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Divinity of Doubt: The God Question
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Number Of Pages, Discs, Etc.
352
Date Published
April 12, 2011
ISBN-10
1593156294
ISBN-13
978-1593156299

In his most controversial book yet, bestselling author Vincent Bugliosi turns his critical eye on both religious believers and the atheists who reflexively oppose them. Here, the fearless attorney who most memorably prosecuted Charles Manson indicts both camps, calling them out for the intellectual shortcuts each takes to arrive at their convenient conclusions. In the process, he argues lucidly and persuasively why agnosticism--and a healthy skepticism toward certainty of all kinds--is the most responsible position to take with regard to such eternal questions as the existence of God.

With his trademark withering wit and humor, Bugliosi skewers such popularizers of atheism as Christopher Hitchens, Sam Harris, and Richard Dawkins, while also examining such developments as the decline of belief in evolution and the disturbing vengefulness of God as depicted in the Old Testament.

Vincent Bugliosi's latest book sets a new course amid the explosion of bestselling books on religion, pro and con--a middle path that urges us to recognize the limits of what we know, and what we cannot know about the ineffable mysteries of existence.

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Divinity of Doubt: The God Question 2011-04-12 21:00:12 Julie Clayton
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Julie Clayton Reviewed by Julie Clayton    April 12, 2011
Last updated: April 13, 2011
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Many people are familiar with Bugliosi as a brilliant attorney who also wrote about the murderers he prosecuted in court and famous cases (think Charles Manson: “Helter Skelter;” Lee Harvey Oswald: “Reclaiming History,” etc) but this book about the question of God’s existence is perhaps his greatest challenge ever. In it he offers an intelligent debate, neither for nor against the verity of God’s existence, but for the neutrality of agnosticism as the only logically sound conclusion. Confronting both ends of the “God question” pendulum, from slavish Christian beliefs to trendy spiritual and scientific attitudes, and much in between, he comprehensively demonstrates how common sense isn’t really that common. He takes the historical and contemporary “experts” in divine matters to task and reveals how the hard questions have been ignored, brushed aside, or inadequately thought through. There is much to consider within the fruits of this book’s cogent abundance, yet the author’s consummate use of ordinary language and down-to-earth examples makes this an accessible book, and one that may prompt more than the occasional metaphorical smack on the head in self-abashed agreement.

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