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This book is aimed more at people outside the established churches than those within them. It takes for granted the claims of Christianity and the counter-claims of atheists, and attempts to define a position in no-man's land. The author, who is a biologist specializing in brain research, argues that the scientific materialist view of life so dominant today has an almost incredibly narrow basis and ignores most of the important and influential aspects of human experience. Differing also with Christian writers in this area like Don Cupitt on the one hand and John Polkinghorne on the other, he puts forward a positive view which has a place for human subjectivity, for artistic experience, for the reality of persons for a God who combines goodness with severely limited power, and for the existence of absolute truth and absolute values. The first part maps out the dominant philosophical viewpoint amongst educated people in the modern world and explains its relationship to the growth of scientific knowledge, seeing modern materialism as a gross distortion of what has gone before. The second part looks at the whole area of human subjectivity and the relationship of the mind to the brain. The last part argues that modern men and women need myths just as much as primitive people did, and suggests what the most fundamental myths might be. In the face of so much that is negative, here is a positive book about the questions which are basic to human experience, and an important contribution to the discussion between science and religion.
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Andrew Smith
reviewed Arguments against secular culture on December 26, 2017
Arguments against secular culture
First thing that determined how I'd hated this book. beauty is considered golden had and gray eyes. dark hair is diminished in this book. as well as the use of the word Negroes which I hardly think was used during that period. Then we have small children with more mature minds with thoughts far exceeding that of a hopeless romantic adult. At nine years old the main character is speaking as if she's a 16yr old love struck girl. The reality escapes me when you have a 13yr old marrying a 50+ yr old which a custom to time period but also doesn't feel real if her mind set seems as if an elderly women. Also lets not mention her two children that ultimately fair horribly one scarred for life only to give her life to her mother and the other a evil knight because of her previous husbands personality. As if she couldn't have perfect children unless she was with her soul mate destined from the beginning. Some how that disgusts me...Not to mention all the times more things could have been done or said but weren't for the sake of plot I presume
Oh how I hated this book...the Edeline woman infuriated me in a horrible way the relationships between the two main characters constantly felt forced, Afton is on the title but the book seems to bounce back between so many characters it's so difficult to keep up. the lack of so many things irritated me. it's a slow and boring book. I don't want more and I don't want to read anymore of this series. I found the book depressing and unsatisfying. if I want to read a book about blunt realistic cruelty with no positivity whatsoever not even within the final pages I shall read a GRRM book. truly upset with this
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