{"id":1060,"date":"2013-11-21T10:43:00","date_gmt":"2013-11-21T10:43:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/rhetoricraceandreligion\/2013\/11\/dr-thomas-dickerson-challenges-orthodoxy-in-new-book.html"},"modified":"2013-11-21T10:43:00","modified_gmt":"2013-11-21T10:43:00","slug":"dr-thomas-dickerson-challenges-orthodoxy-in-new-book","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/rhetoricraceandreligion\/2013\/11\/dr-thomas-dickerson-challenges-orthodoxy-in-new-book.html","title":{"rendered":"Dr. Thomas Dickerson Challenges Orthodoxy in New Book"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif\">Organized religion has profoundly influenced humanity for thousands of years, affecting everything from what we eat, to how we treat strangers, to the way we dress. But how else has religion impacted humanity \u2013 and what if that impact has left us for worse?\u00a0<\/span><br><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif\"><br><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif\">Religions Fail, by Dr. Thomas Dickerson, is a logical, critical evaluation of the traditional Western religious practices and rhetoric that many people today blindly accept. Written in a realistic and balanced tone for today\u2019s educated reader, Dickerson presents empirical as well as historical evidence that suggests organized, traditional religion only consists of empty rewards and egocentric goals.\u00a0<\/span><br><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif\"><br><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif\">\u201cYears of open-minded and comprehensive study opened my mind to Orthodox religions\u2019 massive contradictions, unreasonableness, ignorance, egocentrism, and child-like illogical thinking,\u201d Dickerson said. \u201cReligions Fail openly addresses these illogical issues in an effort to initiate critical evaluation of these organizations and god according to their choices, not their armies, PR, rhetoric, threats, and social pressures.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><br><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif\"><br><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif\">Dickerson does not deny god\u2019s existence \u2013 rather, he challenges the religious dogma and traditions that have failed to improve the human situation throughout history. A new argument for the modern world, Religions Fail addresses contemporary issues such as abortion, birth control, and gay rights while opening the door to personal peace, happiness and understanding.\u00a0<\/span><br><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif\"><br><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif\">Read the rest <a href=\"http:\/\/www.broadwayworld.com\/bwwbooks\/article\/Dr-Thomas-Dickerson-Challenges-Orthodoxy-in-New-Book-20131120\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">here<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Organized religion has profoundly influenced humanity for thousands of years, affecting everything from what we eat, to how we treat strangers, to the way we dress. 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