How We Believe_ Science and the Search for God - Michael Shermer [192]
SEEING THE PATTERN OF GOD
IS BELIEF IN GOD GENETICALLY PROGRAMMED?
IS THERE A GOD MODULE IN THE BRAIN?
GOD AS MEME
SCIENTISTS’ BELIEF IN GOD
WHY PEOPLE BELIEVE IN GOD
INTELLECTUAL AND EMOTIONAL REASONS TO BELIEVE
ALL’S RIGHT WITH GOD IN HIS HEAVEN
Chapter 5 - O YE OF LITTLE FAITH
PHILOSOPHICAL ARGUMENTS FOR GOD
SCIENTIFIC ARGUMENTS FOR GOD
THE NEW COSMOLOGY
THE NEW CREATIONISM
THE BIBLE CODE
THE REAL MEANING OF ARGUMENTS FOR GOD
Part II - RELIGION AND SCIENCE
Chapter 6 - IN A MIRROR DIMLY, THEN FACE TO FACE
A THREE-TIERED MODEL OF RELIGION AND SCIENCE
MORAL COURAGE AND NOBILITY OF SPIRIT
Chapter 7 - THE STORYTELLING ANIMAL
THE HOW AND THE WHY: IN SEARCH OF DEEPER ANSWERS
FROM PATTERN-SEEKING TO STORYTELLING
FROM STORYTELLING TO MYTHMAKING
FROM MYTHMAKING TO MORALITY
FROM MORALITY TO RELIGION
FROM RELIGION TO GOD
Chapter 8 - GOD AND THE GHOST DANCE
THE GHOST DANCE AS MYTHMAKING
THE 1890 GHOST DANCE
THE ETERNAL, RETURN OF THE GHOST DANCE
THE CARGO CULT GHOST DANCE
JESUS AS MESSIAH MYTH
WHY THE MESSIAH MYTH RETURNS
Chapter 9 - THE FIRE THAT WILL CLEANSE
WHAT IS THE MILLENNIUM?
WHEN PROPHECY FAILS—A.D. 1000
WHEN PROPHECY FAILS—A.D. 2000
THE LURE OF THE MILLENNIUM
HEAVEN ON EARTH
SECULAR HEAVENS
HOLDING THE CENTER
Chapter 10 - GLORIOUS CONTINGENCY
IF THE TAPE WERE PLAYED TWICE
THE MISMEASURE OF CONTINGENCY
CONTINGENT-NECESSITY
GLORIOUS CONTINGENCY: A LITTLE TWIG CALLED HOMO SAPIENS
THE FULL IMPACT OF CONTINGENCY
CONTINGENCY AND FREEDOM
IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE
FINDING MEANING IN A CONTINGENT UNIVERSE
AFTERWORD TO THE SECOND EDITION - God on the Brain
APPENDIX I - What Does It Mean to Study Religion Scientifically? Or, How Social Scientists “Do” Science
APPENDIX II - Why People Believe in God—The Data and Statistics
A Bibliographic Essay on Theism, Atheism, and Why People Believe in God
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