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<p><P>Are there any logical reasons to believe in God? Mathematician and bestselling author John Allen Paulos thinks not, and in Irreligion he presents the case for his own worldview, refuting the twelve arguments most often put forward for believing in Gods existence.</p> <h3>Publishers Weekly</h3> <p><P>Few of the recent books on atheism have been worth reading just for wit and style, but this is one of them: Paulos is truly funny. De-spite the title, the Temple University math professor doesn't actually discuss mathematics much, which will be a relief to any numerically challenged readers who felt intimidated by his previous book <I>Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences</I>. In this short primer (just the gist with an occasional jest), Paulos tackles 12 of the most common arguments for God, including the argument from design, the idea that a moral universality points to a creator God, the notion of first causes and the argument from coincidence, among others. Along the way, he intersperses irreverent and entertaining little chapterlets that contain his musings on various subjects, including a rather hilarious imagined IM exchange with God that slyly parodies N

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Author

Paulos, John Allen

Publisher

Hill and Wang ; Melia [distributor

Published

2009

Language

EN

ISBN

9780809059195

Category

religious

Subjects

Fiction, Religion, Science

Rating

3.64 / 5 (38 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14