I like to read a lot. I like to read all kinds of different things. I read a lot of non-fiction. These all came together, much like a horrible car crash, or maybe a circus freak show, two days ago at the North Portland branch of the Multnomah County Public Library. I reserved three books over the past few weeks that couldn't be any different in their political and social strata. But the subjects all deal with belief systems. I've just started reading these books and I am going to try to get all three read in the next week or two. Regardless of my own personal beliefs, I like to keep up on many different views of things.
Persecution: How Liberals are Waging War Against Christianity by David Limbaugh. The author is Rush Limbaugh's brother and so far, this book reads like a Fox News show. I wish this book didn't have that fear-mongering feel to it, because I think it might prevent me from finishing this book. I'll give it my best shot.
So Help Me God: The Founding Fathers and the First Great Battle Over Church and State by Forrest Church, who is a thirty year minister and earned a doctorate in church history at Harvard. This appears to be an honest and factual accounting of the religion or non-religion of the country's first five presidents and the role that religion played in politics. This one is going to take a while to get through. Good thing I like history.
The New Athiesm: Taking a Stand for Science and Reason by Victor J. Stenger. This is the shortest of the three at 240 or so pages. The title pretty much says it all.
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