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When Religion Becomes Evil - By Charles Kimball

Posted: Thu Jul 08, 2004 12:42 pm
by Mr. P
The reading is not deep, but the message is. Kimball presents 5 warning signs of When Religion Becomes Evil and presents cases from various belief systems.Kimbal is an expert on Middle Eastern religion and was part of the team that took part in the Iran Hostage Crisis in the late 70's Early 80's.www.amazon.com/exec/obido...ce&s=booksThe Five Warning Signs of Corruption in ReligionAbsolute Truth ClaimsBlind ObedienceEstablishing the "Ideal" TimeThe End Justifies Any MeansDeclaring Holy WarQuote:From Library JournalA Baptist minister and author with a doctorate in the history of religions from Harvard, Kimball was involved in facilitating communication with the militant students who held hostages at the U.S. embassy in Iran in 1979. He also served as the director of the Middle East office of the National Council of Churches and since 1990 has worked in a university setting. His background explains why he is more than qualified to deal with the controversial subject of this book.Mr. P. The one thing of which I am positive is that there is much of which to be negative - Mr. P.