{"product_id":"what-we-were-told-to-believe-one-persons-case-against-inherited-faith","title":"What We Were Told to Believe: One Person's Case Against Inherited Faith","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhat if faith is not discovery, but inheritance?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMost people do not arrive at religion through open investigation. They inherit it.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhat We Were Told to Believe\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, Charles D. Marley, Jr. offers a serious personal argument against inherited faith. Drawing on observation, reflection, and a lifetime of thought, he examines why religious belief so often follows family, culture, and geography rather than evidence.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis book asks difficult questions:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIf truth were clear, why are there so many gods, scriptures, and contradictory religious claims?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhy is faith praised where proof is weak?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhy do sacred texts so often reflect the prejudices and moral limits of the ancient worlds that produced them?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhy does religion remain powerful even as science explains more and more of what people once attributed to god?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCan meaning, morality, awe, and purpose exist fully without religion?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis is not a work of theology or academic religious scholarship. It is a clear, direct, and deeply human case that gods are more likely human creations than divine realities.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAt once skeptical, reflective, and uncompromising, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhat We Were Told to Believe\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e challenges the idea that inherited certainty should be mistaken for truth.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books Prime","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45914298056895,"sku":"7b94c2c2-228c-4c16-b76e-a37404a51130","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0761\/7550\/7647\/files\/744968c9d9b23e12df86509c920fb9b9.jpg?v=1785056633","url":"https:\/\/books-prime.com\/products\/what-we-were-told-to-believe-one-persons-case-against-inherited-faith","provider":"Books Prime","version":"1.0","type":"link"}