| Description |
307 pages ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Putting it mildly -- Religion kills -- A short digression on the pig; or, Why Heaven hates ham -- A note on health, to which religion can be hazardous -- The metaphysical claims of religion are false -- Arguments from design -- Revelation: the nightmare of the "Old" Testament -- The "New" Testament exceeds the evil of the "Old" one -- The Koran is borrowed from both Jewish and Christian myths -- The tawdriness of the miraculous and the decline of Hell -- "The lowly stamp of their origin": religion's corrupt beginnings -- A coda: how religions end -- Does religion make people behave better? -- There is no "Eastern" solution -- Religion as an original sin -- Is religion child abuse? -- An objection anticipated: the last-ditch "case" against secularism -- A finer tradition: the resistance of the rational -- In conclusion: the need for a new enlightenment |
| Summary |
"A case against religion and a description of the ways in which religion is man-made"--Provided by the publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-294) and index |
| Subject |
Religion -- Controversial literature.
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| LC no. |
2006023039 |
| ISBN |
9780446579803 |
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0446579807 |
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