Why I Am Not a Christian: Four Conclusive Reasons to Reject the Faith

De: Richard Carrier

Narrado por: Richard Carrier

Dr. Richard Carrier, world-renowned philosopher and historian, explains the four reasons he does not accept the Christian religion, describing four facts of the world that, had they been different, he would believe. Those four reasons are God's silence, God's inaction, the lack of evidence, and the way the universe looks exactly like a godless universe would, and not at all like a Christian universe would, even down to its very structure. Dr. Carrier addresses all the usual replies to these claims, in ways you might not have heard before, relying on his wide experience in debating and studying these issues all over the world for more than 15 years.

A perfect book to introduce yourself, or your friends, to why fewer educated people are embracing Christianity than ever before.

©2011 Richard Carrier Ph.D. (P)2012 Pitchstone Publishing

Devastating

<strong>Devastating</strong>

God is silent, inactive, doesn't provide evidence for Christianity and we don't live in a universe that looks like the Christian god made or runs it. Christianity fails. Richard Carrier makes the most reasoned argument I've yet seen for this case. This short book should be read along with Irreligion by John Allen Paulos as well as the titles given in the bibliography if you're interested in well reasoned criticisms of religion. This is not a book for the die hard faithful as one cannot be reasoned out of a position that he or she wasn't reasoned into to begin with.
What I found most compelling is Carrier's clarity and common sense. His examples and analogies are simple, direct and relevant. I wish I had read this book first.

Reasonable Conclusion

When I can glimpse ny life objectively -- apart from my the religious indoctrination I was filled with as a child, this makes sense on a thousand more levels than Christianity -- or mere deism. The complete lack of solid evidence for a god explains the convoluted rationalizations that meet each logical comparison of how the world is to how the bible interprets reality. In every case, reality paints a more convincing and cohesive narrative.

Logical Approach

What made the experience of listening to Why I Am Not a Christian: Four Conclusive Reasons to Reject the Faith the most enjoyable?

Love the way the author approaches the topic via logic and reason. It is easy for both sides of this debate to get emotional and it is good to read a more dispassionate approach.

Solid

This is a must read book by scholar Richard Carrier, especially those who are just beginning to question their belief system. Also recommended to already atheists to add clarity to their own reasons for not believing.

Logical, clear analysis

This isn't an attack, or emotional vitriol. It is based entirely on the rules of logic and presents a calm, clear, and unassailable case for atheism. I was impressed with the author's step-by-step analysis as well as the contemplation, and ultimate rejection, of Christian ideals in a careful, thoughtful manner.