No Spin Faith

Ever felt unsettled by the way faith is being taught today, but couldn't put your finger on it? By exposing errors propagated in the Word-Faith movement and revealing the discrepancy between the Scriptures and the spin doctrine taught, author Larry Parker challenges readers to practice No Spin Faith and find their true relationship with God. Through the personal tragedy of watching his son die as a result of false belief, Larry explains the real meaning of faith so clearly that a child can understand. No Spin Faith is a cry for the attention of modern Christians to study the Scriptures for themselves and not believe whatever they are taught. When it comes to the Word-Faith movement, few authors can write with the force of Larry Parker... H. L. Nigro, founder of Strong Tower Publishing and author of 'Before God's Wrath: The Bible's Answer to the Timing of the Rapture' No Spin Faith is a commentary on the teaching that if a Christian has faith to be healed, then God always heals... Dave Henry, Pastor Calvary Chapel of Barstow, California The lessons that Larry learned are well-worth heeding. Richard Mayhue, Th.D., Executive Vice President, The Master's College and Seminary, Santa Clarita, California, author of The Healing Promise

In recent years, there have been major outbreaks of whooping cough among children in California, mumps in New York, and measles in Ohio's Amish country -- despite the fact that these are all vaccine-preventable diseases. Although America is the most medically advanced place in the world, many people disregard modern medicine in favor of using their faith to fight life threatening illnesses. Christian Scientists pray for healing instead of going to the doctor, Jehovah's Witnesses refuse blood transfusions, and ultra-Orthodox Jewish mohels spread herpes by using a primitive ritual to clean the wound. Tragically, children suffer and die every year from treatable diseases, and in most states it is legal for parents to deny their children care for religious reasons. In twenty-first century America, how could this be happening? In Bad Faith, acclaimed physician and author Dr. Paul Offit gives readers a never-before-seen look into the minds of those who choose to medically martyr themselves, or their children, in the name of religion. Offit chronicles the stories of these faithful and their children, whose devastating experiences highlight the tangled relationship between religion and medicine in America. Religious or not, this issue reaches everyone -- whether you are seeking treatment at a Catholic hospital or trying to keep your kids safe from diseases spread by their unvaccinated peers. Replete with vivid storytelling and complex, compelling characters, Bad Faith makes a strenuous case that denying medicine to children in the name of religion isn't't just unwise and immoral, but a rejection of the very best aspects of what belief itself has to offer.

A contemporary philosophy of religion that offers a phenomenology of love. What is to be done at the end of metaphysics? Joeri Schrijvers’s contemporary philosophy of religion takes up this question, originally posed by Reiner Schürmann and central to continental philosophy. The book navigates the work of thinkers who have addressed such metaphysical concerns, including Martin Heidegger, Emmanuel Levinas, Jean-Luc Nancy, Jean-Luc Marion, Peter Sloterdijk, Ludwig Binswanger, Jacques Derrida, and more recently John D. Caputo, Mary-Jane Rubenstein, and Martin Hägglund. Notably, Schrijvers engages both those who would deconstruct Christianity and those who remain within this tradition, offering an option that is “between:” between Christianity and atheism, between progressive and conservative, between faith and belief. Ultimately, Schrijvers confronts the end of metaphysics with a phenomenology of love and community, arguing for the radical primacy of togetherness. “Joeri Schrijvers’s book is a tour de force, ranging over a wide spectrum of contemporary thinkers in order to negotiate the distance between religion and religionlessness, God and Godlessness, ontotheology and its overcoming. The result is a nuanced and careful study that repays close study.” — John D. Caputo, Syracuse University “Among the many lusters of Joeri Schrijvers’s Between Faith and Belief is a beautiful recovery of Ludwig Binswanger’s phenomenology of love. Discussion of postmetaphysical theology is arid without philosophically informed and creative talk of love, and Binswanger’s is a voice that has been missing from the conversation for far too long. To put Binswanger into dialogue with Caputo and Nancy, in particular, is at once fascinating and nourishing.” — Kevin Hart, University of Virginia

Subhas Chandra Bose, Affectionately Called As Netaji, Was A Paragon Celeb¬Rity Of The Universe Of 20Th Century Chronicle. His Role In India S Freedom Struggle, As A Revolutionary, Has Been Note-Worthy. He Was A Prominent Figure Of The World War Second Too.He Was The President Of B.P.C.C., Chief Of A.I.Y.F., President Of Indian National Congress (1938-39), A Prominent Figure Of The First Indian Central European Society, The Indian Central European Chamber Of Culture, Austrian Social Welfare Commission, The Indo-Irish League, The Yugantar Party Of Revolutionaries, The Oriental Institute, Prague, The Indo-Czechoslovakian Society, Head Of The Provisional Government Of Free India And The Chief Of The Indian National Army, Etc.He Did Not See Eye To Eye With Mahatama Gandhi S Approach To India S Freedom And Other Problems But He Worked Under His Unique Leadership From 1920 To 1939.In These Volumes Which Cover Mainly The Period From 1936-1946 A Considerable Light Has Been Thrown On All Facets Of Bose S Life, Ana¬Lysed His Speeches, Statements, Talks, Messages, Writings, And Circulars And Also Important Correspondence With Mahatma Gandhi, Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru, Vithalbhai Patel, Dr. Rudalf Darnel, C. B. Gupta, Several High British Officials, Mrs. Woods, Faltis, A.C. Dutta, Nambiar, Prague, Tojo, Lesny, Craik And A Number Of Other National And International Personali¬Ties. Some Other Important Documents Pertaining To Him Also Have Been Included In The Appendices Of The Volumes. These Documents Cover The Period From 1928 To 1935.The Volumes Throw Light On His Role In Several Important Events Of The Time, Including The World War Se¬Cond, And His Contribution For The Freedom Of India And Other Countries. They Also Bring Out His Spirit Of Selfless Service And Sacrifice, Patriotism, Cour¬Age Of Conviction, Hard Working Temperament And Many Other Sterling Qualities.The Volumes Constitute An Impor¬Tant Primary Source Material For The History Of Freedom Movement In India And Several Other Countries.

I have for a number of years, since my retirement from teaching elementary school for thirty-three years, contemplated the possibility of writing a book expressing a few of my strongly held beliefs. Events of the recent past had accelerated that urge. The now defunct immoral Moral Majority, the spiritless Christian Coalition, the satanic Southern Baptist, and the hypocritical Church of Christ, plus other bigoted and hypocritical religious groups, keep waving their spiritless and satanic doctrines in my face while desecrating the flag of the United States by wrapping themselves in it. My personal philosophy of life is based upon the fact that “I am the pessimistically optimistic realist with a bent of humanistic pragmatism.” I choose to believe that things shall work out for the better but I know that if there be the slightest opportunity, someone is going to throw a monkey-wrench into the machinery. I am a non-believer in organized religious faiths of any kind. I do not believe in any god that listens to or talks to man. I am a Deist. I believe that man would not have created his gods and religious faiths if he had had more faith in himself with a better understanding of his universe and nature. I do not wish to be negative, simply realistic. My head is not floating in the clouds or buried in the sod. My mind is open to any logically developed philosophies. My use of rational logic will not allow me to be convinced or swayed by irrational, supernatural religious faiths. The bigoted and hypocritical faith of Christianityis not my idea of the truth of reality or the reality of truth. Satanic and fundamental faiths such as Christianity, Judaism, and Islam have been the greatest forces formenting most of the hatred, violence, and wars in this world. Organized religions have proven themselves to be the greatest deterrents in the advancement of humanity among the peoples of this world.

12 FREAKY MONTHS. 24 AWESOME WRITERS. 71 PHENOMENAL COLUMNS.It's 2009 as only Intrepid Media can bring it to you. In our third annual best of the best, you'll find unique looks back at the events that made up 2009 -- each one loaded with a combination of funny, witty, provocative, and truthful.And like a DVD but with more paper, each column contains a follow-up post -- exclusive commentary from the writer.