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by the same author, with the far right alt conservative views once saw on back their religious views an in this climate could not open cover, Amazon needs a warning in this climate on authors who are so far alt right conservatives which is not a tolerable climate make for costly burning material or emer. ttp for the outhouse
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I had this problem with Oliver North.  That is, authors with over the top religious beliefs that they just cannot constrain to the privacy of family and church group.  Like the bothersome people who knock on your door in the middle of the day to "show you the way" (to their church and collection plate), Rosenberg continually interrupts what seems like a good story, to pile  bible quote after bible story after religious preaching right on your head.  I cringed each time this happened, hoping I could ignore it and try to enjoy the story.  I finally gave up on page 182 and tossed the book in the trash.  Why would a presumably talented author be so compelled to ruin his story with this incessant religious rant?  I'm a conservative and a believer.  But I don't need Rosenberg to waste my time trying to save me.

PS: This was for the book, not the Audio book.
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Sales of this book directly support hate monger James David Manning and his group Atlah Ministries, designated a hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center. Research the group before you buy this book as you may not like who you're supporting.
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Those of you who demand that we respect your belief in your invisible, imaginary friends need to understand that some of us find that offensive, irresponsible, and not in the best interests of the human race. In the face of evangelism, fundamentalism and religious terrorism, DAWKINS' WORDS NEED TO BE TAUGHT IN SCHOOLS AND WRITTEN ON BILLBOARDS! Remember this the next time someone dies because of a picture in a newspaper cartoon.
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Please note this message from David A Dudenhoefer of "Paul Daily" While using the NAME "Ron Paul" this group of activists against liberty have chosen to advertise their campaign to lower the ratings of a book, NOT as they object to the CONTENT, but in fascistic lock step, just because...

These COWARDS lack the fortitude to DEBATE the content of the book, but as good little BROWN Shirted Fascists do, they attack by dishonestly rating books they HAVE NEVER READ as a political comment and as the message states, ""Send Mark Levin a messaage from us "Neo-Confederates" yet these insane people ARE ATTACKING a BOOK ON AMAZON, not "sending a message" which can be done through Mr. Levine's web page, Social Networking pages, or his official channels.

Disclosure. I have purchased "The Liberty Amendments" but haven't read it yet, but had to comment upon the wrong headed, unethical fascistic games of "Neo-Confederates" at [...]
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Downgrade Levin's book and then write in the review section why nullification is the answer over a very dangerous artile V convention.

We did this before with Levin and others and it DOES get their attention. The last time, he spoke about it on the air.

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Remember the date of this post from the "[...] fascists against freedom who use the "Ron Paul" name with no permission or connection who rate the book out of line with previous reviews in a vain attempt to make themselves relevant.
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I write this as another Republican debate blares in South Carolina. This book was written during those awful Bush years. As these Republicans debate, Bush is forgotten. But not gone.

My problem is with the hyperbole of the title of the book. And yet, nobody had a problem with "Islamofascism" made famous by the late Chris Hitchens.

Hyperbole aside, the message of the book is important: tolerant societies sometimes are too tolerant of the intolerant. We need to talk back to these Christian Crackpots who hate everything, lack compassion and are pushing the Republican Party ever farther and farther to the Right. Can we call it Fascism? I don't know. But Hedges is correct that if we don't fight back against this hatred, we will lose. Just listen to Santorum and company talk. It's frightening.

Back to the South Carolina debate where all they want to do is end healthcare, burn as much carbon as possible and make sure that Gays can't marry. We, certainly, are a better country than that.
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A forceful and emotional "sermon" - we see ourselves in the looking glass through the words of Fallaci.  Laughably, Publishers Weekly declares (in a statement thoroughly fearful and utterly dripping of politically correctness - exactly what Fallaci chastizes us for) that the book "will not sit well with American readers".  Such utter rubbish from Publishers Weekly...  If you think we're not facing a war for the soul of this nation and you want to sit around the campfire and sing happy songs and hold hands, then please, by all means, have at it.
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Leftist websites have been encouraging people to write scathing reviews of this book - WHICH THEY HAVE NEVER READ!

It would be funny if it was not so scary how close these people are to the brown-shirts of the 1930's who burned the books the Fuhrer told them to - since they did not have the wit to actually read them.

If there is a reason to read this interesting book - these totalitarians have given it you.
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Richard Fugate is a very sick man and needs to be hospitalized.  I regard this book as I do other hate literature, i.e., the diatribes from other religious extremists, the KKK, the Aryan Nation types, and weapon-toting vigilantes. He uses the time-worn tactic of hiding his hatred of children behind the Christian cross, and claiming he has intimate knowledge of what God "thinks" and "wants".

  "God knows exactly what he's doing," Fugate assures us. There is a serious mental problem here, as in delusions of grandeur, but let those be diagnosed and treated in the hospital I hope he gets committed to.

  We are told that a child, being beaten with a rod, does not identify the punisher as causing the pain, but thinks only of "his own rebellion." Having read God's mind, he now reads the child's.  Fugate (try mentioning THAT name in a classroom of unruly kids!) rhapsodizes over the superiority of the rod or whip to the paddle.

  "Chastising" is a snotty word, taken from the bible and uttered by bullies and other lickspittle cowards of Churchianity. For all his ranting of the "Godly" duties of extreme parenting, I feel that here would be the exception Jesus would make to his vow of non-violence. As a pacifist myself, I wouldn't hesitate to step up and stop this flagrant abuser.

  He is a menace to society. Like other sociopaths, he gives detailed instructions on torturing children small and large, and recommends that the reader acquire a rod and have at it. After all, God "designed the rod" for the express purpose of beating children into obedient submission to authority. This man shouldn't be on the streets. He is sicker than the strong-willed Dobson. - Norm Lee
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As a member of one of the dozens of sects of Christianity here in the United States, I have noted over the last couple of decades the decline in American values, and the rise of Secular Humanism (AKA atheism) as the government-sponsored, official state religion, to the exclusion of all others, but most specifically targeted for elimination are Christians. My alarm has been tempered by my understanding of the fact that as Christians, we have a powerful majority, so I have not been as alarmed as I should have been.

However, it is becoming increasingly obvious that the rage directed against Christianity, primarily by liberals, and most vehemently by the highly liberal 'gay' community, is silently (only because of the MSM blackout surrounding such events) creeping toward a line that should not be crossed.

In my lurking around online havens of liberalism, I have noted that the hatred of Christianity is real and growing. The propaganda in our public schools (including Universities) is so blatantly anti-Christian I am quite surprised that only Conservatives are aware of it. The anti-Christian, anti-American, pro-homosexual, pro-communism, anti-capitalist propaganda has, by design, found its way into the elementary schools of our nation.

Our children are being brainwashed to despise Christianity, morality, America, capitalism, and personal responsibility from the time of their first exposure to organized education, all paid for with our tax dollars.

Many parents are too busy working to pay ridiculously high taxes (thanks to liberals) and land values (thanks to tree-huggers) to notice what the educators of our great nation are cramming into the minds of the impressionable, captive audiences that are our children attending public schools.

The courts, packed with political liberals, are legislating from the bench, virtually rewriting the constitution to force laws upon us that our legislators never would have approved. The liberals are using our taxpayer-funded courts to enact their radical extremist agenda, in collusion with corrupt leftist justices.

David Limbaugh has a brilliant legal mind, and his book details, exposes, and educates us about the dangers of letting things continue as they are. Persecution is a clarion call to American Christians to defend our Constitutionally-guaranteed right to practice our religions, to tear down the extra-Constitutional "wall of separation between church and state," and to assert our rights in the public square.

We need to cleanse the education system of the propaganda which is at best, teaching children to hate Christians and to convert to Islam, and at worst, inciting them to future violence.

We must stop the unconstitutional governmental promotion of Secular Humanism as the official state religion.

Please read this book. Unlike the one-star reviewers, I have actually read the book, and it is a thorough, brilliant read. It should be required reading for every American citizen who uses our tax dollars to educate themselves or their children.

Finally, this book is one of the best referenced, documented, recommended books in print in America today. Ignore the one-star reviewers who simply love to hate Christians, Conservatives, and Patriotic Americans. Read this book!
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This book is a plea for liberals to speak sensibly about what is happening, to not desert the field and allow the extreme right to be the only voices making true statements challenging Islamist and jihadist thought and ideology. According to Nawaz's definitions, Islamists and jihadists are those who are committed to imposing their version of Islam upon others, even on other cultures and peoples. According to Nawaz and Harris, we are all affected by Islam and must encourage each other to thoroughly and freely think and discuss how and why it is developing as it is.  Self-censorship is a common response.

Jihadist go one step further and are committed to violence, including violence against civilians. Actual commitment to Islam as religion among individuals in these groups runs along the complete spectrum. Some are truly pious, others are cynical but attracted for political or grievance reasons, etc.

Nawaz calls western leftists "regressive leftists" and fellow-travelers with lslamists. Leftist actively challenge and censure their "own" Western culture without limit in the name of progress, but side with every Muslim regressive reactionary out of fear of violence or fear of taint of neo-colonialism.

Minorities within minorities are a central concern of Nawaz. Leftists are betraying their supposed concern for women, homosexuals, free-thinkers, apostates, and others, in order to fetishize the "real" Muslims, in all their supposed cultural "authenticity."

Nawaz also emphasizes the betrayal of liberalism itself in this stance, and the racism involved in low-expectations and double standards. Leftist freeze and fetishize their idea of Islam. Muslims are not allowed nuance and variety, and are not expected to be able to participate as adults in democracy; they are given special protections and excuses for extreme uncivil behavior. Both Sam and Nawaz are tagging leftism as a big part of the problem in the present crisis.

In this climate, Sam Harris is indeed a unique voice of reason in the face of Western leftist failure, standing up to criticize what is believed to be taboo. Most journalists, "intellectuals" and cultural pundits are an embarrassment. Freely criticizing and even despising their own religions of origin and countries or traditions, they tend to empower the "offended" and "angry" Muslim as pure and good.

This book is excellent, but just gets us started. It has numerous ways of understanding the state of affairs that opens new avenues of thought. I admire both of these men for their courage and commitment to speaking openly. It has also helped me value criticism of my own religion, Christianity, but not as a red-herring that distracts from or excuses the present challenges of Islam.
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The author shows an infantile knowledge of the rosary and an extremist Christian to say the least. She needs to update her knowledge significantly about other denominations. Otherwise, her book makes a good reading.
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This is a book for a thinking person.  If you dislike the author's religion and want to disparage the book on that basis, you probably won't even like the fact that its been published.
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As chief of the Atlanta fire and rescue department, this author has shown through his words that his faith is in conflict with his legal obligation to run a fair and diverse department.  Calling gays and lesbians perverts on the level of those who have sex with children and animals does not demonstrate the kind of attitude that would give his employees confidence that he could be trusted to act without discrimination.  Distributing this book among his department's employees suggests not just private beliefs, but an attempt to persuade others in a way that seems a violation of his position of power.  So buyers of this book should be aware that it is on the extreme end of attitudes, with the above only one example of views expressed in such a hateful way that most religious people  would not wish to be viewed as on the same level as he. He went to a lot of trouble to express hate and disdain, and to promulgate those views.
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Dear Raheel, I did enjoy your book and I think you are an inspiration to all of us.
However, I unfortunately do not think that you represent a "silent majority" or any kind of "mainstream islam".

Anyone who has read for himself the Coran, and the Sunnah, will realize this:

For every peaceful, tolerant and loving quote that you give in your book, there are at least 2 hateful, violent, xenophobic and intolerant quotes in the doctrine.

Yes, there are perhaps positive directives in the doctrine.  There are also many, many very un-ambiguous incitations to war, violence, intolerance, deceit and degradations to women.

Anyone who reads the Coran will perhaps be shocked that in the first verses, the difference between Muslims and non-believers is firmly established, and this is a leitmotiv that threads through the rest of the book.

Not to mention the verse early on that declares wives are the tilth of men, and men can use them sexually whenever they command (the woman cannot refuse).  Or even earlier where the Coran distinguishes the values of lives: a life for a life, a slave for a slave, a woman for a woman.

There are so many verses, quotes, stories that go against our moral values.

The only way to have a view of political Islam that is compatible with human rights and democracy, is to disregard or re-interpret at least 50% of the written doctrine.

I would love to believe that it woud be possible to re-direct this ideology, back to the one you experienced in childhood, but given the nature of the written trilogy underlying this "religion", I am afraid it may not be possible.
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The End of Faith is a book that you'll want to read along with your best pen and a notebook. Harris attacks all religious faiths in this book: Christianity, Islam, Judaism and even Hinduism. Religion leaves otherwise well-intentioned people incapable of thinking rationally about many of their deepest concerns at best; at worst it is a continuous source of human violence. More important to note: Harris' statement in this book is about the danger of blind faith in ANY dogma without evidence. Secular tolerance of religion (mainly by the far-Left) by sheltering it from criticism is nearly as irrational as embracing religion itself, and potentially just as dangerous and threatening to human civilization. It is time that those who hold beliefs without evidence are pushed to the margins of society.

There is even a lengthy segment about the political dogma of Communism, although secular in form, instilled as much genocidal unreason in it's people as religion has. "Nazism... was held together by a belief in the racial purity and superiority of the German people. The obverse of this fascination with race was the certainty that all impure elements - homosexuals, invalids, Gypsies, and, above all, Jews - posed a threat to the fatherland." (Page 101)

Other quotes:

Page 66 - "...faith is nothing more than a willingness to await the evidence... believe now, live an untestable hypothesis until your dying day and you will discover that you were right."

Page 106 - "Whenever you hear that people have begun killing noncombatants intentionally and indiscriminately, ask yourself what dogma stands at their backs. What do these freshly minted killers *believe*? You will find that it is always - always - preposterous."

This book is undoubtedly academic in letter, but very engaging in form. There are no shortages of numbered footnotes in the text (the last 100 pages are all notes) that reference to the back of the book for citation and further discussion. This book is highly reccomended.

(EDIT: There is a poster going through LITERALLY every single positive review on any book criticizing religion and offering a wall of computer-generated text. Actually, I doubt any living person could waste so much of their life commenting on reviews trying to shield their religion from criticism so I'm going to say the posts ARE computer-generated, besides the fact that they don't make any sense.)
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Mr. Pullman, while gifted as a writer, seems to see himself as a prophet of atheism. Do I have a problem with this? No! Mr. Pullman can preach whatever he believes. Do I have a problem with this trilogy? Yes, and emphatically so. These books are NOT PRO-athiest. They are ANTI-Christian/Judaism/Muslim. They don't attack the idea of God, they attack these faiths specific views of God; a very important distinction.

These books were written for children--and written in such a way as to try to guide children into agreeing with Pullmans beliefs. He does not come out and say what he thinks until the end of the trilogy, by which point the children have come to identify with his characters. Mr. Pullman is taking the only audience he can find that are impressionable enough to do damage to, and trying to influence their thinking. He compares himself to CS Lewis--an anti-CS lewis if you will--this is fine (if incorrect, as Lewis is promoting a belief, not attacking one). However, the subtle nature of his work and the fact that his books are not advertised as anti-Judeo/Christian is where the problem comes in. If he wants to write to influence people, he is welcome to do so (and even should do so if he has strong beliefs), however, he shouldn't try to sneak his ideas past the guiding influence of parents. Mr. Pullman is an ethical coward--one who will not try to sell his ideals to completely rational beings, for fear of rejection and low sales.

To conclude, Mr. Pullman should either write books without his moral slant, or declare their moral slant early (on the cover!)so that parents can more easily understand what the book is about and what the author is trying to convince their children of.