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Has anybody read, 'God's not dead'?

I'm interested in Philosophy but haven't read any religious defences of God in anything any greater depth than as a basic summary, is there any hope to extract anything meaningful from this? Should I bother?

I've seen a review which quotes the author, seemingly suggesting that he implies, '90% of the world believes in god', is an appropriate argument to justify belief, which obviously gives me some doubt, but I feel somewhat like a hypocrite just writing it off as bullshit

So should O? And better suggestions?

>> No.4441203

"“There is evidence for an intelligent Creator everywhere you look. To say there is no evidence for this Creator is like saying the thousands of paintings in an art museum couldn’t have been painted because there are no artists visible in the gallery.”

Ha ha. Intellectual charlatanry.

Look, people believe in things to modulate the emotions they feel. A certain subset of people need all the connotations of God to modulate their emotions to a desirable level. They will not see it as emotional modulation but rather as a "search for truth" or a "search for spirituality".

Just...don't man. You learn more about "God" from walking in a forest or in navigating the traumatics of life. To be intellectually seduced into "God" seems vulgar in my opinion.

>> No.4441211

Flipped through it one time. Seemed like he name-drops for no reason other than appeals to authority and to show how philosophers are big mean atheists. Meh. Get it from the library if you must. 13 britbong dollars is a bit much.

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4441237

>>4441203

Also, superior book about "God". It's like a hatchet job to your brain.

"Oh wow the idea of a transitive God is fucking retarded."
"Oh wow the idea of God being anything like a 'personality' is fucking retarded"

>> No.4441252

>>4441171
I have not read God's not Dead
but I highly recommend God and Other Minds by Plantinga

>> No.4441267

>>4441203

Okay thanks

>>4441237

I'll look into that, trying to read up on all the essentials first though

Thanks everyone

>> No.4442158

>>4441171
>Evidence for God
Stopped reading right there, throw it in the trash.
And that's not even a *le epic fedore maymay* provocing statement, anyone that claims to have evidence for God is bullshitting.

>> No.4442169

these days it's looking more and more likely that spinoza is going to be the next fad philosopher on /lit/

"Oh wow why the fuck should I bother accepting these axioms that this autistic faggot builds his entire argument on"

"Oh wow this lens grinding neckbeard doesn't even have an aesthetics"

>> No.4442199

http://cdn-parable.com/content/preview/9780849948534.pdf

most of the time you can find whatever book you want by googling title+author+pdf

I'll read this later myself

>> No.4442463

>>4441171
GOAT movie adaption
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=90PWFEeRApA#t=144