Books: Sunlight on dungheaps Bill Saunders believes that the latest atheist counterblast proves that appeals to science undermine atheism itself; An Intelligent Person's Guide to Atheism By Daniel Harbour DUCKWORTH pounds 14.95

From: The Independent - London | Date: June 10, 2001| Author: Bill Saunders | Copyright information

One of Daniel Harbour's intentions in this book is to find an approach to what he calls the atheism debate which avoids the adversarial and abusive approaches that traditionally surround the question of the existence of God. In spite of a spare and lucid prose, which occasionally loosens up to reveal an author of great charm, this promise proves difficult to keep. Stripped of the opportunities for satire which organised religion cannot help but supply, the case for atheism has very little sub...

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