did anyone read this yet? it's amazing and confirmed my dislike of religions in general but with far more details and far more reasons to give up on them. religion poisons everything.

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"How wrong it is for a woman to expect the man to build the world she wants, rather than to create it herself."

"I postpone death by living, by suffering, by error, by risking, by giving, by losing."

"I will not be just a tourist in the world of images, just watching images passing by which I cannot live in, make love to, possess as permanent sources of joy and ecstasy. "

-from the goddess that is Anaïs Nin

to me its just common sense, i dont need to waste money on a book to confirm the shittiness of religion

I am no expert on God and religion; I would never imply that I had any relationship with the divine any greater than anyone else could have, even though I enjoy improving the deeper personal connection I pursue. I don't do group introspection and group self-revelation. I do think that religions do assist the group-minded needs of those who otherwise are not re-charged in solitude.

Religion is different than religiousness. An example could be if we looked at music and musicians. Some people worship their favorite celebrity idols; others simply enjoy playing music at home and learning new songs. It would be bizarre and short-sighted to condemn the music business because you discover they create idols for the purpose of making a profit while providing entertainment. This is simply what they do. Religion uses prophets to make music also--and money; people just like to call it something else. If you can't separate the industry with the inspiration and expression of artistic works, then I can see why you confuse the issue by placing them all in one basket called "music"--or--"religion".

I prefer the indies!

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I gave love; you gave me a thistle;
We shared tenderness; then you ran away;
I planted a rose; and you blossomed;
I had fresh hopes; tho' winter froze them solid

God is not great: how religion poisons everything?

It seems like these books just cater to those who already dislike religion and want to see something in writing to confirm their feelings. I'll admit I just read the review on amazon, that was enough I found even that annoying. Frankly how can anyone say that ALL religion is bad, there's far too many, not to mention that even though some religions may right off women or depict violence in their books, many followers don't take that into their everyday life.

You could put fifty Christians in a room and the odd of finding two that worshiped or took the bible in the same way is very slim. So why write about a religion as if everyone follows it verbatim? In actuallity there are many people who have turned to religion as an aid for spiritualism, or to find community support, and guess what it actually helps them, and their peace of mind. To say that religion is poison is a simple objective statement, and writing a book about it and publishing in hardcover is just an exploitive way to make money.

Atheists can be more annoying than vegans

then go to the library and read it for free. Hitchens is amazing and absolutely hilarious.

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"How wrong it is for a woman to expect the man to build the world she wants, rather than to create it herself."

"I postpone death by living, by suffering, by error, by risking, by giving, by losing."

"I will not be just a tourist in the world of images, just watching images passing by which I cannot live in, make love to, possess as permanent sources of joy and ecstasy. "

-from the goddess that is Anaïs Nin