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THANKS to evolution we naturally expect there to be a god 鈥� or gods 鈥� watching over us. Our brains interpret the world around us in ways that created God; the notion of the divine is 鈥渁 scratch on our psychological lenses鈥�, says psychologist Jesse Bering.

Bering admits that explaining away God in this way is radical and possibly dangerous, but he handles it deftly. His writing is witty, crammed with pop-culture references, and he employs examples and analogies that make his arguments seem like common sense rather than the hard-earned scientific insights they really are.

This fascinating book presents gentle, nuanced but convincing arguments for atheism. Bering knows he can鈥檛 change the world, though. Thoroughly and permanently removing God from our heads 鈥渨ould require a neurosurgeon not a science teacher鈥�, he says.