As a veteran of this genre, I can, in the most unequivocal terms, declare John Allen Paulos' irreligion to be a handy, persuasive and informative little book, indeed. Although concise in scope, irreligion briefly explores and thus fittingly refutes the foremost and, quite frankly, the hackneyed and puerile arguments which stand in support of God's existence. Paulos' comportment is reminiscent of the late, great Carl Sagan's gentle skepticism, and irreligion is surprisingly easy to read and appropriately interspersed with the author's witticisms.
I understand that many of the book's critics desired more exposition, yet what more can truly be said? These weathered arguments have been examined and re-examined for millennia, yet not one has proven itself to stand the test of logical scrutiny. The simple fact remains that because God truly isn't an explanation for anything, these arguments do little more than appeal to mystery. And it is because of this little book's brevity and its easily understood prose that will make it the likely book for the open-minded believer or the "fence post walker." Having said that, this nascent atheism mentioned by other reviewers isn't a religion or even some spiritual movement, it's rather what I hope proves itself to be the catalyst for a mass change in our thinking. As such, irreligion will surely play its role in this unlikely endeavor.
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