StarAstrologer - Books : Everything You Know About God Is Wrong: The Disinformation Guide to Religion
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 306
EAN: 9781932857597
ISBN: 1932857591
Label: The Disinformation Company
Manufacturer: The Disinformation Company
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 388
Publication Date: August 07, 2007
Publisher: The Disinformation Company
Sales Rank: 7082
Studio: The Disinformation Company
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In the new mega-anthology from best-selling editor Russ Kick, more than fifty writers, reporters, and researchers invade the inner sanctum for an unrestrained look at the wild and wooly world of organized belief.
Richard Dawkins shows us the strange, scary properties of religion; Neil Gaiman turns a biblical atrocity story into a comic (that almost sent a publisher to prison); Erik Davis looks at what happens when religion and California collide; Mike Dash eyes stigmatics; Douglas Rushkoff exposes the trouble with Judaism; Paul Krassner reveals his "Confessions of an Atheist"; and best-selling lexicographer Jonathon Green interprets the language of religious prejudice.
Among the dozens of other articles and essays, you'll find: a sweeping look at classical composers and Great American Songbook writers who were unbelievers, such as Irving Berlin, creator of "God Bless America"; the definitive explanation of why America is not a Christian nation; the bizarre, Catholic-fundamentalist books by Mel Gibson's father; eye-popping photos of bizarre religious objects and ceremonies, including snake-handlers and pot-smoking children; the thinly veiled anti-Semitism in the Left Behind novels; an extract from the rare, suppressed book The Sex Life of Brigham Young; and rarely seen anti-religious writings from Mark Twain and H.G. Wells.
Further topics include exorcisms, religious curses, Wicca, the Church of John Coltrane, crimes by clergy, death without God, Christian sex manuals, the "ex-gay" movement, failed prophecies, bizarre theology, religious bowling, atheist rock and roll, "how to be a good Christian," an entertaining look at the best (and worst) books on religion, and much more.
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I ordered this book on October 27. My "recent orders" page said it would be shipped between Nov 17 - Nov 24. As of Nov. 24, it still hadn't been shipped so I called customer service. Today, I got a new email: We're writing about the order you placed on October 27 2008 16:27 PDT (Order# xxx). Unfortunately, we are unable to ship the item(s) as soon as we expected and need to provide you with a new estimate of when the item(s) may be delivered:
Neil Gaiman (Collaborator), ... Read More
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I haven't read it yet. However, She giggled almost continually. Let me tell you, she is one of the most serious twenty somethings I have ever known! She did tell me two of her proff's had to research to even attempt to refute a couple of statements she made in class and that most of her comments created passionate dialogue.
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This is one of the best books I have read that discusses the problems within multiple religions, from the perspective of outsiders and insiders. Most of the "faithful" have no idea what is actually in the cherished book they worship, and Russ K. provides an inside look into the facts and resulting cultural and societal implications of religion as a whole. As noted by othe reviewers, this book is a collection of works by different authors, but those that said it was a random collection clearly weren't ... Read More
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If articles like the nonsense in this waste of a book are what atheists point to to support their position, then I can disprove the existence of Dawkins, Harris and Hitchens themselves. All that is necessary, apparently, is someone taking their writings out of context, abusing their material, and claiming they said something when they never did. Therefore, they don't exist. The title of this book is probably true for many, but this is not where one will find the proper knowledge of God. The subtitle of ... Read More
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This is a rather poor anthology of some (very good) author's lesser works. You know, ones they would be willing to let get published in a randomly thrown together anthology. Some of the works are amusing, but most are dull and uninteresting. Not recommended.
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