Acharya's Religion 101 for Seekers

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These articles and rants come from a series written by D.M. Murdock/Acharya S in the 1990s, during her early years online, when the wild worldwide web was a new and strange playground for free speech. A number of these essays represent responses to emails she received—some of them not so nice. As such, her replies at times may be deemed surly, to be sure, especially as concerns the essay, "Proof that God Doesn’t Exist," as one example. Acharya has nevertheless left it pretty much as is, just for your amusement, to serve as another, more "playful" aspect of her writing.As concerns the controversial subtitles in the chapter "RELIGION IS MENTAL ILLNESS," these are summaries of quotes by other books and authors. For example, in the Old Testament the Israelites are depicted as slaughtering whole groups of people in the Levant, including the Canaanites and Midianites, beginning some 4,000 years ago. Fast-forwarding to the modern era, Acharya has included a quote from Ralph Schoenman's "Hidden History of Zionism." The quote about Islam comes straight from the mouth of Iran's Ayatollah Khomeini, while commentary about Christianity is from James Haught's "Holy Horrors."Table of ContentsPrefaceAn Atheist Here to Destroy?RELIGION IS MENTAL ILLNESS GOD IS A PSYCHOPATH Christianity—The Roots of Anti-Semitism Judaism—4,000 Years of Massacring Neighbors Slavery by the “Good People” Islam—God is a Psycho Religion is Mental IllnessIs Buddhism All It’s Cracked Up to Be? “Buddha” is a Compilation of Characters The Variants of Buddhism Mysterious Tibet Buddha’s CharacterProof That God Doesn’t Exist, Prayer Doesn’t Work And Religion Creates PsychosisMy God is Bigger and Better than Yours!Does the Cosmos Know the Pope Exists? Does Anything Matter? All Pumped Up with Nowhere to GoBibliographyEndnotes