The Arrogance Of Religious Thought Information Kills Religion

Author : William A. Zingrone
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 1483458733
Total Pages : 187 pages
Book Rating : 4.31/5 ( download)

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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 His driving motivation is to dispel outdated religious based ideas about human nature that are ingrained in the folk beliefs of our modern culture.

Author : Salman Akhtar
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 0429770685
Total Pages : 188 pages
Book Rating : 4.85/5 ( download)

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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 188 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.

Author : Christopher Hitchens
Publisher : McClelland & Stewart
ISBN 13 : 1551991764
Total Pages : 322 pages
Book Rating : 4.64/5 ( download)

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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.

Author : David S. Pacini
Publisher : Augsburg Fortress Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780800607869
Total Pages : 165 pages
Book Rating : 4.64/5 ( download)

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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:

Author : Patro
Publisher : Fortress Press
ISBN 13 : 9781451499636
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.39/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Guide to Religious Thought and Practices written by Patro and published by Fortress Press. This book was released on 2015-07 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Guide to Religious Thought and Practices devotes a chapter to each of the world religions, all but one of which are written by a member of that faith community. Readers thus gain insiders views into the theology, spirituality, and religious practice of each faith. The introduction encourages respect and engagement with those of other faiths. It emphasizes the cultural nature of religion and its importance to society, and it notes the rise of interest in the study of religious traditions in the face of contemporary geopolitics. This book does not, however, attempt to address these politics, leaving the reader to think about and interpret the issues for themselves. The International Study Guides (ISGs) are clear and accessible resources, contextual and ecumenical in content and missional in direction. The contributors are theological educators who come from different countries and different religious backgrounds and bring practical emphasis alongside contemporary scholarly reflection.

Author : K. S. Bharathi
Publisher : Concept Publishing Company
ISBN 13 : 9788170225430
Total Pages : 156 pages
Book Rating : 4.34/5 ( download)

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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:

Author : Indarjit Singh
Publisher : Austin Macauley Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1398432865
Total Pages : 303 pages
Book Rating : 4.64/5 ( download)

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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.

Author : James M. Byrne
Publisher : Westminster John Knox Press
ISBN 13 : 9780664257606
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.07/5 ( download)

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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.

Author : Bron Taylor
Publisher : A&C Black
ISBN 13 : 1441122788
Total Pages : 1927 pages
Book Rating : 4.80/5 ( download)

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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.

Author : Rogene A. Buchholz
Publisher : AuthorHouse
ISBN 13 : 1728333911
Total Pages : 598 pages
Book Rating : 4.15/5 ( download)

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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.