A ICEBERG - BOOKS TO READ
A field guide to bullshit – By Alison George REVIEW 5* BOOK TO READ
How do people defend their beliefs in bizarre conspiracy theories or the power of crystals? Philosopher Stephen Law has tips for spotting their strategies You describe your new book, Believing Bullshit, as a guide to avoid getting sucked into “intellectual black holes”. What are they? Intellectual black holes are belief systems that draw people in […]
The God You Thought You Knew Paperback – by Etta Anderson (BOOKS TO READ) BULLSHIT COVERING BULLSHIT ME THINKS RJ
Many people tend to read the Bible at the surface level and accept and obey what is there unquestioningly. This book takes an entirely different approach. It encourages readers to be honest and bold to acknowledge seeming shortcomings and question them. Who is bold enough to admit that the Genesis account of our origin is […]
The Rise and Fall of Adam and Eve by Stephen Greenblatt review – how a myth was exposed
This thrilling work charts the slow process, from Augustine to Milton to Darwin, by which the Genesis story became no longer tenable The Garden of Eden with the Fall of Man (1615) by Jan Brueghel the Elder and Peter Paul Rubens. Photograph: Alamy When they were young, my children reflected on where they came from. […]
Creation Stories of the Middle East By Ewa Wasilewska BOOKS TO READ
‘This account of Middle Eastern creation myths is a very detailed in its geographical and historical focus, and impressively wide-ranging in its scope… the painstaking research and critical insight make this a very valuable contribution to the subject.’ – Journal Of Beliefs & Values This comprehensive study of Middle Eastern creation stories explores the region’s […]
2000 Years of Disbelief: Famous People with the Courage to Doubt Hardcover – by James A. Haught
Synopsis Society rarely acknowledges the many and varied gifts that disbelievers give to the world. Churchmen generally contend that great figures in history, such as America’s founders, were conventional believers. That isn’t true, and this insightful, witty collection sets the record straight! This collection chronicles dozens of famous people such as Isaac Asimov, W E […]
The Lie That Wouldn’t Die: The Protocols of the Elders of Zion Paperback – by Hadassa Ben-Itto (Author)
Of all the libels that have served as a means of incitement of hate against Jews, and as intellectual justification of anti-Semitism, the myth of the so-called ‘Jewish Conspiracy’ to gain domination of the whole world, as embodied in the forged Protocols of the Elders of Zion, is probably the most devious and the most […]
A History of Zionism: From the French Revolution to the Establishment of the State of Israel by Walter Laqueur
This text offers a definitive account of Zionism. The term “Zionism” was first coined at the end of the 19th century, but the idea long reflected the misery of Jewish existence in central and eastern Europe, and the longing for the ancient homeland. Updated, and with a new preface, Walter Laqueur’s comprehensive history begins with […]