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I thought this book was just fantastic. After reading the first chapter I grabbed a highlighter and started over, there was just so much goodness in the form of quotes from and life experiences of religious doubters and nonbelievers through out history. Like books I've read by Sagan and Hitchens, I found this book inspiring and an affirmation of my own non-belief. I was familiar with many of the doubters in the book but not so familiar with the particular details of their lives and struggles to
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This book basically chronicles the history of world religions through the eyes of people who doubted them. It was very interesting to see just how old the basic arguments against belief are and how they were carried on and added to through successive periods.
It's been a while since I finished it, but I liked it. Can't give specifics at this point.
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