Ok, if you are one of those people who is happy and content with your belief system and personal views of the world (and more importantly aren't imposing your beliefs on everyone else or using them as justification to blow shit up) and don't mind if they have little or no supporting evidence you can stop reading now and I wish you a good day and a happy life.
But if you are one of those poor unfortunates who questions things and requires a reason to believe something (such as evidence that suggests it's true) then I have the book for you.
http://www.amazon.com/Demon-Haunted-...8589311&sr=8-1
The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark by Carl Sagan
It is a wonderful book that helps you determine the validity of any belief system, idea or concept. Now I don't draw a belief system from this book and it isn't offering one. It is nothing more than a critical evaluation of many popular ideas such as UFOs, religious beliefs, certain forms of therapy and analysis and various new age concepts.
And more importantly, it is a method of evaluating virtually any idea or concept for validity. I was even forced to reconsider a few of my own "be neat if it were true" beliefs. I really didn't draw a new belief system from this book, it is more of a direction sign on a road I was already traveling that has made my journey more efficient.
So if you are a skeptic, a seeker of the truth regardless of what it may actually be or just wish to be a more critical thinker, then you would probably love this one.
And if not, please continue on your way and Buddha bless you.
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