01386ctm a22003015a 45000010009000000050017000090060001000260070003000270080041000300100017000710200025000880200022001130350024001350400037001590420008001960500023002040820012002271000029002392450106002682600037003743000027004115000073004385000020005115050255005315200259007866500026010456500013010711580037620250312110701.0ta180914s2009    nyu           001 0 eng c  a  2009931847  a9780465019373 (pbk.)  a0465019374 (pbk.)  a(OCoLC)ocn401147024  aBTCTAcBTCTAdOOYdOBEdFHPdDLC  apcc00aBL240.3b.B46 200900a2152221 aBerlinski, David,d1942-14aThe Devil's delusion :h[manuscript] :batheism and its scientific pretensions /cby David Berlinski.  aNew York :bBasic Books,cc2009.  axvii, 237 p. ;c21 cm.  a"Published in the United States in 2008 by Crown Forum"--T.p. verso.  aIncludes index.0 aNo gods before me -- Nights of doubt -- Horses do not fly -- The cause -- The reason -- A put-up job -- A curious proof that God does not exist -- Our inner ape, a darling, and the human mind -- Miracles in our time -- The cardinal and his cathedral.  aA secular Jew, Berlinski nonetheless delivers a biting defense of religious thought. This incisive book explores the limits of science and the pretensions of those who insist it can be--indeed must be--the ultimate touchstone for understanding the world. 0aReligion and science. 0aAtheism.