Seduction of Religion (eBook)

An Illuminating and Provocative Guide to the Religions of the World

Paul Singh (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2019
300 Seiten
Distributed By Ingram Spark (Verlag)
978-0-9970541-5-6 (ISBN)

Infos

The Seduction of Religion offers an illuminating and provocative guide to the religions of the world, focussing on the irrationality of religious beliefs. The point of this book is not to preach atheism so much as it is to encourage its readers to reflect more carefully on why they believe what they believe. Every religion, thinks it is the true religion. But clearly they cannot all be right. The Seduction of Religion places each of the religions in its historical context and examines some of their most important doctrines in the light of reason and common sense. At the same time, it treats its reader to a host of amusing facts and anecdotes about the various religions that make the book enjoyable to read. At the heart of the book is a paradox: All religions claim to be the one true religion, but if any one of them is right then all the others are wrong. The Sedcution of Religion introduces its readers to the fascinating history of religions -- a history that is the outworkings of this thought-provoking paradox.Paul Singh is an American scientist, philosopher and a physician. He is a scholar of western and eastern intellectual traditions. He is the author of Discovering Our World: Humanitys Epic Journey from Myth to Knowledge and The Great Illusion: The Myth of Free Will, Consciousness and the Self.

Inhalt

CONTENTSPreface1. ChristianityThe Origins of Christianity          The Fable of the Christ          New Testament and Lost Christianities          The Book of Revelation 2. CatholicsThe Catholic Faith          The Pope and the Roman Catholic Church          A Religion in Crisis 3. Eastern Orthodox Church4. Protestantism          Lutherans          Baptists          Presbyterians          Methodists          Episcopalians and Other Liberal Churches          Pentecostals          Seventh Day Adventists5.Christian Science6. Jehovah’s Witnesses7. The Mormons8. Evangelicals          Tele-evangelism9. Jews      10. Zoroastrians11. Muslims          The Islamic Faith          A Religion of Fatwas and Murders          Plight of Women          A Religion of Intolerance          Is Islam Dangerous?12. Hindus     Seductive Myths of Hindu Philosophy     Hindu “Technology of Spirituality”13. Buddhists14. Jains15. Sikhs16. Scientologists17. Cults          Religions are Cults          How Cult Leaders Botch Up Promise of Religion          Concluding Remarks18. A Thousand Questions19. Organized Religions          Totalitarian Gods          Religions are Intolerant          Religions Mistreat WomenReligions Preach Violence, Fear and Guilt          A Form of Child Abuse          Stop Donating20. Why Billions Still Believe in Organized Faiths21. Separation of Church and State22. Does God Exist?          God or No God?          Natural or Supernatural?          On Religious Experience          Nature or God?          Living with Uncertainty          Living with Mortality          Understanding Religion          Science or Reason?          We are all Superstitious23. It is Time to Abandon Organized Religions Index

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 1.3.2019
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie ► Esoterik / Spiritualität
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Weitere Religionen
• Schlagworte: Atheism • Empiricism • Faith • irrational • Morality • Philosophy of Religion • Rational • Rationalism • Religion • Science and religion • Spirituality
• ISBN-10: 0-9970541-5-8 / 0997054158
• ISBN-13: 978-0-9970541-5-6 / 9780997054156