The Book Your Church Doesn't Want You To Read (Paperback)

~ Tim C. Leedom (Editor)

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Review

"A giant step toward religious literacy. If a person, being a Christian, church member or clergy, hasn't read the thoughts, evidence and point of view of The Book, they are not getting the whole story." -- Reverend Richard Hill, Minister, Church of Daily Living

Consider this book as a kind of consumer protection guide to religion, a big step forward toward religious literacy. Readers will explore myths, origins, fundamentalism, television ministries, the identical stories of Stellar/Pagan/Christian beliefs, unfounded doctrines, child abuse, the Year 200, and women's rights. It's entertaining and readable, with a sense of humor reflecting the absurdities of fundamental religion -- while being inoffensive. The approach is one of not hitting the reader over the head with "you're wrong", but rather "consider this". The Book Your Church Doesn't Want You To Read contains many interesting, unknown facts such as there being no mention of Jesus Christ is the Dead Sea Scrolls; the oldest story in the world (predating Christianity by millennia) being that of a virgin mother bearing a newborn baby; God finding out about the Trinity from the Catholic Church in 325 A. D. ; and Christmas being a pagan holiday with December 25th shared as a birthdate by many other crucified saviors. Contributors include Steve Allen, Dan Barker, Edd Doerr, Robert Eisenman, Annie Laurie Gaylor, Grace Halsell, Gerald Larue, Jordan Maxwell, and Arthur Melville. -- Midwest Book Review

Product Description

It’s past time to expose the truth about religion myths, frauds, fantasies and fiction from End-times to Virgin Birth to Sun Worship. Now into its 3rd printing. A Best-seller. This popular anthology tells it all, the textbook of Freethought, edited by Tim C. Leedom.

Product Details

• Paperback: 446 pages
• Publisher: Kendall/Hunt Publishing Company; 2nd edition (June 1, 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0840389086
• ISBN-13: 978-0840389084
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (96 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #880,093 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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329 of 367 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Think About It, July 14, 2002

By	TheHighlander (Richfield, PA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Book Your Church Doesn't Want You to Read (Paperback)

This is a book that must be read with an open mind. Those with hard-core beliefs will not like this book. They will not give it the proper thought. The book focuses on Christianity, probably because it is the most popular religion today, and only touches on most other religions. That is the reason I could not bring myself to award a five star review. But the author's points are worth considering for an open minded person.

The book reviews letters and speeches by some of the founding fathers including Thomas Jefferson and Thomas Paine. it touches on the native American with a review of the words of Chief Seattle. Talks on the Dead Sea Scrolls, The Essenes and Mithra releigons. It follows the history of the English Bible and the changes, reprints and revisions that have befell it. The history of many of the stories in the Bible, how they existed before Christianity, the parallels in beliefs of Christianity and other religions that existed prior to it. The customs around The Last Supper as well as the contradictions between the four gospels.

A good read for those interested in the true origins of religion and what man believed before the religions of today. This book should be read as one of many on the subject but no thorough research on the subject should leave this book out. Read it with an open mind and think on it.

153 of 173 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars A Mixture of Sugar and Sand, December 8, 1999

By	carlo harris (Taipei, Taiwan) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Book Your Church Doesn't Want You to Read (Paperback)

I found "The Book" very informative on contemporary issues such as women, religion and politics, religious persecution, etc. However, the over-biased nature of the critiques in some of the articles lessens its creditability. Several of the historical essays abound with fallacies and misinformation. The strength of the book lies in its attack on Christian fundamentalism. The fact is that historically, Christianity has been the enemy of freethought and intellectualism. Most Christians are not encouraged to examine their scriptures critically but to accept what they don't undertand "on faith." It provides convincing arguments to show that the Bible is not the moral yardstick that Christians proclaim it to be. For example, it deals with savagery of Yahweh's Laws and commands, and looks critically at the New Testament's teachings. Many of writers of are very well-respected in their fields such as Robert Eisenman, known for his work on the Dead Sea Scrolls. Overall, this is a pretty good buy and it makes for interesting reading. I think that it belongs on the bookshelf of every Christian home. Though some of the material is a bit sketchy, it will make the serious Christian reexamine his faith in light of the many complex issues--from ancient to contemporary--that have to addressed.

79 of 90 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars All Christians Should Have One, March 13, 2005

By	I. C. Codex "old volume" (Georgia, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Book Your Church Doesn't Want You to Read (Paperback)

This is a great book that exposes religion, and in particular, Christianty for what it truly is, which is a 2000+ year old fraud that has been perpetuated by the church at all cost. This is just one of many books that tells the truth and facts about the Christian religion. So the information is out there if a
person really desires to know the truth concerning his church and all churches. I have been on both sides of the fence, so to speak, as I was a Christian for nearly 30 years before I woke up to the truth. Sure, it was not easy to dump a life-time of false
theology, however, I'm glad that I'm totally free of the organized relgion that used to run my life. The christian church needs to be exposed for what it really is, as its been a
horrible scam to millions of victims so in this regard, all Christians should own a copy of this book, although most of them
are way to close minded to even read it. I would highly recommend "THE BIBLE FRAUD" By Tony Bushby as well.