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INTRODUCTION
1: IN THE BEGINNING
GERIN OIL
EVERYONE’S A SKEPTIC—ABOUT OTHER RELIGIONS
FAITH = ILLNESS: WHY I’VE HAD IT WITH RELIGIOUS TOLERANCE
2: CURRENT EVENTS & CONTROVERSIES
THE US IS A FREE COUNTRY, NOT A CHRISTIAN NATION
THE BASIC ARGUMENT
THE HISTORY PART OF OUR ARGUMENT
THE “NOT CHRISTIAN” PART OF THE ARGUMENT
THE “‘MYTHS’ THAT NEED CORRECTING” PART OF THE ARGUMENT
THE “OUGHT TO BE FREE” PART OF THE ARGUMENT
POSTING THE TEN COMMANDMENTS
PHILADELPHIA GRAND JURY REPORT: ON ABUSIVE PRIESTS AND THE CARDINALS WHO ENABLED THEM
INTRODUCTION TO THE GRAND JURY REPORT
SECTION II—OVERVIEW OF THE SEXUAL ABUSE BY ARCHDIOCESE PRIESTS
SECTION III—OVERVIEW OF THE COVER-UP BY ARCHDIOCESE OFFICIALS
SECTION IV—LEGAL ANALYSIS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
OVERVIEW OF THE SEXUAL ABUSE BY ARCHDIOCESE PRIESTS
OVERVIEW OF THE COVER-UP BY ARCHDIOCESE OFFICIALS
SELECTED CASE STUDIES
GOD HAS LEFT THE BUILDING: THE SELF-IMPOSED DEATH OF INSTITUTIONAL JUDAISM
REFORMATION HYMNS: ISLAM, IRAN, AND BLOGS
ISLAMIC REFORMATION OR BUST
THE FREEDOM TO BE “BLASPHEMOUS”
CHILDREN OF THE REVOLUTION
VIRTUALLY UNVEILED
TRUMPING THE CLERICS
HEROIC WOMEN VS. EVIL MUSLIM MEN
BEHIND THE HEADLINES
REALITY VS. PERCEPTION
“BUT THEY ELECTED AN ISLAMIC RADICAL”
A NATION OF ISLAMIC MARTYRS
ONLY IN IRAN
3: BIBLE TALES
THE GOD FROM GALILEE
WHO WROTE THE GOSPELS?: (HINT: IT WASN’T MATTHEW, MARK, LUKE, OR JOHN)
MATTHEW AND MARK
LUKE
JOHN
WHEN WERE THE GOSPELS WRITTEN?
WHERE WERE THE GOSPELS WRITTEN?
THE SYNOPTIC PROBLEM
Q AND THE DOUBLE TRADITION
THE M AND L SOURCES
CONCLUSION
BRIDGING THE LEAP OF FAITH
JOURNEY TO BETHLEHEM
4: I WAS THERE! (TRUE ENCOUNTERS WITH RELIGION)
WITH THE SWORD: ATTENDING A MUSLIM STUDENTS’ CONFERENCE
BROWARD COUNTY, FLORIDA
MY WEEKEND WITH OSHO
FASCIST BOOT CAMP: OREGON, USA
PARADISE: PUNE, INDIA
OSHO RETURNS—EVERYWHERE
A JUICY WEEKEND: DORSET, UK
JUNGLE DRUMS OF THE EVIL I
SACRED SPOTS: CORPSES, THORNS, BMW COFFINS, A HYMEN-RESTORING SPRING, AND OTHER RELIGIOUS RELICS AND PLACES
TAKING UP SERPENTS: A PHOTO GALLERY OF SNAKE-HANDLERS
5: GOD-FREE LIVING
THE HONESTY OF ATHEISM
COMFORTING THOUGHTS ABOUT DEATH THAT HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH GOD
CONFESSIONS OF AN ATHEIST
6: DOING GOD’S WORK
“IRISH GULAGS FOR WOMEN”: THE CATHOLIC CHURCH’S MAGDALENE ASYLUMS
“END OF THE WORLD PROPHET FOUND IN ERROR, NOT INSANE”: A FAILED PROPHET’S SURVIVAL HANDBOOK
FAITH AND CURSES
CHRISTIANITY
THE VIRGIN MARY
IN THE HOLY LAND
SACRED THREATS IN THE ISLAMIC WORLD
CURSES
7: THE MOST POPULAR SIN
VOLUPTUOUS ECSTASY ON THE TEMPLE: EROTIC ASPECTS OF HINDU SCULPTURE
JUDGMENTS BASED ON WESTERN STANDARDS
THE “GOOD LIFE” WITHIN THE CONCEPT OF EPICUREANISM
PRACTICAL USAGE
A WAY TO OBTAIN SPIRITUAL KNOWLEDGE
WANTING THE TOPMOST PEACH: THE EROTIC POETRY OF THE SIXTH DALAI LAMA
“FONDLING THE FELLOWS IN FOLLY”: IN WHICH GOD WONDERS, WHY BE GAY WHEN STRAIGHT SEX IS SO GREAT?
THE PRIVATE PARTS ON THE POPE’S ALTAR
8: SOUNDS AND WORDS
IT AIN’T NECESSARILY SO: MUSIC’S DEBT TO NONBELIEVERS
CLASSICAL COMPOSERS
POPULAR AMERICAN SONGWRITERS
MUSIC IS JUST MUSIC
HOLY BLOOD, HOLY CODE
THE DA VINCI CODE ’S HISTORICAL ACCURACY
HOW THE DA VINCI CODE WAS RESEARCHED
THE JUDGMENT
AND YET MORE QUESTIONS…
THE RELIGIOUS QUESTIONS
“INCOMPLETE JEWS” AND “INTERNATIONAL MONETARISTS”: VEILED ANTI-SEMITISM IN THE LEFT BEHIND SERIES
9: HOLY HISTORY
MARTIN LUTHER GOES BOWLING
FRIENDLY FEUDALISM: THE TIBET MYTH
BUDDHIST EXCEPTIONALISM?
SHANGRI-LA (FOR LORDS AND LAMAS)
TORTURE AND MUTILATION
OCCUPATION AND REVOLT
ENTER THE COMMUNISTS
ELITES, ÉMIGRÉS, AND THE CIA
THE QUESTION OF CULTURE
THE GOD MACHINE: BUILDING THE MECHANICAL MESSIAH IN 1850s MASSACHUSETTS
THE VERGE EXTREME: CALIFORNIA’S RELIGION OF TRANSFORMATION
10: GRAB BAG
JESUS OF NAZARETH DISCUSSES HIS FAILURE
HOLY SHIT: EXCREMENT AND RELIGION
THE URINE DANCE OF THE ZUÑIS
HUMAN ORDURE EATEN BY EAST INDIAN FANATICS
THE STERCORANISTES
COW DUNG AND COW URINE IN RELIGION
EXCREMENT GODS OF THE ROMANS AND EGYPTIANS
ORDURE IN SMOKING
MYTHS
LEGION’S LEGACY: POSSESSION AND EXORCISM
EXPLAINING EXORCISM AND POSSESSION
POSSESSION IN POP CULTURE
THE EXORCIST STORY
THE DEVIL MADE ME DO IT
BELIEF AND POSSESSION
WHAT WOULD JESUS DO?
FOUND RELIGION
BITS AND PIECES
WHO WOULD JESUS TORTURE?
MARY’S CONFUSED OB-GYN
MORE ON MARY
LET’S TALK ABOUT CONNUBIUM
OF BROTHELS AND ABBEYS
SAVING THE WORLD FROM FILTHY FLOWERS AND PLANT PORN
A HOST OF PROBLEMS
THE MOVIE THAT TRIGGERED A MAJOR TERRORIST INCIDENT IN THE US
GOOD BOOKS
CONFESSION IS GOOD FOR THE POLE
HOLY PETER
A LOAD OF MALAKOI
THE FAMILY THAT PRAYS TOGETHER, LAYS TOGETHER
HOMESPUN BLASPHEMY
ILLUSTRATING THE REST OF THE BIBLE
DÉJÀ VU, ALL OVER AGAIN
ISLAM AND SLAVERY
RULES, RULES, RULES, AND MORE RULES
CONFUCIUS SAY ... NOTHING, REALLY
WHEN GOD WASN’T A WOMAN
THE COINING OF “SCIENTOLOGY” BY ALLEN UPWARD
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ARTICLE HISTORIES
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