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Rethinking Religion, Reality and How You Live Your Life - Softcover

Bragg, Barry

 
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Synopsis

Rethinking Religion, Reality and How You Are Living

A clear‑eyed, naturalistic guide for anyone questioning inherited beliefs

Most people don’t stay religious because the evidence is good. They stay religious because the psychology is powerful. This concise book cuts through the noise with sharp, evidence‑based insights drawn from history, biology, philosophy, and human behavior.

If you’ve ever wondered why the God of the Bible behaves like an abusive father, why Jesus’s temper makes him more human than divine, why the “Kingdom of God” never arrived, or why prayer and morality fail under scrutiny, this book gives you the clean, factual explanations you’ve been looking for.

Written in short, accessible Top Ten Lists, Rethinking Religion offers a fast, clear, and intellectually honest way to look again at what we believe guided by evidence, history and human lived experience.

Inside, you’ll discover:

• Why the God of the Bible resembles an ancient tribal patriarch, not a loving father

• How Jesus’s very human flaws reveal a real historical person, not a supernatural being

• Why the Kingdom of God existed only in Jesus’s imagination

• How biology, not theology, explains human behavior and moral instincts

• Why Christianity is best understood as paganized Judaism

• Why first‑century historians never mentioned Jesus or the Gospel events

• The psychological reasons people stay religious even when they doubt

• The logical problems with evil, prayer, morality, and hell

• How to live with intelligent spontaneity and flow with the Way Things Are

• See the value of a naturalistic, human‑centered worldview

• What we can learn from the real, human Jesus

A book for doubters, thinkers, and anyone ready to see more clearly

Whether you’re quietly questioning your faith, recovering from fundamentalism, or simply curious about the naturalistic worldview, this book gives you a fast, grounded, and liberating way to rethink what you were taught, and build a life rooted in reality, not dogma.

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