God - the Failed Hypothesis (Record no. 10150)
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| fixed length control field | 01926nam a2200181 4500 |
| 010 ## - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CONTROL NUMBER | |
| LC control number | 2006032867 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 9781591024811 |
| 024 ## - OTHER STANDARD IDENTIFIER | |
| Standard number or code | 72988016 |
| 050 ## - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER | |
| Classification number | BL240.3 |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 212.1 |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Victor J. Stenger |
| 245 1# - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | God - the Failed Hypothesis |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. | |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. | Prometheus Books |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | 287 pages |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc. | Throughout history, arguments for and against the existence of God have been largely confined to philosophy and theology. In the meantime, science has sat on the sidelines and quietly watched this game of words march up and down the field. Despite the fact that science has revolutionised every aspect of human life and greatly clarified our understanding of the world, somehow the notion has arisen that it has nothing to say about the possibility of a supreme being, which much of humanity worships as the source of all reality. Physicist Victor J Stenger contends that, if God exists, some evidence for this existence should be detectable by scientific means, especially considering the central role that God is alleged to play in the operation of the universe and the lives of humans. Treating the traditional God concept, as conventionally presented in the Judeo-Christian and Islamic traditions, like any other scientific hypothesis, Stenger examines all of the claims made for God's existence. He considers the latest Intelligent Design arguments as evidence of God's influence in biology. He looks at human behaviour for evidence of immaterial souls and the possible effects of prayer. He discusses the findings of physics and astronomy in weighing the suggestions that the universe is the work of a creator and that humans are God's special creation. After evaluating all the scientific evidence, Stenger concludes that beyond a reasonable doubt the universe and life appear exactly as we might expect if there were no God. |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | Religion-Spirituality |
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| Lake Chapala Society | Lake Chapala Society | 07/17/2024 | 212.1 STEN | 66279 | 07/17/2024 | 1 | 07/17/2024 | Book |