Bound by Faith
The Fundamentalist Takeover of America (The Journey to Reason Chronicles, Book 2)
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Bound by Faith
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Narrated by:
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Robert Shaw
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By:
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Mark Alsip
About this listen
They thought they could dismiss the warnings, but now reality is knocking on the door.
In Journey to Reason, author Mark Alsip took listeners inside the minds of religious fundamentalists, exposing the dangerous undercurrents beneath their beliefs. Now, in Bound by Faith, he returns with a stark reminder: the threats he once cautioned about are no longer hypothetical—they're unfolding in real time.
As the nation inches closer to the 2024 elections, the author delves into the rise of religious influence in politics and education, from the GOP’s “Project 2025,” a troubling blueprint that could fundamentally reshape the nation’s future, to the disturbing spread of the Accelerated Christian Education (ACE) program. Through a mix of personal anecdotes and current events, he connects the dots between past warnings and today’s unfolding crises.
The book doesn’t just critique religion but scrutinizes how it’s wielded as a tool of power, threatening to undermine the very foundations of democracy. The story is a stark reminder of what happens when ideology trumps reason.
Bound by Faith is an urgent call to stand up for critical thinking. Before it’s too late.
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I really think we are witnessing truly historic events and the demise of a once great democracy. If I actually believed in prophecy I'd call this book truly prophetic
Every American should know this stuff. Every other citizen of the world should know it and heed the warning. If it can happen there it can happen everywhere else too.
Made me grateful that I don't live in America
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Disliked i) the obsession with the widely-used ACE educational materials, popular with Christian home-schoolers.
ii) the misplaced, brash confidence in his own understanding of the Bible ("I've read it - all of it!") to the point where he dares any Christian to debate him. I gave up reading after chapter 6, because his view of women's ministry is based on incorrect exegesis. He is entitled to be sceptical (many churches are indeed Complementarian - hence misogynistic) but not cynical. His own doctrinaire thinking brooks no opposition, and is unattractively intolerant. He has become a fundie himself!
Fundamentalism is alive and well in atheism too.
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