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Books : Atheist Manifesto: The Case Against Christianity, Judaism, and IslamIn association with Amazon.comby: Michel Onfray  List Price: $15.99 Amazon.com's Price: $10.87 You Save: $5.12 (32%)Prices subject to change. Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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Binding: PaperbackEAN: 9781559708500 ISBN: 1559708506 Label: Arcade Publishing Manufacturer: Arcade Publishing Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 264 Publication Date: January 16, 2008 Publisher: Arcade Publishing Studio: Arcade Publishing Sales Rank: 91532 Related Items:
Editorial Review: Product Description: This tightly argued, hugely controversial work convincingly demonstrates how the world's three major monotheistic religions-Christianity, Judaism, and Islam-have attempted to suppress knowledge, science, pleasure, and desire, often condemning nonbelievers to death. If Nietzsche proclaimed the "Death of God," Onfray starts from the premise that not only is God still very much alive, but increasingly controlled by fundamentalists who pose a danger to the human race. Documenting the ravages from religious intolerance over the centuries, the author makes a strong case against the three religions for demanding faith, belief, obedience and submission, and for extolling the "next life" at the expense of the here and now. Not since Nietzsche has a work so groundbreaking and explosive appeared to question the role of the world's dominant religions. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Exceptional among his peersI wish I could read French - this is a philosopher whose books must be read by anyone wishing to better understand religion and supersition. Onfray is not polemical like Harris, not scathing like Dawkins and not elaborate like Dennett. Instead his approach is matter-of-fact, straight to the bone and more effective in my view than the others mentioned. He deeply cares for atheism's values and accurately identifies the core issues of the monotheisms, and he obviously isn't scared to expose ... Read More Rating:  - Passion and Reason combinedA crisply written, passionate expose of the three major monotheistic religions that manages to be engaging, revealing and well researched using the most impeccable of sources - the Koran, the Bible and Talmud and Torah. The major thesis? These religions are created by men to empower some men and disempower most, especially women and children, and to deny the now of life as it is lived, for a mythical life in the hereafter. To think that Mein Kampf was never placed on the Catholic Church's ... Read More Rating:  - Disappointing and misleadingTo appreciate or reject Onfray's book it's important to understand what 'Atheist Manifesto' is about. Is it really a declaration of atheism made by a modern philosopher? Or maybe, as the subtitle and bulk of the book's contents would suggest, an indictment of monotheism? Or is it a proposal of a new, strictly secular order that would replace the present one, based on too Christian values? I'm afraid that in fact it's neither, as a result misleading and disappointing the reader. The book fails ... Read More Rating: - Worth the readingAs an atheist, I was interested and learned a lot supporting my long distaste for the three monotheistic religions. I think Onfray missed something by not addressing the question of the "God" gene, the thought that humans have evolved to need and accept the idea of gods. The last part of the book, which I was looking forward to as guidance for going about helping the world "get over religion" left me flat. It seems to me that human evolution has dictated ways we interact that we're not going ... Read More Rating: - so soHas some good stuff about Pauls hysteria and how the cult of jesus got started and how it became an official religion.THE GOD DELUSION was much better.I may go back and re read some parts of the atheist manifesto but over all Its only worth one read. Browse for similar items by category:
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