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Childish Things
- A Memoir
- Written by: Dave Warnock, Jennifer Wachtel Kates
- Narrated by: Dave Warnock
- Length: 12 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 11
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 10
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Story5 out of 5 stars 10
The Jesus movement of the '70s was a heady time. It was a time of Jesus Christ Superstar and Godspell. It was a time of the Doobie Brothers telling us that “Jesus Is Just Alright with Me”, and Norman Greenbaum singing about a “Spirit in the Sky”. It was a time when Jesus was going to return any day, according to the best-selling book The Late Great Planet Earth. It was a time of the Rapture, Armageddon, and the Antichrist. Dave Warnock’s faith took root during this intoxicating era.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Impactful
- By Disney mom on 2024-01-16
- Childish Things
- A Memoir
- Written by: Dave Warnock, Jennifer Wachtel Kates
- Narrated by: Dave Warnock
Thank You Dave!
Reviewed: 2022-03-30
I got this book thinking it would be full of useful info on the bible and the historicity of events in the bible. (I didn't read anything about the book but I briefly knew Dave's story and that he was an ex evangelical pastor) This is not that book. Instead what I got was the moving/riveting life story of a typical (at times extraordinary) man trying to do the work of God. There is no evidence given in this book that will make you say, "There is no God", but if your being honest with yourself, Dave's story should make you at least question the hypothesis.
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Giving the Devil His Due
- Reflections of a Scientific Humanist
- Written by: Michael Shermer
- Narrated by: Michael Shermer
- Length: 13 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 24
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Performance3.5 out of 5 stars 18
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Story4 out of 5 stars 18
Who is the "Devil"? And what is he due? The devil is anyone who disagrees with you. And what he is due is the right to speak his mind. He must have this for your own safety's sake, because his freedom is inextricably tied to your own. If he can be censored, why shouldn't you be censored? If we put barriers up to silence "unpleasant" ideas, what's to stop the silencing of any discussion? This book is a full-throated defense of free speech and open inquiry in politics, science, and culture by the New York Times best-selling author and skeptic Michael Shermer.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Mixed Bag
- By Tom Johnson on 2020-10-25
- Giving the Devil His Due
- Reflections of a Scientific Humanist
- Written by: Michael Shermer
- Narrated by: Michael Shermer
This book is well recorded!
Reviewed: 2020-08-13
I held off buying this book due to the many reviews of how poorly this book was recorded. There are short pauses where I assume the throat clearing and coughing used to be, but in my mind the whole book seemed to be edited well, and I really enjoyed having the author read his own material.
Onto that material. The title led me to believe that this would be a book in the vein of God is not Good or the God Delusion but I was pleasantly surprised to find that the Devil is just opposing ideas, and that for free speech to truly be free, we must be willing to listen honestly to opposing viewpoints.
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God
- The Most Unpleasant Character in All Fiction
- Written by: Dan Barker
- Narrated by: Dan Barker, Richard Dawkins, Buzz Kemper
- Length: 15 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 10
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 9
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Story4 out of 5 stars 9
Originally conceived as a joint presentation between influential thinker and best-selling author Richard Dawkins and former evangelical preacher Dan Barker, this unique book provides an investigation into what may be the most unpleasant character in all fiction. Barker combs through both the Old and New Testaments (as well as 13 different editions of the "Good Book"), presenting powerful evidence for why Scripture shouldn't govern our everyday lives.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Very Good but.....
- By Anonymous User on 2019-07-05
- God
- The Most Unpleasant Character in All Fiction
- Written by: Dan Barker
- Narrated by: Dan Barker, Richard Dawkins, Buzz Kemper
Very Good but.....
Reviewed: 2019-07-05
This book may be better as a physical copy for its reference qualities. Although Dan Barker adds some of his commentary, the book primarily follows the following formula : list a characteristic of god then quote bible verses to prove. This isn't a bad thing and the quotes aren't "quote mined", Dan even invites the reader to check the context, it's just not the best format for an audio book, unless you really like listening to bible scripture.
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Foundational Falsehoods of Creationism
- Written by: Aron Ra
- Narrated by: Aron Ra
- Length: 16 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 35
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 33
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Story5 out of 5 stars 33
Religious fundamentalists and biblical literalists present any number of arguments that attempt to disprove evolution. Those with a sympathetic ear often fail to critically examine these creationist claims, leading to an ill-informed public and, perhaps more troubling, ill-advised public policy. As Aron Ra makes clear, however, every single argument deployed by creationists in their attacks on evolution is founded on fundamental scientific, religious, and historical falsehoods - all of them.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Technically Superb
- By Anonymous User on 2019-06-03
- Foundational Falsehoods of Creationism
- Written by: Aron Ra
- Narrated by: Aron Ra
Technically Superb
Reviewed: 2019-06-03
Aron has the awesome ability of being able to take difficult topics and convey them in logical easy to understand way. As someone who was taught evolution was wrong and "just a theory", Aron does an excellent job of explaining the scientific method and and the difference between a theory and a hypothesis.
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18 Miles
- The Epic Drama of Our Atmosphere and Its Weather
- Written by: Christopher Dewdney
- Narrated by: Angelo Di Loreto
- Length: 8 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 48
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 46
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 46
We live at the bottom of an ocean of air - 5,200 million million tons, to be exact. It sounds like a lot, but Earth’s atmosphere is smeared onto its surface in an alarmingly thin layer - 99 percent contained within 18 miles. Yet, within this fragile margin lies a magnificent realm - at once gorgeous, terrifying, capricious, and elusive. With his keen eye for identifying and uniting seemingly unrelated events, Chris Dewdney reveals to us the invisible rivers in the sky that affect how our weather works and the structure of clouds and storms and seasons, the rollercoaster of climate.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Loved it
- By Wm. G. O'Farrell on 2019-10-19
- 18 Miles
- The Epic Drama of Our Atmosphere and Its Weather
- Written by: Christopher Dewdney
- Narrated by: Angelo Di Loreto
Great!
Reviewed: 2019-05-24
Jam packed with a ton of science but delivered in a very entertaining and at sometimes very poetic way.
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Jesus: Mything in Action, Vol. III
- The Complete Heretic's Guide to Western Religion, Volume 4
- Written by: David Fitzgerald
- Narrated by: David Fitzgerald
- Length: 3 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 8
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 6
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Story5 out of 5 stars 6
David Fitzgerald’s award-winning 2010 book Nailed: Ten Christian Myths That Show Jesus Never Existed at All pointed out the top 10 fatal flaws of Christianity’s origin story. Now, Jesus: Mything in Action presents the most compelling new findings in Jesus myth theory and critically examines its controversial reception by biblical scholars, the extent and reliability of our sources for Jesus, and the surprising history behind Jesus’ evolution.
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5 out of 5 stars
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The HG Wells idea is genius!
- By Anonymous User on 2024-08-19
- Jesus: Mything in Action, Vol. III
- The Complete Heretic's Guide to Western Religion, Volume 4
- Written by: David Fitzgerald
- Narrated by: David Fitzgerald
Excellent!
Reviewed: 2019-04-05
Having "read" (thank you Audible) On the Historocity of Jesus, I found the first volume of this book to be alot of repetition and paraphrasing from Dr. Carrier and other scholars. The second volume was a bit more of a "slog" but only because of my own ignorance of the rest of the New Testament. Let's face it most "Christians" really only know the nativity and crucifixion story of Jesus. Where David Fitzgerald really shines is in his third volume or the Gospel of H. G. Wells. The fictional trip we take through history to look at the proposed beginnings of Christianity and all the factors influencing its start is perhaps the best way to show just how a myth can get its start. David Fitzgerald does an excellent job of compiling all the facts together to propose, and in my opinion, prove the theory of Mythicism.
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