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Throughout history, arguments for and against the existence of God have been largely confined to philosophy and theology, while science has sat on the sidelines. Despite the fact that science has revolutionized every aspect of human life and greatly clarified our understanding of the world, somehow the notion has arisen that it has nothing to say about the possibility of a supreme being, which much of humanity worships as the source of all reality....
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HarperOne
Pub. Date
2009.
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English
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"This is as important a book on this subject as I recall ever having read."
- Huston Smith
"Brilliant.... Schroeder's book demands the attention of anyone who wonders if God must be exiled from the modern, enlightened mind."
- David J. Wolpe, author of Why Faith Matters
In his first book since 2002's acclaimed The Hidden Face of God, popular scientist Gerald Schroeder combines decades of scientific research and biblical study to present a groundbreaking...
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Thomas Nelson
Pub. Date
[2013]
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English
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This book is a compelling argument for Christianity that equips believers like never before. The goal of God's Not Dead: Evidence for God in an Age of Uncertainty is straightforward: to help readers develop "a faith that is real and credible -- and strong enough to help others find faith in God." To that end, Rice Broocks outlines a roadmap that guides seekers to acknowledge the most basic truths of Christianity: There is overwhelming and exciting...
16) The question of God: C.S. Lewis and Sigmund Freud debate God, love, sex, and the meaning of life
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The Free Press
Pub. Date
[2002]
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English
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In The Question of God, renowned psychiatrist and educator Armand Nicholi presents a fascinating comparison of the beliefs of Sigmund Freud and C. S. Lewis. For all the variety of specific religious beliefs, there are fundamentally only two kinds of people: believers and nonbelievers. In the twentieth century, no spokesman was more prominent for nonbelief than Sigmund Freud, and no one argued for belief more successfully than C. S. Lewis. From pain...
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Publisher
Scribner
Pub. Date
[1999]
Language
English
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The discovery by a French priest that God exists throws the world in turmoil. If everyone starts believing and behaving well, what need for priests and policemen? Church and State unite to hush up the discovery so as to keep their jobs.
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Staircase Press
Pub. Date
[2012]
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English
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An advanced course on the obstacles one faces and the special measures one must take to achieve spiritual growth. These strategies are distilled from the spiritual systems of Emanuel Swedenborg and George Gurdjieff. Intended for serious seekers of spiritual transformation.--Publisher.
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Pub. Date
[2008]
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English
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"In Descartes's Meditations, one of the key texts of Western philosophy, the thinker rejects all his former beliefs in the quest for new certainties. Discovering his own existence as a thinking entity in the very exercise of doubt, he goes on to prove the existence of God, who guarantees his clear and distinct ideas as a means of access to the truth. He develops new conceptions of body and mind, capable of serving as foundations for the new science...
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Library of America ; 354
Publisher
Library of America
Pub. Date
[2022]
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English
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"Roger's version (1986): Roger Lambert, a middle-aged professor of divinity, is stuck in his office by Dale Kohler, a young computer scientist who believes that technical advances in computing shows evidence of God's existence. Then a theological-scientific debate ensues, and Roger employs wicked strategies to disembarrass Dale of his faith. But Dale's passion turns to his erotic attraction to Esther, Roger's much younger wife, that takes her away...