First published 2011
Vincent Bugliosi builds his case for agnosticism by attacking believers and atheists alike. The prosecutor who convicted Charles Manson and pursued O.J. Simpson now targets the biggest defendant of all: God. Bugliosi dismantles Christian arguments for intelligent design and challenges core religious beliefs. He argues that Jesus was not born of a virgin and therefore was not the son of God. He contends that scripture actually denies free will and that the concept of soul immortality came from Plato, not religious tradition. Bugliosi also turns his prosecutorial skills against prominent atheists like Christopher Hitchens, Sam Harris, and Richard Dawkins, exposing what he sees as flaws in their reasoning. He advocates for agnosticism as the most rational position on God's existence, arguing that humans must acknowledge the limits of their knowledge about ultimate questions.
Genres: philosophy, christian, atheism, religion, non-fiction, biography-memoir, criticism
Vibes: thought-provoking
Tropes: argumentative, prosecutorial
338 pages · Paperback · Vanguard Press