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ramyarath's review against another edition
informative
medium-paced
4.5
Learned a lot about world religions.
buttbag's review against another edition
2.5
flop why was it all abt christianity im trying to learn abt a bunch of religions and it ended up being 80% stuff u could get from the bible and 20% everything else it kinda got interesting at the end when it analyzed its effects on the world but that was like a smidgen of the book when it shouldve been like 30% of it smh. i would rec if u literally know nothing abt jesus
bweaver1962's review
5.0
Finished reading this book today. I learned a lot about religions and their development over time, and their place in our political history. I found the book to be balanced and thoughtful in nature. But it the last 2 sections I found some language that resonated with me.
"Fundamentalism is a tantrum. It's a screaming fit, a refusal to accept new realities "
"History shows that power always has to be wrested from those who have it."
"Fundamentalists don't debate. They don't try the evidence. They deliver a sentence. And it's always 'guilty' because their holy book has already decided the issue."
"It turns out that religion may be a greater enemy of God than atheism. Atheism says God doesn't exist. If God does exist he is more likely to be amused than outraged by the atheist's impudence."
"So we arrive at the conclusion that though religion claims to reveal the true nature of God to the world, a lot of the time it is actually hiding God behind the thick fog of its own cruelty."
"Fundamentalism is a tantrum. It's a screaming fit, a refusal to accept new realities "
"History shows that power always has to be wrested from those who have it."
"Fundamentalists don't debate. They don't try the evidence. They deliver a sentence. And it's always 'guilty' because their holy book has already decided the issue."
"It turns out that religion may be a greater enemy of God than atheism. Atheism says God doesn't exist. If God does exist he is more likely to be amused than outraged by the atheist's impudence."
"So we arrive at the conclusion that though religion claims to reveal the true nature of God to the world, a lot of the time it is actually hiding God behind the thick fog of its own cruelty."