Peace on Earth - Is it Possible?: Often ONLY If Religion Has NO Influence on PoliticsEverpower Company, 2004 - 370 páginas Written for those who are caught in-between religious fundamentalism - Christian, Islamic or otherwise and pseudo-science - versus scientific discoveries and facts, reason, compassion and common sense. For readers caught between unproven creationism and scientific facts of evolution. Carl is a long time science-oriented former Christian who changed his views to Humanism/Atheism, after travelling to 50 countries during 25 years and seeing the results of religious division, senseless religion-based conflicts, traditions and laws. A must to read for those interested in basic sciences and questioning religion. Basic science information is written in a non-academic form. |
Contenido
Foreword | 4 |
Preface Taking Religion for What it | 6 |
Critical Questions | 10 |
The Origin of Religious Faith | 18 |
What is a NonTheist? | 25 |
Comparing FACTS and BELIEF | 28 |
Trying to Understand Four Billion Years | 37 |
Why Biblical Creation of Life is Obsolete | 41 |
Nature selfregulating accepts Survivors only | 169 |
Facts about Major World Religions | 174 |
Thomas Paine recognized it 200 years | 180 |
More Biblical Tales of Doom and Gloom | 190 |
Criminal Laws Still Biased by Religion | 195 |
More on Major World Religions | 211 |
The Philippines maybe a Religious Dictatorship? | 226 |
Gods Word taken Literally | 228 |
The Origin of Modern Man Another Possible Theory | 46 |
They Feed the Same Breed the Same Bleed the Same | 49 |
Microorganisms the True Lords of All Life | 72 |
The Most Vulnerable and Easily Brainwashed Group | 77 |
Basic Building Blocks of Life | 81 |
Life in Most Unlikely Places | 83 |
The Laws of the Cosmos | 87 |
The Tunguska Mystery | 92 |
Intelligent Reasoning vs Senseless Prophecies Superstitions | 95 |
Can Common Sense be found in Religion? | 105 |
The Lebanon Tragedy and More | 107 |
Who Really was Jesus Christ? | 115 |
The Gamble of Life and Death | 121 |
Science Facts Religious Confusion | 134 |
Negative and Positive Science and Technology | 143 |
Death Just another Natural Event | 146 |
Cause of Death Statistics | 156 |
Is Prayer Selfhypnosis? | 235 |
Time Space Matter and Gravity cannot be Ignored | 242 |
What is this Thing called Love? | 247 |
Only Science has the Answers | 253 |
What is the Spirit? | 263 |
Is Extraterrestrial Intelligent life Possible? | 280 |
Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence | 289 |
Atlantis Fact or Fiction? | 292 |
Cosmology and Religious Myth | 302 |
The Solar System | 307 |
Interstellar Space Beyond | 325 |
Important Basics of the Cosmos | 328 |
Observable and Predictable Creation in the Universe | 337 |
The Future Will it be Religion or Knowledge? | 347 |
Weather Food | 352 |
Glossary Disarmament | 363 |
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