Level 3: Book on "Religious Stances" This page contains a link to my book on stances, in particular religious stances. This book was finished in September 2014. The book describes and assesses important ideas about the world such as divine intervention, karma, dharma, atheism, and Gnosticism. It describes and assesses the major world religions. As of April 2015, I had not made up the bibliography yet. See "stub" doc below. You may use whatever you wish for free (for now) but don't forget that I retain the copyright and I assert all rights, and don't forget to credit me. Thanks. DOC: Introduction PDF ....... HTML ....... Text DOC: Part 1: Chapters 00 to 08 PDF DOC: Part 2: Chapters 09 to 14 PDF DOC: Part 3: Chapters 15 to 21 PDF DOC: Part 4: Chapters 22 to 30 PDF DOC: Whole Book (quite long) PDF
The following are the individual chapters of the book, with links. DOC: Title (Cover) Page PDF ....... HTML ....... Text DOC: Dedication PDF ....... HTML ....... Text DOC: Contents PDF ....... HTML ........ (no text)
DOC: Part 01 Ch 01 Basic Beliefs PDF ....... HTML ....... Text DOC: Part 01 Ch 02 Basic Politics PDF ....... HTML ....... Text DOC: Part 01 Ch 03 Human Nature PDF ....... HTML ....... Text DOC: Part 01 Ch 04 Issues 1 PDF ....... HTML ....... Text DOC: Part 01 Ch 05 Issues 2 PDF ....... HTML ....... Text DOC: Part 01 Ch 06 Codes PDF ....... HTML ....... Text DOC: Part 01 Ch 07 Romanticism PDF ....... HTML ....... Text DOC: Part 01 Ch 08 Decent People PDF ....... HTML ....... Text
DOC: Part 02 Ch 09 Atheism PDF ....... HTML ....... Text DOC: Part 02 Ch 10 Empiness PDF ....... HTML ....... Text DOC: Part 02 Ch 11 Interlude PDF ........ HTML ....... Text DOC: Part 02 Ch 12 Self PDF ....... HTML ....... Text DOC: Part 02 Ch 13 Free Will PDF ....... HTML ....... Text DOC: Part 02 Ch 14 Badness PDF ....... HTML ....... Text
DOC: Part 03 Ch 15 Common Themes of Religion PDF ....... HTML ....... Text DOC: Part 03 Ch 16 Common Mistakes of Religion PDF ....... HTML ....... Text DOC: Part 03 Ch 17 Worlds 1 PDF ....... HTML ....... Text DOC: Part 03 Ch 18 Worlds 2 PDF ....... HTML ....... Text DOC: Part 03 Ch 19 Common Mass Religion PDF ....... HTML ....... Text DOC: Part 03 Ch 20 The End of the World PDF ....... HTML ....... Text DOC: Part 03 Ch 21 Legalism and Fundamentalism PDF ....... HTML ....... Text
DOC: Part 04 Ch 22 Judaism, Christianity, and Islam PDF ........ HTML ......... Text DOC: Part 04 Ch 23 Theravada Buddhism PDF ......... HTML ......... Text DOC: Part 04 Ch 24 Mahayana Buddhism PDF .......... HTML ......... Text DOC: Part 04 Ch 25 Confucius PDF ......... HTML ......... Text DOC: Part 04 Ch 26 Taoism PDF ......... HTML ........ Text DOC: Part 04 Ch 27 Zen PDF .......... HTML ......... Text DOC: Part 04 Ch 28 Relativism PDF ......... HTML ........ Text DOC: Part 04 Ch 29 Hinduism PDF .......... HTML ........ Text DOC: Part 04 Ch 30 American Religious Fascism (in progress) PDF ........ HTML ........ Text
DOC: Bibliography stub PDF
The following two pieces are extracts from the chapter on basic beliefs. They are also in my Essays. Jesus Changed the World PDF ......... HTML ........ Text Jesus as God or Not God PDF ......... HTML ........ Text I added to the essay about Jesus as God, in response to comments, also in my Essays: Jesus as God, Part 2 PDF ........ HTML ........ Text In writing a book about religious stances, I had to leave out stances, ideas, and myths that are fun to think about, such as hipster, right wing zealot, nature freak, over-sensitive to being "dissed", aloof skeptic, right wing rebel, and warrior Jesus. Those stances, ideas, and myths, are collected on pages in my Essays. As of September 2017, not much was on them yet. Still, the links are: PAGE: Mike Essays on Ideas and Myths
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