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Preface To The Updated Edition . . I
Introduction . . 9

Out Of The Blue . . 21
The Floodgates Open . . 147
Flight Of The Golden Goose . . 211
The End Of Edison . . 257

Conclusion . . 297
Afterword: Led 2.0 . . 303
Acknowledgments . . 317
Sources . . 319
Index . . 331

Foreword . . 9
Introduction . . 15

PART 1: WHY FAITH FAILS
Chapter 1: The Cultures of Christianities . . 25
Chapter 2: Christian Belief through the Lens of Cognirive Science . . 47
Chapter 3: The Malleability of the Human Mind . . 65
Chapter 4: The Outsider Test for Faith Revisited . . 81

PART 2: WHY THE BIBLE IS NOT GOD'S WORD
Chapter 5: The Cosmology of the Bibie . . 109
Chapter 6: The Bibie and Modern Scholarship . . 148
Chapter 7: What We've Got Here Is a Failure to Communicate . . 181

PART 3: WHY THE CHRISTIAN GOD IS NOT PERFECTLY GOOD
Chapter 8: Yahweh Is a Moral Monster . . 209
Chapter 9: The Darwinian Problem of Evil . . 237

PART 4: WHY JESUS IS NOT THE RISEN SON OF GOD
Chapter 10: Jesus: Myth and Method . . 273
Chapter 11: Why the Resurrection Is Unbelievable . . 291
Chapter 12: At Best Jesus Was a Failed Apocalyptic Prophet . . 316

PART 5: WHY SOCIETY DOES NOT DEPEND ON CHRISTIAN FAITH
Chapter 13: Christianity Does Not Provide the Basis for Morality . . 347
Chapter 14: Atheism Was Not the Cause of the Holocaust . . 368
Chapter 15: Christianity Was Not Responsible for Modern Science . . 396

Contributors . . 421