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Binding: PaperbackDewey 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 Studio: The Disinformation Company Editorial Review: Product Description: 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. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - One of the best books of its typeThis 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 Rating:  - You Call This Crap Evidence?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 Rating:  - Don't be fooled by the big namesThis 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. Rating: - Aresome Atheist AnthologyI thoroughly enjoyed this book. Perhaps one of the best collections of pro-freethought literature I have seen. Rating: - Essential ReadingThis book is highly recommended for just one of it's many sections - I am referring to the article by Ruth Green entitled "The God From Galilee" which analyses the gospels in a way that reveals a very different side to Jesus Christ than that with which most people (believers and non-believers alike) identify. I used to say that, speaking as an atheist, I was mostly in agreement with what Jesus said, or is supposed to have said according to the anonymous writers of the synoptic gospels (and if you still ... Read More |
