General Information
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 Title:                  Irreligion
 Author:                 John Allen Paulos
 Copyright:              June 9, 2009
 Genre:                  Audiobook
 Publisher:              Hill and Wang
 Abridged:               No

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Book Description
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From Publishers Weekly
Few of the recent books on atheism have been worth reading just for wit and 
style, but this is one of them: Paulos is truly funny. De-spite the title, the 
Temple University math professor 
doesn't actually discuss mathematics much, which will be a relief to any numerically challenged readers who felt intimidated by his previous book Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences. In this short primer (just the gist with an occasional jest), Paulos tackles 12 of the most common arguments for God, including the argument from design, the idea that a moral universality points to a creator God, the notion of first causes and the argument from coincidence, among others. Along the way, he intersperses irreverent and entertaining little chapterlets that contain his musings on various subjects, including a rather hilarious imagined IM exchange with God that slyly parodies Neale Donald Walsch's 
Conversations with God. Why does solemnity tend to infect almost all 
discussions of religion? Paulos asks, clearly bemoaning the dearth of humor. 
This little book goes a long way toward correcting the problem, and provides 
both atheists and religious apologists some digestible food for thought along 
the way. (Jan. 3)


Review
Reasoned, cool and conciseùa good-natured primer for infidels.  Kirkus Reviews
 
[Paulos] is as sure-footed as a tiger as he prowls through the theocratic 
landscape, pouncing on sloppy thinking. To a large extent he succeeds in 
demolishing the arguments of believers.  Phillip Manning, The News & Observer 
(Raleigh)
 
[Paulos] knocks the props from under the classic arguments for the existence of 
God . . . The book is written with a charming skepticism that is not off-
putting or arrogant.  Chuck Warnock, Amicus Dei blog
 
Few of the recent books on atheism have been worth reading just for wit and 
style, but this is one of them: Paulos is truly funny.  Publishers Weekly
 
Irreligion will, IÆm confident, take a distinguished place in what one might 
call the canonical literature of the New Atheism.  Norman Levitt, eSkeptic