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ii. The Christian Theory of Creation
iii. The Re-emergence of Atheism
iv. Hume on the Argument from Cause
v. An Infinite or Finite Universe?
3. THE DESIGN OF THE WORLD
ii. The Argument from Design
iii. Hume’s Criticisms of the Design Argument
iv. Darwin’s Criticisms of the Design Argument
v. Post-Darwinian Criticisms of the Design Argument
4. THE ARGUMENT FROM EVIL
i. Moral and Non-Moral Evil
ii. Evolution as a Non-Moral Evil
iii. The Problem of Evil: A Logical or Evidential Problem?
iv. The Problem of Evil: The Logical Argument
v. The Problem of Evil: The Evidential Argument
i. Moral Relativism and Religion
ii. Criticisms of the Moral Argument
iii. Nietzsche’s Critique of Religious Morality
ii. Definition of a Miracle (1)
iii. Definition of a Miracle (2)
iv. Hume’s Critique of Miracles: Are Miracles Impossible?
v. Hume’s Critique of Miracles: Are Miracles Improbable?
7. THE IMPULSE TO BELIEVE
i. The Experiences of Faith
ii. Ludwig Feuerbach’s Projection Theory
iii. Marx’s Projection Theory: Religion as the Opium of the People
iv. Freud’s Projection Theory: Religion as a Universal Obsessional Neurosis
v. Conclusion: Is Atheism Pessimistic?
i. The Logic of God’s Attributes
ii. Arguments from Incoherence
iii. Two Theistic Defences
APPENDIX - SELECT BIOGRAPHIES
Baron d’Holbach (1723-1789)
Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792-1822)
Ludwig Feuerbach (1804-1872)
Charles Bradlaugh (1833-1891)
Friedrich Nietzsche (1844-1900)
Sigmund Freud (1856-1939)
Bertrand Russell (1872-1970)
Jean-Paul Sartre (1905-1980)
Richard Dawkins (b. 1941)