Essential Reading for Theists (A book recommendation thread)

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Essential Reading for Theists (A book recommendation thread)

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RE: Essential Reading for Theists (A book recommendation thread)

July 13, 2015 at 3:37 pm (This post was last modified: July 13, 2015 at 3:43 pm by Simon Moon.)

I would recommend theists read Sagan's 'Demon Haunted World'.

(July 13, 2015 at 3:08 pm)ChadWooters Wrote: I recommend Swedenborg's Divine Providence.

Yeah, because god did such a bad job explaining himself, that humanity needed to wait thousands of years for Swedenborg to come along and clarify "god's perfect word".

You'd believe if you just opened your heart" is a terrible argument for religion. It's basically saying, "If you bias yourself enough, you can convince yourself that this is true." If religion were true, people wouldn't need faith to believe it -- it would be supported by good evidence.

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Essential Reading for Theists (A book recommendation thread) - by Clueless Morgan - July 13, 2015 at 2:50 pm

RE: Essential Reading for Theists (A book recommendation thread) - by Chad32 - July 13, 2015 at 2:54 pm

RE: Essential Reading for Theists (A book recommendation thread) - by Clueless Morgan - July 13, 2015 at 3:04 pm

RE: Essential Reading for Theists (A book recommendation thread) - by Excited Penguin - July 13, 2015 at 3:13 pm

RE: Essential Reading for Theists (A book recommendation thread) - by Chad32 - July 13, 2015 at 3:08 pm

RE: Essential Reading for Theists (A book recommendation thread) - by Neo-Scholastic - July 13, 2015 at 3:08 pm

RE: Essential Reading for Theists (A book recommendation thread) - by Simon Moon - July 13, 2015 at 3:37 pm

RE: Essential Reading for Theists (A book recommendation thread) - by Chad32 - July 13, 2015 at 3:15 pm

RE: Essential Reading for Theists (A book recommendation thread) - by Jenny A - July 13, 2015 at 3:36 pm

RE: Essential Reading for Theists (A book recommendation thread) - by Dystopia - July 13, 2015 at 3:28 pm

RE: Essential Reading for Theists (A book recommendation thread) - by Whateverist - July 13, 2015 at 3:38 pm

RE: Essential Reading for Theists (A book recommendation thread) - by Metis - July 13, 2015 at 3:41 pm

RE: Essential Reading for Theists (A book recommendation thread) - by Clueless Morgan - July 13, 2015 at 7:53 pm

RE: Essential Reading for Theists (A book recommendation thread) - by Jenny A - July 13, 2015 at 8:26 pm

RE: Essential Reading for Theists (A book recommendation thread) - by Minimalist - July 13, 2015 at 8:47 pm

RE: Essential Reading for Theists (A book recommendation thread) - by Clueless Morgan - July 14, 2015 at 12:59 pm

RE: Essential Reading for Theists (A book recommendation thread) - by Crossless1 - July 14, 2015 at 5:13 pm

RE: Essential Reading for Theists (A book recommendation thread) - by Anima - July 14, 2015 at 1:15 pm

RE: Essential Reading for Theists (A book recommendation thread) - by Pyrrho - July 14, 2015 at 4:54 pm

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