Do you sense that you have a mission in life but are unable to accept the existence of a supreme being? Are you irritated by people who perpetually want to…save you? Are you looking for a philosophy of life that leads to a happy and contented life without faith? In the first part of his book, Dr. Tzannes shows the absurdity of religious dogmas and practices—information you need to face down all those religious zealots and annoying proselytizers. In the second part, he answers questions such as “why are we here?” “what is good or evil?” “how do we find happiness?” etc., proving that happiness and fulfillment in life are easily within reach, with no need for God or organized religions. All ideas are presented through a series of heated, humorous dialogues that need no Ph.D. in philosophy to be enjoyed—just common sense and a freethinking mind.
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Dr. Nicolaos S. Tzannes holds a Ph.D in Electrical Engineering Science, Mathematics and Statistics from The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland. He also holds Bachelor's and Master's degrees from the University of Minnesota and Syracuse University, respectively. He is presently a Professor Emeritus of Electrical Engineering at the University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida where he also chaired the Department from 1986-1994. He has taught at The Johns Hopkins University, Tufts University, the University of Oklahoma, the University of Virginia, Oregon State University and the University of Patras, Greece. Besides the books listed below, Dr. Tzannes has authored, co-authored or edited many other books and dozens of scientific papers in English and other languages. Dr. Tzannes and his wife live part of the year in Orlando, Florida, and part of it in Kato Kastritsi, Greece. Yet another part of the year they spend visiting their three sons and their families, enjoying their seven-so far-grandchildren. They devote the rest of the year to traveling around the globe. OTHER BOOKS BY THE AUTHOR "Communication and Radar Systems," Prentice-Hall, 1985. Reprinted by iuniverse, Inc., 2000. "How Good Are You At Backgammon?" (with B. Tzannes), Simon and Schuster, 1974. Revised and Re-issued by Writers Club Press, 2001. "Backgammon Games and Strategies," (with B. Tzannes), Barnes and Co. 1977. Reprinted by toExcel Press, 2000. As Aris P. D'Avenal (his pseudonym) THE GENE CONSPIRACY or "Sorry...the Genes Made Me Do It," Writers Club Press, 2000.
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10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
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Not quite academic enough...,
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This review is from: Life Without God: A Guide to Fulfillment Without Religion (Paperback)
Malarkey.The first half of this book contains slightly-amusing arguments against the paradoxical dogma of many Christian churches. However, anybody can make a religious zealot look crazy. He fails to soundly criticize against any of the more convincing arguments for a creator. I did enjoy the author's attacks on organized religion (see social memes) despite him hand picking easy targets. The second half of the book he introduces his own framework for living, morality and happiness called neo-humanism. While he does have interesting points, it ultimately fails to stand on its own. For example, his third edict is to produce as many offspring as you can while another axiom is to protect the environment. I find these two to be mutually exclusive, personally. He also denoted you will only find lasting happiness if you have children. It seems that the author feels that his happiness stems from his children so therefore only reproducing can cause happiness. Many of his other preexistent personal feelings of morality are shoehorned to fit his framework (his stance on fornication comes to mind). While I have no doubt Dr. Tzannes is intelligent, please note that he is a professor of electrical engineering and this topic is seemingly outside of his expertise. This book is akin to receiving a philosophy lecture from your high-school shop teacher who is smug from winning pseudo-intellectual debates against his poor wife (most of the criticisms of his arguments comes from his wife).
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This review is from: Life Without God: A Guide to Fulfillment Without Religion (Paperback)
This book exposes all religions for what they really are-scams-and also explains why most people fall prey to them. It took some genuine courage to write.The author's "neo-humanism" theory is quite intriguing!
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Are you mission happy? In the theism versus atheism debate, morality is a gigantic subject. The religious "moral high horse" is easily knocked down, and Dr. Tzannes knocks it down with professional ease. What is harder to do is explain non-religious morality (especially to someone that needs a god to tell them how to behave). Morality based on happiness and fulfillment has been proposed before, but it has proven difficult to define "happiness" and even more difficult to setup a standard of "happiness" that can apply to all cultures and all communities. Dr. Tzannes has accomplished that task with his Neo-Humanism Theory. Dr. Tzannes puts into theory (using the scientific presentation) what many have tried to articulate before. The Neo-Humanism Theory holds great merit and ties together the thinking of almost all non-theists. Dr. Tzannes keeps the book in lay terms, allowing for a greater audience (although he admits he didn't write the book to de-convert anyone). The use of personal dialogues to elaborate on his ideas is extremely useful for expressing those very ideas; the dialogues give the reader the ability to see the ideas mold themselves and become concrete. You may not agree with some of the details of Dr. Tzannes' book, but the Neo-Humanism Theory is unarguably one of the best propositions for answering the question about non-religious morality and tackling the definition of happiness and setting up a standard that can be used worldwide. Are you mission happy? To find out if you are mission happy... read the book.Blair Scott
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