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Free Download Paul Laffan, "Is He Out There?: Debating The God Delusion"
English | ISBN: 178976162X | 2022 | 320 pages | PDF | 4 MB
Is He Out There? is an interdisciplinary examination of the Christian reaction to Dawkinss The God Delusion. That reaction has offered a wide range of counter-arguments, among them: that Dawkinss demonstration of how God almost certainly doesnt exist addresses an out-dated conception of God; that science and religion are not conflictual as Dawkins contends and indeed may well be converging upon an understanding of how God acts in the universe; that Dawkinss denigration of the Bible depends on an overly literal reading; and that Dawkins assumes a narrative of progress in which human beings take the place of God in controlling the course of history. Is He Out There? responds to these arguments in the context of current scientific understanding, biblical criticism and philosophy. Paul Laffan demonstrates how the desire to meet the challenge posed by Dawkinss viewpoint has led to the perversion of scientific theories and accepted positions in other important fields of inquiry. It suggests that Christianity is wedded to a God who is the cause of the universe a classical conception of cause that is anachronistic; that denying the Bible was read for most of the Christian era as offering a literal account of divine creation is a significant misrepresentation of doctrinal history; and that a complete dismissal of progress requires the dismissal of scientific achievement. The author considers the extent to which attractive, secular values like tolerance and freedom of opinion are Christian in source and whether moral systems require God to underwrite them. The wide-ranging nature of Is He Out There? not only provides a review of the state of contemporary Christian apology but is a measured address of the arguments put forward in The God Delusion and indeed of the substantive commentary on Dawkinss thesis.

Free Download The Routledge Handbook of Philosophy of Delusion
by Sullivan-Bissett, Ema
English | 2025 | ISBN: 1032283386 | 599 pages | True PDF EPUB | 8.48 MB

Free Download The Decarbonization Delusion: What 3.5 Billion Years of Biological Sustainability Can Teach Us by Andrew Moore
English | December 19, 2023 | ISBN: 0197664830 | True EPUB | 376 pages | 8.4 MB
Could the race to de-carbonize our energy systems be leading us closer to environmental disaster?

Free Download Simon Serfaty, "Architects of Delusion: Europe, America, and the Iraq War"
English | 2007 | ISBN: 081224060X | EPUB | pages: 184 | 0.3 mb
The commencement of war in Iraq in 2003 was met with a variety of reactions around the globe. In Architects of Delusion, Simon Serfaty presents a historical analysis of how and why the decision to wage war was endorsed by some of America’s main European allies, especially Britain, and opposed by others, especially France and Germany.

Free Download Richard Woodman – The Battle of the River Plate: A Grand Delusion (Campaign Chronicles)
Pen & Sword | 2008 | ISBN: 1844156893 | English | 192 pages | PDF | 55.33 MB
The Battle of the River Plate was the first major naval confrontation of the Second World War, and it is one of the most famous. Yet the accepted interpretation of events has perhaps been taken for granted and is ripe for reassessment, and that is the aim of Richard Woodman’s new study.

Free Download Marxism Unmasked: From Delusion to Destruction By Ludwig von Mises, Bettina Bien Greaves, Richard M. Ebeling
2006 | 110 Pages | ISBN: 1572462108 | PDF | 4 MB
We can’t sit at the feet of Mises at his famous Vienna private seminar. We can’t go back in time and attend his New York seminar, or follow him to the speaking engagements that he held in the 1950s and ’60s.But we do have access to what he said. He is warm, funny, passionate, and learned. This book provides a candid look at the man and his teaching style. It demonstrates his dazzling command over the material, and teaches in a breezier way than his treatises.This volume contains nine lectures delivered over one week, from June 23 to July 3, 1952, at the San Francisco Public Library. Mises was at his prime as a teacher and lecturer. He shares a lifetime of learning on topics that were (and remain) central to American public life.As the title indicates, his main focus is on Marxism. He discusses Marx and his place in the history of ideas, the destruction wrought by his dangerous ideology, the manner in which his followers have covered up his errors, and how the Marxists themselves have worked for so long to save Marxism from itself. He discusses Marxist claims about history and refutes the Marxist smear of the Industrial Revolution.The approach is systematic but casual, so the reader encounters wonderful insights in the form of short asides. For example, "The worst thing that can happen to a socialist is to have his country ruled by socialists who are not his friends."As a lecturer, Mises is steady and relentless. The reader can nearly "hear" him speaking through the prose. And there are times when he reveals a level of rhetorical passion that you would never encounter in print. That’s because what is printed here are not prepared lectures. They were transcribed by Bettina Bien Greaves from what he actually said.Thus can we hear this passage: "It is not true, as Marx said, that the improvements in technology are available only to the exploiters and that the masses are living in a state much worse than on the eve of the Industrial Revolution. Everything the Marxists say about exploitation is absolutely wrong! Lies! In fact, capitalism made it possible for many persons to survive who wouldn’t have otherwise."Some readers of Mises’s larger works have said that while his rigor is dazzling, the man himself can seem remote. Whether or not you agree with this observation, Mises comes across in these lectures as brilliant but very warm and charming in an old world sense.To search for Mises Institute titles, enter a keyword and LvMI (short for Ludwig von Mises Institute); e.g., Depression LvMI

Free Download Unweaving the Rainbow: Science, Delusion and the Appetite for Wonder by Richard Dawkins
English | January 1, 2006 | ISBN: 0141026189 | True EPUB | 352 pages | 0.4 MB
From the New York Times-bestselling author of Science in the Soul. "If any recent writing about science is poetic, it is this" (The Wall Street Journal).