Everything You Know About God Is Wrong: The Disinformation Guide to Religion

703 Pages·2007·9.97 MB·English

by  Russ Kick (ed.)

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Table of Contents

Introduction

Part 1 - IN THE BEGINNING
GERIN OIL
EVERYONE’S A SKEPTIC—ABOUT OTHER RELIGIONS
FAITH = ILLNESS - WHY I’VE HAD IT WITH RELIGIOUS TOLERANCE

Part 2 - CURRENT EVENTS & CONTROVERSIES
THE US IS A FREE COUNTRY, NOT A CHRISTIAN NATION
THE BASIC ARGUMENT
THE HISTORY PART OF OUR ARGUMENT
THE “NOT CHRISTIAN” PART OF THE ARGUMENT
THE “‘MYTHS’ THAT NEED CORRECTING” PART OF THE
ARGUMENT
THE “OUGHT TO BE FREE” PART OF THE ARGUMENT
POSTING THE TEN COMMANDMENTS
PHILADELPHIA GRAND JURY REPORT - ON ABUSIVE PRIESTS AND
THE CARDINALS WHO ...
INTRODUCTION TO THE GRAND JURY REPORT
SECTION II—OVERVIEW OF THE SEXUAL ABUSE BY
ARCHDIOCESE PRIESTS
SECTION III—OVERVIEW OF THE COVER-UP BY ARCHDIOCESE
OFFICIALS
SECTION IV—LEGAL ANALYSIS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
OVERVIEW OF THE SEXUAL ABUSE BY ARCHDIOCESE PRIESTS
OVERVIEW OF THE COVER-UP BY ARCHDIOCESE OFFICIALS
SELECTED CASE STUDIES
GOD HAS LEFT THE BUILDING - THE SELF-IMPOSED DEATH OF
INSTITUTIONAL JUDAISM
REFORMATION HYMNS - ISLAM, IRAN, AND BLOGS
ISLAMIC REFORMATION OR BUST
THE FREEDOM TO BE “BLASPHEMOUS”
CHILDREN OF THE REVOLUTION
VIRTUALLY UNVEILED
TRUMPING THE CLERICS
HEROIC WOMEN VS. EVIL MUSLIM MEN
BEHIND THE HEADLINES
REALITY VS. PERCEPTION
“BUT THEY ELECTED AN ISLAMIC RADICAL”
A NATION OF ISLAMIC MARTYRS
ONLY IN IRAN

Part 3 - BIBLE TALES
THE GOD FROM GALILEE
WHO WROTE THE GOSPELS? - (HINT: IT WASN’T MATTHEW, MARK,
LUKE, OR JOHN)
MATTHEW AND MARK
LUKE
JOHN
WHEN WERE THE GOSPELS WRITTEN?
WHERE WERE THE GOSPELS WRITTEN?
THE SYNOPTIC PROBLEM
Q AND THE DOUBLE TRADITION
THE M AND L SOURCES
CONCLUSION
BRIDGING THE LEAP OF FAITH
JOURNEY TO BETHLEHEM

Part 4 - I WAS THERE! (TRUE ENCOUNTERS WITH RELIGION)
WITH THE SWORD - ATTENDING A MUSLIM STUDENTS’
CONFERENCE
BROWARD COUNTY, FLORIDA
MY WEEKEND WITH OSHO
FASCIST BOOT CAMP: OREGON, USA
PARADISE: PUNE, INDIA
OSHO RETURNS—EVERYWHERE
A JUICY WEEKEND: DORSET, UK
JUNGLE DRUMS OF THE EVIL I
SACRED SPOTS - CORPSES, THORNS, BMW COFFINS, A HYMEN-
RESTORING SPRING, AND ...
TAKING UP SERPENTS - A PHOTO GALLERY OF SNAKE-HANDLERS

Part 5 - GOD-FREE LIVING
THE HONESTY OF ATHEISM
COMFORTING THOUGHTS ABOUT DEATH THAT HAVE NOTHING TO
DO WITH GOD
CONFESSIONS OF AN ATHEIST

Part 6 - DOING GOD’S WORK
“IRISH GULAGS FOR WOMEN” - THE CATHOLIC CHURCH’S
MAGDALENE ASYLUMS
“END OF THE WORLD PROPHET FOUND IN ERROR, NOT INSANE” - A
FAILED PROPHET’S ...
FAITH AND CURSES
CHRISTIANITY
THE VIRGIN MARY
IN THE HOLY LAND
SACRED THREATS IN THE ISLAMIC WORLD
CURSES

Part 7 - THE MOST POPULAR SIN
VOLUPTUOUS ECSTASY ON THE TEMPLE - EROTIC ASPECTS OF
HINDU SCULPTURE
JUDGMENTS BASED ON WESTERN STANDARDS
THE “GOOD LIFE” WITHIN THE CONCEPT OF EPICUREANISM
PRACTICAL USAGE
A WAY TO OBTAIN SPIRITUAL KNOWLEDGE
WANTING THE TOPMOST PEACH - THE EROTIC POETRY OF THE
SIXTH DALAI LAMA
“FONDLING THE FELLOWS IN FOLLY” - IN WHICH GOD WONDERS,
WHY BE GAY WHEN ...
THE PRIVATE PARTS ON THE POPE’S ALTAR

Part 8 - SOUNDS AND WORDS
IT AIN’T NECESSARILY SO - MUSIC’S DEBT TO NONBELIEVERS
CLASSICAL COMPOSERS
POPULAR AMERICAN SONGWRITERS
MUSIC IS JUST MUSIC
HOLY BLOOD, HOLY CODE
THE DA VINCI CODE’S HISTORICAL ACCURACY
HOW THE DA VINCI CODE WAS RESEARCHED
THE JUDGMENT
AND YET MORE QUESTIONS…
THE RELIGIOUS QUESTIONS
“INCOMPLETE JEWS” AND “INTERNATIONAL MONETARISTS” -
VEILED ANTI-SEMITISM IN THE ...

Part 9 - HOLY HISTORY
MARTIN LUTHER GOES BOWLING
FRIENDLY FEUDALISM - THE TIBET MYTH
BUDDHIST EXCEPTIONALISM?
SHANGRI-LA (FOR LORDS AND LAMAS)
TORTURE AND MUTILATION
OCCUPATION AND REVOLT