Bøger af Michael Paulkovich

Questions and answers about religious rituals, belief in deities, Christianity, the harm done by religion, peaceful religions of the world, witch burning, slavery, the Bible and its evolution and corruption, the Ten Commandments (and why they are mostly immoral), Jesus, Christmas and theology. Some good, some benign, but MOSTLY HARMFUL. (June 2023 Revision.)REVIEWS: How could anyone outdo the feat of writing Beyond the Crusades? Only its author could do that, as we see in Michael Paulkovich's Mostly Harmful: 1001 Things Everyone Should Know about Religion. This is a wonderfully readable reference book needed by everyone trying to lead a life of reason... -- Frank R. Zindler, Editor, American Atheist Press Michael Paulkovich's new book, Mostly Harmful, with its vibrant melding of intellectual rigor and pungent, satirical humor, is the best possible antidote to the dogmatism, obscurantism, and plain foolishness of most religious creeds. With this book, along with his previous works, Paulkovich deserves to be placed with Richard Dawkins, Christopher Hitchens, and Sam Harris as a modern titan of atheism. -- S. T. Joshi, The Unbelievers: The Evolution of Modern Atheism.

REVIEWS>"Paulkovich's stunning condemnation of the fallacious foundations of Judeo-Christian religion includes a unique year by year recounting of its atrocities and relentless annexations of territory and wealth... the lack of any real evidence for Jesus, human or divine, and its obvious plagiarism of earlier Mithraic legends for Christmas and Easter. Paulkovich's work combines rigorous scholarly research with wry humor and wit and will attract scholars and serious students as well as non-experts in search of an authentic and readable history of the period. I am confident that No Meek Messiah will become a leading source for all interested in the history of religion. - Eric A. Stone, PhD, author of the forthcoming "Atheism: The Struggle and the Promise. "Drop everything you are doing and order Michael Paulkovich's NO MEEK MESSIAH, a book which treats the Christian biblical literature, the Bible among them, as a well documented set of lies, laws and a despicable legacy of non-events bloodied with unspeakable cruelty. Even Jesus Christ may not have existed nor was he crucified if he existed. Much of the accounts in the Bible (all versions) never took place and the number of contradictions they contain deploy confused messages they purports to convey. It will take perhaps another hundred years before the full truth of the Christian era emerges as the dominant early history of the development of what we call Civilization. This book is a great step in that rational direction." -- Dr. Elie A. Shneour (The Malnourished Mind)." * * * The vast majority have not read their Bible. Many think they have; they are exposed to certain parts on Sundays, even being dedicated attendees of weekly Bible Study. But most are completely unaware, for instance, that the New Testament traces the parenthood of Jesus to mythical Adam and Eve. According to the anonymous author of Luke, a mere seventy-five generations separate "Adam"-and the beginning of the universe-from the birth of Jesus some 2,000 years ago. Devout churchgoers are certainly not taught of the racist, violent, immoral, and juvenile beliefs of Jesus. How many true Christians are aware Jesus refused to heal non-Hebrews; that the NT praises genocide; and that Jesus accused people of thought crimes? Most Christians think that only the Old Testament condones killing of disobedient children, strangely unaware that Jesus agrees with this immoral parenting perspective. The "virgin mother" claim in the Bible was simply ancient pre-Christian forgery. Christianity is demonstrably mostly a gaggle of plagia¬risms gathered from many prior myths.Christian monks burned books for centuries, and most popes forbade reading books-including the Bible. Tens of millions of innocent men, women, and children were murdered by Christians, all in the name of saintly Jesus. And Jesus was no wise teacher, no meek messiah. http: //nomeekmessiah.com

Third edition of the author's book, with Foreword by Robert M. Price. Revised and updated September 3, 2024.