Atheism Kills : the Dangers of a World Without God - and Cause for Hope

In "Atheism Kills," Barak Lurie exposes the horrors of a world without God. Contrary to the mantra we've heard time and time again that religion is responsible for more deaths than anything else, it is in fact the absence of God which has killed—in obscene numbers. Ever since atheism first assumed government control in the French Revolution, it has done nothing but kill. Atheism has killed through its many deputies: progressivism, eugenics, fascism, and communism. Lurie shows that it was the godlessness in each of these ideologies that killed hundreds of millions. But atheism doesn't just kill lives. It kills purpose, free will, beauty, compassion, a sense of the past and future, creativity, and freedom itself. Atheism offers only the horrors of chaos and totalitarianism. The world misplaces its focus on Radical Islam as the greatest threat to civilization. As horrible as it is, it is doing nothing and having no sense of self which are the true enemies. It was our will to fight and sense of mission that overcame fascism and communism. We must have these to keep Radical Islam at bay, too. This is why we must resist the growth of atheism. It was God that gave us our freedom. It was God who gave our sense of purpose that created civilization. Take those away, and there is nothing to fight for. In this way, Lurie shows that the lack of belief in God is our greatest danger. How does he know? Because like a hurricane, godlessness has only known how to destroy everything in its path. It has never created. Like there will always be fires, there will always be enemies that seek to destroy our civilization. But if we don't have fire stations with crew, and protocol in each city to deal with fires, those fires will consume us. Likewise, how we prepare ourselves to deal with horrific ideologies will be what saves us. That preparation can only come with our embrace of the centrality of God. Intro FOREWORD by Dennis Prager INTRODUCTION CHAPTER I: THE NOT VERY GOOD, THE PRETTY BAD AND THE REALLY, REALLY UGLY Five Stories Murder by the Numbers The Atheist Killings Atheism and the Birth of the Abortion Culture Guilt by Association? Progressivism Eugenics CHAPTER II: THE BATTLEGROUND What This Book Is Not About The Argument for Atheism The Argument Against Atheism The Great Internal Irony of Atheism The Unbearable Impossibility of Being I Do Not Think That Book Says What You Think It Says God's Hostility to Science? Yeah, But Other Than That, What Has Religion Ever Done for Us?The "God of the Gaps" Taking Things Literally God-The Guarantor of Only Good Things? To Dream the Impossible Dream CHAPTER III: THE FIGHT AGAINST GOD WITHIN US The God Impulse The "Isms" Whack-a-Mole Game What Matters Most Answering the Call of Anything Man Makes Himself God No Higher Power CHAPTER IV: SEE? I TOLD YOU NOT TO TURN SKYNET ON Godlessness and Big Government Big Government and Big Evil Things Who Really Imposes Values Take a Couple of Cynical Pills and Call Me in the Morning To Hell with Your Freedom Freedom to Do WHAT?"China for a Day" Truth, Justice ... And the Atheist Way A Word about Your Word CHAPTER V: ATHEISM ON THE ONE HAND HUMANS ON THE OTHER The Battle for Free Will The UnbearableImpossibility of Being-Part Two Purpose The Great Fictions of Morality and Time The Dangers of Utopia CHAPTER VI: STANDARDS Where Does Our Needfor Standards Come From? Why We Have Standards at All What Movie Are You In? CHAPTER VII: GODLESSNESS: NOT CUTE EVEN WHEN HE'S SLEEPING What the World Needs Now Is... Passion, Sweet Passion Of Heroes, Fear, and Woody Allen Atheism, Boredom,and the Playground of EvilGodlessness and the Blindness to Evil Godlessness and the Enabling of Evil Just Leave the Popcorn on the Floor Diary of a Wimpy Generation(or "Class, What Are You Willing to Die For?Anyone ... Anyone?") Wake Me Up When the Clock Chimes Evil CHAPTER VIII: HEAR NO GOOD, SEE NO GOOD, AND BUILD NO GOOD God as "Fantasy" Buying a Stairway to Heaven? And Now a Word from Atheism.... The "Good Atheist" CHAPTER IX: RADICAL ISLAM CHAPTER X: THE END OF DISTINCTIONS Religion and the Eight-Track Tape Cruel to Be Kind? It's All Good. The Squishy Believer R-E-S-P-E-C-T-The Human DistinctionCONCLUSION ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ENDNOTES ABOUT THE AUTHOR Intro; FOREWORD by Dennis Prager; INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER I: THE NOT VERY GOOD, THE PRETTY BAD AND THE REALLY, REALLY UGLY; Five Stories; Murder by the Numbers; The Atheist Killings; Atheism and the Birth of the Abortion Culture; Guilt by Association?; Progressivism; Eugenics; CHAPTER II: THE BATTLEGROUND; What This Book Is Not About; The Argument for Atheism; The Argument Against Atheism; The Great Internal Irony of Atheism; The Unbearable Impossibility of Being; I Do Not Think That Book Says What You Think It Says; God's Hostility to Science?;In ""Atheism Kills, "" Barak Lurie exposes the horrors of a world without God. Contrary to the mantra we've heard time and time again that religion is responsible for more deaths than anything else, it is in fact the absence of God which has killed-in obscene numbers. Ever since atheism first assumed government control in the French Revolution, it has. In a desolate orphanage in what remains of post-Communist Romania, a desperately ill infant is given the wrong blood transfusion -- and flourishes when he's supposed to die. The discovery of his unique immune system may hold the key to the long-awaited cure for cancer and AIDS. For a dedicated American doctor, he promises the medical breakthrough of a lifetime, as well as a very special love she's never been able to find. But he also conceals a shockingly intimate link to a clan of vampires and their legendary leader -- the fiend the world calls Vlad Dracula, who, for centuries, has triumphed over countless rival tyrants, including death itself .. In Romania to help treat rare blood ailments, hematologist Kate Neuman adopts a child whose body is capable of accepting any type of blood, and soon she is tracked by superhuman members of a Romanian underground. 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