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Karen Armstrong has incorporated the ideas of probably every blasphemous heretic that has ever lived in an epic, but futile attempt to discredit the Holy Bible and the God and Savior of the Bible, Jesus Christ. She will give an dreadful account to God for helping Satan turn innocent young minds away from the Way, the Truth, and the Life, which is Jesus Christ.I wouldn't touch this book or any class that uses it with a ten-foot pole. Woe unto them.
the New York Times, the Washington Post, Liberals of every religious stripe, [even some Jews].) as the greatest thing since sliced bread. After I discovered that the class was nothing less than a Liberal brainwashing session to indoctrinate young people against the Bible, I quickly withdrew from the class, and gladly. And of course, it is praised by the enemies of God (e.g.
For they have gone in the way of Cain, and ran greedily after the error of Balaam for profit, and perished in the rebellion of Korah." (Jude 3-11)This book was the textbook for a class on Western religions in college. But what else could we expect from those who hate the Savior."Likewise, truly these apostate dreamers also defile the flesh, despise authority, and speak evil of dignitaries. Yet Michael the archangel, when contending with the devil he disputed about the body of Moses, did not dare to bring against him a railing accusation, but said, "The Lord rebuke you." But these speak evil of those things which they have never known; but what they know naturally, as stupid beasts, in those things they corrupt themselves.
Karen Armstrong and those who follow her ideas have only one destination, and that is the Lake of Fire. It is totally Satanic.
A History of God by journalist Karen Armstrong is from the perspective of one who has pre-concluded that God is nothing more than a social construction. The bias of an author is normally not enough to detract from the merits of the work but her agenda is so invidious that she alternately speaks for the ancient scholar or prophet she is reporting and then speaking for herself, leaving the reader confused as to which opinions are whose. As a history major, I am interested in the history itself and not just her thoughts on the topic of God, and her overly ambitious project results in an obvious knowledge of certain isolated time periods, overwhelmed in a sea of error. Follow the link for more [.].
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A History of God might be a masterpiece or it might just be a classic. I think a separate work could be created to address all the ideas raised by author Karen Armstrong, and it's possible that some books have already done this. I do think that the ideas presented are worthy of discussion and analysis.The author's supporting documentation is that the nature of religious doctrine changes over time.
I've both listened to the book and seen the documentary and I believe the documentary is far superior.The main lesson of this work is that God changes. It's possible that God didn't change but the way people understood God changed. I think everybody would benefit from reading/listening/viewing this work.
A great deal of the history of thought about God, especially Christian thought, is surveyed and therefore this study is quite sweeping. Yet that goes against most religious teachings. I am not endorsing this position and I don't even know how to reconcile this position.
In this context we could believe that God became revealed little by little over human history, and each time anything was revealed it was to teach humans what needed to be taught at the time. I would like to know about them if so.
I suppose this book focussed on the 'whats,' 'wheres' and 'whens' of religious evolution rather than the 'hows' and 'whys'. The omission I will complain about is the politics.
Karen Armstrong does a fabulous job of presenting various schools of religious interpretation - God of the Philosophers, God of the Mystics, etc., showing not only how complex religion is, but also how dynamic, fluid and subjective it is.In this narrative, we see how the Big 3 western religions start from what is effectively a very similar, if not common, foundation of Greek tradition, and evolve along distinct, yet similar, paths on different time scales. While different paths are taken, Armstrong concludes the 3 religions have evolved what amounts to remarkably similar conceptions of God.
In a 400-page book covering 4000 years of western religion, you just can't cover everything. Well, I can't see the finger-pointers' credentials in their profile, so will discount accordingly.
Much of this, I have to confess, was over my head. That said, the key themes come through rather nicely.Many reviews lament the lack of information on their favorite topic - Gnosticism, Taoism, etc - or decry Armstrong as a know-nothing.
Armstrong takes Christianity from a fledgling faith to a power having the backing of the Roman Empire with only a couple flip sentences about Constantine adopting it, and that its ascension was unclear, but couldn't have been achieved without the Romans. Like I said, in 400 pages you can only cover so much.
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