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Book The Arrogance of Religious Thought  Information Kills Religion

Download or read book The Arrogance of Religious Thought Information Kills Religion written by William A. Zingrone and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2016-10-05 with total page 187 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A provocative, challenging, and irreverent expose' of the obnoxious arrogance inherent in all religious thinking: condemning one another to eternal torment, relegating women and gays to second class citizenship, dividing humanity into arbitrary factions, sexual repression, denial of knowledge, promoting delusions of god and the afterlife, upholding phony patriarchal authority, claiming eternal truth without evidence, and child indoctrination. Religion is not good for the human race. We would be better off dropping these bad habits on which we give religion a free pass. We must stop lying to our children that religions are true. Dr. Zingrone is a college instructor and secular activist with a PhD in Developmental Psychology exploring research interests in cognitive development and evolution. His driving motivation is to dispel outdated religious based ideas about human nature that are ingrained in the folk beliefs of our modern culture.

Book God Is Not Great

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  • Author : Christopher Hitchens
  • Publisher : McClelland & Stewart
  • Release : 2008-11-19
  • ISBN : 1551991764
  • Pages : 322 pages

Download or read book God Is Not Great written by Christopher Hitchens and published by McClelland & Stewart. This book was released on 2008-11-19 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Christopher Hitchens, described in the London Observer as “one of the most prolific, as well as brilliant, journalists of our time” takes on his biggest subject yet–the increasingly dangerous role of religion in the world. In the tradition of Bertrand Russell’s Why I Am Not a Christian and Sam Harris’s recent bestseller, The End Of Faith, Christopher Hitchens makes the ultimate case against religion. With a close and erudite reading of the major religious texts, he documents the ways in which religion is a man-made wish, a cause of dangerous sexual repression, and a distortion of our origins in the cosmos. With eloquent clarity, Hitchens frames the argument for a more secular life based on science and reason, in which hell is replaced by the Hubble Telescope’s awesome view of the universe, and Moses and the burning bush give way to the beauty and symmetry of the double helix.

Book The Cunning of Modern Religious Thought

Download or read book The Cunning of Modern Religious Thought written by David S. Pacini and published by Augsburg Fortress Publishing. This book was released on 1987 with total page 165 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Arrogance

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  • Author : Salman Akhtar
  • Publisher : Taylor & Francis
  • Release : 2018-07-04
  • ISBN : 0429770685
  • Pages : 302 pages

Download or read book Arrogance written by Salman Akhtar and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2018-07-04 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Arrogance as a specific constellation of affect, fantasy, and behavior has received little attention in psychoanalysis. This is striking in light of the enormous amount of literature accumulated on the related phenomenon of narcissism. Rectifying this omission, the book in your hands addresses arrogance from multiple perspectives. Among the vantage points employed are psychoanalysis, evolutionary psychology, cross-cultural anthropology, fiction, as well as clinical work with children and adults. The result is a harmonious gestalt of insight that is bound to enhance the clinician's attunement to the covert anguish of those afflicted with arrogance.

Book Thoughts of Gandhi and Vinoba

Download or read book Thoughts of Gandhi and Vinoba written by K. S. Bharathi and published by Concept Publishing Company. This book was released on 1995 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Thoughts

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  • Author : Indarjit Singh
  • Publisher : Austin Macauley Publishers
  • Release : 2023-03-03
  • ISBN : 1398432865
  • Pages : 303 pages

Download or read book Thoughts written by Indarjit Singh and published by Austin Macauley Publishers. This book was released on 2023-03-03 with total page 303 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: INCISIVE VIEWS AND COMMENTS ON NEWS OF THE DAY, COUCHED IN HUMOUR AND UNFAILING COMPASSION. RT HON BARONESS D’SOUZA CMG THE LORD SPEAKER (2011-2016) Lord (Indarjit) Singh’s talks on BBC Radio 4’s ‘Thought for the Day’ have inspired many including Royalty, Prime Ministers, Christian, Muslim and Jewish leaders. One of Indarjit’s talks in 1999 provided the impetus in setting up the Lambeth Group to celebrate the Millennium by setting up a Faith Zone at the Millennium Dome and to Indarjit hosting a National Service of Reflection and Reconciliation in the Queen’s Gallery of the House of Lords. Tony Blair, the then Prime Minister described it as the most moving celebration of the Millennium he had witnessed. RT. HON. CLARE SHORT MP SECRETARY OF STATE FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT Speaking on BBC Radio 4 Today Programme on December 2004, on who she would like to nominate in the Programme’s competition ‘Listener’s Lord’, the person listeners would most like to see in the House of Lords. I would like to nominate Indarjit Singh. He contributes regularly on Radio 4’s ‘Thought for the Day’, and he gives impressive homilies drawing on the wisdom of Sikh teachings to help us think through the moral issues of the day. Lord Singh came a close second to celebrated musician and human rights activist Bob Geldolf.

Book Religion and the Enlightenment

Download or read book Religion and the Enlightenment written by James M. Byrne and published by Westminster John Knox Press. This book was released on 1997-01-01 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume offers an overview of the Enlightenment's revolution of Western theology. It explains the era's ideas within the framework of religion, politics, and society--and shows how they impacted that society.

Book Encyclopedia of Religion and Nature

Download or read book Encyclopedia of Religion and Nature written by Bron Taylor and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2008-06-10 with total page 1927 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Encyclopedia of Religion and Nature, originally published in 2005, is a landmark work in the burgeoning field of religion and nature. It covers a vast and interdisciplinary range of material, from thinkers to religious traditions and beyond, with clarity and style. Widely praised by reviewers and the recipient of two reference work awards since its publication (see www.religionandnature.com/ern), this new, more affordable version is a must-have book for anyone interested in the manifold and fascinating links between religion and nature, in all their many senses.

Book Are Four Isms Killing America

Download or read book Are Four Isms Killing America written by Robert A. Taft and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2018-04-26 with total page 261 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The answer to the question raised in the title of this book is yes. This well-documented account explores the four culprits: progressivism, communism, Islamism, and globalism. After presenting the American concept and its key vulnerabilities, the book tracks the history of each of these isms, comparing their similarities and describing why Americanism runs totally counter to their principles. From 1900 to the present, this chilling but factual account shows the impact the isms have had on the evolution of America. Starting in 1960, the four have combined forces to attack the family, religion, and education in order to take down this country, its Constitution, and moral firewall. In the end, the fallacy of the four isms, along with their collective operational formula, is exposed and how emerging generations are the unwitting victims of their assault.

Book An Arrogant Nation That Creates Its Own Reality

Download or read book An Arrogant Nation That Creates Its Own Reality written by Rogene A. Buchholz and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2019-11-13 with total page 598 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Americans seem prone to create their own reality in situations that have faced them over the past several years and this arrogance cost the country dearly. Three events stand out as prime examples this arrogance. The first of these events was the war in Iraq which was based on the false reality that the country possessed weapons of mass destruction and had ties to terrorist organizations. The second example was the financial crisis of 2008 which was precipitated by the invention of new and complicated investment vehicles. The last example is the current Trump administration which was filled with falsehoods during the campaign and his first years in office, such that one could not believe anything that this administration said. This book is going to focus on religious reasons for this situation as I believe that it is the Christian religion that is largely at fault for this condition. It is religion that has set up most Americans to believe our leaders when they outright lie and claim to know things beyond what the evidence will support and create a false reality that eventually comes crashing down to disrupt American life. If our nation is ever going to be great it must quit living in a fantasy world and give up a belief in magic as far as its future is concerned. Decisions in government and business must be based on reality as it is and not on what we arrogantly think we can create. The two go together as the more we try and create our own reality the less able we are to come to grips with the reality that actually exists. The place to start is by recognizing the role the Christian religion has played in this phenomenon and letting go of the fantasies that comprise this religion and live a secular life that finds meaning and purpose in this world rather than in some hereafter. We will not successfully deal with all the problems with which we are faced and have a political and economic system that works for everyone until this happens.

Book Metamorphosis

    Book Details:
  • Author : Luis Bernardo Mercado
  • Publisher : AuthorHouse
  • Release : 2010-01
  • ISBN : 1449063209
  • Pages : 354 pages

Download or read book Metamorphosis written by Luis Bernardo Mercado and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2010-01 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Metamorphosis combines compelling content, unique insights, logical arguments and easy-to-understand writing to help refine or define your opinions on some of the most critical issues of today. Metamorphosis features background information on the history of politics, as well as terms and summaries of ideologies, as it discusses topics ranging from abortion, religion, the Iraq war, science, education, crime and law, family values, immigration, and welfare. Mercado uses a multi-faceted approach to recount information that he has absorbed from hundreds of books, articles, documentaries and varying opinions from his friends and family. Covering the gamut of contemporary and traditional issues that have shaped the American political mind-set, Mercado distills a wealth of information in order to empower readers with an understanding of these issues. For further exploration by the reader, Metamorphosis includes lists of important books, documentaries and films relevant to the topics discussed in this book. Mercado also provides workbook-style forms to assist readers with effective internal argument, and to help capture ideas and goals on paper for taking real action.

Book The Answer to Bad Religion Is Not No Religion

Download or read book The Answer to Bad Religion Is Not No Religion written by Martin Thielen and published by Westminster John Knox Press. This book was released on 2014-01-17 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If you think the only logical response to bad Christianity is to leave Christianity completely, this book is for you. In an effort to help those who’ve been hurt by or turned off by negative religion, Martin Thielen explains that there is an alternative to abandoning religion: good religion. Thielen uses personal stories to illustrate the dangers of religion that is judgmental, anti-intellectual, and legalistic. While addressing the growth of the new atheism movement and the “Nones” (people that have no religious affiliation), this book argues that leaving religion is not practical, not helpful, and not necessary. Thielen provides counterparts to the characteristics of bad religion, explaining that good religion is grace-filled, promotes love and forgiveness, and is inclusive and hope-filled. This study is perfect for individual, group, or congregational study.

Book Religion  Narcissism and Fanaticism

Download or read book Religion Narcissism and Fanaticism written by Tamas Pataki and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2024-04-25 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Religion, Narcissism and Fanaticism traces the historical and psychosocial development of religiosity and applies anthropological and psychoanalytic perspectives to the understanding of religions, particularly their fanatical and fundamentalist expressions. Religious ideology, practices and institutions satisfy many human needs, including those arising from our hysterical, obsessional, and narcissistic dispositions: the need to segregate the good and bad aspects of our personalities; to belong to an idealized group; and to feel secure and special by identifying with, or living in the orbit of, a supposedly omnipotent figure. But these needs and their modes of satisfaction are distorted by religions which may then nurture and accommodate malign characteristics, especially in the case of the monotheisms, narcissistic inflation or grandiosity. The book shows how interactions between religious ideology and personal development become intricated in the narcissistic pathology which underlies much of the violence and religious aggression in the world today. It presents both a new account of the historical and psychosocial development of religiosity and a powerful polemic against the religions which delusorily satisfy some of the very needs they create. The book will appeal to psychoanalysts, anthropologists, philosophers, sociologists, and all those interested in the place of religion in the modern world.

Book In Defense of Religious Moderation

Download or read book In Defense of Religious Moderation written by William Egginton and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2011 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: William Egginton laments the current debate over religion in America, in which religious fundamentalists have set the tone of political discourse--no one can get elected without advertising a personal relation to God, for example--and prominent atheists treat religious belief as the root of all evil. Neither of these positions, Egginton argues, adequately represents the attitudes of a majority of Americans who, while identifying as Christian, Jewish, or Muslim, do not find fault with those who support different faiths and philosophies. In fact, Egginton goes so far as to question whether fundamentalists and atheists truly oppose each other, united as they are in their commitment to a "code of codes." Fundamentalists--and stringent atheists--unconsciously believe that the methods we use to understand the world are all versions of an underlying master code. This code of codes represents an ultimate truth, explaining everything. The moderately religious, with their inherent skepticism toward a master code, are best suited to protect science, politics, and other diverse strains of knowledge from fundamentalist attack and to promote a worldview based on the compatibility between religious faith and scientific method.

Book I Don t Have Enough Faith to Be an Atheist

Download or read book I Don t Have Enough Faith to Be an Atheist written by Norman L. Geisler and published by Crossway. This book was released on 2021-05-17 with total page 417 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To some, the concept of having faith in a higher power or a set of religious beliefs is nonsensical. Indeed, many view religion in general, and Christianity in particular, as unfounded and unreasonable. Norman Geisler and Frank Turek argue, however, that Christianity is not only more reasonable than all other belief systems, but is indeed more rational than unbelief itself. With conviction and clear thinking, Geisler and Turek guide readers through some of the traditional, tested arguments for the existence of a creator God. They move into an examination of the source of morality and the reliability of the New Testament accounts concerning Jesus. The final section of the book deals with a detailed investigation of the claims of Christ. This volume will be an interesting read for those skeptical about Christianity, as well as a helpful resource for Christians seeking to articulate a more sophisticated defense of their faith.

Book Transactions of the Third International Congress for the History of Religions  Section V  Religions of India and Iran  Section VI  Religions of the Greeks and Romans  Section VII  Religions of the Germans  Celts  and Slavs  Section VIII  The Christian religion  Section IX  Method and scope of the history of religions

Download or read book Transactions of the Third International Congress for the History of Religions Section V Religions of India and Iran Section VI Religions of the Greeks and Romans Section VII Religions of the Germans Celts and Slavs Section VIII The Christian religion Section IX Method and scope of the history of religions written by and published by . This book was released on 1908 with total page 488 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book A Walk Through Time and Space

Download or read book A Walk Through Time and Space written by James Edward Ayers and published by Fulton Books, Inc.. This book was released on 2022-07-06 with total page 201 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What are we looking for when we buy a book to read? A sigh of time when the body relaxes and the brain still works, an escape to another place and time. Entertainment in any venue, whether it be action, inspirational, educational, dark, light, comedy, "how to," and on and on, "different strokes for different folks." This book is different in that it is made up of thirty writings, each piece was written in my own personal style. I have a mailing list of thirty people that have read each piece as it was written, and from them, perhaps a hundred more read each piece. Many of these readers encouraged me to put the pieces into book form and let everyone read them. So here we are, I hope you find this book entertaining and enlightening, incremental reading at its best.