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| + | * Non-LDS books that treat matters of interest to atheism | ||
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| + | ==Classic works== | ||
| + | *"Orthodoxy" by G. K. Chesterton | ||
| + | *"Mere Christianity" by C. S. Lewis | ||
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| + | ==Biologists== | ||
| + | "Life's Solution: Inevitable Humans in a Lonely Universe" by S. Conway Morris (Warning a technical read!) | ||
| + | " The Deep Structure of Biology: Is Convergence Sufficiently Ubiquitous to Give a Directional Signal" by Simon Conway Morris | ||
| + | * Scientist Francis Collins (Head of Human Genome Project) | ||
| + | ** The Language of God: A Scientist Presents Evidence for Belief" by Francis Collins | ||
| + | ** Belief: Readings on the Reason for Faith" by Francis Collins | ||
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| + | ==Serious Philosophers== | ||
| + | ** Anthony Flew, ''There Is a God: How the World's Most Notorious Atheist Changed His Mind'' (HarperOne, 2008). ISBN 9780061335303 | ||
| + | ** Alvin Plantinga, ''Where the Conflict Really Lies: Science, Religion, and Naturalism'' | ||
| + | ** Thomas Nagel, Mind and Cosmos: Why the Materialist Neo-Darwinian Conception of Nature Is Almost Certainly False (Oxford University Press, USA, 2012). ISBN 9780199919758 {{an|Nagel is an atheist, but essentially endorses the "hard problem of consciousness" type of problem that Plantinga explores in his book above (including citation to it). He argues that strict materialism can't be true (i.e., matter before all, yielding minds) and theism is unattractive to him (mind before all, giving matter). So, he believes there must be a third option, which he doesn't spell out but thinks is necessary. At any rate, he regards the current materialistic atheism as inadequate, though does not yet have something to put in its place.}} | ||
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| + | ==More Popular Books== | ||
| + | ** The Reason for God: Belief in an Age of Skepticism" | ||
| + | ** Reasonable Faith: Christian Truth and Apologetics" by William Lane Craig {{An|Craig has a more evangelical approach that Mormons may properly be skeptical of (such arguing for an ex-nihilo creation—see here for a negative of his review to use similar concepts in an effort to refute LDS ideas about theism) but he still does a good job showing the weakness in common atheist arguments and is only presenting age old arguments for God that have been around for centuries but yet are powerful. Videos are also available [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sfsYhWNMYr4 here] and [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_XZb8m7p8ng here]. | ||
Revision as of 17:08, 28 November 2012
- Mormon responses to atheism
- Non-LDS books that treat matters of interest to atheism
Classic works
- "Orthodoxy" by G. K. Chesterton
- "Mere Christianity" by C. S. Lewis
Biologists
"Life's Solution: Inevitable Humans in a Lonely Universe" by S. Conway Morris (Warning a technical read!) " The Deep Structure of Biology: Is Convergence Sufficiently Ubiquitous to Give a Directional Signal" by Simon Conway Morris
- Scientist Francis Collins (Head of Human Genome Project)
- The Language of God: A Scientist Presents Evidence for Belief" by Francis Collins
- Belief: Readings on the Reason for Faith" by Francis Collins
Serious Philosophers
- Anthony Flew, There Is a God: How the World's Most Notorious Atheist Changed His Mind (HarperOne, 2008). ISBN 9780061335303
- Alvin Plantinga, Where the Conflict Really Lies: Science, Religion, and Naturalism
- Thomas Nagel, Mind and Cosmos: Why the Materialist Neo-Darwinian Conception of Nature Is Almost Certainly False (Oxford University Press, USA, 2012). ISBN 9780199919758
Nagel is an atheist, but essentially endorses the "hard problem of consciousness" type of problem that Plantinga explores in his book above (including citation to it). He argues that strict materialism can't be true (i.e., matter before all, yielding minds) and theism is unattractive to him (mind before all, giving matter). So, he believes there must be a third option, which he doesn't spell out but thinks is necessary. At any rate, he regards the current materialistic atheism as inadequate, though does not yet have something to put in its place.
More Popular Books
- The Reason for God: Belief in an Age of Skepticism"
- Reasonable Faith: Christian Truth and Apologetics" by William Lane Craig {{An|Craig has a more evangelical approach that Mormons may properly be skeptical of (such arguing for an ex-nihilo creation—see here for a negative of his review to use similar concepts in an effort to refute LDS ideas about theism) but he still does a good job showing the weakness in common atheist arguments and is only presenting age old arguments for God that have been around for centuries but yet are powerful. Videos are also available here and here.