My own, of course. Just kidding. The Bible - I just love to read the Bible! Not. But I have, too many times. With so many people fallaciously believing it's the "Good Book," I just had to stick my nose into it - and found that it needed a thorough debunking. PU! A rotting corpse under the bed. Anyway, too bad that rotten rag has usurped the word "biblio," ruining it for all other books.
Enough of books I hate. One of my favorite books of all time is Ken Carey's The Third Millenium.
LETTER TO A CHRISTIAN NATION
"Forty-four percent of the American population is convinced that Jesus will return to judge the living and the dead sometime in the next fifty years," writes Sam Harris. "Imagine the consequences if any significant component of the U.S. government actually believed that the world was about to end and that its ending would be glorious. The fact that nearly half of the American population apparently believes this, purely on the basis of religious dogma, should be considered a moral and intellectual emergency."
In response to his award-winning bestseller The End of Faith, Sam Harris received thousands of letters from Christians excoriating him for not believing in God. Check out this audiobook clip!
CLASSICAL RELIGIONS AND MYTHS OF THE MEDITERRANEAN BASIN
The early myths of Mesopotamia, Egypt, Asia Minor, Canaan, Greece, and Rome have
greatly and continuously influenced all of Western culture and civilization. Myths rely on imagination
and intuition; they express fervently held convictions about the ultimate nature of things, exploring the
mysteries of life and death, passion and suffering. Today, theological interest is resurging in goddess
worship, and other early nature-based religions are receiving a renewed attention. This presentation also
discusses how the literature and culture of these religions have influenced Hebrew and Christian scriptures. Check out this audiobook clip!
RIVER OUT OF EDEN
In this audio book based on his number one bestselling book, Dawkins presents a closely argued and intellectually exhilarating case for his radical Darwinian view of life on Earth and the place of human beings on it. Those who know his earlier works will find much additional material to savour here; those who have not yet discovered Dawkins’ passion for science will find this an ideal introduction to his work. Check out this audiobook clip!
BRAINWAVE SYMPHONY
Brainwave Symphony combines carefully selected music from the baroque, classical, romantic, impressionistic, and twentieth-century eras with breakthrough audio technology to give you the best of classical wisdom and modern science....
We all experience many states of consciousness, from ordinary waking and sleeping states to extraordinary states in which we are more at peace, particularly aware, or unusually creative. Each state has a unique pattern of brainwaves that can be mapped and measured. Brainwave Symphony uses of inaudible pulses of sound, based on these brain maps, to trigger your brain to produce the state you want to experience. Check out this audiobook clip!
DAVID HUME
David Hume (1711-1776) represented the culmination of the British philosophy of sense-experience.
Although he lived in the age of reason, Hume had profound doubts about our ability to know anything in the world
with certainty. This skepticism colored his view of science and gave rise to his devastating attack on proofs of the
existence of God. Hume believed that values are neither objective nor universal, but nevertheless was optimistic
about human nature and our ability to achieve decency in our actions. Check out this audiobook clip!
TERROR IN THE NAME OF GOD
For five years, Jessica Stern interviewed extremist members of three religions around the world: Christians, Jews, and Muslims. She traveled extensively -- to refugee camps in Lebanon, to religious schools in Pakistan, to prisons in Amman, Ashqelon, and Pensacola -- and discovered that the Islamic jihadi in the mountains of Pakistan and the Christian fundamentalist bomber in Oklahoma have much in common.
Based on her vast research, Stern lucidly explains how terrorist organizations are formed by opportunistic leaders who -- using religion as both motivation and justification -- recruit the disenfranchised. She depicts how moral fervor is transformed into sophisticated organizations that strive for money, power, or attention and suggests how terrorism might most effectively be countered. Check out this audiobook clip!
FRIEDRICH NIETZSCHE
Near the end of the nineteenth century, Friedrich Nietzsche boldly announced that God is dead.
There are no absolute truths, he said; the only reality is this world of life and death, conflict and change, creation
and destruction. For centuries, religious ideas had given meaning to life in the western world; but with their collapse, humanity faced a grave crisis of nihilism and despair.
Nietzsche proposed to replace restrictive traditional morals with the idea of humans as creative beings whose energy, strength and intelligence enable them to give purpose and meaning to their lives. He rejected democratic ideals, believing that they ignore human differences and that conflict and creative competition are essential to life's development. His own creative work has exercised a powerful influence on the development of literature since his day. Check out this audiobook clip!
THUS SPOKE ZARATHUSTRA
Also sprach Zarathustra was conceived and written by Friedrich Nietzsche during the years 1881 -1885; the first three Parts were published in 1883 and 1884. The book formed part of his 'campaign against morality', in which Nietzsche explored the ethical consequences of the 'death of God'. Heavily critical not only of Christian values but also of their modern replacements, Thus spoke Zarathustra argues for a new value-system based around the prophecy of the Ubermensch, or Superman. For the first time, Nietzsche gives his philosophy a narrative frame: the founder of the ancient religion of Persia, Zarathustra, takes the central role. Rejected by society at large, Zarathustra gains a devoted band of followers to whom he delivers 'discourses' on a huge range of subjects. Haunted by visions and driven by his own 'will to power', Zarathustra eventually leaves these friends to return to his lonely mountain home, where he makes his most important discovery: that of the 'eternal return'. Check out this audiobook clip! |