"Originally published in hardcover in Great Britain by Bantam Press, an imprint of Transworld Publishers, a Penguin Random House UK Company, in 2019."--Title page verso. Includes index.
Contents:
Goodbye God -- So many gods! -- But is it true? -- Myths and how they start -- The good book? -- Do we need God in order to be good? -- How do we decide what is good? -- Evolution and beyond -- Surely there must be a designer? -- Steps towards improbability -- Crystals and jigsaw puzzles -- Bottom up or top down? -- Did we evolve to be religious? Did we evolve to be nice? -- Taking courage from science.
Summary:
Explains how the natural world arose without a designer and challenges the basic assumptions of world religions to argue that faith is not a necessary component of good behavior.
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