Twenty-first century's nightly news can't pass by without running
another story on religious conflict or clashes. While these
modern-day battles play out for the world to see, the issues that
act as a catalyst for them are deeply embedded in ancient texts
that claim to contain absolute certainties. An eye-opening and
vitally-important new book has burst upon the literary scene called
Allah, Jesus, and Yahweh: The Gods That Failed. The author, Gordon
Harrison, conducts a definitive expose of the ravages caused by
religion and breaks new ground in the world of investigative
literature. In this riveting history of three of the world's major
religions-Islam, Christianity, and Judaism-this book explores the
relationship between belief and the suspension of logic with its
consequential suffering. Beginning with the September 480 BCE
Battle of Marathon, the author traces the spread of Eastern belief
systems (and the three major religions in particular) from the
Middle East into Europe and the rest of the world. Citing examples
of how fanatic elements of each faith have caused war, bloodshed,
confusion and suffering, Harrison makes his case for reason and
freethinking. As the author notes the parlance in vogue for this
present invasion is a clash of civilizations-East versus West But
this is not entirely the case. There is a clash, but we have
confused the combatants. Many in the West do not intend to fight
for the preservation of Christianity; some in the East feel the
same about Islam. What we will defend is freedom, democracy, and
the values of the Enlightenment versus submission, dictatorship,
and the buzz of the hive mind. A colossal clash of ideals is
underway between the Enlightenment and the Army of the Night-those
who "know" they have absolute certainty without evidence. Religion
is certainty without proof; science is proof without certainty.
From religion to science, it has been a long night's journey into
light. Harrison asks the reader to hold his hand, walk with him
through these pages, and see the glory and the horror we have
created. Since its release, the book has garnered a consistent
string of rave reviews-here are three: This is an extremely
impressive book, one that should enlighten any open-minded reader,
theist and non-theist alike. Harrison transports the reader from
the ancient battle at Marathon across two millennia, following the
march of civilization to the present day. He shows in a clear and
engaging manner the moral corruption that is inherent in the
ancient texts that continue to serve as the scriptural foundations
of modern religions. His compelling mixture of philosophy,
theology, astronomy, psychology and physics, presented always in a
very accessible and entertaining style, persuasively demonstrates
how science illuminates and promotes understanding while religion
ossifies thinking patterns and all too often produces intergroup
conflict. I highly recommend this book to all. By James Alcock,
Professor of Psychology at York University, Toronto Something that
worked really well for me was the author's use of personal
anecdotes to illustrate some of his arguments. The one that really
stood out was the story about Mother Courage. The author re-creates
his experience with the bear and her cubs very vividly for the
reader. I found it not only very germane to his point about the
presence of morality in nature, but also very moving. This book
deserves a wide readership. By Dirk Verhulst, English Teacher.
Hilarious and powerful Equal to anything written by Hitchens,
Harris, Dawkins, and Dennett, the Four Horsemen of the
Anti-Apocalypse. Allah, Jesus, and Yahweh takes a deeper view of
time and a more humorous Mark Twain narrative approach than those
authors do. By Bill Walker, Freethinker"
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