There has been a bad-tempered quarrel between defenders & critics of religion in recent years. Both sides have expressed themselves acerbically because there is a very great deal at stake in the debate. This book thoroughly & calmly examines all the arguments & associated considerations offered in support of religious belief & does so in full consciousness of the reasons people have for subscribing to religion & the needs they seek to satisfy by doing so. & because it takes account of all the issues its solutions carry great weight. The God Argument is the definitive examination of the issue & a statement of the humanist outlook that recommends itself as the ethics of the genuinely reflective person.