Everybody is wrong about God

by Lindsay, James A.

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Title Statements

Full title :Everybody is wrong about God / James A. Lindsay ; foreword by Peter Boghossian.

Summary

With every argument for theism long since discredited, the result is that atheism has become little more than the noises reasonable people make in the presence of unjustified religious beliefs. Thus, engaging in interminable debate with religious believers about the existence of God has become exactly the wrong way for nonbelievers to try to deal with misguided—and often dangerous—belief in a higher power. The key, author James Lindsay argues, is to stop that particular conversation. He demonstrates that whenever people say they believe in "God," they are really telling us that they have certain psychological and social needs that they do not know how to meet. Lindsay then provides more productive avenues of discussion and action. Once nonbelievers understand this simple point, and drop the very label of atheist, will they be able to change the way we all think about, talk about, and act upon the troublesome notion called "God."

Edition Statements

Publication Date:2015

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Pitchstone Publishing
Place of Publication:Durham, North Carolina
Language:eng
Publication Date:2015

The Physical Object

Description:248 pages ; : 23 cm

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9781634310369, 1634310365
oclc:ocn907651773
LC Classification:BL473
Dewey Decimal:211

The next rational move -- Exposing theism -- The end of atheism -- Post-theism -- What good is God? -- God -- Okay, now what? -- Uprooting faith -- Secularism -- Unthinking atheism -- Filling the religion gap -- Going post-theistic -- Getting rid of God, the future of religion.

Subjects

Atheism Athéisme Controversial literature Dieu God Psychologie religieuse psychology of religion Psychology, Religious RELIGION Religion -- Controversial literature Religion -- Ouvrages de controverse Secularism Theism Théisme