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Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 261.21
EAN: 9780470290279
ISBN: 0470290277
Label: Jossey-Bass
Manufacturer: Jossey-Bass
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 160
Publication Date: September 02, 2008
Publisher: Jossey-Bass
Sales Rank: 124447
Studio: Jossey-Bass
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A Friendly Letter to Skeptics and Atheists helps readers—both secular and religious—appreciate their common ground. For those whose thinking has moved from the religious thesis to the skeptical antithesis (or vice versa), Myers offers pointers to a science-respecting Christian synthesis. He shows how skeptics and people of faith can share a commitment to reason, evidence, and critical thinking, while also embracing a faith that supports human flourishing—by making sense of the universe, giving meaning to life, connecting us in supportive communities, mandating altruism, and offering hope in the face of adversity and death.
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Rating:  - Just What the Title Says It Is
An elegantly written and argued book, focusing on finding common ground between skeptics and believers. It argues convincingly that some belief in God is not disproved by science, and that there is room for belief in the modern world.
Myers' religious views are hard for even a skeptic to find very offensive, for they are mild and life-affirming But to make this argument, he cedes a lot of ground (rightfully I think) to the skeptics, dismissing religious views that deny evolution ... Read More
Rating:  - Civil, Intelligent Reply to the New Atheist Wave
The author, a psychologist, responds briefly but well to the "new atheist" wave of Sam Harris, Christopher Hitchens, Richard Dawkins et al. At first I thought his approach was, frankly too "friendly," to the point of seeming timid and insubstantial, but as this brief book goes on it gets more impressive. What's really neat is the way Meyers seems to address just about every controversial subject imaginable--evolution, intelligent design, gays, the mind-body connection--without being dishonestly reductive. ... Read More
Rating: - Walking the tightrope
Myers respectfully defends his faith to skeptical scientists as only a fellow empiricist could. Through a series of short chapters Myers takes up the critical points of the neoatheists with an engaging "Yes, but have you thought about this?" approach. Faithheads will welcome the clarity with which Myers comes to their rescue. However, they too will find themselves challenged, reexamining their beliefs, assumptions and even their practices.
Rating: - Go to the source
"Why can't we all just get along", says Myers, as he dives right into the deep end of the Christian vs. anti-Christian pool. I use these terms specifically, because while consistent skeptics or atheists profess themselves against all "non-scientific" thinking, I have found that in their comments on my Amazon reviews that they have specifically attacked Christianity with a venom only attainable by those who have a faith-based interest in a competing belief system.
Myers does a reasonable job searching ... Read More
Rating:  - Too Friendly
The author appears to be trying too hard to be a "friend" to God's enemies. I find some of his conclusions abhorrent. I will probably finish his book, but I'm in no hurry to do so.
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Dewey Decimal Number: 261.21
EAN: 9780470290279
ISBN: 0470290277
Label: Jossey-Bass
Manufacturer: Jossey-Bass
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 160
Publication Date: September 02, 2008
Publisher: Jossey-Bass
Sales Rank: 124447
Studio: Jossey-Bass