Giải Bài Tập Tiếng Anh Lớp 8 - Tập 2 tải về miễn phí cuốn sách

Bin Li _obinw — I just finished the book this weekend. Although I don't like his derisive approach, and feel that he should have put the last chapters first (and done away with some of the opening pages), I have to say that I agree with his basic points. Where does this put me? In an interesting place to tell you the truth. At the same time, I have to admit, following through with atheistic thought is much more comforting than I would have imagined. It gives responsibility back to me in a strange way, although Dawkins biologic determinism bothers me just like Calvinist determinism bothers me. Strange that it should be there on both sides. Nevertheless, atheistic thought makes the every day even more precious. "Is this all there is? Becomes THIS is all there is, therefore make the most of it." It makes each person I love more precious, because time is short and I want every moment to be full of significance for NOW because all we have is now. I did away with Christian soteriology a long time ago. As a result, the whole scaffolding for Christianity fell away and there was not much left except some moral teaching. The only things I will hold on to (and don't we all hold on to some magical thinking) are those things that I cannot explain: my dreams (which, to my mind, have some significance beyond the brain cleaning itself out); my intuition (that has never seemed unusual to me but startles most people when they come in contact with it); my imagination (that startles me all the time!); my love for the fanciful and fantastic. ******* I'm not finished yet. In the first 100 pages, Dawkins began with such derision and "straw man" arguments, that I was frustrated. I laughed out loud that he had to limit the definition of God to "supernatural." What if God isn't supernatural? And of course, he admits that a "pantheistic" God is acceptable yet still undefinable except as a metaphor. I was amused, too, that he hates the "metaphorical god" vocabulary that Hawking and Einstein used. (Except for the fundamentalists, most people's concept of God is quite pantheistic. That is where religion is going and has been since the Transcendentalists. Karen Anderson would probably argue that it goes back further than that.The Feminist Spirituality movement would claim that that it goes all the way back to the "pre-patriarchal" time,and that the "patriarchal religion blip," though it has caused much chaos and suffering, is going away. Of course the Feminists are all over the "political" background of monotheistic religions. I am of the opinion that it wouldn't take science to persuade "fundamentalists" of their delusion. I think it has to do more with the political/historical/anthropological/psychological aspects to persuade them. It also has to do with using their vocabulary. Perhaps he gets to this later in the book. I wish Dawkins were in further conversation with psychologists about some of his assertions. I feel conversations with some of the more recent developments/ideas in psychology as it has to do with what some call "spiritual emergency" and others merely call "psychotic break" would help his cause and give him a more sophisticated vocabulary with which to work. But after 100 pages, Dawkins seems to finally gotten down to business with less vitriol and embarrassing comments (such as his comment about "if we are gullible, we don't recognize hallucinations or lucid dreaming for what it is, . . . . especially if we are young, female, and Catholic.") and more substance and intelligence. He finally brings into his the work of theologians that is scholarly. He is acknowledging the roles of anthropology, sociology, and psychology.

Wendy Mclean wendyrmltd3d86 — Honestly, I probably would have rated this higher if it hadn't of scared the piss out of me. I didn't even finish it.

Fred Agho editcollecedfe — Good book. Disturbing, but good. It certainly seems that it has been a long, slow march by the "statists" to get everything they want. And, I know more than ever that I am a conservative.....

Monica Arellano torres_monf150 — Loved.

Ahmed Salama ahmedzakysalama — I stayed up late to finish reading this book. (These days not that many books make me do that since good sleep is a requirement for me!) The setting of the story is the early 60's in the south and includes the injustice and racial tensions that escalate during the Civil Rights Movement. The authors' feminist slant is woven throughout and there are some strange, religious elements that the characters draw upon for strength. The most important part of the story for me was the way the author illustrated the healing that comes from a loving environment and from the relationships formed between strong, independent women, both black and white. It's an easy comparison to see the parallel to the honey formed by a colony of bees, primarily female, working together. All in all, I really liked this book!