2 1/2 starsThis guy's too much of a fence-sitter to warrant 3 stars. He presents excellent arguments for why science rejects the existence of "God" and miracles and an afterlife. (Zero proof, no reproducible results.) But he cannot seem to commit himself to one view or the other. He considers himself a true scientist, but then insists on calling himself a "Catholic agnostic." When I finished the book I was left without a clue as to what he'd hoped to show in writing it. I felt like the whole book was him saying, "I was raised devout Catholic, but science and rational inquiry have made me an atheist, but I don't want to admit it because I might offend someone or I might turn out to be wrong, and then, oh boy, will God be out to get me!!" There is some good content, and I agree with much of what he offers, being of a scientific bent myself. Mostly he quotes other people's teachings---everyone from St. Augustine to Emerson to Richard Dawkins---but talks in circles about his own stance.
The Drift Of Things
To yield with a grace to reason
2 1/2 starsThis guy's too much of a fence-sitter to warrant 3 stars. He presents excellent arguments for why science rejects the existence of "God" and miracles and an afterlife. (Zero proof, no reproducible results.) But he cannot seem to commit himself to one view or the other. He considers himself a true scientist, but then insists on calling himself a "Catholic agnostic." When I finished the book I was left without a clue as to what he'd hoped to show in writing it. I felt like the whole book was him saying, "I was raised devout Catholic, but science and rational inquiry have made me an atheist, but I don't want to admit it because I might offend someone or I might turn out to be wrong, and then, oh boy, will God be out to get me!!" There is some good content, and I agree with much of what he offers, being of a scientific bent myself. Mostly he quotes other people's teachings---everyone from St. Augustine to Emerson to Richard Dawkins---but talks in circles about his own stance.
