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Author : Annie Besant
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 298 pages
Book Rating : 4.51/5 ( download)
Download or read book My Path to Atheism written by Annie Besant and published by . This book was released on 1885 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Annie Besant
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781519599360
Total Pages : 246 pages
Book Rating : 4.66/5 ( download)
Download or read book My Path to Atheism written by Annie Besant and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2015-11-29 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "My Path to Atheism" from Annie Besant. British socialist, theosophist, women's rights activist, writer and orator and supporter of Irish and Indian self-rule (1847 - 1933).
Author : Annie Wood Besant
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781440099649
Total Pages : 292 pages
Book Rating : 4.42/5 ( download)
Download or read book My Path to Atheism written by Annie Wood Besant and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2015-06-02 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written by Annie Besant, My Path to Atheism is one of the most well known works of this notable British writer and women's rights activist. In this collection of essays written over a five-year period, Besant traces her path to atheism while simultaneously outlining her theosophist philosophies. The first essay presented in this collection, On the Deity of Jesus of Nazareth was written before Besant had officially parted with the Church of England. It is a signpost marking the author's final split with Christianity, and is an appropriate first essay in this book. The essay relies heavily on the author's knowledge of the stories of The Bible, as she displays what she interprets as weaknesses in the story of Jesus. Many of the essays in this collection are written in a similar vein to the first. Besant was clearly a scholar of the Bible, and she is thus able to form compelling arguments against many of the stories and theories of Christianity. Later essays see Besant writing persuasively against religious education and blind faith in a set of religious values. On the Nature and the Existence of God is perhaps the most important essay of the collection, in which the author most clearly outlines her argument for atheism. "We know nothing beyond Nature," Besant states, "We judge of the future by the present and the past." My Path to Atheism is an essential work by one of the most noted atheists of the early twentieth century. Those willing to invest time and effort into this collection will undoubtedly be influenced in one direction or another by its arguments. This is a worthwhile read for both believers and atheists alike, and is thus highly recommended. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author : Chris Stedman
Publisher : Beacon Press
ISBN 13 : 0807014397
Total Pages : 209 pages
Book Rating : 4.94/5 ( download)
Download or read book Faitheist written by Chris Stedman and published by Beacon Press. This book was released on 2012-11-06 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of a former Evangelical Christian turned openly gay atheist who now works to bridge the divide between atheists and the religious The stunning popularity of the “New Atheist” movement—whose most famous spokesmen include Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris, and the late Christopher Hitchens—speaks to both the growing ranks of atheists and the widespread, vehement disdain for religion among many of them. In Faitheist, Chris Stedman tells his own story to challenge the orthodoxies of this movement and make a passionate argument that atheists should engage religious diversity respectfully. Becoming aware of injustice, and craving community, Stedman became a “born-again” Christian in late childhood. The idea of a community bound by God’s love—a love that was undeserved, unending, and guaranteed—captivated him. It was, he writes, a place to belong and a framework for making sense of suffering. But Stedman’s religious community did not embody this idea of God’s love: they were staunchly homophobic at a time when he was slowly coming to realize that he was gay. The great suffering this caused him might have turned Stedman into a life-long New Atheist. But over time he came to know more open-minded Christians, and his interest in service work brought him into contact with people from a wide variety of religious backgrounds. His own religious beliefs might have fallen away, but his desire to change the world for the better remained. Disdain and hostility toward religion was holding him back from engaging in meaningful work with people of faith. And it was keeping him from full relationships with them—the kinds of relationships that break down intolerance and improve the world. In Faitheist, Stedman draws on his work organizing interfaith and secular communities, his academic study of religion, and his own experiences to argue for the necessity of bridging the growing chasm between atheists and the religious. As someone who has stood on both sides of the divide, Stedman is uniquely positioned to present a way for atheists and the religious to find common ground and work together to make this world—the one world we can all agree on—a better place.
Author : W. Michael King
Publisher : W.Michael King
ISBN 13 : 1419698753
Total Pages : 8 pages
Book Rating : 4.50/5 ( download)
Download or read book Atheists Can Get To "Heaven" written by W. Michael King and published by W.Michael King. This book was released on 2008-08-28 with total page 8 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The extraordinary journey of this book shows revolutionary discoveries that transcend across the physical into the metaphysical. By replacing mythology and faith with reason, the meaning and vision of enlightened spirituality for humanity is opened. As a compelling story, it connects you to a timeless philosophy, revealing a thought-provoking and perhaps controversial new version of humanity's evolving future. The author transports you beyond "the tunnel of light" to explore the vastness of our evolutionary future! Imagine that at the moment of your birth, when your body first experienced the sensations of being out of your mother's womb and feeling air for the very first time, you were an open canvas, a fabric of being ready for imprinting with the colors and the human concepts of life. At that instant, were you actually a "blank canvas?" Were you open in spirit, pure in being, and free of any influences or proclivities? What are your natural tendencies? In the wondrous assemblage of your being, your fabric already carried the indelible imprints of the heritage from your ancestral bloodlines. Your genetic construction imbued you with natural talents, abilities, and tendencies that in combination cause you to be a unique individual. When you were born, you were the most recent extension of your familial path that had preceded you through hundreds of generations. Then what happened? You developed and evolved through a progression of experiences, information, and teachings that when superimposed onto the fabric of your natural self, shaped you. Some of these influences and experiences wholly complemented the inherent nature of who and what you are. Other influences could have failed to complement your nature, setting up conflicts that might have impeded the efficiency of your path toward optimal self-advancement. In some individuals, the influences applied could have dramatically conflicted with their nature, possibly resulting in many diverse consequences to their personalities such as through turmoil, anger, withdrawal, or confusion. When you were young, influences occurred and experiences gathered that might have been easy, or difficult, for you to cope with. Collectively, all of your influences and emotions embedded within you to form a "belief system" - which is your mental acceptance, your personal conviction, of values and truths that constitute a foundation upon which you reference your life. It can be an amazing and formidable challenge to probe into your reference foundation, see the vistas beyond its boundaries, discover your true nature, and develop a new reality that you can use to evolve yourself. Memories of events may fade over time, but the inadvertently implanted emotional reflexes within you can remain influential to your personality and behaviour. Implanted effects can have many consequences for you. These may span the whole range of positive to negative, from intended and volitional reactions to circumstances and people, to emotionally reflexive where you act without the use of deliberate thought. When you ask yourself the question, "Who am I?" first listen with your mind then open your emotional heart. You may experience deep and unexplained emotions, reminding you of some forgotten memory of long ago, or dreams of something that you cannot recall nor define. Observations of individuals tend to indicate that it is not precisely what occurred to you that remains with you as your reference system in life: it is how you reacted and "believe" what happened that matters as you define yourself. Rationally gaze inside yourself and deliberately examine your processes. You may learn more about the mysteries of your mind by examining your responses to the descriptions presented to you during this Journey! Take advantage of this invitation to make an assessment through your own exploration into what might be a vast unknown: your inner self.
Author : Jerry DeWitt
Publisher : Da Capo Press
ISBN 13 : 0306822245
Total Pages : 290 pages
Book Rating : 4.47/5 ( download)
Download or read book Hope After Faith written by Jerry DeWitt and published by Da Capo Press. This book was released on 2013-06-25 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A former Louisiana pastor's courageous memoir chronicling his conversion to atheism.
Author : Annie Besant
Publisher : Reprint Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9783959401180
Total Pages : 294 pages
Book Rating : 4.83/5 ( download)
Download or read book My Path to Atheism written by Annie Besant and published by Reprint Publishing. This book was released on 2015-12-08 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Complete digitally restored reprint (facsimile) of the original edition of 1885 (third edition) with excellent resolution and outstanding readability. Annie Besant (born October 1, 1847, died September 20, 1933). She was a prominent British socialist, theosophist, women's rights activist, writer and orator and supporter of Irish and Indian self-rule. President of the Theosophical Society. Annie Besant died at age 85 in Adyar, Madras Presidency, British India. Her body was cremated.
Author : Dr. Sy Garte
Publisher : Kregel Publications
ISBN 13 : 0825446074
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.78/5 ( download)
Download or read book The Works of His Hands written by Dr. Sy Garte and published by Kregel Publications. This book was released on 2019-11-19 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Raised in a militant atheist family, Sy Garte fell in love with the factual world of science. He became a respected research biochemist with an anti-theistic worldview to bolster his work—and he had no intention of seeking a God he didn't believe in. That is, until the very science he loved led him to question the validity of an atheistic worldview. His journey to answer the questions that confronted him drew him into becoming a fully committed Christian, determined to show others the truth: modern science doesn't contradict God at all but instead supports Christianity. In the first half of the book, Sy begins with how his experiences and quest for knowledge as a student and early in his career brought him to question his materialist assumptions. He goes on to reveal how lessons from physics, biology, and human nature —all presented for lay readers to easily understand—actually argue for belief in God. In the second half of the book, Sy looks at the arguments often presented against God in academic and scientific settings and explains the false foundations on which they rest. For those who have been told that the realities of science call for a rejection of God—but can't quite get rid of the feeling that this shouldn't be true—The Works of His Hands is an ideal reminder that the two don't have to be bitter enemies. Instead, this transformative book shares the beauty of the marriage between science and faith—and how, together, they can bring even the most unlikely to salvation.
Author : Annie Besant
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781499731408
Total Pages : 376 pages
Book Rating : 4.0X/5 ( download)
Download or read book My Path to Atheism written by Annie Besant and published by . This book was released on 2014-05-30 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: My Path to Atheism is a remarkable document in many ways, not least that it was written by a woman in Victorian England, not the most open free-thinking of societies, especially for women at that time. It needed a remarkable woman to write such a revolutionary and to 19th century minds, heretical document in a society where the Church had such a stronghold. Besant herself was originally married to a clergyman, but her increasingly anti-religious views and writings led to a legal separation. She went on to become a member of the National Secular Society and thence to co-edit the National Reformer, which put forth ideas on revolutionary ideas at the time such as trades unions, national education, birth control and so on. In 1877 Besant published this book 'My Path to Atheism' which was compiled from a series of lectures in which she surgically dissects the basic tenets of Christianity. As one reads the chapters, one can follow the evolution of her ideas from Theism to Atheism, ending up with a stunning refutation of the Church of England Catechism. Contents: PREFACE TO FIRST EDITION. ON THE DEITY OF JESUS OF NAZARETH A COMPARISON BETWEEN THE FOURTH GOSPEL AND THE THREE SYNOPTICS ON THE ATONEMENT. ON THE MEDIATION AND SALVATION OF ECCLESIASTICAL CHRISTIANITY. ON ETERNAL TORTURE. ON INSPIRATION ON THE RELIGIOUS EDUCATION OF CHILDREN. NATURAL RELIGION VERSUS REVEALED RELIGION. ON THE NATURE AND THE EXISTENCE OF GOD. EUTHANASIA. ON PRAYER. CONSTRUCTIVE RATIONALISM. THE BEAUTIES OF THE PRAYER-BOOK. MORNING PRAYER. EVENING PRAYER. THE LITANY. PRAYERS AND THANKSGIVINGS UPON SEVERAL OCCASIONS. THE COMMUNION SERVICE. THE BAPTISMAL OFFICES. THE ORDER OF CONFIRMATION. THE FORM OF THE SOLEMNIZATION OF MATRIMONY. THE ORDER FOR THE VISITATION OF THE SICK. THE ORDER FOR THE BURIAL OF THE DEAD. A COMMINATION OR DENOUNCING OF GOD'S ANGER AND JUDGMENTS AGAINST FORMS OF PRAYER TO BE USED AT SEA. THE FORM AND MANNER OF MAKING, ORDAINING, AND CONSECRATING OF BISHOPS, THE ARTICLES. THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND CATECHISM
Author : Annie Wood Besant
Publisher : Legare Street Press
ISBN 13 : 9781017186086
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.81/5 ( download)
Download or read book My Path to Atheism written by Annie Wood Besant and published by Legare Street Press. This book was released on 2022-10-27 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
