A review by poirotketchup
The Varieties of Scientific Experience: A Personal View of the Search for God by Carl Sagan
4.0
A beautiful illustration of Carl Sagan's lifelong quest to promote a spiritual skepticism. Sagan debunks canals on Mars in one chapter, and endorses theologian Paul Tillich in another, and introduces the book with a chapter describing his awe at the universe, using NASA photographs as 20th Century icons to ponder and commune with.
While he does an excellent job dismissing several arguments against evolutionary theory, his goal isn't to dismantle traditional religion; rather it's to share his vision of humanity as one with the stars.
While he does an excellent job dismissing several arguments against evolutionary theory, his goal isn't to dismantle traditional religion; rather it's to share his vision of humanity as one with the stars.