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@ REVIEWS EVERYTHING YOU KNOW ABOUT new alike. It's a wake-up call, alerting us that _veracity of your religious knowledge against GOD IS WRONG: The Disinformation we don't have to take this punishment. We his explanations at the end of the book. 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So are miracles of Jesus and fraudulently added Religion is irreverent and scathing in its travesties like the Catholic Church's laundry them to the New Testament; the Old attacks on the perceived "rights" that are gulags for girls in Ireland and the invocation Testament stories about plagues supposedly actually wrong about any faith or belief of Allah as a way to attract blessings despite sent by God prior to the Exodus of Moses system you can name. And if what it's deservedness. Perhaps, as suggested in these from Egypt and the guiding "pillar of fire" criticising weren't heavy enough, this book is__ pages, curses ultimately offer some hope of were more likely consequences of the a weighty compendium that could well free justice. Well, damned if you do and damned _ explosive eruption of the island of Santorini; you from the shackles of misconceptions. if you don't! Read this book and get a grip on _ and the role of Jesus and his relationship with The contribution on atheism, for instance, in _ reality with a sense of humour. his "Father", God, is a direct allegoric steal the section on "God-free living" is a logic- from the Egyptian depiction of Horus and his circuits check that says there's as much GOD SAVE US FROM RELIGION father Osiris. There's much more to surprise evidence for fairies as for gods, but we're not by lan Ross Vayro and to ponder in Vayro's exposé. expected to believe in fairies. The article on Joshua Books, Buddina, Australia, 2007 erotic aspects of Hindu sculpture as an ISBN 978-0-9803617-4-2 (368pp tpb) expression of the love of God references the Available: http://)www.joshuabooks.com ferocious reaction of dissenting Moslems n interest going back to childhood in who razed temples with fanatical zeal. The why people accept the most implausible coverage of Catholic Church crimes includes _ information as part of their religious a report on child-abusing priests who education is behind Ian Ross Vayro's lifelong managed to escape justice by exceeding research into the validity of theology. His statute-of-limitation provisions. new book is a follow-up to They Lied to Us in This is not a book for the meek but for those — Sunday School (2006; see review in NEXUS who seriously question prevailing religious 13/06) and provides more proof of the paradigms and want to get to the "inner tampering of biblical texts that introduced the sanctum" behind organised belief. Edited by _ deceptions that are still controlling Christian "information archaeologist" Russ Kick, it dogma and beliefs today. reveals the distortions, myths and sheer Due to demands from readers, Vayro weirdness that have been forced down our includes another 20 questions in his "party throats by religions of all persuasions, old and _ tricks" introduction so you can test the new alike. It's a wake-up call, alerting us that we don't have to take this punishment. We don't have to be swayed by prophecies that may be scary for the converted but may be boons for the businesses of the perpetrators. The fact that the Inquisition has never been revoked should concern any wise person who has feared to tread due to lightning bolts or stonings. That death can be considered without recourse to God and that femaleness can be regarded as a lesser state of gender are just two of the themes explored herein. So are travesties like the Catholic Church's laundry gulags for girls in Ireland and the invocation of Allah as a way to attract blessings despite deservedness. Perhaps, as suggested in these pages, curses ultimately offer some hope of justice. Well, damned if you do and damned if you don't! Read this book and get a grip on reality with a sense of humour. veracity of your religious knowledge against his explanations at the end of the book. Among the gems is the reason why the Church, at the Council of Tours in 1163, banned the practice of alchemy: the possibility that the congregation might achieve immortality through the "elixir of life" posed a threat to the "eternal life package" of salvation that the Church offered. Passionate about exposing the truth despite any criticism directed at him, Vayro uncovers such snippets as: the Church invented the miracles of Jesus and fraudulently added them to the New Testament; the Old Testament stories about plagues supposedly sent by God prior to the Exodus of Moses from Egypt and the guiding "pillar of fire" were more likely consequences of the explosive eruption of the island of Santorini; and the role of Jesus and his relationship with his "Father", God, is a direct allegoric steal from the Egyptian depiction of Horus and his father Osiris. There's much more to surprise and to ponder in Vayro's exposé. GOD SAVE US FROM RELIGION IAN ROSS FAYRO NEXUS = 69 DECEMBER 2007 — JANUARY 2008 www.nexusmagazine.com