{"product_id":"beyond-the-gods-nicholas-e-meyer-9781839196775","title":"Beyond the Gods: Facing life's biggest questions, like the meaning of existence, without any supernatural support","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhat \u003cem\u003eis \u003c\/em\u003ethe meaning of life? If people didn't believe in God, what would keep them from killing and stealing and other dreadful things?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBeyond the Gods\u003c\/em\u003e isn't in the business-as it makes clear from the outset-of trying to get people to believe, or disbelieve, anything at all. It is here, instead, to serve the many people who have \u003cem\u003ealready \u003c\/em\u003eceased to believe in any celestial beings and other forms of the supernatural. Or who find themselves harboring very strong doubts about everything from little superstitions to fully-established religions. But who haven't had the time or the chance to develop entirely secular ways to answer such questions as the above. In this book, it is done.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHow can you \u003cem\u003elive\u003c\/em\u003e without believing in anything? Can miracles be accounted for? How can we face death?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFor all those who see the \"answers\" given by religion to all such queries as illusions devised to cover up a natural ignorance, or to give the questioners a feel-good sop-or, alternatively, to scare them-\u003cem\u003eBeyond the Gods\u003c\/em\u003e proceeds to show how they can be handled, one by one, without an otherworldly contrivance in sight. Its instrument is no-nonsense logic, its method easy language, wit and a light touch.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhile this book isn't primarily a rationale for atheism, it includes that too, along the way-see, for example, its rundown of different \u003cem\u003ekinds\u003c\/em\u003e of danger created by religion. Yet its main thrust remains to complement that kind of material, with its easy how-to approach to life's Big Questions, \u003cem\u003eafter\u003c\/em\u003e the gods have departed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Nicholas E. Meyer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1839196777\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781839196775\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Hypatia Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/04\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 158\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.41lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.25w x 0.37d","brand":"Nicholas E. Meyer","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47087697297663,"sku":"9781839196775","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_09d5700a-7e23-409b-9154-2f857a020c27.jpg?v=1753850535","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/beyond-the-gods-nicholas-e-meyer-9781839196775","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}