Chapter Excerpts

Chapter	Excerpts	page
Introduction	Review of the seven parts of the book	p9

Part I. Evolution

Chapter 1	Darwin's self criticisms	p20
Chapter 2	Endosymbiosis	p33

Part II. Intelligent Answers to Intelligent Design
Chapter 3	Evolution is not directed	p44
Chapter 4	Explanation of the Cambrian explosion	p64
Chapter 5	Fossil Intermediates in Evolution	p68
Chapter 6	Not enough time for evolution to occur?
Chapter 7	Irreducible complexity?	p72
Chapter 8	Are eyes irreducibly complex?	p102
Chapter 10	Is the citric acid cycle irreducibly complex?	p113
Chapter 11	Is the clotting cascade irreducibly complex?	p122
Chapter 13	Are flagella irreducibly complex?	p126
Chapter 16	Darwin's Finches	p144
Chapter 17	The evolution of man	p182
Chapter 18	The origin of life	p199
Chapter 19	Evolution conclusions	p208

Part III. Cosmology
Chapter 24	Cosmology and spirituality	p257

Part IV. The Neurology of Reason and Spirituality
Chapter 25	Consciousness and the soul	p284
Chapter 26	The frontal lobes	p293
Chapter 28	The social brain	p319
Chapter 29	The rational brain	p333
Chapter 30	The spiritual brain	p335
Chpater 31	The meditating brain	p410
Chapter 32	The hopeful brain	p413
Chapter 33	The happiness brain	p427
Chapter 34	The biology of faith and reason	p433

Part V. The Genetics of Reason and Spirituality
Chapter 36	Polygenic inheritance	p453
Chapter 37	The genetics of bad behavior	p465
Chapter 38	The genetics of good behavior	p467
Chapter 39	The genetics of reason	p473
Chapter 40	The genetics of spirituality	p479

Part VI Natural Selection
Chapter 41	The evolution of intelligence	p501
Chapter 42	The evolution of spirituality	p503

Part VII Other Aspects of Spirituality and Religion
Chapter 43	The origins of religion	p517
Chapter 44	Mysticism	p533
Chapter 45	Myth and ritual	p541
Chapter 46	Psychedelics and religion	p545
Chapter 47	Does God play favorites?	p563
Chapter 48	The evils of religion	p568
Chapter 49	The good of religion	p579
Chapter 50	The problem of evil	p593
Chapter 51	Are the sacred books literally true?	p597
Chapter 52	Is God dead? Ask the Pentcostals	p609

Part VIII Summary

Did Man Create God?