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Atheist Universe
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UNIVERSE
The Thinking Person's Answer to
Christian Fundamentalism
DAVID MILLS
ATHEIST
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To all freethinkers, past and present, whose independence of mind
isolates them from the sympathy and understanding of their community,
but whose courageous and unwavering devotion to the scientific
method has liberated their community from the Dark Ages
•••
Copyright © 2006 David Mills. Foreword copyright © 2006 Dorion
Sagan. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be repro-
duced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by
any means without the prior written permission of the publisher, nor be
otherwise circulated in any form of binding or cover other than that in
which it is published and without a similar condition being imposed on
the subsequent purchaser.
Published in the U.S. by Ulysses Press
P.O. Box 3440
Berkeley, CA 94703
ISBN10: 1-56975-567-1
ISBN 13: 978-1-56975-567-9
Library of Congress Control Number 2006903812
Editor: Lily Chou
Cover design: what!design @ whatweb.com
Cover photographs: ©iStockphoto.com/Stasys Eidiejus
Typesetting: Matt Orendorff, Lisa Kester
Indexer: Sayre Van Young
Printed in Canada by Transcontinental Printing
10 9876543
Distributed by Publishers Group West
Contents
Foreword: Paper Cut Stigmata
7
Preface
13
Introduction: Is This Book an Outrage?
16
1 Interview with an Atheist
25
2 Origin of the Universe: Natural or Supernatural?
65
3 God of the Gaps: Does the Universe
Show Evidence of Design?
82
4 The "Miracle" of Planetary Clockwork
87
5 The "Miracle" of Life on Earth
105
6 Can Genesis Be Reconciled with Modern Science?
136
7 "Miracles" of Christian Perception
156
8 The Myth of Hell
170
9 Christian Fundamentalists and
the "Danger" of Internet Porn
190
10 Was America Really Founded upon
Christian Principles?
204
11 "Intelligent Design": Christianity's Newest Cult
208
A Final Thought
255
Chapter Notes
256
Bibliography
260
Index
265
About the Author
272

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