Total Page : 392
Publisher : Ulysses Press
Publication Date : 2008 09 01
>> Exceptional
This book really hit the spot I am a former bible college student and I can think of no better mind to help mine than someone who has been there too This book supported my efforts to do what I had struggled to do for years get honest instead of continuing to play games with observable facts
>> The verdict still out
Sometimes the reviews are as entertaining as the books This is written on my kindle apologies for typos I have an interest in human nature psychology and philosophy as well as metaphysics and basic instinct I never cease to be amazed at the human condition or thought processes My lack of certain belief would lead some reviews to say i was forced into religion as a child NOT had trama as a child that caused doubt who hasnt chose to doubt because its popular funny i hadnt noticed with the flood of christian recruiters everywhere or that i must have a lack of interest in religion also false as i am very curious and try to learn as much as possible about varied religions Im not motivated by money as others suggested not one person has dropped by to drop off a load of cash for my research efforts I still havent read of the adult trama the author suffered that drove him away as one reviewer suggests Nor am i callous tu suffering and for the reviewer who suggests atheists are reticent to debate highly emotionally charged debates on morals be thankful we havent met Most interesting was while one questions what would impel man to be moral under atheism another touts that they wouldnt live their life differently if they were atheist so they arent missing anything Hmmmmmm very interesting indeed can i get an amen here Lol hilarious What has always troubled me is how many self professed christians have never fully read the bible Whats more frightening is the ones who have that dont question some of the insanity Ive only scraped the surface myself and will continue to study but starting at the start why arent more people troubled by some of these stories Genesis 19 30 38 the tale of Lots daughters who got their father drunk so they could become impregnated by him Really Justifiably of course they did this because there was no man to lay with them as is the custom all over earth This should not be shocking because just prior to that Genesis 19 1 8 Lot offers his virginal daughters up for sex to disuade the angry townsfolk from raping the visiting angels who have sheltered in his home Oh then that crazy Judah sleeps with his sons wife whom he mistook as a street prostitute Before he realizes it was his daughter in law that he patronized he learns that Tamar is a prostitute who is now pregnant from her escapades he cries out for her to be burned to death That is until he realizes he himself is the father or Tamars child Oops well nevermind that Genesis 38 6 25 I could go on and on and with determination I will get thru this trollop beginning to end and woe be the jaunty fundamentalist who seeks to debate my moral substance based on religion Bring it Furthermore plenty of the story just doesnt make sense How could we be created in Gods likeness and be so inherently evil Why do we believe we had to be created yet the almighty just IS How is it ok to cruelly mistreat the animals we eat Oh right I forgot because god said they are ours to be ruled over How silly of me Of course animals are nothing more than property at our disposal They dont have feelings Only unenlightened human arogance would believe that we are so special that we are above all the laws of nature and balance Only human ego would believe that it is our godly duty to fill the earth with our progeny destroying everything in our paths In a modern world where it is clear that we have reigned ourselves pun intended into a corner completely depleting the earth of everything we need to survive many still believe this is the path we are meant to take We have to eat two apples today to get the nutrition of one apple just 20 years ago A clear sign that we are in real trouble as a species But dont worry folks God has a plan to get us out of this mess As we approach the certainty that we have overpopulated the planet to the point of certain disaster take comfort that the rapture is near at hand Keep faith that our rescue must be just around the corner Yes lets hope so because the alternative in another 500 years is looking pretty grim Never in history has one species ruled so supremely that it has elimiated itself Natural predators in the wild destroy their young to prevent just such suffering in the long run The planet itself has a peculiar way of keeping the checks and balances But of course we must be special somehow above the obvious laws of nature We are so smart right Ticket to mars anyone I would encourage everyone to devour as much knowledge as possible research every possible theory or angle and use your head This book is interesting as well as many other view points It doesnt take god to know what is wrong here PS For a reaonable fee I will be happy to rescue your beloved pets after the rapture
>> Overcoming childhood training
Godless is one of the best descriptions of how a person steeped in religion finally recognized it for what it was and changed to atheism The task was exceedingly difficult and unfortunately few are able to make this change The hope of this book is to show others with deep religious training that they also can cast off the bondage of religion and open the door to rational thinking
