Category : Other PracticesFreedom is the keystone for happiness, democracy, and Western Civilization. Without it, you may as well live in present-day North Korea or Saudi Arabia or medieval Europe. We will explore freedom?s origin in Chapter 1, and although freedom has many tributaries, its Greek source is clear. Major contributors are the Age of the Enlightenment plus the United States Declaration of Independence, with its ?life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.? Perhaps you feel that freedom once won will always be with us. If so, then Chapter 2 is for you. Both psychology and history teach us how quickly it can be lost. Freedom is a river, but rivers may be dammed and their turbulent creative waters turned into compliant lakes bent to a single purpose. We will investigate this perilous danger with an eye to avoiding it. Some believe that religion and science can?t be in conflict because their areas of interest and expertise don?t overlap. Chapter 3 exposes this myth by contrasting the research methods of biblical scholars and scientists as they both seek to discover the beginning of time. Their conclusions are astoundingly different. For people everywhere, their results have far-reaching consequences. Whichever path you follow?religious or scientific?will profoundly influence all aspects of your life. For all those who believe the Bible is an unerring source of perfect morality, I suggest they read Chapter 4, ?On human Bondage.? This chapter concentrates on one great moral failure in the Bible and the Qur?an: both are pro-slavery from beginning to end. Not a word, not even a murmur against slavery in all their ?sacred? books. The final page of this chapter reveals the first person in recorded history to speak out against slavery?he/she was not a member of the Abrahamic religions. Chapter 5 discusses numerous topics found nowhere else in anti-theistic writings. For example, the Roman God Mithras was the model for Jesus and most church ritual! Since both Mithras and Jesus were saviors,Other products from Rakuten Kobo U.S
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