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The Heathen's Guide to World Religions is a hilarious but accurate history of the murder, lust, greed, and sheer stupidity that have made the world's religions what they are today.
"Hopper represents the most lethal of organized religions many
opponents a curious, well-educated individual with a sharp wit."
~Queen's University Journal Review
"Wickedly fun and informative."~Toronto Star
"The Heathen's Guide To World Religions has taken up permanent residence on my bookshelves... a masterfully written, wonderfully funny, and
deliciously snarky trip down religious lane." ~Al Stefanelli, UNITED
ATHEIST FRONT.
"Reads like Monty Python in religious garb... easily one of the best
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The Heathen Guide to World Religions A Secular History of the 'One True Faiths' edition by William Hopper Kevin Jackson Humor Entertainment eBooks
The Heathen's Guide to World Religions by William Hopper"The Heathen's Guide to World Religions" is an irreverent, humorous, yet informative book about world religions. The book focuses on the origin of five major religions: Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Hinduism and Buddhism. This 312-page book is composed of five major chapters based on the aforementioned religions and many subchapters.
Positives:
1. A surprisingly informative book on the major religions of the world.
2. Better researched than the humor would lead you to believe.
3. A humorous and irreverent tone that propels the book forward.
4. Humor aside, this book provides an insightful look at how the main religions originated.
5. Great quotes open every single subchapter. Excellent!
6. Interesting and at times fascinating facts spruced throughout the book.
7. Mr. Hopper does a great job of defining religious terms.
8. Interesting how religions impacted the history of our planet. Many great examples throughout the book.
9. Many great examples of how religions build or steal rituals from other religions.
10. Interesting Jewish polytheistic history.
11. The huge impact of Paul and Constantine on Christianity. The New Testament as a "Paulinian" Bible.
12. How faith fosters intolerance.
13. The Crusades, the Inquisition, Indulgences, Oh my.
14. The impact of religious icons across all religions.
15. The interesting history of Baghdad as a cultural center for 400 years.
16. Great introductory insights on Eastern religions and how they are related.
17. The Hindu Trinity...interesting.
18. The real meaning behind Karma.
19. How Buddhism ended up in China.
20. How religious faith can be misused as a source of political power.
21. Ultimately this book educates and the "irreverent" Kindle price of $6.66 makes this book a good value.
Negatives:
1. No table of contents, WT?
2. The book felt rushed as evidenced by a lack of a comprehensive bibliography (yes there is one but really incomplete).
3. The book could have used a better editor. The format of the book didn't help either...and you can forget about links for the Kindle.
4. Some of the irreverent humor will rub some the wrong way.
5. A table or flowchart of how religions are related would have added value.
6. Despite the irreverent humor it does play the PC card.
7. This book is by no means a scholarly effort but it is ultimately an effective one as it does provide valuable information to the masses.
In summary, this book was a pleasant surprise. It does accomplish its main mission of educating the masses on the origins of the five major religions. It takes a lot of chances with its humor but at times it does help with what would have otherwise have been a dull read. It's not scholarly but effective. I was disappointed that this book was rushed as evidenced by the poor editing, lack of table of contents and overall polish but ultimately it rewards the readers with good information and a great value.
Further reading: "God Hates You, Hate Back" and "Jesus Lied - He Was Only Human" by CJ Werleman, and "Biblical Nonsense..." by Jason Long.
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The Heathen Guide to World Religions A Secular History of the 'One True Faiths' edition by William Hopper Kevin Jackson Humor Entertainment eBooks Reviews
The Heathen’s Guide to World Religions by William Hopper is the best book on world religions I have ever read. If I were homeschooling this and Bill Bryson’s wildly entertainingly history of science book A Short History of Everything would be my teenage staples. The drama and humor and gossip!
Hopper is not a Neopagan Heathen, but an atheist one. In this book he covers Hindiusm, Buddhism, Judaism, Islam and Christianity in the most rational, logical, irreverent ways possible. These religions make sense to me now! Especially Judaism and Christianity which have always baffled me. I know what power play Constantine (a pagan follower of Apollo) was up to when he created formal Hellenistic Christianity and got rid of the Gnostics. I understand Moses, the man who would be king and his life’s irony.
The strange changes in the Koran about how to deal with Christians now makes sense. The messages from the angel changes as the Christians' changed. If they were attacking, the angel said do bad stuff in retaliation. If the Christians were allies, the angel said they are like us. Very situational messages that oddly became codified outside of context. (Which is most religion, right?)
Even the many stages of Hinduism are explained well, which is nearly impossible. Most Hindus couldn't do it. I understand better why the changes happened. As a follower of the earliest Vedic stages, the latter ones make more sense to me.
Buddhism I sadly knew too much about Buddha has a lot of rules. Zillions it feels like, but the main ones are the 8 paths of right living. He abandoned his family and never went back while telling everyone else how to live when he got over his suicidal depression from being overprotected. Kinda like a lot of Baby Boomer men, right? Old men want to nap and get kinda grumpy. The book helped me understand the later Buddha, the less militant one. Buddha got older and all these kids kept bugging him on the details, “You said this, what did it mean, how do I do this?” etc. Buddha says “Find Buddha within you” and heads into woods to nap ie meditate. I like that older Buddha who was much more than the neurotic fellow who created so much stress for everyone trying to be enlightened ie perfect. (See, you who have childhood issues with Jesus and the Church? You could have them instead with Buddha and lamas!)
The Heathen's Guide to World Religions by William Hopper
"The Heathen's Guide to World Religions" is an irreverent, humorous, yet informative book about world religions. The book focuses on the origin of five major religions Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Hinduism and Buddhism. This 312-page book is composed of five major chapters based on the aforementioned religions and many subchapters.
Positives
1. A surprisingly informative book on the major religions of the world.
2. Better researched than the humor would lead you to believe.
3. A humorous and irreverent tone that propels the book forward.
4. Humor aside, this book provides an insightful look at how the main religions originated.
5. Great quotes open every single subchapter. Excellent!
6. Interesting and at times fascinating facts spruced throughout the book.
7. Mr. Hopper does a great job of defining religious terms.
8. Interesting how religions impacted the history of our planet. Many great examples throughout the book.
9. Many great examples of how religions build or steal rituals from other religions.
10. Interesting Jewish polytheistic history.
11. The huge impact of Paul and Constantine on Christianity. The New Testament as a "Paulinian" Bible.
12. How faith fosters intolerance.
13. The Crusades, the Inquisition, Indulgences, Oh my.
14. The impact of religious icons across all religions.
15. The interesting history of Baghdad as a cultural center for 400 years.
16. Great introductory insights on Eastern religions and how they are related.
17. The Hindu Trinity...interesting.
18. The real meaning behind Karma.
19. How Buddhism ended up in China.
20. How religious faith can be misused as a source of political power.
21. Ultimately this book educates and the "irreverent" price of $6.66 makes this book a good value.
Negatives
1. No table of contents, WT?
2. The book felt rushed as evidenced by a lack of a comprehensive bibliography (yes there is one but really incomplete).
3. The book could have used a better editor. The format of the book didn't help either...and you can forget about links for the .
4. Some of the irreverent humor will rub some the wrong way.
5. A table or flowchart of how religions are related would have added value.
6. Despite the irreverent humor it does play the PC card.
7. This book is by no means a scholarly effort but it is ultimately an effective one as it does provide valuable information to the masses.
In summary, this book was a pleasant surprise. It does accomplish its main mission of educating the masses on the origins of the five major religions. It takes a lot of chances with its humor but at times it does help with what would have otherwise have been a dull read. It's not scholarly but effective. I was disappointed that this book was rushed as evidenced by the poor editing, lack of table of contents and overall polish but ultimately it rewards the readers with good information and a great value.
Further reading "God Hates You, Hate Back" and "Jesus Lied - He Was Only Human" by CJ Werleman, and "Biblical Nonsense..." by Jason Long.
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