Thomas Paine was one of the Founding Fathers
of the United States of America. He also wrote many essays
and pamphlets. Among his work is "The Age of Reason",
in which he sets out to question the Bible's authenticity.
Paine considered himself a Deist
, along with many of the Founding Fathers, including Thomas
Jefferson. It is a very enlightening read.This essay alone,
probably won't change anyone's opinion or their religious
beliefs, but it certainly makes you think. After reading this,
you may question things that you previously took for granted.
The Female Brain
Author: Louann Brizendine
Louanne Brizendine is a neuropsychiatrist
at the University of California, San Francisco and author
of The Female Brain. This book explains how the unique structure of the female
brain determines how Women think and how they communicate.
These findings are not based on theory, but on neurological
research. According to Brizendine, there are some vast differences
in the neurology of the male and female brains. Some of the
differences that she points out are:
A Woman uses about 20,000 words per day, a man
uses about 7,000.
A woman remembers fights that a man insists never happened.
Thoughts about sex enter a woman's brain once every couple of days, but enter a man's brain about once every minute.
This book is very informative and sets out to prove that men and women think
differently because of the differences in their brain chemistry.
Why People Believe Weird Things
Author: Michael Shermer Ph.D.
Michael Shermer is the founding publisher
of Skeptic magazine and the director of
The Skeptics Society. The book begins by explaining
what a skeptic is and is not. It then goes on to talk about
science, skepticism, pseudoscience, superstition, evolution
and history. The basis of the book is to explain why people
believe in outrageous, unprovable or unscientific things,
simply because we are told that these things are true. Whether
this information has been passed on generationally, or because
it has become the general consensus.
The purpose is to make you think, and to form your own conclusion about your beliefs, based on facts that you know, logic,
and science.
The book is not written in scientific jargon or in complex language. However, there are some parts of this book where
you may find yourself a little lost, but overall, it is not a difficult read. It does make you think, and that is why I recommend it.
