New Atheism as a Cult of Intellect
A review of New Atheist literature and arguments in the light of world respected experts in the fields of Psychology of Religion,philosophy of Biology,Evolutionary Biology, philosophy of Mind,and Sociology of Religion and physicists.The arguments of Richard Dawkins, Christopher Hitchens and Sam Harris in particular are examined and exposed as riddled with fallacious reasoning intellectual arrogance and historical ignorance.
Scientific materialism accepted as fact is a metaphysical as much as theology Self proclaimed Rationalists and aggressive"atheists are exposed as being driven more by psychological forces than reason. Psychological profiles and research from major psychologists of religion demonstrate the relationship between ones parents and either religious adherence or denial.of religion
. Theoretical views of evolutionary psychology of Dawkins,Hitchens and harris are shown to be in many cases hysterically counter factual,such as a mother should be happy to have her child taken from her,so she can reproduce again without having it raise it ,that their is no such thing as altruism.The book reveals a world where scientific materialist will swallow mathematically absurd probability Camels while straining at religious gnats such as string theory inclusive fitness and so on.
The extraordinary claims of some sciences such as neuroscience are revealed to be mostly propaganda when examined against the evidence of their practical applications. The inability of Science to explain Consciousness itself and its persistence in assuming it is produced by the brain in spite of sever contradictory evidence tha the mind itself can restructure the brain,that key brain functions occur at the quantum level,where none of the 17th century classics physics materialists rely on is relevant Claims such as religion is major cause of wars is demolished by Military Historians,Atheists are shown to be more drepressed and suicidal than religionists. The data shows religious people are fart more charitable not only ot religious charity but secular ones,more caring more supportive have healthier family's than atheists. Finaly a clear picture emerges of an utter contempt for humainty of the poor and their religious community is revealed that ridcules the poor for lack of education and glorifys the affluent academic upper class as superior human beings based on intellect as the religious as a kind of subhuman.
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Scientific materialism accepted as fact is a metaphysical as much as theology Self proclaimed Rationalists and aggressive"atheists are exposed as being driven more by psychological forces than reason. Psychological profiles and research from major psychologists of religion demonstrate the relationship between ones parents and either religious adherence or denial.of religion
. Theoretical views of evolutionary psychology of Dawkins,Hitchens and harris are shown to be in many cases hysterically counter factual,such as a mother should be happy to have her child taken from her,so she can reproduce again without having it raise it ,that their is no such thing as altruism.The book reveals a world where scientific materialist will swallow mathematically absurd probability Camels while straining at religious gnats such as string theory inclusive fitness and so on.
The extraordinary claims of some sciences such as neuroscience are revealed to be mostly propaganda when examined against the evidence of their practical applications. The inability of Science to explain Consciousness itself and its persistence in assuming it is produced by the brain in spite of sever contradictory evidence tha the mind itself can restructure the brain,that key brain functions occur at the quantum level,where none of the 17th century classics physics materialists rely on is relevant Claims such as religion is major cause of wars is demolished by Military Historians,Atheists are shown to be more drepressed and suicidal than religionists. The data shows religious people are fart more charitable not only ot religious charity but secular ones,more caring more supportive have healthier family's than atheists. Finaly a clear picture emerges of an utter contempt for humainty of the poor and their religious community is revealed that ridcules the poor for lack of education and glorifys the affluent academic upper class as superior human beings based on intellect as the religious as a kind of subhuman.
New Atheism as a Cult of Intellect
A review of New Atheist literature and arguments in the light of world respected experts in the fields of Psychology of Religion,philosophy of Biology,Evolutionary Biology, philosophy of Mind,and Sociology of Religion and physicists.The arguments of Richard Dawkins, Christopher Hitchens and Sam Harris in particular are examined and exposed as riddled with fallacious reasoning intellectual arrogance and historical ignorance.
Scientific materialism accepted as fact is a metaphysical as much as theology Self proclaimed Rationalists and aggressive"atheists are exposed as being driven more by psychological forces than reason. Psychological profiles and research from major psychologists of religion demonstrate the relationship between ones parents and either religious adherence or denial.of religion
. Theoretical views of evolutionary psychology of Dawkins,Hitchens and harris are shown to be in many cases hysterically counter factual,such as a mother should be happy to have her child taken from her,so she can reproduce again without having it raise it ,that their is no such thing as altruism.The book reveals a world where scientific materialist will swallow mathematically absurd probability Camels while straining at religious gnats such as string theory inclusive fitness and so on.
The extraordinary claims of some sciences such as neuroscience are revealed to be mostly propaganda when examined against the evidence of their practical applications. The inability of Science to explain Consciousness itself and its persistence in assuming it is produced by the brain in spite of sever contradictory evidence tha the mind itself can restructure the brain,that key brain functions occur at the quantum level,where none of the 17th century classics physics materialists rely on is relevant Claims such as religion is major cause of wars is demolished by Military Historians,Atheists are shown to be more drepressed and suicidal than religionists. The data shows religious people are fart more charitable not only ot religious charity but secular ones,more caring more supportive have healthier family's than atheists. Finaly a clear picture emerges of an utter contempt for humainty of the poor and their religious community is revealed that ridcules the poor for lack of education and glorifys the affluent academic upper class as superior human beings based on intellect as the religious as a kind of subhuman.
Scientific materialism accepted as fact is a metaphysical as much as theology Self proclaimed Rationalists and aggressive"atheists are exposed as being driven more by psychological forces than reason. Psychological profiles and research from major psychologists of religion demonstrate the relationship between ones parents and either religious adherence or denial.of religion
. Theoretical views of evolutionary psychology of Dawkins,Hitchens and harris are shown to be in many cases hysterically counter factual,such as a mother should be happy to have her child taken from her,so she can reproduce again without having it raise it ,that their is no such thing as altruism.The book reveals a world where scientific materialist will swallow mathematically absurd probability Camels while straining at religious gnats such as string theory inclusive fitness and so on.
The extraordinary claims of some sciences such as neuroscience are revealed to be mostly propaganda when examined against the evidence of their practical applications. The inability of Science to explain Consciousness itself and its persistence in assuming it is produced by the brain in spite of sever contradictory evidence tha the mind itself can restructure the brain,that key brain functions occur at the quantum level,where none of the 17th century classics physics materialists rely on is relevant Claims such as religion is major cause of wars is demolished by Military Historians,Atheists are shown to be more drepressed and suicidal than religionists. The data shows religious people are fart more charitable not only ot religious charity but secular ones,more caring more supportive have healthier family's than atheists. Finaly a clear picture emerges of an utter contempt for humainty of the poor and their religious community is revealed that ridcules the poor for lack of education and glorifys the affluent academic upper class as superior human beings based on intellect as the religious as a kind of subhuman.
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| BN ID: | 2940016145235 |
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| Publisher: | RollingDharma |
| Publication date: | 12/26/2012 |
| Sold by: | Barnes & Noble |
| Format: | eBook |
| File size: | 168 KB |
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