The Plain Truth About God 101 PDF Download

God 101 is a book that addresses our contemporary fascination with all matters spiritual. The first half of the book looks at how we got to where we are now in our physical and spiritual development. The second half allows us to take a long look at ourselves as a people and examine the beliefs and practices that have made our world here in the twenty first century the way it is! This book has attempted to separate the fact of a "God" from the myths of man that have so shaped our lives. My hope in writing this book is to have people come back to God without the trappings and false impressions that have been fostered on us by organized religion over the centuries. What I object to is the human trait of forming special interest groups whose purpose is to give only their explanation of God, and, making proclamations and laws in God's name. This to me is the height of human arrogance and self-deception. Perhaps the greatest sin of the Western churches (Judaism, Christianity and Islam) has been the particular brand of narcissism that impels so many to feel they have God all sewn up and put in their back pocket. People who think that they not only have a ticket to heaven, but anyone who disagrees with them is going straight to hell! They believe in God, but do not believe that God is bigger than their own theology. In their arrogance they do not realized that God is not theirs to possess! -Paraphrased from M. Scott Peck. The discipline of sociology of religion has much to teach about how religion functions for the individual and in society. Unfortunately, research done by sociologists of religion seldom filters out of the "ivory towers" to those "in the trenches." None can be persuaded or converted to one or another religious perspective only through rational proof and logic. This may be possible in science, but not in religion, otherwise everyone would already be of one faith. However, rational proofs have to be considered because we are rational beings. Reason can not be rejected and experience proclaimed the only way of knowing truth. No divorce between reason and experience should be accepted because they are complementary and work together. Neither should exclude the other. As a result, we do not have to reject the proof of reason in our spiritual quests, whatever their nature might be. Rather than generating sterile debates, the information presented here should help you clarify your own views toward comparative religion and develop a critical ability to analyze today's spiritual market. www.God-101.com