Tag Archives: religion

Ten Things

Posted on February 27, 2009 by smellincoffee

Ten Things Your Minister Wants to Tell You (But Can’t Because He Needs the Job!)© Rev. Oliver “Buzz” Thomas, 2007108 pages.I do not subscribe to the Christian faith, but I’ve heard of this book through one podcast or another and … Continue reading →

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The Gifts of the Jews

Posted on February 25, 2009 by smellincoffee

The Gifts of the Jews: How a Tribe of Desert Nomads Changed the Way Everybody Thinks and Feels© Thomas Cahill293 pages This week I continued in Thomas Cahill’s Hinges of History series with The Gifts of the Jews. Rather than … Continue reading →

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What the Buddha Taught

Posted on February 23, 2009 by smellincoffee

What the Buddha Taught© 1974 Walpola Rahula I’m a member of a philosophy group on YahooGroups, and this book came up in discussion. Since my knowledge of Buddhism is quite limited, I decided to indulge in a little literacy-expanding this … Continue reading →

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The Book of Ecclesiastes

Posted on February 6, 2009 by smellincoffee

The Book of Ecclesiastes.© 1998 Tremper Longman III284 pages, plus indices Man’s fate is like that of the animals; the same fate awaits them both: As one dies, so dies the other. All have the same breath; man has no … Continue reading →

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Asimov’s Guide to the Bible

Posted on December 21, 2008 by smellincoffee

Asimov’s Guide to the Bible – Volume I© Isaac Asimov 1968677 pages plus indices This week I read volume one of Isaac Asimov’s two-volume guide to the bible. The first volume is on what Christians call the “Old Testament”. The … Continue reading →

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This Week at the Library (10/9)

Posted on September 10, 2008 by smellincoffee

Books this Update: Me of Little Faith, Lewis Black When You Are Engulfed in Flames, David Sedaris Surviving Auschwitz, Primo Levi Carl Sagan: A Life, Keay Davidson I began this week with Me of Little Faith, which is a book … Continue reading →

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This Week at the Library (17/6)

Posted on June 17, 2008 by smellincoffee

Books this Update: The History of Science in the 18th Century, Ray Spangenburg & Diane Moser More Tales of the Black Widowers, Isaac Asimov god is not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything, Christopher Hitchens The Selfish Gene, Richard Dawkins This … Continue reading →

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This Week at the Library (21/9)

Posted on September 21, 2007 by smellincoffee

Current Music: “Rock and Roll All Night”, KISS The first book I read last week was River Out of Eden by Richard Dawkins. The river is a “river of information” — genetic information. The book doesn’t have the focus of … Continue reading →

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