I have heard of McGrath, but never read any of his books. Prompted by your post, I did some googling and read some reviews. I stumbled upon
this review of another of McGrath's books, "The Twilight of Atheism". What caught my attention in the blurb google presented about it, was this:
"McGrath exposes the flaws at the heart of atheism"
This invokes an image of atheism as a whole system, with all kinds of definitions and tenets, theories and decrees. It has a core of
central tenets - its "heart" - which have flaws - multiple flaws even.
But why all the fuss? Atheism can be described in one phrase: a lack of belief in gods. That's it. It's a bit tenuous to discern a heart here. And I see no possibilities for flaws either: one believes in God or one doesn't, it's as simple as that.
{I just realised this is off-topic here. Sorry.}
This message has been edited by Parasomnium, 14-Oct-2005 02:42 PM
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