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Outgrowing God : a beginner's guide / Richard Dawkins.
Should we believe in God? In this brisk introduction to modern atheism, one of the worlds greatest science writers tells us why we shouldnt.
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- ISBN: 9781984853912 (hardcover)
- Physical Description: 294 pages : colour illustrations ; 21 cm
- Edition: First U.S. Edition.
- Publisher: New York : Random House, [2019]
- Copyright: ©2019
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Includes index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | So many gods! -- But is it true? -- Myths and how they start -- The good book? -- Do we need God in order to be good? -- How do we decide what is good? -- Surely there must be a designer -- Steps towards improbability -- Crystals and jigsaw puzzles -- Bottom up or top down? -- Did we evolve to be religious? Did we evolve to be nice? -- Taking courage from science. |
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| Subject: | Atheism. |
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Lakeshore Branch | 211.8 Daw | 31681010172518 | NONFIC | Checked out | 01/01/2026 |
- Baker & Taylor
Explains how the natural world arose without a designer and challenges the basic assumptions of world religions to argue that faith is not a necessary component of good behavior. - Baker & Taylor
"The best-selling author of ""The God Delusion"" shares enlightening insights into how the natural world evolved without a designer, challenging the basic assumptions of world religions to argue that faith is not a necessary component of good behavior." - Random House, Inc.
Should we believe in God? In this brisk introduction to modern atheism, one of the worldâs greatest science writers tells us why we shouldnât.
Richard Dawkins was fifteen when he stopped believing in God.Â
Deeply impressed by the beauty and complexity of living things, heâd felt certain they must have had a designer. Learning about evolution changed his mind. Now one of the worldâs best and bestselling science communicators, Dawkins has given readers, young and old, the same opportunity to rethink the big questions.
In twelve fiercely funny, mind-expanding chapters, Dawkins explains how the natural world arose without a designerâthe improbability and beauty of the âbottom-up programmingâ that engineers an embryo or a flock of starlingsâand challenges head-on some of the most basic assumptions made by the worldâs religions:Â Do you believe in God? Which one? Is the Bible a âGood Bookâ? Is adhering to a religion necessary, or even likely, to make people good to one another? Dissecting everything from Abrahamâs abuse of Isaac to the construction of a snowflake, Outgrowing God is a concise, provocative guide to thinking for yourself.
Praise for Outgrowing God
âMy son came home from his first day in the sixth grade with arms outstretched plaintively demanding to know: âHave you ever heard of Jesus?â  We burst out laughing. Maybe not our finest parenting moment, given that he was genuinely distraught. He felt that he had woken up one day to a world in which his peers were expressing beliefs he found frighteningly unreasonable. He began devouring books like The God Delusion, books that helped him formulate his own arguments and helped him stand his ground. Dawkinsâs new book is special in the terrain of atheistsâ pleas for humanism and rationalism precisely since it speaks to those most vulnerable to the coercive tactics of religion. As Dawkins himself says in the dedication, this book is for âall young people when theyâre old enough to decide for themselves.â It is also, I must add, for their parents.ââJanna Levin, author of Black Hole Blues
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âWhen someone is considering atheism I tell them to read the Bible first and then Dawkins. Outgrowing Godâsecond only to the Bible!ââPenn Jillette, author of God, No!
