1
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Putting
it Mildly |
A
multi-directional, low-key, subtle approach of objections against
religion
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2
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Religion
Kills |
World-wide
instances of how politics or nationalism have used religion
for its own ends
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3
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A Short Digression on the Pig |
A
silly short chapter about pigs and religion |
4
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A
Note on Health, to Which Religion Can Be Hazardous |
Religion
inhibiting health campaigns around the world, and religion and
sex
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5
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The
Metaphysical Claims of Religion are False |
Religious
writers were ignorant - Religion and science are irreconcilable
- Religion has lost its influence - inability to explain the
First Cause
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6
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Arguments
from Design |
Angry
intolerance firing on geography, history and science
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7
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Revelation:
The Nightmare of the Old Testament |
A
chapter of misunderstandings coming from lack of knowledge about
the Old Testament.
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8
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The
New Testament Exceeds the Evil of the Old One |
Misunderstandings,
misjudgments and utter banality in respect of the New Testament
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9
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The
Koran is Borrowed from Both Jewish and Christian Myths |
All
about the Koran |
10
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The
Tawdriness of the Miraculous and the Decline of Hell |
Nothing
to do with hell – all to do with miracles. |
11
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The
Lowly Stamp of their Origin: Religion's Corrupt Beginnings |
Three
weird examples of dodgy cults |
12
|
How
Religions End |
Nothing
to do with the title - an account of a seventeenth century false
messiah
|
13
|
Does
Religion Make People Behave Better? |
A
tightly focused chapter about specific fallible individuals,
completely missing the millions who are dramatically changed
|
14
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There is No “Eastern” Solution |
Entirely
about Buddhism |
15
|
Religion
as an Original Sin |
Sacrifice,
Atonement, Eternal Punishment and Impossible Tasks
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16
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Is
Religion Child Abuse? |
Fear,
sex, abuse and hostile disagreements
|
17
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An
Objection Anticipated: The Last-Ditch “Case” Against Secularism
|
Theoretically
to answer the case against notorious secular and atheist regimes,
but instead a diatribe against religious authorities that sided
with these regimes
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18
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A
Finer Tradition: The Resistance of the Rational |
Appeals
to atheistic sceptics to bolster his position |
| 19
|
In
Conclusion: The Need for a New Enlightenment |
A
final last blast at the negatives of religion and a declaration
of unrealistic optimism
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