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The GOD Soliloquy is a truly uncommon guide to Joyful Living here and in the hereafter!It is uncommon because it dares ask that vital question that most people never dare to ask! “What if everything we have been taught to believe about this World and about God is all wrong?” Remember that all the holy books ever written about God and this World were written when people were ignorant of even the most basic laws of the world! Because they were written during the Age of Ignorance, these tomes were full of contradictions, superstitions and fantasy. In the GOD Soliloquy, God speaks out ...

Selling Salvation: The Fine Line Between Faith and Fraud Unmask the lucrative underworld where faith and exploitation collide in Selling Salvation. This eye-opening exposé delves deep into the shadowy practices of religious fraud, unraveling the schemes that prey on trust and devotion. From high-profile televangelists to local cult-like operations, this book unveils the tactics used to manipulate the faithful for financial gain. You will get a thorough run-down on the likes of Benny Hinn, Tony Alamo, L. Ron Hubbard, and Herbert W. Armstrong to Paula White, Joel Osteen, Kenneth Copeland, ...

My primary objective is to offer a thorough and balanced exploration of Islam, a religion often perceived as a divine and absolute truth applicable to all times and contexts. This work seeks to present both supporting and opposing viewpoints, grounded in evidence and logical reasoning from each perspective.

Building on the foundation of "Deconstructing Religion," Derrick Day plumbs new depths by discussing religion's (particularly christianity's) relationship with sexism, racism, politics, and money. Day also takes on how quantum physics provides plausible explanations for spirituality, and how flirting with atheism is essential to religious deconstruction.

Holy Shit! The truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth, is about the deception, lies and manipulation that has been used by the religious representatives to control the people for far too long. This book will open your eyes to the blatant falsehoods, which have been repeated, over and over again, indoctrinating our children throughout the generations with a series of stories, which are now seen to be so obviously not true. James Chapman presents a bold and unflinching exploration of the claims made by religious believers, and meticulously dismantles their arguments with the use of ...

Unlock the secrets of atheism: find out why millions are choosing reason over tradition—and how this choice can empower your life like never before. Being An Atheist: The Truth Revealed, presents a bold and unflinching exploration of the claims made by religious believers, and meticulously dismantles their arguments with the use of truth, reason and evidence. Go with the author as he navigates the complex landscape of faith and reason, guiding you through a remarkable journey of discovery. With each page, you will uncover compelling evidence that debunks long-held beliefs and reveals the ...

Discover the Truth about Life, God, and Happiness with "Back to GOD, Away from Religion"! This book that will change your perspective and bring clarity to your spiritual journey.In Back to GOD, Away from Religion, the author embarks on a profound journey to uncover the true nature of spirituality, unshackled from the constraints of organized religion. After more than sixty years of dedicated exploration, he now presents the 'Joycentrix' philosophy — one that places inner joy and personal empowerment at the heart of spiritual experience. This book delves into the idea that Religions, being...

Believing in a religion is a personal commitment. Unfortunately, this personal commitment often requires followers to recruit others. Religious people have been known to push their beliefs onto others; many religions even require it. This places substantial pressure on us who don’t believe. You may have found yourself in a church pew on Sunday simply to avoid the argument. By applying science, reason, logic, psychology, and the experiences of atheist defenders worldwide, this book will help you stand your ground. Throughout this book, you’re presented with several of the most common ...

In the depths of modern life, humanity’s quest for understanding and purpose continues as we gaze at the cosmos, pondering our place within it. In this search for truth, a new scripture emerges, bridging science and spirituality to offer profound insights and guidance. This modern-day Holy Bible explores the interconnectedness of human existence, space, infinite universes, and dimensions. It reveals how ancient spiritual wisdom aligns with cutting-edge scientific discoveries, guiding listeners to uncover the secrets of the universe and the purpose of their souls.

A bold philosophical defense of existential nihilism based on modern science. * * * When we imagine a machine, the result is always something close to a mechanical system that works by itself. It doesn’t bother us to think that it’s nothing beyond that. But how do we feel when we imagine ourselves as a machine? Empty. We have the feeling that something is missing. And what is missing? What’s there in a human that is missing in a machine? Illusion. The emptiness of the machine is the consciousness that our subjective world is a fiction; the consciousness that our humanity is a delirium...

Regarding your life and your brief existence on Earth, is that all there is? If you have ever felt that there is more here than an exclusively physical reality, you may be surprised to discover that scientific data from astronomy, quantum physics, biology, neuropsychology and cosmology actually confirms your intuition. With unusual clarity and humor, Dr. Shawn Adair Johnston reveals the utter failure of current science, based on an exclusively physical model of the universe, to account for the origin of the cosmos, human DNA, consciousness, free will or criminal behavior.

God, religion, morality, the origin and meaning of life, free will: in Atheism & Freedom fundamental issues are brought to the light of reason, in an attempt to clarify some of the lies and truths that surround us. Controversial, frank, revealing, and bold, Atheism & Freedom is an invitation to reflection, to free-thinking, and to the search for a rational and coherent explanation of man and the world. Summary Presentation Preface Part I General introduction The foundations of atheism Arguments for the existence of god Arguments against the existence of god Religion as alienation and social...

A towering figure in American literature, Norman Mailer here explores his concept of the nature of God. In a series of probing, challenging, and uncommon dialogues, Mailer establishes his own system of belief, one that rejects both organized religion and atheism. He presents a view in which our world is created by an artistic God who often succeeds but can also fail in the face of determined opposition by contrary powers in the universe.

Theism or Atheism, published in 1921, examines not only arguments for and against the existence of God, but also the practical usefulness of such a concept. The author writes, “Atheism would mean in practice an enormous concentration of energy upon purely human affairs, and a judgment of conduct in terms of human happiness and prosperity.”

Extraordinary Popular Delusions of Our Times is a modern sequel to Charles Mackay's 1841 literary classic "Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds." Mackay wrote about the tulip bulb mania and the poor sailor who mistook a priceless bulb for an onion and ate it for breakfast. He wrote about alchemy, which was practiced with all seriousness by great thinkers of the time like Thomas Aquinas and Roger Bacon.

A deeply personal and heart-breaking memoir that explores the troubled relationship between Mary Garden and her younger sister, Anna, who died in 2023 after a short illness. Mary unpacks her life of growing up in New Zealand in the 1950s and ’60s, before making Australia home. She reveals complex layers of intergenerational trauma, including the baggage of her eccentric, deeply flawed father and the secret her mother kept from all of them, revealed only after her death. Mary deals movingly with her sister’s long battle with mental illness and how she once saved Anna’s life.

The God Concept investigates concepts of the divine, tracing the origins of religious belief, its development through cultural evolution from polytheism to the rise of monotheism, and the emergence of Judaism, from which Christianity and Islam developed. As ancient civilizations developed in the Middle East, Mesopotamia and Egypt emerged as centres of polytheism. The Mesopotamian roots of the Abrahamic religions are demonstrated by comparison of the Babylonian creation epic with the Genesis account of creation. Additionally, many of the laws in the Babylonian Code of Hammurabi are compared ...

I grew up in the Assembly of God, product of small town charismatic Pentecostal pastors, terrifying televangelists and a rod not spared. My flavor of fundamentalism demanded love of a detestable deity and condemned critical thought, inflicting it’s scars with both the message and its mediators. Evangelist apologist in youth, tormented by purity culture and grasping at a Rapture pass, I couldn’t compartmentalize my thinking anymore at age 22, and left the Evangelicals. My journey from faith began with growing intrigue in the natural world, gnawing need to understand history, and ...

Creer o no creer en Dios. Esa parece ser la dialéctica histórica en cuanto al fenómeno espiritual y religioso en el ser humano. Sin embargo, olvidamos que existe otra posición intermedia entre ambos polos: el agnosticismo. Este pequeño ensayo hace un repaso a algunos de los «agnósticos» más famosos de la historia, e intenta explicar esa posición vital que ni cree ni descree en lo sobrenatural, sino que se mantiene prudente y expectante a pruebas empíricas que avalen una posición u otra. CAPÍTULOS: Introducción. Definición de agnosticismo. Breve historia de los fundamentos del...

Hermes Mercurius Trismegistus is the founding stone of Western esotericism. Hermes is regarded as being the author of numerous philosophical and spiritual texts, including the Divine Pymander. Even though the historical existence of Hermes is not clear, he has been regarded as the master of wisdom and the initiator of the divine knowledge for centuries. The Divine Pymander is one of the ancient texts attributed to Hermes. The Divine Pymander explains a cosmology and philosophy which blends Egyptian, Greek, and Jewish mystical traditions.