{"product_id":"requiem-for-a-phantom-god-paperback","title":"Requiem for a Phantom God - 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\u003eStephen H. Provost\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe debate between the theist and the atheist dates back millennia. Yet the crucial question involves not the existence of deity, but what kind of deity might exist. Can we eliminate certain options and leave ourselves free to explore others? In \"Requiem for a Phantom God,\" the author argues that we can. Any consideration of the divine should rule out what C.S. Lewis termed \"nonsense.\" Self-contradictory portraits of God are not only meaningless, but they have the potential to do great harm - and they have over the course of human history. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eRequiem for a Phantom God\u003c\/b\u003e serves as an epitaph for just such a god of nonsense. It identifies the core philosophical problem: the desire of humanity to believe in an all-powerful deity who is at, at the same time, entirely \"good.\" This desire, however, is destined to remain unfulfilled, because these two concepts simply cannot be reconciled. Once humanity realizes this, we can choose the kind of god we wish to believe in: immanent or transcendent ... if, indeed, we wish to put our faith in a god at all. \u003cb\u003eRequiem \u003c\/b\u003ediscusses the abuses and pitfalls of faith, and whether it is possible to speak of a faith that is not blind. It addresses modern and historical examples of religious abuse and suggests they tell us about the doctrines that support them.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 198\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.42 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 27, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48290091401465,"sku":"9781732063242","price":20.18,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/0tWFe3z5o9781732063242.webp?v=1776277120","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/requiem-for-a-phantom-god-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}