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Just curious whats everyone's last book they read, and if they would recommend it to others.

I just finished up Introduction to Animal Rights: Your Child or the Dog? by Prof. Gary Francione. Ive read his other more recent books, and started to read up on his earlier work. Id definitely recommend this book, however it has probably the world's worst cover art:

Great topic idea, I though about starting it myself.

The last book I read was Why Evolution is True by Jerry A. Coyne. I think it is a great book, especially to hand out to creationists because it's pretty friendly. I've also read The Greatest Show on Earth by Richard Dawkins, which I personally liked better. There is much overlap between this books, but there is also definitely new information to be found.

TheVeganAtheist wrote:Just curious whats everyone's last book they read, and if they would recommend it to others.

I just finished up Introduction to Animal Rights: Your Child or the Dog? by Prof. Gary Francione. Ive read his other more recent books, and started to read up on his earlier work. Id definitely recommend this book, however it has probably the world's worst cover art:

I agree that cover art looks terrible. Why is the house on fire?

The last book I read was
Killing Patton: The Strange Death of World War II's Most Audacious General by Bill O'Reilly
EDIT Oops, seems as though I forgot to mention. This book hasn't come out yet, and that's what I plan on reading next.

I agree that cover art looks terrible. Why is the house on fire?

Its depicting the burning house scenario... i.e., if a house was burning, and you had a child and a dog inside, who would you save and why. Its one of hypotheticals to try and tease out something deeper. Its similar to the lifeboat example, or the stranded on a deserted island example.

TheVeganAtheist wrote:

I agree that cover art looks terrible. Why is the house on fire?

Its depicting the burning house scenario... i.e., if a house was burning, and you had a child and a dog inside, who would you save and why. Its one of hypotheticals to try and tease out something deeper. Its similar to the lifeboat example, or the stranded on a deserted island example.

Oh I see...

TheVeganAtheist wrote:

I agree that cover art looks terrible. Why is the house on fire?

Its depicting the burning house scenario... i.e., if a house was burning, and you had a child and a dog inside, who would you save and why. Its one of hypotheticals to try and tease out something deeper. Its similar to the lifeboat example, or the stranded on a deserted island example.

Woah, I didn't realize it was a burning house. I thought it was something like an ancient Egyptian pyramid coming out of a lake of fire, with a random door on it, and two picture frames hanging on the side with a picture of a kid and a dog.

That makes more sense now, but wow...

brimstoneSalad wrote:

TheVeganAtheist wrote:

I agree that cover art looks terrible. Why is the house on fire?

Its depicting the burning house scenario... i.e., if a house was burning, and you had a child and a dog inside, who would you save and why. Its one of hypotheticals to try and tease out something deeper. Its similar to the lifeboat example, or the stranded on a deserted island example.

Woah, I didn't realize it was a burning house. I thought it was something like an ancient Egyptian pyramid coming out of a lake of fire, with a random door on it, and two picture frames hanging on the side with a picture of a kid and a dog.

That makes more sense now, but wow...

Was this comment really necessary? Does this relate to the topic? No. Your sarcasm isn't very appreciated in this case.

In his discussion of natural theology (arguments to prove the existence of God) and natural atheology (arguments for the falsehood of theistic belief) Plantinga focuses on two of the traditional arguments: the ontological argument as an example of natural theology, and the problem of evil as the most important representative of natural atheology. Accessible to serious general readers.


Harry Gensler
— John Carroll University
"A witty and logical introduction to the groundbreaking work of Alvin Plantinga, who has done more than anyone else to restore in analytic circles the respectability of belief in God."
Kevin Timpe
— University of San Diego
"A classic work in the philosophy of religion, Plantinga's God, Freedom, and Evil is the single most influential text on the problem of evil in the past fifty years."
Stephen T. Davis
— Claremont McKenna College
"Alvin Plantinga is one of the top Christian philosophers in the world today. He is well known in Christian and secular philosophical circles for his logical skills, his rigorous arguments, and his energetic defense of full-blooded Christianity. This book covers some of the same ground as his more technical The Nature of Necessity, but unlike most of Plantinga's works, it is aimed at the general reader. . . Students can understand this book; they must only be willing to think as hard as they read."

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dan1073 wrote: Was this comment really necessary? Does this relate to the topic? No. Your sarcasm isn't very appreciated in this case.

What are you talking about?

I wasn't being sarcastic. Please don't assume.

That's what I saw when I looked at it- it's a very bad cover; not just "hehe" bad, bad to the point that it (unfortunately) reflects poorly on the book.
I thought it was some kind of masonic pyramid in a lake of fire or something.

I hope the publisher updates the cover. Or is it self published?

Books in this domain don't usually have a lot of funding, but a plain cover, or a simple sketch would have done a lot more for it than this.

I want people to take animal rights seriously. And unfortunately, people do judge books by their covers.


I'll stop posting if you want.

brimstoneSalad wrote:

dan1073 wrote: Was this comment really necessary? Does this relate to the topic? No. Your sarcasm isn't very appreciated in this case.

What are you talking about?

I wasn't being sarcastic. Please don't assume.

That's what I saw when I looked at it- it's a very bad cover; not just "hehe" bad, bad to the point that it (unfortunately) reflects poorly on the book.
I thought it was some kind of masonic pyramid in a lake of fire or something.

I hope the publisher updates the cover. Or is it self published?

Books in this domain don't usually have a lot of funding, but a plain cover, or a simple sketch would have done a lot more for it than this.

I want people to take animal rights seriously. And unfortunately, people do judge books by their covers.


I'll stop posting if you want.

Sorry but the way I interpreted your comment was obviously the way you didn't want it to be interpreted. This is a mistake on my part.