*** 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