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Max T. Furr

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in Wilmington, NC, The United States

March 05, 1943

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Author of "The Empathy Imperative," a philosophical novel based on the epic struggle between objective science and fundamentalist religion. What would it take for biblical literalism to be true and evolution false? Is God a deceiver, after all?

What would happen if God were placed on trial and a skeptic was his prosecutor? What might the charges be? What questions would be asked?

The story opens as the biblical Tribulation begins, and even as world disasters increase in frequency and strength, Mark Jefferson Hale, professor of philosophy and evolutionary biology, remains an unrepentant skeptic. He cannot believe it is true. There is simply too much evidence in support of evolution and and against biblical literalism.

His primary concerns are n ...more

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Max T. Furr Driving the dirt road through the woods to the abandoned Lockshire house by the bay one evening, I passed the ruins of a structure nestled among scrag…moreDriving the dirt road through the woods to the abandoned Lockshire house by the bay one evening, I passed the ruins of a structure nestled among scraggly, leafless trees off to my right upon which a multitude of crooked-necked vultures roosted, their eyes staring ominously at me as I passed; a chilling beginning for my experiment.

A diehard skeptic but one willing to test all beliefs, that night I set about testing the Spirit-board I'd brought for that purpose when, to my right, a large, paper map of the bay area that covered the wall, fell to the floor and immediately there came several loud knocks from inside the fire place behind me, the origin of which I'll never know as, with skin crawling, I promptly fled, leaving my skepticism behind.(less)

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If you could travel to any fictional book world, where would you go and what would you do there?

Max T. Furr Thank you for your question. Any fictional book? I would love to go to the world I describe in the Epilogue of "The Empathy Imperative."…moreThank you for your question. Any fictional book? I would love to go to the world I describe in the Epilogue of "The Empathy Imperative."(less)

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