The Battle for the Mind: How You Can Think the Thoughts of God

The Battle for the Mind: How You Can Think the Thoughts of God
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Intelectually and spiritually stimulating

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Mind Boggled

A book for those who seek truth

Take control of your thoughts

The Battle for the Mind: How You Can Think the Thoughts of God
Noel Jones
Manufacturer: Destiny Image Publishers
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Binding: Paperback

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Intelectually and spiritually stimulating .......2007-09-18

Noel Jones gives Biblical foundation, an understanding of historical culture, and the straight forward explanation of the Christian need to use the gift that Jesus left us, the Holy Spirit, to commune and rejoice in this life.

Excellent.......2007-08-10

Excellent condition....Noel Jones is the preacher of preachers. His writing is as good has his preaching.I could hardly contain myself!!!

Mind Boggled.......2007-05-21

I have come to know the teaching and writings of Noel Jones as being very good, however, this book was rather disappointing as far as the understanding of it's content. The platform of this book is more suited for a student in an Thelogy class. I would not suggest this book to someone who is in direing need of immediate help. There was not enought of the down to earth support and direction for the average christian, (which is most of us.) You would actually need an dictionary and commentary to understand much of what was said. This book actually would leave a person more frustrated and confused. Unless you plan on getting deep in your study, this would not be the book for you.

A book for those who seek truth.......2007-05-19

It is a good book, not for the person who is does not have a true desire to be changed. It would be just hogwash to them. They wouldn't grasp it as truth.

Take control of your thoughts.......2007-05-13

This is an excellent book, which outlines the importance of keeping a strong check on thoughts by constantly being connected to God.

Every Woman's Battle: Discovering God's Plan for Sexual and Emotional Fulfillment

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Found it at the Right Time Anyway
A great book!
Read this book for what it's worth!
Helpful to the faithful.....

Every Woman's Battle: Discovering God's Plan for Sexual and Emotional Fulfillment
Shannon Ethridge
Manufacturer: WaterBrook Press
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Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 1578566851
Release Date: 2003-07-15

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When does an affair begin? Not with the first forbidden touch…but with the first forbidden thought. Unexpectedly, you find yourself enjoying a powerful emotional bond with another man. You feel like you matter to someone again. And the door you thought was locked so firmly–the door to sexual infidelity–is suddenly ajar.

The only way women can survive the intense struggle for sexual integrity is by guarding not just your body, but your mind and heart as well. Every Woman’s Battle can help you learn to do that. Using real-life stories and examples from her own struggle, Shannon Ethridge helps women like you–whether married, engaged, or planning to marry someday.

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Good.......2007-09-17

It was very interesting. I couldn't relate to some of it, but overall, it was great!

Found it at the Right Time Anyway.......2007-08-24

I found Shannon Ethridge's book, Every Woman's Battle, just recently and read it in less than three days.

Oh, how I wish I had found it when it first came out. I could relate very well with the temptation issues and I guess you could call it "levels of leaning towards sin," because once upon a time, I was more tempted.

I'm thankful to God that the temptation I used to feel isn't as strong, and that my husband and I are more mature in our relationship. He's my best friend and the growth that we've both experienced even on an individual level is amazing.

When I told him about this book and the one written before it for men, my husband actually stopped what he was doing and wrote the information down!

God is good. I may not agree with 100% of what Mrs. Ethridge wrote, but I can certainly give it 4 stars. I wish there was a 4.75 score to reflect just how great I thought it was.

People aren't perfect. God's Word is. When you see somebody trying, either encourage them or show them the right (scriptural) way to do it.

A great book!.......2007-05-14

I enjoy this book and it gave me great insight to how other women feel and really helps me to learn about myself and what I want from a relationship.

Read this book for what it's worth!.......2006-06-05

I bought this book after reading the back cover, which reads as follows: "When does an affair begin? Not with the first forbiddin touch...but with the first forbiddin thought. Unexpectedly, you find yourself enjoying a powerful emotional bond with another man. You feel like you matter to someone again. And the door you thought was locked so firmly--the door to sexual infidelitiy--is suddenly ajar."
The author makes some good points that may help a woman maintain her present relationship, for which I agree somewhat with but not totally. Where I differ is that I don't believe that one has to be drawn away from their present partner in order to stray. Sometimes people just click; however, the clues that author presents can help us recognize our wondering hearts.
Naturally not every battle mentioned in this book is "Every Womans Battle"; however, it is written in such broad spetrum that if you do have one battle or another surely you will find it in this book.
This is an excellent book and very worth reading. I am greatful that someone took the time to compile it.

Helpful to the faithful............2006-04-14

I ordered this book on a recommendation of a dear and true friend who serves upon the ship M V Odulus, which sails throughout the world preaching it's Christian religion and bringing books and knowledge to those in deprived places on this earth. I highly recommend the book for anyone who is truly faithful and believing in Jesus Christ...it would definately be helpful from a religious aspect. But for those of us who are atheists, or only believing of a "higher power" or "energies", this book will leave you befuddled and chuckling ever so lightly. I think the book is truthful in regards to it's direct religious aspects, but personally, leaves the rest of us shaking our heads in religious discomfort.

History: Fiction or Science? (Chronology, No. 1)

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Calculations are only as good as your numbers
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History as Science Fiction

History: Fiction or Science? (Chronology, No. 1)
Anatoly Fomenko
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Recorded history is a finely-woven magic fabric of intricate lies about events predating the sixteenth century. There is not a single piece of evidence that can be reliably and independently traced back earlier than the eleventh century. This book details events that are substantiated by hard facts and logic, and validated by new astronomical research and statistical analysis of ancient sources.

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Calculations are only as good as your numbers.......2007-08-03

Yes, we can all agree that mainstream history is nearly 100% BS due to politics, economics, ego, problems with dating techniques, and various conspiracies. Agreed. But, I've been researching the distinct possibility that human history (in terms of civilizations) are much more ancient than we've been told, so coming across this book was very interesting to me. I wondered how Fomenko could be wrong (if at all) because he is very persuasive in his presentations. Then it dawned on me. If at previous times in prehistory, due to the various catastrophies that are well documented (comets, asteroids, planetary disruptions, plasma discharge, pole reversals, etc) the Earth was in a different position in relation to the sun, different tilt on its axis, different orbit, different rotation (in terms of velocity and DIRECTION), and the continents were in different positions, then would this not cause the ancients to see the sky (constellations) differently? In other words, is Fomenko making erronious assumptions about the physics of the Earth in pre-history, which then corrupt his data with regards to dating the relevant astrology? The last event to seriously disrupt our planet occured roughly 3500 years ago, according to other good researchers, so is it possible Fomenko has been confused by this? The vastly different physics of our planet in the not so distant past may explain this confusion, which is not to say the "mainstream" version of history is correct; on the contrary. I am not an expert in these fields, but wanted to see if this idea could spark discussion.

Pants on fire?.......2007-07-19

Will people ever read before spamming? Yes, Jesuits could not rewrite world history alone, they had help. Anyway, Dr Prof Acad A.Fomenko does not point to jesuits as the driving force of world wide history manipulation in published volumes 1,2,3;, actually he barely mentions the poor devils. Check it with 'Search inside' feature, please. China is rarely mentioned either, in fact, Dr Fomenko is completely eurocentric. Right, his theory contradicts all mainstream schools of history, because in their actual state they are all built on blatantly erroneus chronology. You don't need a mysterious cabal (conspiracy) to falsify history, the falsification is its modus operandi. It is inherent to history(ians) to falsify (distort) events, as it is inherent to humans to boast as it is inherent to power (authority) to legimize itself by referrring to glorious past made to its own order. Dr Prof Fomenko and team have identified scores of instances of such manipulation in Russian, European, etc.. history, and delivered valid statistical proof thereof. His own 'reconstruction' is completely another story. Forget c14 as a valid method of dating. W.Libby has initially discovered a brilliant method of INDEPENDENT dating. Too bad, c14 method has become a joke after a forced marrige with dendrochronology with consensual chronological scale inbuilt. Radiocarbon method can't stand blind tests, but is so very productive as a rubberstamp.

Accepted History & Chronology Must Be Changed. .......2007-04-09

There is no doubt that history as most know it is a sham, & institution's version of History both University & Church is fradulent & inaccurate. Everything was established with an agenda, The real "Dark Ages" are now when we have access to incredible amounts of information past authorities & more important 'common folk' didn't have but our institutions & educators are slow to evolve because of what has ignorantly & arrogantly been taught for too long. This is on many subjects not just Chronology.

For anyone to question "Why would a Mathematician have anything credible to say of History?" The answer is from Dr. Fomenko's preface in the book: "It would be worthwhile to remind the reader that in the XVI-XVII century Chronology was considered to be a subdivision of Mathematics." These volumes could possibly be some of the most important works to date & should be read by everyone with an interest in History, especially professors & educators who have a duty to the public. I have read both books & must say that 'Chronology 1' has some very eye opening & revolutionary information. Even if these volumes are part true the implications are profound & opens the doors to further investigations & questions which must be done. I speak several different lanquages & must say the logic Dr. Fomenko uses with "inflection" of words & words being read from left to right in one region & right to left in another then written backwards, the removal of vowels & get down to basics of words, or different cities & locations having the same name etc. is correct. Vowel usage has always been optional & varied, actually complicating linquistics & study. The first thing one has to understand is that words never had a fixed spelling in history like we do now, the spelling of words was mutable & regional, as well as names & titles of people were vast, varied & changed, NOTHING WAS FIXED or understood linear. Matters of Life & Death as well as financial profiteering yesterday & today were & are made with ignorant, illogical & conspiratorial views of history & reality, it's time people get closer to the Truth & society collectively grow up.

Very Interesting.......2007-03-07

It is a good proposal and I believe it will mature into something even better in the future. I think it deserves to be read.

History as Science Fiction.......2007-01-10

Anatoly Fomenko has written a very intriguing book, full of pictures, charts, and computer 'proof' of his thesis: backwards of AD900 we don't really know what happened or when. Between AD900 and AD1600 there is more certainty, but there is still a lot of fuzzy ground, and things don't get reliable until we get past the 1600's where the printing press made it very difficult for the perpetrators of this timeline manipulation to change anything that had been committed to print. The Dark Ages did not happen. Books were burned for a reason. One organization has doubled the actual length of its existence by expanding the real chronology. Read why.

I had always wondered why Christ died about AD33 and yet men waited until the 11th century to form the Knights Templar, the Cathars, etc and go after the Holy Land by force. Why the 1000 year gap? Turns out there wasn't more than a 10-12 year gap and he proves it using astronomy. This also implies that the planet is not as old as we have been told, and current Christian and other creationist scientists are already championing that idea without being aware of Fomenko's book. The two groups, creationist scientists and the Russian mathematical analysts corroborate each other. Fascinating.

Of course, all this flies in the face of what we have been told traditionally is the 'proper' chronology of western civilization, and most readers will experience 'cognitive dissonance' in reading this book. It means that our history going backwards from AD1600 becomes progressively more incorrect and unreliable until it cannot be trusted at all... in the space of 700-800 years.

Naturally, the curious, open-minded reader will want to know WHO did this, WHY, and did any of the events we think of as really ancient ever happen?
Dr. Fomenko is a respected scientist/mathematician at Moscow State University who has already answered these questions to the satisfaction of his initially skeptical colleagues. Most of them are now believers, a few still refuse to believe (the usual diehards), and of course the western press has ignored Fomenko's work -- for obvious reasons when you read the book. The ones who perpetrated this chronology ruse have a lot to answer for. They are still with us. That's why this book is a well-kept secret.

I gave the book a 4-star rating because I was unable to check out some of his claims; those I checked were as he said. But if even 1/3 of his claims are true, this punches a big hole in what we think is our history, the meaning of western civilization, our educational process (for repeating the ruse as gospel), and the trustworthiness of the organization that perpetrated this ruse, well-intentioned or not.

This book relates to current research into a Young Earth paradigm, to John Keel's discoveries about our planet, and Fr Malachi Martin's insights (in his now out-of-print books). We are indeed sheep who are manipulated and kept ignorant -- for a reason. While knowing what these men have to say may be the "booby prize" (as in: 'what can you do with this knowledge?'), it will provide interesting reading. Didn't someone say: "...and the Truth will set you free."?? For you to judge if this book contains the truth.

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Ilium
Dan Simmons
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Genre-hopping Dan Simmons returns to science fiction with the vast and intricate masterpiece Ilium. Within, Simmons weaves three astounding story lines into one Earth-, Mars-, and Jupiter-shattering cliffhanger that will leave readers aching for the sequel.

On Earth, a post-technological group of humans, pampered by servant machines and easy travel via "faxing," begins to question its beginnings. Meanwhile, a team of sentient and Shakespeare-quoting robots from Jupiter's lunar system embark on a mission to Mars to investigate an increase in dangerous quantum fluctuations. On the Red Planet, they'll find a race of metahumans living out existence as the pantheon of classic Greek gods. These "gods" have recreated the Trojan War with reconstituted Greeks and Trojans and staffed it with scholars from throughout Earth's history who observe the events and report on the accuracy of Homer's Iliad. One of these scholars, Thomas Hockenberry, finds himself tangled in the midst of interplay between the gods and their playthings and sends the war reeling in a direction the blind poet could have never imagined.

Simmons creates an exciting and thrilling tale set in the thick of the Trojan War as seen through Hockenberry's 20th-century eyes. At the same time, Simmons's robots study Shakespeare and Proust and the origin-seeking Earthlings find themselves caught in a murderous retelling of The Tempest. Reading this highly literate novel does take more than a passing familiarity with at least The Iliad but readers who can dive into these heady waters and swim with the current will be amply rewarded. --Jeremy Pugh

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The Trojan War rages at the foot of Olympos Mons on Mars -- observed and influenced from on high by Zeus and his immortal family -- and twenty-first-century professor Thomas Hockenberry is there to play a role in the insidious private wars of vengeful gods and goddesses. On Earth, a small band of the few remaining humans pursues a lost past and devastating truth -- as four sentient machines depart from Jovian space to investigate, perhaps terminate, the potentially catastrophic emissions emanating from a mountaintop miles above the terraformed surface of the Red Planet.

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From the author of the Hyperion Cantos -- one of the most acclaimed popular series in contemporary science fiction -- comes a powerful epic of high-tech gods, human heroes, total war, and the extraordinary transcendence of ordinary beings. The first book in a two-part epic. ""I am in awe of Dan Simmons."" -- Stephen King

From the towering heights of Olympos Mons on Mars, the mighty Zeus and his immortal family of gods, goddesses, and demigods look down upon a momentous battle, observing -- and often influencing -- the legendary exploits of Paris, Achilles, Hector, Odysseus, and the clashing armies of Greece and Troy.

Thomas Hockenberry, former twenty-first-century professor and Iliad scholar, watches as well. It is Hockenberry's duty to observe and report on the Trojan War's progress to the so-called deities who saw fit to return him from the dead. But the muse he serves has a new assignment for the wary scholic, one dictated by Aphrodite herself. With the help of fortieth-century technology, Hockenberry is to infiltrate Olympos, spy on its divine inhabitants ... and ultimately destroy Aphrodite's sister and rival, the goddess Pallas Athena.

On an Earth profoundly changed since the departure of the Post-Humans centuries earlier, the great events on the bloody plains of Ilium serve as mere entertainment. Its scenes of unrivaled heroics and unequaled carnage add excitement to human lives devoid of courage, strife, labor, and purpose. But this eloi-like existence is not enough for Harman, a man in the last year of his last Twenty. That rarest of post-postmodern men -- an ""adventurer"" -- he intends to explore far beyond the boundaries of his world before his allotted time expires, in search of a lost past, a devastating truth, and an escape from his own inevitable ""final fax."" Meanwhile, from the radiation-swept reaches of Jovian space, four sentient machines race to investigate -- and, perhaps, terminate -- the potentially catastrophi

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brilliant.......2007-08-22

The way Simmons blends history and his own tale is a delight to read. As a fan of the Hyperion series, I wasn't sure what to expect. I wasn't disappointed at all, though I only rated Olympos a four because I think Hyperion is better. Ilium's future/alternate world doesn't seem as convincing to me and its characters weren't deeply compelling. The novelization of the Trojan war could stand alone though, and carries the volume.

So disappointing.......2007-08-10

I wanted to like this book. I'm a huge fan of Simmons' Hyperion/Endymion books, and the premise for this one sounded right up my alley. Unfortunately, it's a mess. There are three interwoven storylines and at least 2 of them don't make any sense. The characters are never fleshed out, so by the time anything happened to any of them, I found I just didn't care. I understand that the reason for the abrupt ending is that the story is finished in Olympos, but when I got to the end of this one I just had no desire to find out what happened.

I'll give it three stars because the Troy storyline is such a pleasure to read. Simmons's way with language shines through in those sections.

A stew of greatness.......2007-08-02

Simmons takes greek gods, robots, evolved humans, and a 20th century schlub and tells a masterful sci-fi tale. Can't be done? HAH!
This is a book that is hard to put down. There are three stories that alternate faithfully throughout the book. The first is the story of a 20th century professor brought back to life to observe the Trojan War, the second is a Jovian robot who is sent to investigate the energy emissions that are given off by this war, and the third is the story of a few of a one million surviving humans on earth.

The story was unpredictable and kept me guessing, but consistant in it's quality. The perspectives of each of the different viewpoints was very well done, and the universe was more imaginative than any I have read. I'm really impressed by this book, and Simmons has vaulted to the top of my favorite authors list.

A story in three parts.......2007-07-18

I liked it. It has been years since a book kept me up reading until 1:00 am night after night!!

It was a story in three parts:

Chapter 1 starts on another earth at Ilium (Troy) 3,000 years in the future where the Trojan War is being fought by Nanotech'ed pre-literate humans. All the major players are there including the gods and the story is repeated with some variance on the "Iliad" and told in the first person by a reconstructed classical scholar who died in 2006. The gods, who are obviously not really the Greek gods, act just like the gods of the Myths and the humans, although they all look like "they are all members of the greatest health club in history", are cruel barbarous killers, even the women.

Chapter 2 takes place at the same time on a post-literate earth where "old-style" humans are ignorant of just about everything. History, Geography, Reading, etc are all lost skills. The "old-style" humans are also Nanotech'ed but they a connected to various networks which they do not know about nor care but they can still interface with it through their palm screens. It is just a matter knowing the right symbols to visualize in order to activate the function. The humans of this time live in an idyllic play ground which not only guarantees them a hundred year of life, but relieves of all the responsibilities of providing for that life.

Chapter 3 starts on one of the moons of Jupiter where the still literate cyborgs, known as moravecs, spend their free time, that is when they are not mining the moons for resources, thinking and debating the relative values of Shakespeare, Proust and other "Lost Age" literary figures. It has always been my contention that good Science Fiction must an element of Philology in it and I find it absolutely hilarious that he chooses to put the Philosophical portion of the story into the hands of some very non-human character. That is and physical abilities, non-human in appearance but very human in thought.

Not wanting to give away anything: The book follows the chapter order until near the end when the timelines splits a bit too much, and will keep you guessing all the way through. He destroys the Iliad's story with a nice little war against the gods, allows the humans to see the error of their ways which way so much the understatement, and put a nice little twist on the moravecs story that I admit, I did not see coming. Damn good book and one hell of a writer.

Intricate plot, excellent book. How does Simmons think this stuff up?.......2007-04-04

Mr. Simmons is arguably one of the best genre-hopping authors around, having pulled down awards for SciFi, Horror, Fantasy, etc. But this massive book (700+ pages in the paperback) makes me wonder exactly how does he think this excellent stuff up?

Ilium mixes the Trojan War (is it the real Trojan War, or a setup re-creation?), future humans (who are so pampered that they have forgotten or have been forced to forget their history, basic skills like reading and cooking, etc.), post-humans (evolved in some fashion) and Jupiter/Asteroid Belt organic-plus-Artificially Intelligent miner/workers into a story that is part future, part past. Combining these characters with literary references to Shakespeare, Proust (the Jupiter miners have all of ancient Earth in their databases and a weakness for literature), Homer and others, would in the hands of a lesser writer, make for a slogfest of a read.

Simmons masterfully blends these characters, time-shifting settings and science fiction creations into a plot that is a page turner for the majority of it's bulk. The plot opens up, little by little, letting the reader slowly but surely put these pieces together, while keeping us engaged with what's happening. The science of the science fiction is added to make this complexity quite possible, which is what good science fiction is all about.

The only issue I have with this novel is that (without giving away any spoilers) one has to read the next novel, Olympos. But it is a small issue, and, given the quality of Ilium, I will happily dive into Olympos.

Highly reccommended!

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A Key to Understanding Our Modern World
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The fight for God
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The Battle for God
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About 40 years ago popular opinion assumed that religion would become a weaker force and people would certainly become less zealous as the world became more modern and morals more relaxed. But the opposite has proven true, according to theologian and author Karen Armstrong (A History of God), who documents how fundamentalism has taken root and grown in many of the world's major religions, such as Christianity, Islam, and Judaism. Even Buddhism, Sikhism, Hinduism, and Confucianism have developed fundamentalist factions. Reacting to a technologically driven world with liberal Western values, fundamentalists have not only increased in numbers, they have become more desperate, claims Armstrong, who points to the Oklahoma City bombing, violent anti-abortion crusades, and the assassination of President Yitzak Rabin as evidence of dangerous extremes.

Yet she also acknowledges the irony of how fundamentalism and Western materialism seem to urge each other on to greater excesses. To "prevent an escalation of the conflict, we must try and understand the pain and perception of the other side," she pleads. With her gift for clear, engaging writing and her integrity as a thorough researcher, Armstrong delivers a powerful discussion of a globally heated issue. Part history lesson, part wake-up call, and mostly a plea for healing, Armstrong's writing continues to offer a religious mirror and a cultural vision. --Gail Hudson

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In our supposedly secular age governed by reason and technology, fundamentalism has emerged as an overwhelming force in every major world religion. Why? This is the fascinating, disturbing question that bestselling author Karen Armstrong addresses in her brilliant new book The Battle for God. Writing with the broad perspective and deep understanding of human spirituality that won huge audiences for A History of God, Armstrong illuminates the spread of militant piety as a phenomenon peculiar to our moment in history.

Contrary to popular belief, fundamentalism is not a throwback to some ancient form of religion but rather a response to the spiritual crisis of the modern world. As Armstrong argues, the collapse of a piety rooted in myth and cult during the Renaissance forced people of faith to grasp for new ways of being religious--and fundamentalism was born. Armstrong focuses here on three fundamentalist movements: Protestant fundamentalism in America, Jewish fundamentalism in Israel, and Islamic fundamentalism in Egypt and Iran--exploring how each has developed its own unique way of combating the assaults of modernity.

Blending history, sociology, and spirituality, The Battle for God is a compelling and compassionate study of a radical form of religious expression that is critically shaping the course of world history.

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A Key to Understanding Our Modern World.......2007-07-20

Armstrong's insights in this book offer us so many glimpses into the motivations behind our modern actions. Another truly magnificent book in Armstrong's truly magnificent oeuvre. She treats the fundamentalists with a wonderful mixture of respect, sympathy and criticism. In all, a great read, highly recommended.

A timely, lively, insightful read. Highly recommended!.......2007-03-11

I recommend this book. I recommend it equally whether you're a bible-thumping psycho-christian, an Al-Qaeda suicide bomber, an ultra-cynical atheist or a Mossad agent. It has important insights for all.

Like other Armstrong books, this is part history and part psychology. And by psychology, I mean that she's often trying to "get inside the minds" of her subjects. And when it comes to fundamentalists, we're talking about some seriously disturbed minds. By and large, though, she discusses this topic with detachment and respect; she rarely indulges in criticism.

She offers some striking insights about the genesis of fundamentalist movements and the essential ingredients which keep these movements alive. She also comments on the characteristics of fundamentalism, its essentially modern nature and its inherent contradictions. I didn't have to read long before I began to really appreciate many of her recurring themes. Her ideas appear plausible and reasonable even to an agnostic such as myself; and where before I had nothing but absolute disdain for these people, I now appreciate their perspective a little better.

For me, the history is the really fun part. As a US citizen, I was especially interested in her analysis of the rise of fundamentalism in the US, surely one of the most bizarre phenomena in the world today, considering America's otherwise modern and secular standing. It's an extremely interesting story, and her narrative makes it seem a bit less bizarre. On the other hand, the history behind Jewish fundamentalism, the oppression and violence which spurred it, is old news to most; but the various flavors of Jewish fundamentalism are some of the most bizarre out there, especially with regard to their total detachment from reality. Finally, and of greatest interest to most, will be the topic of Islamic fundamentalism because these are the guys flying airlines into buildings and blowing up their own mosques. Here again, the idea that much of the modern Islamic fundamentalist tradition has its roots in 19th century secularist movements in Egypt and Iran (yes, Iran) is truly amazing. In short, the history in Armstrong's book is nothing short of eye-opening - even at its worst it holds your attention like any good narrative; at its best, it's downright spell-binding.

All in all, the book was a great pleasure to read. The ideas she presents are well supported by historical fact and eloquently expressed; even the most abstract concepts seem tangible. The history itself reads like a great story. With fundamentalism taking center stage in so many debates and conflicts today (Iraq, Israel, Danish cartoons, creationism, stem-cell research, etc) this is an important and timely book on an important, disturbing and (to many, such as myself) baffling phenomenon.

Fabulous book - everyone should read it.......2007-01-11

Karen Armstrong really tells you things you should know about the way religion has developed over the millenia. From my viewpoint, this is the most informative she has written yet.

The fight for God.......2006-11-19

Today the modern world is reeling from escalating violence done in the name of religion. From suicide bombings to massacres to the destruction of Mosques, churches, temples and synagogues by fanatics to the beheading and rape of hostages and innocents, often done in the name of religion, one wonders why at this point in time so many people seem to be motivated above all not by greed, fear, hate, or desire for glory and power, but by hatred against so called enemies of faith or God.

Armstrong offers a deeply insightful analysis as to why fanatical and violent forms of religion have suddenly appeared in the past few decades, especially in the world's monotheistic religions. While unfortunately this work was written before the explosion of Islamic radicalism and jihadi terrorism in this decade, it still offers the reader the historical roots of religious fundamentalism, intolerance and violence in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam.

Armstrong's thesis is that the rise of modern capitalism and the scientific and industrial revolutions had a key role in undermining the traditional role of religion in society as a vehicle of sacredness, transcendance, meaning, social order and stability, and public and private morality. Before the 17th century, most of the world's civilisations relied on agriculture, land and labour for their wealth and growth and existence and this required a fairly static social order which emphasized tradition and continuity rather than innovation and change. Such a social order also emphasized community and social obligation about individual rights and emancipation, since otherwise society would collapse if everyone pursued their own interests. Religion was essential as a vehicle of ensuring social order and stability by emphasizing continuity with traditions from the past, especially going back to primeval history. Religion also provided a comprehensive map of the universe in the sense people knew where they came from, why they are here now, and where they are going, and life in this world is essentially a re-enactment of what happens in the divine. This gave people the resources mentally to cope with the tragedy, suffering and brevity of life and fulfil their social obligations in life without rebelling against the order of society.

However, this social structure was comprehensively dismantled with the rise of modern civilisation, which was based strongly on continued accumulation and growth of wealth, scientific and technological change and innovation, and mass production of services and goods to markets. The new culture focused not on stability and tradition but on change, innovation and enterprise, and valued the rights and aspirations of the individual over that of social need for stability and rule. This can be seen in things such as the Protestant ethic, the collapse of feudal serfdom, and the revolutions against absolute monarchs in Europe, and the rise of the middle class.

The role of religion as both a vehicle of social order and stability and also as a vehicle for meaning was also gravely undermined. The new society valued change, and many religious practices were seen as superstitious garbage from a more primitive and barbaric past which needed to be eliminated or reformed to bring it 'up to date.' People also emphasized more on self-effort and individual conciousness in the spiritual quest rather than on the action of God and communal expressions of faith. Also the domain of the sacred was split off from politics, economics, law, science, and philosophy, banishing it further and further from the mainstream of society.

The result was twofold; many religious believers attempted to restate their faith in scientific and rational terms. However, many rational forms were ruined by other rational arguments which showed the apparent falsity or irrelevance of such beliefs. The decline of Christianity in Victorian England is a very good example of this. The other was a reactionary response against secularism and modernity by members of all three faiths.

The reaction grew in strength at first in the 20th century in the U.S., and then in Islam and Judaism in the post WWII period. Increasingly 'fundamentalist' versions of these faiths grew more intolerant and more prone to sectarian hatred, which often exploded into violence. An focus on 'purity' led to fundamentalists expelling any compromise and also led them to adopt a very literalistic and absolutist view of sacred texts, ironically often with a mindset of pragmatic theories of truth. Most disturbingly, in the Middle East fundamentalist religion led to horrible implementations of beliefs which had previously been mythical in content in the political sphere, which led to great suffering and pain for many people (i.e. the messianic restoration of the state of Israel in Palestine, which led to the expulsion of some 800,000 Palestinians). Now most darkly, there were those who connected violence to being essential to purify the faith of evils and impurities, which resulted in terrible acts of violence with no regard for the innocent.

Armstrong rightly argues that fundamentalism is a deep perversion of the basic spirit of religion, which is to sacralise reality and human life by protecting them from pain, injustice and evil through the practice of practical compassion, both at the individual and social level. Its message of intolerance and hate is especially concerning, particularly in the radical forms of Islamism which believe suicide bombers and even the use of WMD against innocent civilians is a justifiable way to defend and promote Islam. We certainly need to fight fundamentalism but at the same time understand why fundamentalists believe what they do, which is essentialy to try and ensure that their religion is not destroyed and removed from life by forces who wish to destroy or downplay the role of faith in society and the world. If we want to exchange swords for ploughshares in Armstrong's view, fundamentalism cannot in the end be countered by violence, but only by understanding what drives fundamentalism and addressing the roots of injustice and evil in society and the world.

A history of the western concept of God.......2006-11-07

I found this to be a facinating history on the development of Western Civilization's concept of God. Starting with the ancient Hebrews, whom Ms Armstrong indicates were originally polytheistic, she traces the development of monotheism and the way in which the concept of God changed over time. I would have given this book 5 stars, but unless you are into the history of religion, you may lose some interest in later parts of the book as it gets into more scholarly detail.

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Slow at times, complex, carefully thought out
Stop expecting Hyperion and you will enjoy it more....
Sooooo Disappointing
Disappointment after Illium

Olympos
Dan Simmons
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Release Date: 2006-07-25

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Welcome back to the Trojan War gone round the bend. Hector and Achilles have joined forces against the Olympic Gods. Back on a future Earth, assorted creatures from Shakespeare's The Tempest get ready to rumble in a winner-takes-the-universe battle royale. And amid it all, a group of confused mere mortals with their classically trained robot allies (from Jupiter no less) race across time and space to keep from getting squashed as the various Titans of the Western Canon square off.

Confused? It's all part of Dan Simmons's Olympos, a novel one part fun-with-quantum-physics and two parts through-the-looking-glass survey of Western Literature. Picking up where he left off in the high-wire act Ilium, Simmons doesn't disappoint. Not only is Olympos excellent hard science fiction and grand space opera, it's a riveting and fast-paced book that is alternately shocking, thrilling, and often deftly hilarious as his hapless human creations wrestle the forces of literary history itself. Be sure to read Ilium first though. That and a more-than passing familiarity with The Illiad might come in handy for the journey to Mars, Ilium's far-off shores, and the Earth that might be. --Jeremy Pugh

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Beneath the gaze of the gods, the mighty armies of Greece and Troy met in fierce and glorious combat, scrupulously following the text set forth in Homer's timeless narrative. But that was before twenty-first-century scholar Thomas Hockenberry stirred the bloody brew, causing an enraged Achilles to join forces with his archenemy Hector and turn his murderous wrath on Zeus and the entire pantheon of divine manipulators; before the swift and terrible mechanical creatures that catered for centuries to the pitiful idle remnants of Earth's human race began massing in the millions, to exterminate rather than serve.

And now all bets are off.

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Beneath the gaze of the gods, the mighty armies of Greece and Troy met in fierce and glorious combat, scrupulously following the text set forth in Homer's timeless narrative. But that was before one observer -- Twenty-first Century scholar Thomas Hockenberry -- stirred the bloody brew; before an enraged Achilles joined forces with his archenemy Hector; and before the fleet-footed mankiller turned his murderous wrath on Zeus, Hera, Athena, Aphrodite, Apollo, and the entire pantheon of divine manipulators.

Now, all bets are off.

Dan Simmons, the multiple-award-winning author of The Hyperion Cantos, returns with the eagerly anticipated conclusion to his critically acclaimed, Hugo Award-nominated sf epic Ilium. A novel breathtaking in its scope and conception, Olympos ingeniously imagines a catastrophic future where immortal ""post-humans"" high atop the real Olympos Mons on Mars restage the Trojan War for their own amusement even while the sad remnants of mortal humankind are forced to confront their ultimate annihilation.

For untold centuries, those few old-style humans remaining on Earth have never known strife, toil, or responsibility, each content to live his or her allocated hundred years of life in unquestioning leisure. But virtually overnight and for reasons beyond their comprehension, the world around them has changed forever. The voynix -- terrible and swift creatures that once catered to their every need -- are now massing in the millions with but one terrifying purpose: the total extermination of the human race.

Having traveled farther and learned more of the wondrous and terrible truth of their world than any others of their kind, Ada and Daeman -- with the aid of the crafty and mysterious warrior once called Odysseus, now called Noman -- must marshal the pathetic defenses of Ardis Hall in anticipation of the onslaught of the murderous voynix. And they must do so without Harman, Ada's lover and the father of her unborn child, who wanders the Earth on a great odyssey of his own. Harman seeks nothing less than the limitless knowledge necessary to defeat Setebos, an unspeakable, otherworldly monster who feeds on horror, and whose arrival heralds the end of all things.

And meanwhile, back on Mars ...

The vengeful rebellion of Achilles -- and the intervention of sentient robots from Jovian space, determined to prevent a potentially universe-obliterating quantum catastrophe -- has set immortal against immortal, igniting a civil war among Olympian gods that may send all things in Heaven and Earth and everywhere in between plummeting straight to Hell.

A monumental work that blurs the often arbitrary line between great sf and serious literature, Dan Simmons's Olympos -- together with its extraordinary predecessor, Ilium -- sets new standards for the genre, confirming his reputation as one of the most original authors currently working in the field of speculative fiction.

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A mixed bag.......2007-08-13

This is the sequel to "Ilium". Although sequel isn't really the right word, because that implies each book can stand independently. This is one long story that, for whatever publishing or marketing reasons, is being sold as two different books. The "Kill Bill" of literature, if you will.

I suspect that the primary reason for this would be the sheer length of the story. At a combined total of close to 2000 pages, it would be hard to fit it all into one binding. However in my opinion, the publishers of this book are being slightly dishonest, because the book jacket really should read, "Don't even think about buying this book if you haven't read 'Ilium' yet, because it will make absolutely no sense." But there's not a word about this book being a sequel on the cover. In fact for someone just wandering through the bookstore, like I was a couple months ago, it is very hard to tell just by looking at the book covers which book is a sequel to which.

Marketing quibbles aside:

I thought Simmons did an excellent job of re-writing the characters from Homer's Iliad. At this point in the story, the meddling Dr. Hockenberry has succeeded in diverting the Trojan War from its normal course, and Homer's characters are now off on a new adventure, but all the more fun to follow these classic characters as they go down a new unknown path.

I was absolutely glued to this book during the Trojan War sections. However, as I noted in my review of Ilium, unfortunately the Trojan War sections are only 1/3 (maybe even less) of this story. The rest deals with the standard post-apocolyptic future being terrorized by cyborg killing machines, resurrected dinosaurs, Caliban and the characters from Shakespeare's "The Tempest", and some strange half organic robots from Jupiter. It all ties together somehow at the end, but for me, it got a bit too bizarre. Furthermore I never really got interested in any of Dan Simmons's original characters the way I was interested in the Greek and Trojan heroes.

Dan Simmons is juggling several balls at once in this story line, and I don't think he really does any of them justice. The plot, to the extent there is a plot, becomes this huge monster of a story line, which has several loose ends and unanswered questions by the time the book comes to a close. Furthermore several of the side stories could easily have been pulled from this book without making a difference. For example, the whole story about the Trojan War taking place in the future didn't really impact the other storylines in this book all that much.

Furthermore there are several errors in this book, both in regards to Homer's story, and continuity errors in regards to Dan Simmon's own story, which indicate a lack of thorough proof-reading or editorial oversight. To give one example from many: Dan Simmons claims Sarpedon was killed by Patroclus, which is technically true in Homer's Iliad, but Simmons apparently forgot that in his own story Patroclus was kidnapped by professor Hockenberry before the last chapters of the Iliad were allowed to unfold. These kind of things don't spoil the whole book, but there were enough of them to annoy me.

Slow at times, complex, carefully thought out.......2007-08-09

Like its predecessor, Ilium, Olympos starts kind of slow, and has its slow spots. Still, it's a worthy sequel, and addresses some of the open topics left dangling after Ilium. Simmons is a master of believable alternate realities and complex, credible intertwining storytelling. We learn more of the war against the gods, the Little Green Men are explained, and we see the post-literate society grapple with re-learning fundamental survival skills. Recommended.

Stop expecting Hyperion and you will enjoy it more...........2007-08-02

While Olympos isn't as strong as Ilium, it is still quite good. There's a lot of meat being left out in most of the bad reviews, which seem to hover around the same theme: This isn't what they wanted after reading Hyperion. That's a shame, and I think that clouded some from appreciating many of the insane concepts Simmons presents in this book.

I think the ending was solid enough to tie up the loose ends that needed to be tied up. At the same time, it was open ended, which makes it brilliant. If it ended with a titanic battle everyone seems to want, and let the reader know what happened to every single character, it would have come across in a very cliche fashion. An ending like that would clashed with the structure of the book. This book has some of the most far out concepts and plot lines I've read in ages, so expecting a book like this to have everything tied up in a neat package in the end is nothing but setting oneself up for disappointment. The answers are there for you to find. Everything else is left for the imagination.

Sooooo Disappointing.......2007-06-07

Ilium was fabulous in so many ways. Olympos is the opposite. In this novel, the author has let islamophobia, misogyny and homophobia get in the way of his storytelling gifts. Where the Hyperion series had a transcendent view of human destiny, Olympos ends on a downer - the future for women, at least, is to be chained firmly to the kitchen sink.

Plotting seems to go out the window as well and, as other reviewers have pointed out, the narrative threads are left hanging. Why on earth was Moira brought back, for example? Why did Setebos leave? Is there any point to the Moravec army? And for God's sake, posthuman women seem unlikely candidates to gender bend into muscle bound Olympian Gods! But then, for Simmons, maleness is clearly the superior state.

Even the Moravecs can't rescue this ultimately nasty novel. I used to look forward to every new Dan Simmons novel - now I'm not sure if I would read this author again. My advice? Avoid!

Disappointment after Illium.......2007-06-02

Illium was the first Dan Simmons book I read. I'd picked it up because I was on a bit of a Mars-sf jag. It was different from what I'd expected but it was still a great book. Simmons managed the multiple plotlines with style and grace and gave us some interesting characters, especially in Mahnmut the Moravec cyborg.

Olympos is just a big disappointment. As Illium ends it looks like we're going to have a major war against the Gods with the Moravecs tagging along and trying to fix the potentially reality destroying stuff that's going on.

Instead the war takes place mostly off screen and ends largely with a return to the status quo. This is okay though but Simmons takes the book into odd and pointless detours and peoples it with characters with the thinest of motivations. Worse yet, the book moves at a plodding pace. When I read Illium I was amazed that Simmons could have made me read 800 pages about a few weeks worth of events and not be bored with it. In Olympos we just get everything expanded and boring. Do we really need a whole chapter (and a relatively long one at that) devoted to a characters pseudo-necrophilia? Do we really need THREE whole chapters of a character journeying to plead with some elder gods? Do we really need two whole chapters of a character getting a library downloaded into his brain? Do we need several chapters of characters rehashing how dire their situation is? Do we need one whole chapter of people deciding whether or not to vote on something and then another whole chapter for the vote?

Worse yet, the ending is rushed and leaves so much feeling unresolved. When I was about halfway through and Simmons was still introducing major new characters and plot points I knew there was a problem. The resolution feels awfully rushed and extremely convenient. Some characters are never fully explained. What is the difference between the Odysseus's? Who is Sycorax? Why the hell did we bother with Moira at all? Through nearly 2000 pages, in two books, Simmons builds us up for a major confrontation with the big bad guy. But it never comes!

There are other little issues that people have pointed to about style as well. There's disturbing homophobic and Islamophobic statements in the book. The books also had an unusually large number of typos.

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The Battle Is Not Yours
Rita J. Bunton
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This book is an inspiring true story of a life transformed, but if you did not know that it is based on actual events, you might readily believe that it is a novel, destined to be fashioned into a made-for-TV movie and promoted on talk shows. Certainly its author deserves the attention. With extraordinary effort and an abiding trust in God, Rita J. Bunton transformed her life. Instead of succumbing to heroin addiction, which appeared likely, she found the strength to change everything. She not only got out of an abusive relationship, with her four young children in hand, but she enrolled in college, earned her degree, and eventually became a newspaper reporter, writer, and public information director. Her story is both remarkable and uplifting. What makes it more amazing is that it is true.
When readers first meet Jasmine Armstead, she is a young girl. One of four children of a divorced and emotionally distant mother, growing up poor in Jackson, Michigan, she is kept in line by her grandmother. Jasmine was an honors student until high school, by the time she graduated, her grades had fallen and she was pregnant. She got married at nineteen and was a mother of four (including twins) by the age of twenty-one. Her life spiraled quickly downhill and hit bottom after seven years of heroin use. Broke, desperate, and abused, she prayed to be saved--and her life reversed its seemingly inevitable course. This is an inspiring book. Although its appeal is universal, it has particular allure for women. Portraying four generations in matrilineal relationships that are always loving, if not always warm, it vividly depicts the importance of family--for better and for worse. However, in the end, this is a story about faith: in God, in oneself, and in redemption. It will resonate with readers long after they have closed its covers.

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Phenomenal Read!.......2007-09-18

What a phenomenal read. It was as if you were actually in the room. Rita's ability to so vividly describe her surroundings is uncanny. I highly recommend this book to those who enjoy a good personal story. Kudos to author Rita Bunton for exercising her creative license to produce a well writen, vivid depcition of a young black girl's struggle to find strength, peace and happiness within.

A winning story.......2007-07-20

Bunton's narrative gives the reader an inside look at mid-western small town life in the 1950s and 60s. Through her story the reader can view the issues of race, gender and class in their full complexity, as they were lived. Through the story of this resilient woman one sees hope, ambition and determination.

CONGRATULATIONS!.......2007-03-16

Mrs. Bunton, I was just informed that you have completed your first book and I toss my hat off to you for your accomplishments. I cannot wait to finish reading this book. I'm not sure if you are aware, but hopefully this year I'll have a published novel as well as a series of books that are in the works. I cannot wait to tell all friends and family to go out and buy your work. You have given me more inspiration than ever to keep pursuing my dream of becoming a published author. I can't wait to see results of your labor. Oprah hasn't seen nothing yet. Jackson, Michigan will be on the map once and for all. Thanks again for the inspiration

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So Help Me God: The Ten Commandments, Judicial Tyranny, And The Battle For Religious Freedom

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Perhaps past the point of no return, but a timely book.
crystal clear...
The State is the Church for Secular Humanist Liberals
Judge Moore for Supreme Court
The truth is told!!

So Help Me God: The Ten Commandments, Judicial Tyranny, And The Battle For Religious Freedom
Roy Moore , and John Perry
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The Law Of The Land: Chief Justice Moore's Message To America - Expanded Edition (VHS Edition)
Judicial Tyranny
The Criminalization of Christianity: Read This Book Before It Becomes Illegal!
Men in Black: How the Supreme Court Is Destroying America
The ACLU vs. America: Exposing the Agenda to Redefine Moral Values

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Chief Justice Roy Moore believes the state must acknowledge the moral principles on which America was founded and that it is not illegal to do so. While the separation of church and state may be a credible and legitimate tenet, it has been largely misconstrued and abused during the last forty years.

Moore was sworn to uphold the Constitution of the United States. His critics, both within conservative circles and without, have maintained that he violated the law by disobeying the order of a federal judge to remove a monument of the Ten Commandments. But Moore brilliantly argues that those who have ordered him to violate his oath have, in fact, broken the law.

So Help Me God will articulate why he believes elected and appointed government officials have the right and the obligation to acknowledge God as the foundation of American government and jurisprudence.

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Perhaps past the point of no return, but a timely book........2007-04-03

To those who believe in Jesus and familar with the history of our America will understand this book.

To those who do not believe in Jesus and care little about our nation's history will hate this book, just as Jesus was hated.

America has become pluralistic. A nation of many gods and idolotry. We worship anything and everything but the one and only God of Abraham, the Alpha and Omega, the great I am and Lord of the universe. We refuse to worship God Almighty because of pride and fear of rules. The liberal mindset of America today has violated the 2nd commandment -- thou shall not have make a graven image (idolotry). We have made a god to suit ourself, created our own rules and removed the once understood 10 commandments. Then we wonder why our country has so many problems with crime and immorality. We have forgot from where we came.

[...] Where will you go when you die? Are you Good enough to go to heaven?

crystal clear..........2007-01-03

Thank you, Judge Moore for your uncompromising stand in regard to following the Constitution, and the rule of law. It's so easy these days to compromise, and take the easy path. It's refreshing to see a man with backbone and courage, who counts the cost, and still does the right thing! You present your case explaining the foundations of the Constitution and rule of law with crystal clarity. You're truly an inspiration. In the ages to come, we will find Judge Moore hanging out with Jefferson, Washington, Adams...and the rest of our great nation's founders.

The State is the Church for Secular Humanist Liberals.......2006-11-08

In Alabama Judge Moore was not allowed to acknowledge the Judeo-Christian God and His ten commandments as being the foundation for our laws, something that is easily demonstrable and clearly our heritage. Judge Moore simply exposed the hypocrisy of a judicial system that acknowledges the Judeo-Christian God by opening in prayer and swearing oaths on a Bible, but prohibits acknowledging God in our historical foundation for law as he did. Judge Moore further demonstrated their logically fallacious reasoning in that they would not allow him to display the commandments, citing the establishment clause, but they refused to define the key word "religion" in this clause. So in effect, they decided that he violated a clause that they were unwilling to define. In doing so Judge Thompson actually stated that he found what Judge Moore did "religiously offensive." How ironic considering Thompson would not even define the word.

Simply put, every law and liberty upon which this country was founded is based on the Judeo-Christian ethic. The secular humanist liberal progressives do not want the American public to recognize that. They point to a few secular oriented statements, but fail to point out that the great preponderance of the evidence points toward biblical foundations for our laws and liberties. Facts like, 1/3 of the quotes in the books and papers written by founding fathers are Bible verses, that 52 of the 55 were regular in church attendance, and that the prolific use of references to God in official documents points to the fact that their view of the establishment clause was far different than the secularist of today that wishes to ban all such reference. Even the Declaration of Independence that established our liberty to be an independent nation states that our rights come from the Creator and because of that they are unalienable (absolute, not awarded by human power, not transferable to another power, and incapable of repudiation). This knowledge interferes with the humanist agenda to change laws and liberties as we humans progress to a so-called higher form of liberal society by casting off the shackles of these Creator endowed rights. But of course this is anarchy, for there are no humanistic standards for right and wrong that can be agreed upon by millions of discordant people each serving their own self-interest. Outside of the words of a revelatory God such as we find in the Bible nothing can be said to be inherently right or wrong. Furthermore, concepts like separation of church and state, freedom of speech, rule of law, juvenile restrictions, bearing false witness, sanctity of life, and marriage, are in and of themselves biblical concepts. They flow from and through that particular belief system.

The secular humanistic viewpoint is also hypocritical since it is itself a religious belief system. As it has been aptly said, there can be no separation of church and state for the secular humanist, for the state is their church. The establishment clause prohibits government interference with the free exercise of religion. By banning all acknowledgement of God by government officials, even when it is based on clear historical reference, the government is interfering. Even a world famous atheist that recently converted to theism because of the powerful argument to design from the plethora of discoveries in genetics and molecular cell biology says the liberal activist judges in the U.S. have interpreted the constitution the wrong way. Antony Flew said "the Supreme Court has utterly misinterpreted the clause in the Constitution about not establishing a religion: misunderstanding it as imposing a ban on all official reference to religion." Although a theist, he is only barely so. This guy hopes there is not an afterlife and does not like any organized religions (including Christianity), which makes him an especially credible witness to what is going on in this country.

The facts are clear, there is a faction that is currently trying to establish secular humanism as our national religion, and they are using state agency to do so. Will the American populace tolerate the complete secularization of society through government supported, communistic social policy dependency and its associated philosophical indoctrination into the state sponsored religion of secular humanism? Liberals don't want you to know that behind all the smoke and mirrors of political rhetoric and banter, this is the true battle raging in 21st century America.

Are our laws and liberties going to be subject to the whims of secular humanist progressives, or shall they remain in the domain of the constitution and its amendments as set forth with the original intent of the framers? We stand at a crossroads as we begin the 21st century. Is America going to become the brave new world of the liberal with all the moral norms of the jungle, or are we going to be a constitutional republic founded upon biblical principles, the same principles that made this nation great for its first 200 years. This is the generation that must choose. Read Roy's book, it is an eye opener, but don't expect those of the secular humanist persuasion to give it a good review.

Judge Moore for Supreme Court.......2005-11-08

Wow, finally the whole story. It is hard to believe that men with as much courage, backbone, and strong morality still exist in America. This, folks, is the story of a modern American HERO. Nowadays, true heroes are ignored, blacklisted, put in jail, harassed, made fun of, and purposely misunderstood. Moore is no exception, as this story points out. In the meantime, I will be helping this man become the next governor of Alabama.

The truth is told!!.......2005-09-28

If you want to know the truth of what happened during those dark days in Alabama you need to get this book!!!

Straight Talk: Overcoming Emotional Battles with the Power of God's Word (Meyer, Joyce)

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Straight Talk: Overcoming Emotional Battles with the Power of God's Word
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Straight Talk: Overcoming Emotional Battles with the Power of God's Word (Meyer, Joyce)
Joyce Meyer
Manufacturer: FaithWords
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Binding: Hardcover

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Straight Talk: Overcoming Emotional Battles with the Power of God's Word.......2007-04-03

Outstanding! Joyce didn't let me down!

Speaking God's Word over your situation.......2006-01-19

Great book, Joyce! It confirmed what I've been learning over the past several years. I now speak God's Word over my situation. If I feel blue, for instance, I start praising Him and quoting scriptures pertinent to the situation, i.e. "Beloved, I wish above all things that you Prosper and Be in Health!"

Thanks for confirming and affirming and teaching multitudes how to talk your way to winning.

Great Book!!!.......2006-01-06

"One of the areas in which I have had to learn obedience to the Lord, is in talking, or more precisely when to stop talking."

Joyce Meyer has more to say on all topics and certainly in this book, we learn more of her secrets to a better life through God and His word. It has been a very unique and helpful teaching for me, as it shows the ways we can rid ourselves of the smallest hurt to the largest worry. Mrs. Meyer gives us insights into dealing with our securities, worry, stress, loneliness, and other negative causes where we can turn ourselves through Christ to confident and positive Christians, equipped for the fight.
Thank you Mrs. Meyer, you are indeed a gem. There are so many people, far more than you know who love reading and adhering to your written word. Bless you always.
Reviewed by Heather Marshall Negahdar (SUGAR-CANE 05/01/06)

Straight Talk to the Heart!.......2005-07-13

If you're a baby Christian (as I am), this is a must book for you. "Behold, the former things have come to pass, and new things I now declare; before they spring forth I tell you of them." Isaiah 42:9 Insecure, Alone, Depressed, Worried, Stressed, Discouraged, Afraid? Hear what God has to say about it all. Joyce writes from the heart and explains it simply to those that are ready to hear.

Straight talk about Straight talk.......2005-03-16

Joyce Meyer is a favorite author, but this book is for everyone. She gives biblical answers for all the tough questions, and it's so helpful and practical! Get it!

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