- 210 pages
- English
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About this book
Mixing fiction with non-fiction, the author takes the reader on a ride through what irks him enough to write about, first in religion/theology and then in science, and includes the ideas that Abraham is a model for relating to God; an anti-dualistic bias is superior to the belief in the survival of the soul; the insistence that scripture is to be defended at all costs; the notion that theology can be systematized; the doctrine of the (paradoxical) atonement is simply a matter of faith; humans have no bearing on climate; evolution can only occur gradually; purity of race is an attainable goal; there is no serious competitor to materialism; mediums and spiritists are reliable guides to what the afterlife holds; and artificial intelligence poses little threat. The short stories are provided to offer lighter fare to the weightier topics in the non-fiction sections. The second such story has also been adapted into a film posted on YouTube.
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Topic
Theology & ReligionSubtopic
Religious EssaysTable of contents
- Title Page
- Introduction
- A Fine Mess
- A Time to Speak and a Time to Sh . . . Refrain (Based on Ecclesiastes 3:7b)
- Poor Richardās Almanac
- Thatās Using Your Head
- By Way of Comparison
- That Makes Two of Us
- The Plain (or Plane) Truth
- What I (Tentatively) Believe
- Old Souls
- The Way Things Thankfully Arenāt
- What Do We Expect?
- Efficacy and Proportionality
- Letters from Home
- What or Who Would You Rather Do Without?
- Climate Control
- Condemned to Evolve
- Mixing Promotes Health (The Headline Reads)
- I Have a Mind to Object to This
- Plant One on Me
- Made-to-Order Hypothetical Entities
- The Day before Tomorrow
- The Decline and Fall of Materialism?
- The Rules of the Game
- The Its Have It
- The Limit Is the Sky with AI
- FuturesāConcerning the End
- Conclusion
- Appendix
- Bibliography
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