On Sep 15, 8:27 am, "Jason (Memphis)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >I thought that Michael would be turned > off by book because it goes after "New Thought" and "New Age" > religions.
Jason, I thought that you might not like the book because it is more philosophically oriented, rather than just being skeptical. In addition to just challenging idealistic monistic metaphysics, new age interpretations of quantum mechanics and other physics, new age extrapolations from quantum mechanics and other poor examples of reasoning by new age/new thought adherents, the author also challenges scientistic dogmas (he calls them scientific dogmas). He says, in the middle of the first paragraph of on page twenty eight, in reference to the mysteries of quantum mechanics,” These conundrums, which ought indeed to make us reexamine any scientific dogmas we may embrace.” On the other hand, I have noticed that as I have become more realistic about new age nonsense, you also have seemed to recognize the limits of scientism and pseudo skepticism. For that reason you may like a book that rightly points out there is often some good in new age religions. The author even likes the Bible, though he is an atheist. I can understand his feeling since I like the Bible and don’t believe in its crazy bully of a god either. Actually I do believe that I AM exists, but I AM is not God, a god, a goddess an angel or anything else like that. What I Am is, in my opinion, is so obvious that we most people miss it. The secret is hidden in plain sight, where no one dares to look On Sep 15, 8:27 am, "Jason (Memphis)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > the book that we are reading for book club (Top Secret by Robert > Price) > > The first chapter was good. I thought that Michael would be turned > off by book because it goes after "New Thought" and "New Age" > religions. In some of these alternative religions, your mental powers > or mind influences the environment around you by vibrating your > surrounding with sort mind beam that helps you control your > surrounding (or some other mind control of your surroundings). Most > people would just think that positive thinking and persistance helps > you "do" or "say" the right things to get what you want--not project > some sort of mystical mental energy on your surroundings to control > it. > > Regardless, the book "The Secret" (not Top Secret) and New Thought/New > Age religions are very popular in some circles and parts of the > country. > > Jason --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Memphis Freethought Alliance" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/memphisfreethoughtalliance?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
