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1、“Thisisanimportantbook,whichisatthesametimeagreatread.MichaelShermerdigsintotheAmericanreligiouspsychewithdevastatinglogicandintensity….Toooftenpoliteness(orcowardice)preventspeoplefromaskingquestionsorfromexpressingdissent.NosuchbarriersstandinthewayofShermer’sacuteintellect,themorepowerfulsincehes
2、oobviouslycaresabouttheissuesonwhichhewrites.IlovehisdiscussionsofGodandmoralityandwhenIdisagree,Isimplywanttoarguethemore.”—MichaelRuse,authorofTakingDarwinSeriouslyandprofessorofphilosophyandzoology,UniversityofGuelph“Thosewhoapproachthisintriguingandinformativebookwithareceptivemindwillcomeawaywi
3、thamuchdeeperappreciationforthewonderfulinterplayofbiologyandculturethatmakesuswhoweare—perhapsuniquecreaturesintheuniverse.”—DonaldJohanson,directoroftheInstituteofHumanOriginsandauthorofFromLucytoLanguage“Thebookwillconvinceanddelightallwhoarenotchronicallyaversetoopeningtheirmindsandthinkingforth
4、emselves.”—RichardDawkins,authorofUnweavingtheRainbowToStephenJayGouldForexaminingGod,religion,andmythasSpinozawouldhaveit:nottoridicule,nottobewail,nottoscorn,buttounderstand.Happyisthemanwhofindswisdom,andthemanwhogetsunderstanding,forthegainfromitisbetterthangainfromsilveranditsprofitbetterthango
5、ld.Sheismorepreciousthanjewels,andnothingyoudesirecancomparewithher.Longlifeisinherrighthand;inherlefthandarerichesandhonor.Herwaysarewaysofpleasantness,andallherpathsarepeace.Sheisatreeoflifetothosewholayholdofher;thosewhoholdherfastarecalledhappy.—Proverbs3:13-18TableofContentsEpigraphTitlePageEpi
6、graphPREFACE-TheGodQuestionINTRODUCTIONTOTHEPAPERBACKEDITION-TheGradualIlluminationoftheMindPartI-GODANDBELIEFChapter1-DOYOUBELIEVEINGOD?ALEAPOFFAITHABREACHINTHEFAITHTHEARTOFTHEINSOLUBLEWHATISGOD?THEFAITHOFTHEFLATLANDERSChapter2-ISGODDEAD?GODINTHE1960sTIMEANDGODGOD’SRESURRECTIONSUPPLY-SIDERELIGIONAN
7、DTHESECULARIZATIONOFTHEWORLDSOCIALINDICATORSOFGODSACREDSCIENCEChapter3-THEBELIEFENGINETHEPATTERN-SEEKINGANIMALTHEMEDIEVALBELIEFENGINETHEMODERNBELIEFENGINETALKINGTWADDLEWITHTHEDEADChapter4-WHYPEOPLEBEL
