Writers know how a book can take on a new direction, a life of its
own as s/he gets deeply into it. GODLESS has done this many times
since I began it in 1987. I explain some of these changes within,
but I want to share where I am in my atheism. Cynthia Sue Larson
and Patricia Zerman "got it' when they read the book. I am no
longer defensive about atheism as I realized how deeply rooted it
is in my emotional life and my limbic brain. I no longer have to be
offensive about it and my responses to attacks on the radio
resulted in me being identified as "atheist lite." I don't think
they meant I was a lightweight thinker (some may disagree), but
that I was refreshingly honest, funny, and fair. Further, I didn't
attack others' religious beliefs, but only explained why I felt my
beliefs were based on many powerful emotional experiences and then
later came my intellectual defenses or (to me) logical, rational
explanations of my beliefs. I have observed that this is what
everyone does. We are not basically logical, rational beings, but
are ruled more by what we "feel" in our bodies. From childish
arguments that sound like this - "You're stupid " - "No, You're
stupid" - which continues with no additional changes until one
gives up - to arguments between loved ones and the devastating
"discussions" between representatives of nations or political or
religious leaders that are emotionally based so NO compromises are
possible. I love my wife, children, and grandchildren more than
anyone or anything. Yet, they are all believers in God and some
religion. At times, it has left me somewhat lonely as I have tread
lightly on what I felt were the fallacies in their thinking and
beliefs. I knew their beliefs were based on their need for some
security, some protection from life's uncertainties, its
unavoidable pains and lack of justice. What kind of husband and
father would I be if I tried to take what religion was giving them
and replace it with GOD lessness? I finally found what I now
believe is a compromise that they and I can live with. This, the
latest incarnation of this book, is an explanation of why, one
atheist, emotionally believes what he does. Instead of attacking
religion and religious believers like most of the recent popular
atheist writers have done (and I respect and applaud them as they
have awakened the world to another way of looking at reality) I
have tried to take you on a journey through my mind and my
emotional experiences. My book GOD-INTOXICATED: Becoming Paranoid
(2007) much more deeply delves into my specific experiences and you
can take whatever I offer - or not. My hope (faith) is that it will
help you become a person that can live life that meets all your
needs to become the most honest, less fearful, and completely human
being that can allow, even encourage all others to live their lives
as freely and fearlessly.I wrote in CAREGIVING: The ANSWERS
ARE...(2012) that LOVE is the ultimate answer. The same is true for
a life worth living. I think you'll be surprised that an atheist
can help you live a loving, purposeful life. Read how Thinking the
UNthinkable is seeing endless possibilities based on MUTUAL RESPECT
and openness to others' experience of OUR world.
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