I need a book recommendation

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TheRoadSouth
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I need a book recommendation

Post by TheRoadSouth » Wed Apr 25, 2018 8:57 am

Something that I can listen to on road trips that helps "people like us".
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Re: I need a book recommendation

Post by TheRoadSouth » Wed Apr 25, 2018 9:03 am

Lol, I just saw the sticky post titled "Recommended Reading List". Why wasn't I led to that post earlier? Oh yeah, I'm not that righteous.
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didyoumythme
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Re: I need a book recommendation

Post by didyoumythme » Wed Apr 25, 2018 9:46 am

What type of ‘help’ are you looking for? Something to give you a reason to maintain faith, or something to just understand isssues/think differently about things?
When an honest man discovers he is mistaken, he will either cease being honest, or cease being mistaken. - Anonymous
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Re: I need a book recommendation

Post by oliver_denom » Wed Apr 25, 2018 10:33 am

Jonathon Haidt's "The Righteous Mind" is an audio book.
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TheRoadSouth
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Re: I need a book recommendation

Post by TheRoadSouth » Wed Apr 25, 2018 10:37 am

Honestly, I'm looking for material that, in any way, can help someone in our position to understand life and our path better.
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Archimedes
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Re: I need a book recommendation

Post by Archimedes » Wed Apr 25, 2018 10:46 am

For understanding life and our path better I recommend Michener's "The Source."
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Re: I need a book recommendation

Post by slavereeno » Wed Apr 25, 2018 11:14 am

I just read "The Book of Joy" and got a lot out of it.
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Re: I need a book recommendation

Post by w2mz » Wed Apr 25, 2018 11:19 am

“A short history of nearly everything” Bill Bryson

Good perspective on how “miraculous” (or coincidental) pretty much everything is.
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Re: I need a book recommendation

Post by Hagoth » Wed Apr 25, 2018 11:31 am

w2mz wrote: ↑
Wed Apr 25, 2018 11:19 am
 “A short history of nearly everything” Bill Bryson

Good perspective on how “miraculous” (or coincidental) pretty much everything is.
Everyone should read (or listen to) this book.
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Re: I need a book recommendation

Post by SeeNoEvil » Wed Apr 25, 2018 11:39 am

I recommend anything on Stoicism.
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... The real question is, what will you do with this moment?" - Unknown

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Re: I need a book recommendation

Post by Linked » Wed Apr 25, 2018 11:55 am

On my way out I enjoyed "Sapiens".
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Re: I need a book recommendation

Post by Just This Guy » Wed Apr 25, 2018 5:46 pm

"The Demon Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark" by Carl Sagan.

Audio book available from Audacity or Amazon.

I would also suggest checking out your local library. At least my local one has a lot of audio books.
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TheRoadSouth
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Re: I need a book recommendation

Post by TheRoadSouth » Wed Apr 25, 2018 6:58 pm

Well, I took Oliver up and downloaded The Righteous Mind. Listened maybe 30 minutes but really loving it already! Thanks for all the suggestions!
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Re: I need a book recommendation

Post by dogbite » Wed Apr 25, 2018 8:06 pm

If you liked the Righteous mind you should also try: Big Gods, The Moral Animal, and Homo Deus. Those three impressed me almost as much as Haidt.
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Re: I need a book recommendation

Post by Reuben » Thu Apr 26, 2018 2:28 pm

If you want to branch out philosophically and also learn some ideas and techniques that'll help fill the God-shaped hole, try "How To Wake Up" by Toni Bernhard. It's a gentle introduction to secular Buddhism.
Learn to doubt the stories you tell about yourselves and your adversaries.
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Re: I need a book recommendation

Post by GoodBoy » Thu Apr 26, 2018 4:37 pm

Depending on how deep you want to go down the rabbit hole... "The Evolution of God". It talks about how the idea of a monotheistic God evolved over time, and some ideas as to why it may have had more staying power than some of the other Gods.

It was another opening of my mind. The first broadening of the brain was when I realized that the question wasn't whether the church was true or not, the question was whether Mormonism was different from any other of the thousands of un-true churches with 100% convinced believers. Did I have more proof than they did? The second broadening of the brain was when I realized that the question wasn't whether God existed or not, but whether my idea of God was different and significantly better than all of the thousands of other ideas of God with 100% convinced believers. Did I have more proof than they did?
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