Divinity of Doubt

Divinity of Doubt
Author: Vincent Bugliosi
Publisher: Vanguard
Total Pages: 354
Release: 2011-04-12
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1593156669

Vincent Bugliosi, whom many view as the nation's foremost prosecutor, has successfully taken on, in court or on the pages of his books, the most notorious murderers of the last half century--Charles Manson, O.J. Simpson, and Lee Harvey Oswald. Now, in the most controversial book of his celebrated career, he turns his incomparable prosecutorial eye on the greatest target of all: God. In making his case for agnosticism, Bugliosi has very arguably written the most powerful indictment ever of God, organized religion, theism, and atheism. Theists will be left reeling by the commanding nature of Bugliosi's extraordinary arguments against them. And, with his trademark incisive logic and devastating wit, he exposes the intellectual poverty of atheism and skewers its leading popularizers--Christopher Hitchens, Sam Harris, and Richard Dawkins. Joining a 2,000-year-old conversation which no one has contributed anything significant to for years, Bugliosi, in addition to destroying the all-important Christian argument of intelligent design, remarkably--yes, scarily--shakes the very foundations of Christianity by establishing that Jesus was not born of a virgin, and hence was not the son of God, that scripture in reality supports the notion of no free will, and that the immortality of the soul was a pure invention of Plato that Judaism and Christianity were forced to embrace because without it there is no life after death. Destined to be an all-time classic, Bugliosi's Divinity of Doubt sets a new course amid the explosion of bestselling books on atheism and theism--the middle path of agnosticism. In recognizing the limits of what we know, Bugliosi demonstrates that agnosticism is he most intelligent and responsible position to take on the eternal question of God's existence.

Merchants of Doubt

Merchants of Doubt
Author: Naomi Oreskes
Publisher: A&C Black
Total Pages: 368
Release: 2011-10-03
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 1408828774

The U.S. scientific community has long led the world in research on such areas as public health, environmental science, and issues affecting quality of life. These scientists have produced landmark studies on the dangers of DDT, tobacco smoke, acid rain, and global warming. But at the same time, a small yet potent subset of this community leads the world in vehement denial of these dangers. Merchants of Doubt tells the story of how a loose-knit group of high-level scientists and scientific advisers, with deep connections in politics and industry, ran effective campaigns to mislead the public and deny well-established scientific knowledge over four decades. Remarkably, the same individuals surface repeatedly-some of the same figures who have claimed that the science of global warming is "not settled" denied the truth of studies linking smoking to lung cancer, coal smoke to acid rain, and CFCs to the ozone hole. "Doubt is our product," wrote one tobacco executive. These "experts" supplied it. Naomi Oreskes and Erik M. Conway, historians of science, roll back the rug on this dark corner of the American scientific community, showing how ideology and corporate interests, aided by a too-compliant media, have skewed public understanding of some of the most pressing issues of our era.

The Crucible of Doubt

The Crucible of Doubt
Author: Terryl Givens
Publisher:
Total Pages: 168
Release: 2014-09-08
Genre: Faith
ISBN: 9781609079420

This insightful book offers a careful, intelligent look at doubt--at some of its common sources, the challenges it presents, and the opportunities it may open up in a person's quest for faith.

The Triumph of Doubt

The Triumph of Doubt
Author: David Michaels
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages: 343
Release: 2020
Genre: Deception
ISBN: 0190922664

"Opioids. Concussions. Obesity. Climate change. America is a country of everyday crises -- big, long-spanning problems that persist, mostly unregulated, despite their toll on the country's health and vitality. And for every case of government inaction on one of these issues, there is a set of familiar, doubtful refrains: The science is unclear. The data is inconclusive. Regulation is unjustified. It's a slippery slope. Is it? The Triumph of Doubt traces the ascendance of science-for-hire in American life and government, from its origins in the tobacco industry in the 1950s to its current manifestations across government, public policy, and even professional sports. Well-heeled American corporations have long had a financial stake in undermining scientific consensus and manufacturing uncertainty; in The Triumph of Doubt, former Obama and Clinton official David Michaels details how bad science becomes public policy -- and where it's happening today. Amid fraught conversations of "alternative facts" and "truth decay," The Triumph of Doubt wields its unprecedented access to shine a light on the machinations and scope of manipulated science in American society. It is an urgent, revelatory work, one that promises to reorient conversations around science and the public good for the foreseeable future"--Provided by publisher.

King of Doubt

King of Doubt
Author: Peter Gibb
Publisher: Wheatmark, Inc.
Total Pages: 211
Release: 2017-01-09
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1627874461

In a small town on the west coast of Scotland, five-year-old Peter Gibb trades his soul to the devil in a futile attempt to win the approval of classmates, teachers, and parents. Follow the story of Peter's humorous but desperate struggle to find a way out of the dungeons of doubt. An insightful tale of lost and found, King of Doubt grips you with tension as it warms you with heart. Anyone who has ever struggled with self doubt -- and who among us hasn't? -- will see themselves in these pages. This moving story, one man's journey from doubt to wonder, will fill you with hope and promise. The story rivets your attention to the final word, while the beauty of the language still sings long after the reading. About the Author Peter Gibb is an author, writing teacher, editor, coach, and speaker, committed to spreading the joys of memoir and mindfulness. Please visit him at www.petgergibb.org.

A Matter of Doubt

A Matter of Doubt
Author: Nicole Zoltack
Publisher: Nicole Zoltack
Total Pages: 324
Release: 2016-10-23
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
ISBN: 1534640460

It’s not every day you get a second chance to live. Crystal Wynter longs to be reunited with her family and friends, but six months have passed since she almost accidentally started the apocalypse. Six months since she saved the world. Six months since she took a breath. The world is different now. Everyone believes Crystal is dead. Her adopted mother is married, and her boyfriend Vince has turned to her best friend Brianna. Gavin, the hot witch with a witch hunter for a father and the only one who knows Crystal is alive, insists she can’t return home. After all, she has new enemies. Worse, she’s no longer magic incarnate. Yes, Crystal’s back, but she’s not the same. She’s human.

The Holiness of Doubt

The Holiness of Doubt
Author: Joshua Rabbi Hoffman
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages: 283
Release: 2023-05-15
Genre:
ISBN: 1538176769

The Holiness of Doubt is a timely and essential contribution to the study of sacred Jewish texts. Divided according to the weekly Torah portions as traditionally studied in the Jewish community, this book explores the purpose of the 275 questions in the texts and serves as a unique interpretation of the Torah on its own.

A Question of Bounty

A Question of Bounty
Author: Paul Colt
Publisher: Hat Creek
Total Pages: 409
Release: 2023-10-02
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1633738426

A Shot in the Dark. A Questionable Claim. A Mystery That Just Won’t Die. In the exciting conclusion to his epic Bounty Trilogy, bestselling author Paul Colt pulls back the curtain on one of the West’s most enduring mysteries—the death of Billy the Kid at the hands of Sheriff Pat Garrett on July 14, 1881. Emerging as a violent and headstrong young gunslinger during the famed Lincoln County War, William F. Bonney’s audacious outlaw escapades are legendary—but are they accurate? Witness the intricate web of contradictions surrounding not only his reputation, but his supposed death, as well. Was it truly Billy who met his demise that night, or did the pressure on Garrett from above lead to a case of mistaken identity and an elaborate cover-up? Skillfully conceived and masterfully written, A Question of Bounty: The Shadow of Doubt will make you question everything you thought you knew about the man known as Billy the Kid.

A Touch of Doubt

A Touch of Doubt
Author: Rachel Aumiller
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Total Pages: 281
Release: 2021-02-22
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 3110624338

What can we know about ourselves and the world through the sense of touch and what are the epistemic limits of touch? Scepticism claims that there is always something that slips through the epistemologist’s grasp. A Touch of Doubt explores the significance of touch for the history of philosophical scepticism as well as for scepticism as an embodied form of subversive political, religious, and artistic practice. Drawing on the tradition of scepticism within nineteenth- and twentieth-century continental philosophy and psychoanalysis, this volume discusses how the sense of touch uncovers contradictions within our knowledge of ourselves and the world. It questions 1) what we can know through touch, 2) what we can know about touch itself, and 3) how our experience of touching the other and ourselves throws us into a state of doubt. This volume is intended for students and scholars who wish to reconsider the experience of touching in intersections of philosophy, religion, art, and social and political practice.