Posted on March 22nd, 2009 by Joseph
Borrowing the lively approach of documentaries such as Fahrenheit 9/11 and Super Size Me, ex-Christian fundamentalist Brian Flemming’s exposé, The God Who Wasn’t There, shines an unflinching spotlight on Christianity and the existence of Christ. Flemming interviews religious experts and Christians of varying backgrounds, ultimately asserting that Jesus Christ is more than likely a fictional [...]
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Posted on March 18th, 2009 by Joseph
There is no spiritual cohesion. There never has been a common spiritual ground. Up until now, there never could have been. Diverse peoples have never been linked as we are today with our increasingly sophisticated information technologies. While there has been no universal spirituality, there have been pockets of primitive beliefs and belief systems that [...]
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Posted on March 4th, 2009 by Joseph
A prominent United States senator said recently that the influence of money in political campaign financing “. . . is nothing less than an influence-peddling scheme in which both parties compete to stay in office by selling the country to the highest bidder.” In her book, The Corruption of American Politics, veteran Washington journalist Elizabeth [...]
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Posted on March 3rd, 2009 by Joseph
My three companion books, SEVEN WORDS THAT CAN CHANGE THE WORLD; RELIGION, AN OBSTACLE TO HUMAN PROGRESS; and THE SKEPTIC’S BOOK OF RELIGIOUS QUOTES & ANECDOTES urge us, unequivocally, to abandon antiquated and fictitious beliefs and adopt a completely new way of thinking about reality. The rationale for these three books follows:
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