The first part, about 300 pages, is about Negative Atheism, or the position of simply refraining from belief in claims that a god exists because those claims lack sufficient force to warrant acceptance. In defense of this, Martin goes into great detail of every argument and every version of every argument offered in defense of the existence of gods - and he refutes them through extensive arguments and/or examples.
The second part, also about 300 pages, is about Positive Atheism: the position that the gods claimed by theists probably don't exist at all. In defense of the Martin offers numerous and specific arguments against the existence of gods with the characteristics like omnipotence, omniscience, omnibenevolence, creator of the universe, and others which are typically claimed by theists.
This book is, obviously, very comprehensive. There are certainly many things which are not addressed here because it is over ten years old at this point and, by now, more sophisticated arguments for theism and against atheism have since been created. Nevertheless, most of what is still argued today can be found in this book, discussed in a thorough manner.
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