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Losing Faith in Faith: From Preacher to Atheist

This book offers a personal account of the author's transformation from religious faith to disbelief, exploring the complex emotional and intellectual processes involved in such a significant life change. more

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Dan Barker
Dan Barker

Dan Barker, born on June 25, 1949, is an accomplished musician known for his versatility and profound musical talent across various genres. more

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“A Christian anarchist has no business belonging to such a reactionary organization [the Catholic Church]. I do not believe in original sin, indulgences, the infallibility of the pope, or obedience to any church official if it is against my conscience. I am not interested in earning "merit" or in being saved by priestly incantation.”

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“Placed on this isthmus of a middle state, A being darkly wise and rudely great... He hangs between; in doubt to act or rest; In doubt to deem himself a god, or beast; In doubt his mind or body to prefer; Born to die, and reasoning but to err.”

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Book:An Essay on Man: In Four Epistles, to H.St.John, Lord Bolingbroke
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“In the dark colony of night, when I consider man's magnificent capacity for malice, madness, folly, envy, rage, and destructiveness, and I wonder whether we shall not end up as breakfast for newts and polyps, I seem to hear the muffled cries of all the words in all the books with covers closed.”

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Book:The return of H*y*m*a*n K*a*p*l*a*n
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