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CONTENTSPreface by Walter Hooper 7 PART II Evil and God 21 2 Miracles 25 3 Dogma and the Universe 38 4 Answers to Questi

CONTENTSPreface by Walter Hooper 7 PART II Evil and God 21 2 Miracles 25 3 Dogma and the Universe 38 4 Answers to Questi

CONTENTS

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PART I

I Evil and God 21

3 Dogma and the Universe 38

4 Answers to Questions on Christianity 48

5 Myth Became Fact 63

6 `Horrid Red Things' 68

7 Religion and Science 72

8 The Laws of Nature 76

9 The Grand Miracle 80

10 Christian Apologetics 89

11 Work and Prayer 104

12 Man or Rabbit? 108

13 On the Transmission of Christianity 114

14 `Miserable Offenders' 120

15 The Founding of the Oxford Socratic Club 126

16 Religion without Dogma? 129

17 Some Thoughts 147

18 `The Trouble with "X"...' 151

19 What Are We to Make of Jesus Christ? 156

20 The Pains of Animals 161

21 Is Theism Important? 172

22 Rejoinder to Dr Pittenger 177

23 Must Our Image of God Go? 184

1 Dangers of National Repentance 189

2 Two Ways with the Self 193

3 Meditation on the Third Commandment 196

4 On the Reading of Old Books 200

5 Two Lectures 208

6 Meditation in a Toolshed 212

8 The Decline of Religion 218

9 Vivisection 224

10 Modern Translations of the Bible 229

11 Priestesses in the Church? 234

12 God in the Dock 240

13 Behind the Scenes 245

14 Revival or Decay? 250

15 Before We Can Communicate 254

16 Cross-Examination 258

PART III

1 `Bulverism' 271

2 First and Second Things 278

3 The Sermon and the Lunch 282

4 The Humanitarian Theory of Punishment 287

5 Xmas and Christmas 301

6 What Christmas Means to Me 304

7 Delinquents in the Snow 306

8 Is Progress Possible? 311

9 We Have No `Right to Happiness' 317

PART IV

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