Reviews for God of Miracles

The average rating for God of Miracles based on 2 reviews is 3 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2016-08-07 00:00:00 Kenneth Martin Graham Oppy is a giant intellectual he has brought light to the philosophy of religion. He is an atheist and is considered the best of the best. I like to read atheistic literature but some of the books, I have read don't have enough substance. They either are clueless in scripture, or the deeply misunderstand the relationship between faith and reason. I have briefly read through the four horsemen; Christopher Hitchens, Richard Dawkins, Daniel C. Dennet, and Sam Harris. Christopher Hitchens for personal reasons is my favorite of the four; Richard Dawkins argues like a sophomore in college, and I don't personally take his arguments seriously. If you want to know the best argument against the existence of God, read this book. The book is hard, and you must digest chapter by chapter. It's worth your time, the time invested will not go to waste. This work reminds of J. L. Mackie's, "Miracles Of Theism." He goes through the classical arguments of God. The ontological, the cosmological, the teleological argument, and other arguments. The philsophy of Religion is greatly indebted to his works and his rigorous history of the philosophy of religion. This man treats the arguments of Christians seriously and doesn't presuppose atheism in his premises a reasoning skill Christians should learn.

Review # 2 was written on 2019-01-24 00:00:00 Jarrett Lee Oppy is an atheist so I obviously disagree with him on pretty much everything. However this is a very good book to read if you want an overview of atheist arguments and critiques of Theistic ones. Oppy is fair not to straw man the other side. Unlike Dawkins, Hitchens, Dennett and Harris he actually takes the time to understand and interact with the other side. I wish more atheists would read Oppy rather than the dreck that is found on the internet skeptic sites. However my main critique of Oppy is that in answering Theist arguments he seems to just throw up every possible objection in what appears to be an attempt to provide talking points for atheism. No surprise, but I didn't really find any of his objections to be powerful or even troublesome.