Lost in Transubstantiation
Title: “Bad Religion: How We Became a Nation of Heretics”
Author: Ross Douthat
Rank: 51
Blurb: “Writing for an era dominated by recession, gridlock, and fears of American decline, Douthat exposes the spiritual roots of the nation’s political and economic crises. He argues that America’s problem isn’t too much religion, as a growing chorus of atheists have argued; nor is it an intolerant secularism, as many on the Christian right believe. Rather, it’s bad religion: the slow-motion collapse of traditional faith and the rise of a variety of pseudo-Christianities that stroke our egos, indulge our follies, and encourage our worst impulses.”
Review: “Douthat has gone from Episcopal to Pentecostal to Roman Catholic so he has run the gamit of Christian faith in American. It is fascinating to read how faith has gone wrong in this book.”
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Footnote: If only we all followed a hierarchical male-dominated foreign-led boy-raping cult, America would be a lot better off.
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Who or what killed more people? Stalin, Hitler, or organized religion?
Game, set, match.