“It’s always healthy to recognize facts.”

—  John Allen Paulos

Part 3 “Four Psycho-Mathematical Arguments”, Chapter 6 “Atheists, Agnostics, and “Brights”” (p. 146)
Irreligion: A Mathematician Explains Why the Arguments for God Just Don’t Add Up (2008)

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