Why I Became an Atheist

by Loftus, John W.

• ISBN13: 9781591025924
• ISBN10: 1591025923
• Format: Trade Paper
• Copyright: 2008-10-30
• Publisher: Prometheus Books

Summary

In this honest appraisal of his journey from believer to atheist, Loftus carefully explains the experiences and the reasoning process that led him to reject religious belief.

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. 7
Introduction	p. 11
The Basis for My Control Beliefs
My Christian Conversion and Deconversion	p. 19
The Christian Illusion of Rational and Moral Superiority	p. 35
Faith, Reason, and the Cumulative Case Method	p. 46
The Outsider Test for Faith...	p. 66
Does God Exist?	p. 78
The Lessons of Galileo, Science, and Religion	p. 106
The Strange and Superstitious World of the Bible	p. 124
Pseudonymity in the Bible	p. 167
Archaeology, Exodus, and the Canaanite Conquest	p. 177
The Poor Evidence of Historical Evidence	p. 181
Do Miracles Take Place?	p. 199
The Self-Authenticating Witness of the Holy Spirit	p. 213
The Problem of Unanswered Prayer	p. 220
The Problem of Evil-Part 1: My Specific Case	p. 228
The Problem of Evil-Part 2: Objections Answered	p. 243
The Biblical Evidence Examined
Science and the Genesis Creation Accounts	p. 265
Science and Genesis 1-11	p. 281
Prophecy and Biblical Authority	p. 289
Was Jesus Born of a Virgin in Bethlehem?	p. 317
Was Jesus God Incarnate?	p. 329
"The Passion of the Christ": Why Did Jesus Suffer?	p. 344
Did Jesus Bodily Rise from the Dead?	p. 351
The Devil Made Me Do It!	p. 383
Hell? No!	p. 387
What I Believe Today
Why I Became an Atheist	p. 399
What Is Life without God?	p. 406
Bibliography of Selected Works	p. 417
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