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This book presents two basic arguments: 1) that there is additional life following our physical death -- for both saints and sinners -- and that the transfer from our current life to an afterlife occurs by way of minute sub-atomic particles which are part of our brains (and will ultimately be identified);...

Jesus Cries When You Touch Yourself is a comic monologue written in tribute to the late George Carlin on the topic of religious bullshit in America. Influenced by Carlin, Friedrich Nietzsche, Bill Maher, Monty Python, and the writers of South Park, the author uses constant mockery and absurdist humor...

Meet “the Nones”—In this thought-provoking exploration of secular America, celebrated journalist Katherine Ozment takes readers on a quest to understand the trends and ramifications of a nation in flight from organized religion. Studies show that religion makes us happier, healthier and...

Mary Eberstadt, “one of the most acute and creative social observers of our time,” (Francis Fukuyama) shines a much-needed spotlight on a disturbing trend in American society: discrimination against traditional religious belief and believers, who are being aggressively pushed out of public life...

Summary of The God Delusion by Richard Dawkins | Includes Analysis   Preview: In The God Delusion, philosopher Richard Dawkins evaluates popular arguments for the existence of God. The idea that God is not an object that can be accessed and reviewed using human...

In much of the Muslim world, religion is the central foundation upon which family, community, morality, and identity are built. The inextricable embedment of religion in Muslim culture has forced a new generation of non-believing Muslims to face the heavy costs of abandoning their parents’ religion:...

Why should we believe in God without any evidence? How can there be meaning in life when death is final? Does a Godless universe imply moral relativism? With adherents including Einstein, Freud, Philip Pullman, and Frank Zappa, and often described as the thinking person’s religion, Humanism aims to...

What is an Angel? The ultimate, and arguably the only, reference on the most noble of subjects is now available as an eBook. This book covers every resource available to bring you the answer to the question. A must have for every scholar, theologian and those curious about the existence of Angels.

Pan is the little goat-god of chaos, but a belief in chaos is a belief in a lack of gods in this universe. This a lament from a man who wants to believe, but hears the flutes of Pan instead.

The question of where we come from and where we are going is one of the elementary challenges of life. Perhaps it is THE question of life. Only when we get an answer to it do we learn who we are. With these striking words, Prof Helmut Thielicke begins this book about the most fundamental of all questions;...

A must-have for anyone who wants to better understand the conflict in the Middle East since Jewish People came to Israel. The book starts with the rise and fall of ISIS and how the major source of their recruitment was their End Time ideology. With the fall of Mosul in Iraq and Raqqa in Syria, ISIS...

Take a front row seat as I honestly examine Christianity to determine if I will remain an atheist, become a Christian, or take a different path. As you join along in my examination of Christianity, I encourage you to verify the information I provide, while never renouncing your own beliefs, unless...

An air of profound mystery surrounds the fraternal order of Free and Accepted Masons, or Freemasons. Built on three pillars of brotherly love, charity, and truth, the order ranks among the world's oldest and most renowned societies. This classic study explores Freemasonry's history and traditions,...

For over 500 years witches, male and female, practised magic for both harm and good in their communities. Most witches worked locally, used by their neighbours to cure illness, create love, or gratify personal spite against another. Margaret Lindsay from Northumberland was prosecuted for making men...