RE: So... I had a request from a professor
November 8, 2011 at 12:16 pm
(This post was last modified: November 8, 2011 at 12:18 pm by Voltair.)
I appreciate the book mentions so far. I did read Carl Sagan's book but it seemed to deal with it more indirectly. I will mention it specifically, if for nothing else, the invisible dragon excerpt as it makes an awesome point. The reason the class wouldn't go through all of Sagan's book is first of all it is a huge book and second of all it is a general foundations of faith class.
There is not enough time in a semester to thoroughly read through all of those books etc. Well there would be if it was a graduate class but there is no way an undergrad class would assign multiple books of that length to read I don't think.
I am not saying atheism needs to defend itself I am just trying to provide a professor with literature to use in his class. I agree that the burden of proof is on Christianity. Besides just telling him where the burden of proof lies is there a book that talks about Christianity having the burden of proof and dealing with issues such as that?
A book on flaws in Christian arguments would be perfect although I don't know if an exhaustive one exists. Bertrand Russell may deal with those but I am unfamiliar with his book so I don't know how well/if he deals with all/most arguments.
I am sure he is going to probably discuss what is supposedly wrong with the atheistic ideas but that is also why I wanted to put some of the best in there. It is odd being at a Christian, Church of Christ, school and being an atheist.
Btw is the Hitch Christopher Hitchens?
There is not enough time in a semester to thoroughly read through all of those books etc. Well there would be if it was a graduate class but there is no way an undergrad class would assign multiple books of that length to read I don't think.
I am not saying atheism needs to defend itself I am just trying to provide a professor with literature to use in his class. I agree that the burden of proof is on Christianity. Besides just telling him where the burden of proof lies is there a book that talks about Christianity having the burden of proof and dealing with issues such as that?
A book on flaws in Christian arguments would be perfect although I don't know if an exhaustive one exists. Bertrand Russell may deal with those but I am unfamiliar with his book so I don't know how well/if he deals with all/most arguments.
I am sure he is going to probably discuss what is supposedly wrong with the atheistic ideas but that is also why I wanted to put some of the best in there. It is odd being at a Christian, Church of Christ, school and being an atheist.
Btw is the Hitch Christopher Hitchens?
