*** Publisher’s Note

*** About the Author

* Does God Exist?

*** Putting the Problem within its Precise Terms

*** Dividing the Subject

** Against God the Creator

*** The Creative Act is Inadmissable

*** “Pure Spirit” Could not have Determined the Universe

*** Perfection Cannot Determine Imperfection

*** The Active, Necessary, Eternal Being Could not have been at Any Moment Inactive, Useless

*** The Immutable Could not have Created

*** God Could not have Created without a Motive: It is Impossible to Discern One

*** Two Capital Objections

**** First Objection: “God Escapes Your Comprehension”

**** Second Objection: “There is no Effect without a Cause”

** Against God the Governor or Providence

*** The Governor Denies the Creator

*** The Multiplicity of Gods is Proof that None Exists

*** God is not Infinitely Good: Hell Proves it

*** The Problem of Evil

** Against God the Judge

*** Being Irresponsible, Man can be Neither Punished nor Rewarded

*** God Violates the Fundamental Rules of Equity

*** Recapitulation

*** Conclusion