Reviews

In Not Seeing God, philosopher and author Jonathan MS Pearce has collected the top writers on Patheos Nonreligious and set them to work deconstructing god and reconstructing our view of what it means to be godless, both today and in the future. From showing how god as a construct is a side effect of our natural psychology to how the stories in the Bible are folklore rather than truth, from musings on being non-religious across areas of the globe as diverse as Africa, the Middle East, and Latin America, to thoughts on how life holds purpose without the supernatural, this collection has something for everyone to enjoy and ponder. This book should be considered required reading for the well-informed non-theist.-Dr. Caleb Lack, author of Critical Thinking, Science, and Pseudoscience: Why You Can't Trust Your Brain and Psychology Gone Astray: A Selection of Racist & Sexist Literature from Early Psychological Research, blogger at Great Plains Skeptic Anyone who has even a passing interest in religion or atheism has much--interesting things, important things, fun things--to learn from the writers included in this book.... [A] fascinating, interesting, useful book.-Ed Buckner, author (with Michael E. Buckner) of In Freedom We Trust: An Atheist Guide to Religious Liberty, Former President of American Atheists An original collection of essays ranging from positive arguments for atheism to godlessness in different parts of the world, from the raising of children to meaning and purpose without God. The real surprise here is the number of new ideas presented.-Franz Kiekeben, philosopher and author of The Truth about God and of Atheism: Q&A In Not Seeing God, Jonathan MS Pearce has done a wonderful job of providing a very wide range of thoughtful and personal perspectives that give the reader every reason to doubt belief in God. This volume provides a unique contribution to the canon of contemporary god-skeptical literature and is recommended to every curious reader interested in such discussions.-James A. Lindsay, author of Dot, Dot, Dot: Infinity Plus God Equals Folly and Everybody Is Wrong About God A varied and interesting collection of work from a great variety of contributors, all weaving together a compelling theme of places and cultures where no god is found.-Ed Suominen, co-author of Evolving out of Eden; editor, Tellectual Press. Not Seeing God is the perfect sequel and antidote to Catholic philosopher Michael Novak's No One Sees God in which he confessed: "The atheist does not see God--but neither does the believer.... Believers in God well know, in the night, that what the atheist holds may be true."-David Warden, Chairman of Dorset Humanists (the UK's largest humanist group) and Honorary Member of Humanists UK Not Seeing God is a concentrated blend of the classical and contemporary arguments against religious dogma from some of today's most popular philosophical thinkers comprising rapid fire rationality sprinkled with clarity, wisdom and cutting wit. A thoroughly entertaining read that will undoubtedly rattle the cages of dogmatic certainty.-Paul Thompson, The Skepticule Podcast