Does atheism really explain everything?
Can reasonable people take Christianity seriously?
During the early twenty-first century, New Atheism was busy producing best-selling books and plastering adverts on the sides of buses. Its loud scepticism is not as popular these days, but many of its arguments live on.
Yet, what if some of its common claims like, ‘science has buried God’ and ‘religion is the cause of most wars’ are not just incorrect, but demonstrably wrong? What if Richard Dawkins and the other New Atheists were not merely barking up the wrong tree, but were in the wrong forest entirely?
Andy Bannister brings you this fully updated and revised book, with new chapters, new resources and new comedy. The Atheist Who Didn’t Exist is designed for curious people to tug at the loose threads of atheism and see if it unravels.
Table of Content
Preface from the author
1. Sawing Off the Branch You’re Sat On
(or: Is Atheism Self-Defeating?)
2 The Loch Ness Monster’s Moustache
(or: The Terrible Consequences of Bad Arguments)
3. The Scandinavian Sceptic
(or: Why Atheism Really is a Belief System)
4. The Aardvark in the Artichokes
(or: Why Not All Gods are the Same)
5. The Santa Delusion
(or: Why Faith in God Does Not Mean You’re Insane)
6. Aim for That Haystack!
(or: Why Psychological Arguments Against Religion Fail)
7. Sven and the Art of Refrigerator Maintenance
(or: Why Religion Doesn’t Poison Everything)
8. The Lunatic in the Louvre
(or: Why Science Cannot Explain the Entirety of Reality)
9. Humpty Dumpty and the Vegan
(or: Why We Really Do Need God to Be Good)
10. The Peculiar Case of the Postmodern Penguin
(or: Why Life Without God is Meaningless)
11. The Panini Poisoner of Pimlico
(or: Why Everybody Has Faith)
12. The Reluctant Eunuch
(or: Why We Really Can Know a Lot About Jesus)
13. What next?: What if I have more questions?
Acknowledgments
Text Credits
About the author
Dr. Andy Bannister is the Director of the Solas Centre for Public Christianity, speaking and teaching regularly throughout the UK, Europe, Canada, the USA, and the wider world. From universities to churches, business forums to TV and radio, he regularly addresses audiences of both Christians and those of all faiths and none on issues relating to faith, culture, politics and society.