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Owning the Unknown

A Science Fiction Writer Explores Atheism, Agnosticism, and the Idea of God

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Owning the Unknown

Yazan: Robert Charles Wilson
Seslendiren: Pete Cross
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Although humankind today can peer far deeper into the universe than ever before, we still find ourselves surrounded by the unknown and perhaps the unknowable. All great science fiction has used the human imagination to explore that realm beyond the known, just as theistic religions have done since long before the genre existed.

As Hugo Award-winning author Robert Charles Wilson argues in Owning the Unknown, the genre’s freewheeling speculation and systematic world-building make it a unique lens for understanding, examining, and assessing the truth claims of religions in general and Christianity in particular.

Drawing on his personal experience, his work as a science-fiction writer, and his deep knowledge of the classics of the genre, he makes the case for what he calls intuitive atheism—an atheism drawn from everyday personal knowledge that doesn’t depend on familiarity with the scholarly debate about theology and metaphysics, any more than a robust personal Christianity does. And as he reminds us, the secrets that remain hidden beyond the borders of the known universe—should we ever discover them—will probably not resemble anything currently found in our most prized philosophies, our most sacred texts, or our most imaginative science fiction.

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RCW is a great SF writer. This is his rationale behind his agnostic views of Nirvana. Not the band but heaven on earth. At the start, that is what I thought it was going to be, but RC has a great time talking about fellow SF authors and their views. Also, theologians and their ideas. It is a way of letting the reader work out for themselves, does god exist. Thought provoking and as RCW is my favourite author, I got to hear various ideas about his past and how he lived his life.

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