was totally enthralled with the methodical and logical
de-bunking of (the Bible) chapter after chapter.
Sadly, the generational indoctrination of people of ALL
religions has – as you have stated – caused so much death, destruction, pain
and alienation over thousands of years.
I can now understand why my own early religious
instruction glossed over the absolute hypocrisy of the Old Testament and
‘cherry-picked’ verses and chapters that propped up the shaky and improbable
fairy tales that we were led to believe were true.
No doubt like you, and hundreds of millions of other
impressionable young children, I was sent to Sunday School for several years
but soon discovered my teachers didn’t have the answers to the simplest of
questions.
My Sunday School teachers had no explanation for these
stories, but relied on ‘faith’ being the only reason to believe – and I must
not believe otherwise or I would burn in the fires of Hell for eternity.
I also enjoyed your own humorous comments sprinkled
throughout and agree with every word of your ‘Postscript’ chapter.”
Mr. Ian Ridgway – author of the Red Cedar – Red Gold
trilogy
“The first thing I can say is that I like that you
give details of your personal experiences, both in the introduction and
the conclusion. Not only does it make for better reading, but it also makes
what you have to say more relevant.
I like how you go through book by book, from Genesis to
Revelation. You provide a good overall analysis of the themes presented in each
book of the Bible and point out a lot of important moral, social, and
scientific nonsense. It reads like a secular/skeptical commentary, which is a
very “user-friendly” approach. I also think it is great how you
present a “nugget” idea in the square centre of the page, it makes for a good
presentation.
One thing you emphasise that also shocked me when I
first started doing this kind of critical analysis is the fact that the Old
Testament really says nothing about an afterlife whatsoever, neither heaven nor
hell. To me, that was an enormous red flag.
It’s not too advanced so as to be exclusively directed
only for scholars, but it’s not too superficial either. It’s obvious you spent
a lot of time and thought on this. You should definitely be proud of it.
Good luck and I wish you the best.”
Dr. Jonah Conner – author of All That’s Wrong with the Bible – Contradictions, Absurdities, and More
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