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020			_a9780511812477 (ebook)
020			_z9780521768351 (hardback)
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040			_aUkCbUP _beng _erda _cUkCbUP _dBD-SySUS.
050	0	0	_aBL200 _b.H69 2011
082	0	0	_a211/.7 _222
100	1		_aHowson, Colin, _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aObjecting to God / _cColin Howson.
264		1	_aCambridge : _bCambridge University Press, _c2011.
300			_a1 online resource (232 pages) : _bdigital, PDF file(s).
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
500			_aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 04 Apr 2016).
520			_aThe 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.
650		0	_aReligion and science
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _z9780521768351
856	4	0	_uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511812477
942			_2Dewey Decimal Classification _ceBooks
999			_c38763 _d38763