The Religion Virus: Why We Believe in God by Craig A James
Amazon customer review:
I found the book very informative and thought provoking. Meme theory is something I was not very familiar with, and Mr. James provided a well-rounded field of thought to consider. Having been raised in a fundamentalist evangelical environment which I was never able to buy into, I have always been curious and read extensively about all the major religions. I understand the various dogmas and methods used to promote the multitude of religious beliefs, but I've never been able to comprehend why any human with a reasonably well-developed brain blindly accepts a particular belief system on "faith". Questioning is an integral part of most human thought, yet is universally forbidden, or at least discouraged by all major religions. This book provides great insight on how this can occur.
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The author's blog has an interesting article about the stupidity of the "intelligent design creationism" fantasy at http://religionvirus.blogspot.com/2010/12/intelligent-design-proponent-says-god.html
"Darwin was the first to use data from nature to convince people that evolution is true, and his idea of natural selection was truly novel. It testifies to his genius that the concept of natural theology, accepted by most educated Westerners before 1859, was vanquished within only a few years by a single five-hundred-page book. On the Origin of Species turned the mysteries of life's diversity from mythology into genuine science." -- Jerry Coyne
Monday, March 25, 2019
A book I might buy. It's about the history of religious stupidity.
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