The Four Horsemen
The Discussion that Sparked an Atheist Revolution Foreword by Stephen FrySummary
Featuring the controversial bestselling author of The God Delusion with a foreword by Stephen Fry
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"Do you believe in God?"
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Known as the ‘four horsemen’ of New Atheism, these four thinkers of the twenty-first century met only once. Their electrifying examination of ideas on this remarkable occasion was intense and wide-ranging. Questions they asked of each other included:
Is it ever possible to win a war of ideas?
Is spirituality the preserve of the religious?
Is it acceptable to criticize someone's belief?
Can you argue someone out of their faith?
Can you reform a religion to make it acceptable?
The dialogue was recorded, and is now transcribed and presented here with new introductions from the surviving three horsemen.
Essential reading for anyone interested in exploring the tensions between faith and reason.
Reviews
This transcript is of historical significance and belongs in the library of all thinking people. A classic for our time...and all time.
Michael Shermer, Publisher Skeptic magazine, monthly columnist Scientific American, Presidential Fellow Chapman University, author of Heavens on Earth, The Moral Arc, The Believing Brain, and Why People Believe Weird Things
