God Delusion, The. See
Dawkins, Richard.
Going Nuclear. See
eight mechanisms.
Gosse, Philip Henry,
86
–
87
,
252
Guattari, Félix,
166
–
68
H.A.D.D. (Hypersensitive Agent Detection Device),
15
–
19
,
30
Hales, Steven D.,
56
–
57
Ham, Ken,
71
–
72
,
88
,
89
,
94
–
95
Hill, Betty and Barney,
216
–
217
Hodge, Bodie,
89
–
90
homeopathy,
12
,
175
,
181
,
188
–
89
,
211
,
212
–
13
Hunter, Edward
characterization of brainwashing,
202
“
I Just Know!” See
eight mechanisms.
Intellectual Black Holes,
9
–
13
,
14
–
15
,
95
,
193
,
197
,
209
,
212
,
213
intelligent designer,
121
–
24
intuition,
46
,
137
–
39
Jesus,
110
,
151
,
190
,
223
,
237
,
239
Jones, Jim,
12
,
197
–
98
Kant, Immanuel,
206
knowledge
definition of,
140
–
41
of God's existence,
104
Plato's theory of,
142
and reliabilism,
142
,
143
–
44
,
147
Lash, Nicholas,
127
–
29
,
131
–
32
belief in God,
127
–
28
,
131
–
32
on Richard Dawkins,
128
–
29
on Theism,
128
–
29
Louis, Pierre
bloodletting,
188
Lovett, Tim,
71
–
72
MacLaine, Shirley,
107
–
108
Maimonides
apophaticism,
119
Marx, Karl,
83
–
85
,
94
Maxwell, James Clerk,
165
McGrath, Alister
response to
The God Delusion
,
52
–
56
“more things in heaven and earth,”
36
,
213
,
218
–
19
,
222
–
23
,
242
Morris, H. M.
on Young Earth Creationism,
66
Moving the Semantic Goalposts. See
eight mechanisms.
Munroe, Geoffrey on ESP,
47
–
48
mystery, appeal to,
35
,
58
–
60
,
62
–
63
,
64
,
209
Newton, Isaac,
76
,
81
,
82
nontemporal agency, problem of,
20
,
30
–
32
,
39
,
49
,
51
,
122
–
23
Nostradamus,
77
,
211
,
219
–
22
O'Donnell, Hayley
crystals, healing power of,
44
–
45
Omphalos hypothesis,
86
–
87
.
See also
Gosse, Philip Henry.
Orwell, George
Nineteen Eighty-Four
,
160
–
61
,
199
–
200
Piling Up the Anecdotes. See
eight
mechanisms.
placebo effect,
181
,
189
Plantinga, Alvin,
146
–
47
Plato,
107
on knowledge,
140
–
41
,
142
–
43
,
144t
Playing the Mystery Card. See
eight
mechanisms.
political theories,
211
,
221
–
22
Polkinghorne, John,
24
,
27
,
51
polystrate fossils,
91
Popoff, Peter,
183
Popper, Karl,
80
–
85
ad hoc maneuvers,
82
falsification,
80
–
82
on Freud and Adler,
83
–
84
on Marx,
84
,
94
post hoc fallacy,
174
–
75
prayer,
154
efficacy of,
48
–
49
,
172
–
73
,
175
–
76
,
187
,
189
,
190
–
91
predictions,
38
,
76
,
77
–
78
,
81
,
89
,
174
,
219
–
21
Pressing Your Buttons. See
eight
mechanisms.
Pseudoprofundity
.
See
eight mechanisms.
psychic powers,
33
,
35
,
36
,
44
,
47
,
77
,
107
–
108
,
136
,
140
,
144
,
147
–
48
,
150
,
152
,
157
,
176
,
177
,
184
–
87
,
210
,
211
,
218
and reliabilism,
144
–
46
Randi, James,
183
,
219
relativism,
105
–
106
,
109
,
210
about truth,
105
–
106
,
218
reliabilism,
142
–
46
,
148
,
150
,
157
and psychic powers,
144
–
46
and religious experience,
146
–
47
religious experience,
102
,
103
,
150
,
151
–
53
,
157
,
216
Karen Armstrong, views of,
153
,
155
–
56
and reliabilism,
146
–
47
Rush, Benjamin,
188
,
89
Satan,
243
scientific method,
37
–
38
,
40
,
46
–
47
,
48
,
56
Francis Bacon on,
176
scientism,
34
,
36
,
53
–
54
,
222
sensus divinitatus
,
146
–
47
,
148
,
150
,
152
Singh, Simon
Trick or Treatment
,
188
–
89
skepticism,
98
,
101
,
104
,
105
,
210
about external world,
101
–
102
about reason,
98
–
100
scientific,
54
Smith, Quentin,
59
,
60
Sokal, Alan,
167
–
68
Sokal Hoax,
167
–
68
Taylor, Kathleen
on brainwashing,
201
–
202
,
203
Theism,
20
,
24
,
28
,
29
,
58
,
104
,
114
,
115
–
16
,
120
,
121
,
126
–
27
,
128
–
30
Theists versus lowercase “t” theists,
20
theodicy,
22
–
24
,
25
–
26
theories
economic,
211
,
221
–
22
political,
211
,
221
–
22
theory of cognitive dissonance,
18
–
19
trite-nalogies,
162
–
63
truth,
105
–
11
with a capital “T,”
105
relativism about,
105
–
106
Turner, Denys,
119
–
121
veil analogy,
35
Vision Thing, The,
93
–
95
,
222
Williams, Lyn
crystals, healing power of,
44
–
45
Wittgenstein, Ludwig,
124
–
25
,
132
Wykstra, Stephen,
60
Young Earth Creationism,
65
–
75
,
79
–
80
,
85
–
88
,
89
,
90
,
91
–
95
,
212
,
223
Bible,
88
,
90
,
94
“fit” model of confirmation,
75
flood theory,
68
–
69
,
71
–
72
,
80
,
91
–
92
fossil record,
79
–
80
in schools,
93
The Vision Thing,
93
–
95
