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The Varieties of Scientific Experience
by Carl Sagan
Sagan's 1985 Gifford Lectures on natural theology: the universe as sacred, the search for God through science. Respectful and searching.
Read it if…
you want Sagan on religion at his most generous.
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Skip it if…
you want a polemic.
Try instead: Broca's Brain →
Three things you will actually use
- Awe is appropriate.
- Test religious claims kindly.
- Science can be reverent.
Do this first
Read the lecture on the God hypothesis.
Our verdict
Sagan on God.
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