Showing posts with label books. Show all posts
Showing posts with label books. Show all posts
24 August 2011
God, No!: Signs You May Already Be an Atheist and Other Magical Tales - Penn Jillette
If god (however you perceive him/her/it) told you to kill your child—would you do it?
If your answer is no, in my booklet you’re an atheist. There is doubt in your mind. Love and morality are more important to you than your faith.
If your answer is yes, please reconsider.
Another quote:
One attack I’ve heard theists make against atheists is, “So, you atheists think you know everything? You think you’re smart enough to know everything? You think science can figure out everything? There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, than are dreamt . . .” That quote is from my good friend Mr. Straw Man, but it’s an idea we hear all the time: atheists are arrogant and don’t think they need god, because they’ve got it all figured out. I think people who make that accusation are confusing style with content. I’m a loud, aggressive, strident, outspoken atheist, and I’m an asshole—but what I’m claiming is not in any way arrogant. It couldn’t be more humble. It’s just “I don’t know.”
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Where is the humility in being a theist? There is none. What would it mean for me to believe in god? It would mean that I know. Not just that I might happen to know about Kerouac, Thailand, liquid nitrogen, and vector calculus identities, but that I know that there is an omniscient, omnipotent, omnipresent power in the universe that I can’t prove to you, but that I know because I have faith. I know because I say I know.
God No Signs You Might Already Be An Atheist.epub
19 August 2011
Sexual abuse by people of god, is that news?
From the preface:
It demonstrates without a shadow of doubt that the sexual abuse of minors by priests is not a recent or a local phenomenon. Nor is the current crisis of clergy abuse just another pot-hole along the bumpy road in this history of the Catholic Church.
More books on this subject listed below (from Amazon or download free from fileserve):
Parkinson - Breaking the Long Silence; Reports of Child Sexual Abuse in the Anglican Church of Australia (2010).pdf
Lampinen & Sexton-Radek (eds.) - Protecting Children from Violence; Evidence Based Interventions (2010).pdf
Hamilton - Justice Denied; What America Must Do to Protect its Children (2008).pdf
Higgins & Swain - Disability and Child Sexual Abuse (2010).pdf
Smith (ed.) - Child Sexual Abuse; Issues and Challenges (2008).pdf
Ryan - Juvenile Sexual Offending; Causes, Consequences, and Correction (2010).pdf
Friedman & Boumil - Betrayal of Trust; Sex and Power in Professional Relationships (1995).pdf
Goode - Understanding and Addressing Adult Sexual Attraction to Children; A Study of Paedophiles in Contemporary Society (2010).pdf
Davidson & Gottschalk (eds.) - Internet Child Abuse; Current Research and Policy (2011).pdf
Turton - Child Abuse, Gender and Society (2008).pdf
Sax - Predators and Child Molesters; What Every Parent Needs to Know to Keep Kids Safe (2009).pdf
Sexual Assault Prevention and Response in the Armed Forces (2005).pdf
Stevens - Inside the Minds of Sexual Offenders; Predatory Rapists, Pedophiles, and Criminal Profiles (2001).pdf
Sanderson - Counselling Adult Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse, 3rd ed. (2006).pdf
Bolen - Child Sexual Abuse; Its Scope and Our Failure (2002).pdf
Preventing Child Sexual Abuse; A National Resource Directory and Handbook (2000).pdf
The Final Report of the Panel to Review Sexual Misconduct Allegations at the U.S. Air Force Academy (2004).pdf
Winick & La Fond (eds.) - Protecting Society from Sexually Dangerous Offenders; Law, Justice, and Therapy (2003).pdf
Oversight Hearing on Sexual Harassment within the Federal Law Enforcement Agencies (1994).pdf
Neumann - Sexual Crime; A Reference Handbook (2010).pdf
Doyle - Sex, Priests, and Secret Codes; The Catholic Church's 2000-year Paper Trail of Sexual Abuse (2006).pdf
Bolen - Child Sexual Abuse; Its Scope and Our Failure (2002).pdf
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