tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31647067.post5792662607741692767..comments2011-07-19T07:59:14.028-07:00Carriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08772667430500306088noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31647067.post-49439860460056269632011-07-19T07:59:14.028-07:002011-07-19T07:59:14.028-07:00Anonymous, I would hardly charge Dr. Wiker with placing women in the kitchen; I would also disagree with his pro-life agenda. Where the genius of his book lies is how he is able to show how one’s thinking can cause genocide, sadness, sexual perversion and what thinking can correct that. Some people call this corrective thinking Christianity, pro-life ideology and conservativism. Yet now this becomes a mere game of semantics. <br /><br /> Rather Dr. Wikers book is well balance and very intriguing. One cannot help but think of how these books have influenced people around them and how the confusion these books propagated still remain with us. <br /><br />Have you ever wondered why this world is so messed up? Why there is some much killing? Why people treat others like machines rather than humans? Where our family values have gone and why extreme feminism does not achieve the happiness and fulfillment promised? This book will point you in the right direction. <br /><br />I say buy this book for the youth in your life and for your &quot;enlightened&quot; friends and family.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31647067.post-1086839982515543432011-07-05T07:56:41.835-07:002011-07-05T07:56:41.835-07:00Reading the comments that have been posted, I wonder where the dissenters are? Have they been cleansed as part of a marketing campaign, or has everyone simply drunk the proverbial kool-aid?<br /><br />Wiker is very good at summarizing these works, and if you want to get a very quick and slanted overview of these books, well this is the book for you. <br /><br /><br />The most disengenous part of the book is that he claims (he is a Platonist in Christian clothing) that he is practicing philoosophy while these others are practicing rhetoric, imposing their world views on us like so much DDT spread on the weeds of godlessness. Of coourse, any philosopher worth his or her salt will see him and Socrates coming a mile away.<br /><br />Had he simply taken issue with the atheism in each work, and even the inherent humanism of each, it would not be so bad. Where he becomes down right pedantic and dishonest is when he begins to beat the drum of the right to life and fall into line with his right wing followers who hope to someday return women to the kitchen to stay.<br /><br />Be careful of those who do your thinking for you folks... and be careful to see Dr. Wiker coming!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31647067.post-9576748536682957932009-05-26T20:05:01.146-07:002009-05-26T20:05:01.146-07:00I just read a book by this guy and Jonathan Witt, called A Meaningful World, which I thoroughly enjoyed.<br /><br /> This book looks good too. I like how they have Descartes on the list. He's not usually on lists like this, but I've heard he created lots of enlightenment trouble.Stejahenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05228922536787177501noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31647067.post-27308590903088243262009-04-03T08:27:00.000-07:002009-04-03T08:27:00.000-07:00Intriguing! Might have to go and find this one.Michellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08793681725475475156noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31647067.post-9904427648123073772009-04-02T11:28:00.000-07:002009-04-02T11:28:00.000-07:00This is going on my list! I looked, and there's three there that you recommended...you're so not helping me make the list smaller!<BR/><BR/>I've read Communist Manifesto and definitely think it's a must read BECAUSE of it's influence.Ronnicahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18242687458315186709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31647067.post-48766338911991795612009-04-01T20:28:00.000-07:002009-04-01T20:28:00.000-07:00This sounds so interesting! It's going on my wish list right now. :)Alycehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10919057159829023714noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31647067.post-86586618995957407082009-04-01T14:06:00.000-07:002009-04-01T14:06:00.000-07:00It sounds like you and my dh are "in sync" w/ the books these days. He just got done reading this one, too! :) It's on my list to read...when I finally get done with Three Swans!~teachmom~http://www.blogger.com/profile/08941155531027401974noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31647067.post-6292338957510279242009-04-01T12:59:00.000-07:002009-04-01T12:59:00.000-07:00Sounds fascinating, Carrie!Amy @ Hope Is the Wordhttp://hopeistheword.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31647067.post-879998597729370352009-04-01T12:26:00.000-07:002009-04-01T12:26:00.000-07:00I heard the author interviewed on the radio, ran out and bought it but couldn't get into it. My fault, definitely not the author's. I think I will try the audio version.Book Psmithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12387313238448432017noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31647067.post-75808314373179261962009-04-01T10:06:00.000-07:002009-04-01T10:06:00.000-07:00my fingers are steepled as I say:<BR/>"Verrrrry interesting...."<BR/>And another book goes on the "get my hands on.." list!Skyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01446914963118461073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31647067.post-55221111764233348472009-04-01T09:31:00.000-07:002009-04-01T09:31:00.000-07:00That is a great title. I probably wouldn't be able to resist it, either.Queen of Carrotshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03193758647591339890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31647067.post-75043532701765991232009-04-01T07:33:00.000-07:002009-04-01T07:33:00.000-07:00My husband listened to the audio version of this book and really liked it. And though I haven't read it, I got detailed commentary from Chad throughout his reading/listening. :)Katrina @ Callapidder Dayshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00358457475010534626noreply@blogger.com