Religion's Travesty of God

An anthology of articles on general problems with theism, on the merits of some Eastern religions, and on the shenanigans of monotheism with special emphasis on the derangements and farces of Christianity. These articles assume or defend an "old," standard atheistic standpoint rather than a "new" atheistic one. New atheism was the media-created fad that rose to prominence soon after 9/11, whereas standard atheism isn't aligned with scientism, is independent of any secular...
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An anthology of articles on general problems with theism, on the merits of some Eastern religions, and on the shenanigans of monotheism with special emphasis on the derangements and farces of Christianity.

These articles assume or defend an "old," standard atheistic standpoint rather than a "new" atheistic one. New atheism was the media-created fad that rose to prominence soon after 9/11, whereas standard atheism isn't aligned with scientism, is independent of any secular social movement or sales initiative, and takes seriously Nietzsche's concern that the "death of God" is potentially catastrophic rather than being a philosophical conceit to be brushed aside due to the obviousness of technoscientific or economic progress.

The articles cover everything from entheogens to the classic theistic proofs, to mysticism and Buddhism, to the Jesus Myth theory, to Americanized Christianity, to the audaciousness of the Quran. Overall, the articles provide a host of eye-opening reasons to think that the world's religions fall short of the enlightened perspective we'd better learn how to adopt to endure the fast-changing Anthropocene.