Robert Royal reviews a book by Haldane that investigates the problems that modern philosophers have with religion, and why their datasets are rather biased in favor of the results that they wish they were seeing. My favorite part of the review:

"Yet as a philosopher, Haldane notices these problems merely as a prelude to his central task: “The most important question that an intelligent person can pursue in considering the issue of religion is not whether people believe in it, but whether they should.” And in a gentle, genial, engaging, but relentless way, he presses forward, brilliantly recasting common ideas in a number of areas that most people believe debunk religion or make belief difficult at best."

I'll have to purchase this book. An Intelligent Person’s Guide to Religion, by John Haldane. I don't know if he's a theist or a Christian or a tree worshipper, but it certainly sounds intersting. I just have to cut down on my four foot backlog of books.