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Very fascinating. I agree with most of his arguments thus far about the toxic nature of religion, not because I am an atheist, but because I am a Christian and I abhor the willingness of man to pervert his spiritual nature in order to better himself in this world. This book, honestly, needs to be regeared for Christians here in the US, so that we will not look at it and think "heresy!" when we see the title -- we need to rethink whether our beliefs are just religion, or if they are reflective of
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I really wanted to enjoy this one since I'd heard such great things about it. But I was disappointed. One of the things that bothered me were his inaccuracies about Mormonism, which called into question the rest of his facts about other things. Since I'm technically Mormon still I know a lot about it...and he pretty much got a ton of things wrong.
There were parts I liked. He does have a way with words and spinning a story, which made the overall feel of the book interesting.
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There were parts I liked. He does have a way with words and spinning a story, which made the overall feel of the book interesting.
I liked it but didn't ...more
Wit and erudition in a scathing indictment.
Sep 13, 2011
Laura
marked it as to-read
Sep 29, 2011
Bert Edens
marked it as to-read
