When someone looks out at the world and sees all manner of suffering
and injustice, stretching back for thousands of years and continuing
today, he invariably blames such problems on someone else's hatred,
greed, or stupidity. Rarely will someone consider the possibility that
his own belief system is the cause of the pain and suffering he sees
around him.
But in most cases, it is.
The root cause of most of society's ills--the main source of man's
inhumanity to man--is neither malice nor negligence, but a mere
superstition--an unquestioned assumption which has been accepted on
faith by nearly everyone, of all ages, races, religions, education and
income levels. If people were to recognize that one belief for what it
is--an utterly irrational, self-contradictory, and horribly destructive
myth--most of the violence, oppression and injustice in the world would
cease. But that will happen only when people dare to honestly and
objectively re-examine their belief systems.
"The Most Dangerous Superstition" exposes the myth for what it is,
showing how nearly everyone, as a result of one particular unquestioned
assumption, is directly contributing to violence and oppression without
even realizing it. If you imagine yourself to be a compassionate,
peace-loving, civilized human being, you must read this book.
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