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    Explore the many ways people think about God.

    One God, one God in many forms, many gods, a path with no creator, or no God at all. Each view is described as the people who hold it would recognize it, with each tradition's own account beside historians' views and every fact sourced.

    The verdict is yours.

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    World map with colored dots showing where each counted faith's followers lived in 2020, country by country.
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    The library so far

    Religions

    The faith guides

    Every guide has the same eight pages, in the same order and at the same depth, so any two can be read side by side.

    Map

    How the faiths spread

    Where each faith was present from 2000 BCE to 1900, in regions drawn from cited sources, with the tradition's account and historians' account side by side. From 1950 to 2020, the map shows followers by country, for each faith its sources count separately.

    Open the mapThe data and sources

    World map with colored dots showing where each counted faith's followers lived in 2020, country by country.
    The map at its 2020 step: one dot for every 100,000 followers, by country, from Pew Research Center's figures. Every source is on the data page.

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    Two traditions, side by side

    The same questions put to two traditions, with equal room for each and no winner named. The pairings follow the book series, and the order implies no ranking.

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    Writings

    The surviving copies behind the texts

    The surviving manuscripts, scrolls, inscriptions, and early printed editions behind each faith's texts. Each entry keeps three dates apart: the date of the text itself, the date the copy was made, and the date it was found.

    All 60 entries, on one timeline

    The book series

    The Strongest Case

    A book series that sets two positions side by side, starting with whether there is a God at all, and gives each its strongest case.

    Both sides at full strength. The verdict is yours.

    A reader of Christians vs Atheists, on Amazon

    A Fair and Thought-Provoking Look at Both Sides

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    I appreciated how this book presented the strongest arguments for and against God without feeling like it was trying to push me toward a particular conclusion. The discussions on science, morality, suffering, divine hiddenness, and the resurrection gave me plenty to think about from both perspectives. I enjoyed being trusted to weigh the evidence for myself and reach my own verdict.

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