OCoLC)769341799(SSID)ssj0000539655(PQKBManifestationID)11324616(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000539655(PQKBWorkID)10580534(PQKB)10665085(UkCbUP)CR9780511812477(MiAaPQ)EBC775084(Au-PeEL)EBL775084(CaPaEBR)ebr10502684(CaONFJC)MIL329844(EXLCZ)99255000000005561120110328d2011 uy 0engur|||||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierObjecting to God /Colin HowsonCambridge, UK ;New York Cambridge University Press20111 online resource (xi, 220 pages) digital, PDF file(s)Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).0-521-18665-X 0-521-76835-7 Includes bibliographical references and index.1. Of human bondage -- 2. God unlimited -- 3. How to reason if you must -- 4. The well-tempered universe -- 5. What does it all mean? -- 6. Moral equilibrium -- 7. What is life without thee? -- 8. It necessarily ain't so.The growth of science and a correspondingly scientific way of looking at evidence have for the last three centuries slowly been gaining ground over religious explanations of the cosmos and mankind's place in it. However, not only is secularism now under renewed attack from religious fundamentalism, but it has also been widely claimed that the scientific evidence itself points strongly to a universe deliberately fine-tuned for life to evolve in it. In addition, certain aspects of human life, like consciousness and the ability to recognise the existence of universal moral standards, seem completely resistant to evolutionary explanation. In this book Colin Howson analyses in detail the evidence which is claimed to support belief in God's existence and argues that the claim is not well-founded. Moreover, there is very compelling evidence that an all-powerful, all-knowing God not only does not exist but cannot exist, a conclusion both surprising and provocative.GodProofReligionControversial literatureReligion and scienceGodProof.ReligionReligion and science.211/.7REL051000bisacshHowson Colin252173MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910829074903321Objecting to God3965389UNINA