Atheist: List the most academic, challenging books featuring belief in God.
Atheist: List the most academic, challenging books featuring atheism
2007-01-17 14:27:42 · 13 answers · asked by Aspurtaime Dog Sneeze 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Sorry, the second sentence is addressed to Christians. I messed that up. I still think most people will throw out their favorite books despite my directives.
2007-01-17 14:58:07 · update #1
How about both?
Read anything out right now by Sam Harris.
2007-01-17 14:32:10 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Try, The Case for a Creator and The Case for Christ, by Lee Strobel.
For something a little less challenging, but nonetheless intellectul, try Donald Miller's Blue Like Jazz, Searching for God Knows What, or Through Painted Deserts.
2007-01-17 22:33:25 · answer #2 · answered by jennyvee 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The Bible, King James Version.
Charles Darwin, Origin of Species(ok, not the whole thing), Descent of Man(Ok, not the whole thing),
Stephen Dawkins - God Delusion
High School Biology Book
A couple of Buddhist Books
Several books on spiritualism
A couple of philosophy books, Nietzsche, Ayn Rand(favorite), Kant
College Biology Book
College Anatomy Book and Coloring Book too
Grey's Anatomy(ok, again, not all of it)
2007-01-17 22:35:38 · answer #3 · answered by drpsholder 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The Bible (KJV)
Origin of Species (Charles Darwin)
A Brief History of Time (Stephen Hawking)
The God Delusion (Richard Hawkins)
The Varieties of Human Experience: A Personal View of the Search for God (Carl Sagan)
DaVinci Code, Angels and Demons (Dan Brown) - just for fun
Lots of biology, sociology, psychology textbooks
2007-01-17 22:43:41 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Hmm,
in terms of featuring atheism id go with guns germs and steel by jared diamond and featuring belief in god ive got to go with pastor hagees book, although the "real" christians dont dig hagee,
im an agnostic hope its ok that i answered your question
2007-01-17 22:32:10 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Unfortunately there aren't any challenging books featuring belief in god, very early on in most of them they make a leap of faith, anything after that just doesn't follow.
2007-01-17 22:39:08 · answer #6 · answered by fourmorebeers 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Anything by Lee Strobel is fascinating to me and very fact-filled and academic. He is a former atheist and investigative reporter who set out to prove that the basic beliefs of Christianity were untrue. He did lots of academic fact finding and proved to himself that they were true. Books include A Case for Faith, A Case for Christ, and A Case for a Creator. Other former atheists turned Christian include CS Lewis and Greg Boyd.
2007-01-17 22:34:17 · answer #7 · answered by mortgagelns 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Moncure D. Conway, Sam Harris, Richard Dawkins, Voltair, Plato, Socrates, Ibn warraq(thats more anti Islam), and the Bible. You can pick your own books.
I read more just cant think of it now.
I also think King James bible is not accurate compared to some other versions.
2007-01-17 22:51:10 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I just finished reading World of Pies and Fanny and Sue. I read all sorts of things, usually what strikes my fancy.
2007-01-17 22:35:30 · answer #9 · answered by Purdey EP 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
shouldnt the 1st be Christians: etc..?
and..
i havnt read anything for 2 years.
but..
i like Dante's Inferno.
2007-01-17 22:34:40 · answer #10 · answered by uhohspaghettiohohs 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋