Thanks for the comment. I agree: the book is too expensive and I complained when the book came out. Unfortunately I have no control over those matters. I'd love to see the book in paperback and thus cheaper. And I have no idea why they price the Kindle version so high. Seems odd -- sorry...
I like this response, because yes, religions have caused a lot of suffering and problems. (Of course, many religious people today recognize this and revise their notions of God, their doctrines, and their practices.) But you're surely right that it's more difficult to affirm the western...
I think I agree with this, though of course here we run far beyond the science to more speculation and emotional response to the universe. But the scientific view of the universe is so wild nowadays that -- well, why not posit an intelligent Something behind it all, and why not suppose that It...