They Told Us To Just Believe - Friedrich, Daniel J
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"They Told Us to Just Believe" (Critically thinking about the origins of beliefs - Are they real?) explores the difference between religious beliefs that are factual and those that are something else entirely - it combines religious history and critical thinking to help readers of all beliefs to have "not-so-blind faith." More broadly, getting better at differentiating between what is real, what is fantasy, and what is unknowable makes us savvier about misinformation, less likely to be fooled or taken advantage of by others, and it makes us more tolerant. I wrote this book for people like me,…mehr

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"They Told Us to Just Believe" (Critically thinking about the origins of beliefs - Are they real?) explores the difference between religious beliefs that are factual and those that are something else entirely - it combines religious history and critical thinking to help readers of all beliefs to have "not-so-blind faith." More broadly, getting better at differentiating between what is real, what is fantasy, and what is unknowable makes us savvier about misinformation, less likely to be fooled or taken advantage of by others, and it makes us more tolerant. I wrote this book for people like me, raised in a religion, and also for those raised in a non-religious family. We all "inherit" some beliefs and, to some extent, blindly believe or follow them. In my case, I always had some doubts - the sneaky suspicion that maybe this stuff, these beliefs, were fabricated. But I was persuaded to keep believing. You may have had some of these same reservations about your beliefs. Never in the history of the world have we had so much knowledge available, and such a high level of literacy. There is no longer an excuse for people to be blindly led by their leaders because of illiteracy and ignorance which was a common occurrence for thousands of years. Most books written on the topic of religion and beliefs approach it from a philosophy of religion point of view about what you should think, or from an atheist point of view trying to prove why religions are idiotic and evil, or from a theologian or world religions history professor point of view who teach how wonderful all religions are in their own way. This book is more pragmatic and primarily goes after the question - "What's real and what's not?"
Autorenporträt
Dan Friedrich is a retired business executive with 40 years of experience in North America and Globally with several Fortune 500 consumer products companies. During his business career he was successful at building businesses using critical thinking skills to develop strategies, tactics, and processes. This skill of combining information and ideas from many sources using critical thinking and then communicating the solutions succinctly made him uniquely qualified to write "They Told Us to Just Believe". He was raised Roman Catholic and followed this religion most of his life but through his passion for reading history he learned that the historical stories behind these religious beliefs were not what he was led to believe. Through his research and global travel, he also became more tolerant and interested in other cultures and beliefs. As a result, he wanted to share his learning with his children and others to help people think more clearly about what they believe, which in the long run will lead to a better, kinder, and less selfish society. He has an MBA from Western Michigan University and lives in Connecticut with his wife Susan, who was instrumental in helping him edit this book. He is also the father of three adult children and has three grandchildren.