{"product_id":"god-for-the-curious-unbeliever-paperback","title":"God for the curious unbeliever - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePaul Georgiou\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe author takes on the toughest questions about the nature of existence:: \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eWhy is there something rather than nothing? \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eWhy is there this particular something? \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eWhat exactly is this something? \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eWhy is this something governed by rules?\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eWhat are we to make of the human experience?\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eHow can the human experience help to answer other existential questions ? \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eDoes God exist? \u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eand, on the basis of fact and through the application of reason, he ruthlessly dissects each issue to provide the best available answers. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHe invites the reader to join him on a journey. What do you need? An open mind. A willingness to accept conclusions if they are clearly based on facts and reason, even if the conclusions are counter-intuitive.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHe promises there will be nothing complicated as you move forward. It's a journey anyone can take. Only those whose minds are closed will fall by the wayside.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAnyone who is hoping they will find absolute truth, whatever that means, will be disappointed. As you progress, the author concedes, you will have to make compromises at every stage. But the journey is still worthwhile because, at the end, although you won't have absolute truth, you will have come as close to it as is possible. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAnd you will have avoided the irrational excesses of the extremists on either side of the existential debate.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe author gives this warning. You will be asked to rethink many of the certainties which you take for granted and believe are true - because they are not true. The material world is not what you think it is. Space and time are not what you think they are. Simplistic answers to existential questions do not survive even cursory scrutiny of the facts. With our current state of scientific knowledge, he sets out to give an accurate description of reality which he summarises in the following terms: \"We live in a largely immaterial universe of powerful and invisible forces, governed by intellectually comprehensible rules.\" He then goes on to consider the nature of the rules and how man, 'half angel and half beast', fits into this world and deals with what he describes as our 'appalling and ridiculous predicament'..\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAfter all the analysis, the author identifies a series of existential questions which monotheists tend to fudge or ignore: \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eIf there is a God, why does he hide himself?\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eWhy is faith in an invisible, unprovable deity the key to salvation?\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIf God wished to create man, why did it take so long for life (10 billion years) and human consciousness (13.5 billion years) to evolve?\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eWhy is there evil in the world if God is all-powerful and wholly good?\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eWhy do prophets promote different versions of the one God?\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eand then, breaking his rules about confining himself to fact and reason, he offers a simple but paradoxical solution to all these questions. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAt the end, as promised, he offers God for the curious unbeliever.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis book is very likely to change the way you see the world and your place in it.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 124\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.26 x 7.81 x 5.06 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 01, 2016\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47378146984185,"sku":"9780995463721","price":11.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/3iQXCkJI7s9780995463721.webp?v=1770039434","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/god-for-the-curious-unbeliever-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}