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The Big Domino in the Sky: And Other Atheistic Tales PDF

248 Pages·1996·12.719 MB·English
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T h e i g D o m i n o n t h e S k y a n_cl , C)ther Atheistic Tales PDF processed with CutePDF evaluation edition www.CutePDF.com I ISBN L-57392-111-4 90000 The Big Domino in the Sky The Big Domino in the Sky ncl C~th<..•r Ce~ /\.theistic ·c--ilvs Michael Martin author of the acclaimed Case Against Christianity @Prometheus Books 59 John Glenn Drive Amherst, NewYork 14228-2197 Published 1996 by Prometheus Books The Big Domino in the Sky and Other Atheistic Tales. Copy right © 1996 by Michael Martin. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without prior written permission of the pub lisher, except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles and reviews. Inquiries should be ad dressed to Prometheus Books, 59 John· Glenn Drive, Amherst, New York 14228-2197, 716-691-0133. FAX: 716-691-0137. 00 99 98 5 4 3 2 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Martin, Michael, 1932- The big domino in the sky / by Michael Martin. p. cm. ISBN 1-57392-111-4 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. Fantastic fiction American. 2. Historical fiction, American. 3. Atheists-Fiction. 4. Atheism-Fiction. I. Title. PS3563.A72635B54 1996 813'54--dc20 96-34925 CIP Printed in the United States of America on acid-free paper Contents Preface 7 Prologue 11 Part I: Beginnings Definitions 21 The Preacher with No Name 25 Letters from Lois 29 Are You an Atheist and Don't Know It? 45 Part II: God-Fall Definitions 55 An Interview with Gustav Miller 57 Did I Cause Smerdyakov's Suicide? 64 Miller's Inferno 71 5 6 THE BIG DOMINO IN THE SKY m: Part God-Doubt Howard's Prologue 93 Which God, Oh Lord? 97 The Sermon on the Hill 100 The Big Domino in the Sky 106 Mary and the Creators 113 So You Wanna See God? 121 The Miracle Sleuth 130 Frenchy's Con 146 Dear Mom 151 Part IV: God-Rejection The Sermon by the Sea 169 Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary 179 The Death of Beneficent Ben 188 God for a Day! 191 The Free Will Improvement Project 201 The Satanic Curses 223 Sergeant Allen and Professor Hick 230 Epilogue: God-Free at Last! 241 Preface In 1990 my book Atheism: A Philosophical Justifica tion was published by Temple University Press. In tended for professional philosophers and bristling with sophisticated arguments that were couched in the symbolism of modal logic and probability theory, it was long-over five hundred pages-and technical. Even some professional philosophers complained that it was hard to read. My wife, herself a profes sional philosopher, realizing the problem, suggested that I write a popular book on atheism. Her sugges tion appealed to me, but I had previously written only for professional philosophers. Could I do it? Then I recalled that I had told bedtime stories to my sons when they were young. Could I reclaim my story telling ability for a different purpose? Could I create stories that would illustrate the basic tenets of athe ism? I thought I should try to translate atheistic 7

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