The top ten arguments put forward by the new atheists teased out and torn down.

The new atheists are putting out new books and articles, bus adverts and TV programmes like there's no tomorrow. They've gained a large amount of public attention and media exposure - but do their arguments really hold water? Using the analogy put forward by the esteemed philosopher Anthony Flew, Michael Poole examines the new atheists' use of the 'ten leaky buckets' tactic of argumentation - presenting readers with a sum of arguments that are each individually defective, as though the cumulative effect should be persuasive. This closer look at the facts reveals that the buckets are, indeed, leaky.

"Helpful and accessible . . . highly recommended." --Alister McGrath, author, "In the Beginning"

MICHAEL POOLE is Visiting Research Fellow in Science and Religion at King's College, London. He is the author of several books and some eighty other publications, including a debate with Professor Richard Dawkins.

Michael Poole is Visiting Research Fellow in Science and Religion at King's College, London. For Lion, he has also written The User's Guide to Science and Belief.

__Contents__  
Acknowledgments 7  
About this book 8  
Chapter 1 Un-natural selection or 'Down with sex!' 11  
Chapter 2 'Faith is believing what you know ain't so' 17  
Chapter 3 People who live in glass houses…? 22  
Chapter 4 '… and may be used in evidence'? 30  
Chapter 5 Ancient.doc 40  
Chapter 6 Explaining explaining 48  
Chapter 7 Where do we draw the boundary? 57  
Chapter 8 An endangered species? 64  
Chapter 9 Back to the drawing board – but whose? 69  
Chapter 10 Unpeeling the cosmic onion 78  
Summary 87  
Notes 90  
Index 95

This book by Michael Poole critiques the arguments of new atheism, analysing ten flawed points made by its proponents. Ideal for readers interested in philosophy and theology.

\["For Christians wanting to understand atheism's critiques", "Dissects flawed arguments from the new atheism movement", "You will strengthen your faith with informed responses"\]

This book critiques the arguments of the new atheism movement.

Michael Poole

Cover

Title Page

Copyright

Acknowledgments

About this book

Chapter 1 Un-natural selection ‘Down with sex!’

Chapter 2 ‘Faith is believing what you know ain’t so’

Chapter 3 People who live in glass houses…?

Chapter 4 ‘…and may be used in evidence’?

Chapter 5 Ancient.doc

Chapter 6 Explaining explaining

Chapter 7 Where do we draw the boundary?

Chapter 8 An endangered species?

Chapter 9 Back to the drawing board – but whose?

Chapter 10 Unpeeling the cosmic onion

Summary

Notes

Poole, Michael

...many Christians will find Poole's little book informative and helpful. It is the king of booklet you can give away with reasonable hope that the recipient will take the time to read it. -- BB Australian Journal for Christian Scholarship 20130901

A critical examination of ten arguments from new atheists, revealing their flaws. Michael Poole uses the 'leaky buckets' analogy to analyse their reasoning. Ideal for those exploring faith and atheism.

\["For Christians seeking to defend their faith confidently", "Critiques flawed arguments from new atheists effectively", "You will strengthen your beliefs and engage in dialogue"\]

This insightful book dismantles the ten arguments of new atheism.

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In some respects I have found it a challenge to review this book.   
 Michael Poole is in favour of the old earth approach and seeing God as either directing or initiating evolution, also he does not see the opening chapters of Genesis as a literal description of Creation. This enables him to take a liberal view of the Bible.   
Michael Poole’s book addresses arguments raised by the new atheists from a largely philosophical standpoint. He shows several examples of faulty reasoning in their philosophy of the new atheism. In addition he highlights inaccuracies and distortions in their books. For example Dawkins does not mention in The Root of All Evil any Christians who have done good works for society, i.e. Wilberforce, or atheists who have done evil, i.e. Hitler, Stalin and Pol Pot.   
Michael takes a position of fairness towards Dawkins, Dennett and Hitchens.. He notes that Dawkins titles his book The Root of All Evil , but later in print Dawkins says he dislikes the title as no single one thing could be the root of everything. Michael notes this as a point of fairness to Dawkins, yet as far as I understand, Dawkins has not changed the title of the book or put a disclaimer regarding the title in the book.   
 I would recommend reading this book in order to have an understanding on the New Atheists and the weakness in their views, however this goes with the warning that Michael does write from a liberal view of the Bible.

The New Atheism

Ten Arguments That Don't Hold Water

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