In his "Atheism and the Problem of Evil", Paul Draper offers a subtle and careful critique of fine-tuning, mainly that not only are the probabilities assinged to the FTA unjustified, but when the data is ordered carefully, core Atheism ultimately comes out on top.

Andrew Parker Atheism continues to grow slowly at a global rate: gallup-international.com/survey-results… That said, from an intellectual perspective, plenty of well-read people have shifted toward Atheism (HunterWonders is a recent example, so is Paul Draper).

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Sarah Salviander Sarah, the firing squad analogy only works if you already assume intent. It's common for theists - even scientifically-minded theists such as yourself - to sneak in such assumptions, however, that is the very thing in dispute. I can see how the analogy would feel compelling, but

And on the flip side, here are 4 philosophically informed introductions to more robust forms of Atheism. Good intros to philosophical Atheism are unfortunately a bit rare, but these books are where I would start first.

Evolution makes no sense. Really. It makes absolutely no sense. But a donkey that can talk is of course very reasonable. Really. Very reasonable. (Saka Kala Buana).

Omnia Munda Mundis Nothing he said contradicts your statement, my friend. That we may be evolutionarily inclined toward religious belief is neither unexpected, nor is it evidence religious beliefs accurately reflect reality.

As Graham Oppy shows (and other Theists like Swinburne agree) this idea of God being "self-explained" or "exlained through itself" runs into plenty of problems of self-coherency when we try to interrogate the issue of what such a concept means precisely.

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