How the Catholic Church Built Western Civilization
by Thomas E. Woods Jr
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Author: Thomas E. Woods JrEdition: Hardcover
Published: 2005-05-02
ISBN: 0895260387
Number of pages: 256
Publisher: Regnery Publishing, Inc.
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Book Review: False pride, arrogance and bad science
Summary: 1 Stars
False pride
The author performs no meaningful in-depth analysis of current or historical contexts and events, applying instead personal opinion. He violently massages the facts in order to portray an overwhelmingly favorable picture, thus encouraging pride in place of humility.
Bad science
Wittingly or not, the author attempts to manipulate the reader with what he calls reason, which in reality is nothing more than tempering with logic and producing faulty conclusions in matters where logic probably should not be used at all. While doing this, he contradicts himself on so many occasions, that reading the book becomes an exercise in self discipline.
Arrogance
Worst of all, the author explicitly states that, according to aforementioned "reasoning", no religion, philosophy, nothing other than Catholic Christianity is capable of producing a civilized society. This arrogant point of view is expressed so many times and in so many ways, that it seemingly becomes the unproven thesis of the book, which brings us back to bad science.
The text is a messy collection of every and any argument for ultimate superiority of the Catholic, which in itself is both heresy and non-scientific. I can not believe a true Catholic or a scientist can write something like this.
Summary of How the Catholic Church Built Western Civilization
From modern economics to Western art and m usic, the Catholic Church has contributed more to the development of Western civilization than any other institution--but rarely gets credit for it.Early Civilization Books
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