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    <body><![CDATA[A great addition to atheist literature. The idea of god being attacked from a purely scientific angle is a somewhat unique look at the matter. At least more than one would think. The hypothesis of god solves no mysteries and cures no ills it just adds a further mystery that is totally unsolvable by ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/79532251">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[For the most part this book was very objective and clear. It lacked the arrogance of a Richard Dawkins book which I think only helps Stenger's case.  However, I feel this book would be lost anyone who isn't already a scientist because the book is more a bulleted list of theories he says disproves Go...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/18567627">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Dr. Stenger does an excellent job of pointing out that propositions such as “God exists” can actually be studied rationally, and answered intelligibly.  With such questions as “Does God exist?” typically come problems concerning wishful thinking, false causes and dilemmas, question-begging a...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/17907761">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I LOVED this book! Stenger made an excellent case. God was carefully defined near the beginning, and was given the attributes of the Judeo-Christian-Islamic God. Then he laid out what we should expect to see if a god with those attributes existed. After every case, Stenger then concludes that (the h...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/64899045">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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