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WHY GOD WON'T GO AWAY: SCIENCE AND THE BIOLOGY OF BELIEF Andrew Newberg, M.D., Eugene D'Aquili, M.D., and Vince Rause (Ballantine Books, 2001) Reviewed by Michael Shermer, Ph.D. God is puzzling.