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Freedom From Religion Foundation, Inc. (2006), Hardcover, 392 pages
Description
A former preacher tell why he abandoned the guidance of the Bible to follow the dictates of own conscience.
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LibraryThing member yapete
Great compendium on rejecting fundamentalist religion from somebody who has lived through it. Authentic.
LibraryThing member Daniel.Estes
Dan Barker's semi-autobiographical critique of religion came into my life years ago at the same time I began asking the hard questions about the nature of existence, the universe and everything. To say that Losing Faith in Faith influenced me would be an understatement—more accurately, it fueled
Barker's writing is clever, replete with humor and a pure joy to read for anyone wrestling with the illogicality of belief. He can no longer take religion seriously so you see that he's just laughing at the absurdity of it all.
In the mid-2000's Losing Faith was updated for a newly-energized freethought market, and the result was 2008's Godless. The new edition is worth checking out since it goes into further detail on most of the subjects first printed here, but I still prefer this version.
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the flame that steered me away from dogmatic belief once and for all.Barker's writing is clever, replete with humor and a pure joy to read for anyone wrestling with the illogicality of belief. He can no longer take religion seriously so you see that he's just laughing at the absurdity of it all.
In the mid-2000's Losing Faith was updated for a newly-energized freethought market, and the result was 2008's Godless. The new edition is worth checking out since it goes into further detail on most of the subjects first printed here, but I still prefer this version.
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LibraryThing member folini
This is a good book, full of data, examples, and ideas, even if I don't like the "preacher" style of Dan. He always talks like he has the only goal of converting you, no matter what. I would prefer a more soft and less confrontational approach.
May be this is what religious people need in order to
May be this is what religious people need in order to
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LibraryThing member Devil_llama
This book by an ex-evangelical preacher is a detail of his journey from faith to non-belief. In a sense, you could consider it his "confession', as he discusses how he converted others to the faith, and participated in anti-evolution sermons. He also contributed music and plays to the vast corpus
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of Christian literature, from which he still draws royalties. The author writes in a very down-to-earth, approachable style, more friend than professor. Show Less
Original publication date
1992
Physical description
392 p.
ISBN
187773313X / 9781877733130
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