tino@hou2f.UUCP (A.TINO) (02/18/86)
For all you fans of secular humanism, skepticism, rational psychotherapy, atheism, and other good stuff.... Here's a fun book that satirizes various biblical myths while maintaining a consistent secular humanist viewpoint: THE TALES OF ATAVAN (Lotus Press, 1985) Part 1: "The Clarion Heritage" by Oscar Region It's pretty funny and it also makes some important philosophical and psychological statements. From the advertisement: Can Atavan save us from the moral majority before it's too late? This glint-eyed revolutionary performs Unmiracles, to the astonishment and praise of multitudes. He saves confused and tortured souls from pointlessness and self-destruction as he exposes the greed and deceit of mass mysticism. ... Dr. Albert Ellis, director of the Institute for Rational Emotive Therapy in NYC, says this about the book: An unusually well-written and interesting work of fiction that is well off the beaten path. It beautifully beats the drum for unconditional self-acceptance, rather than specious self-esteem that is based on highly conditional religious claptrap. Highly readable and worthwhile literature. It is most unusual in its field. _______ Al Tino ..!hou2f!tino