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The Evolution of God

Here's the story written for any educated layperson:
http://www.amazon.com/Evolution-God-Back-Readers-Pick/dp/031606744X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1453706897&sr=8-1&keywords=the+evolution+of+god

Here's the story for someone with a good familiarity with Biblical studies:
http://www.amazon.com/Invention-God-Thomas-R%C3%B6mer/dp/0674504976/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1453706971&sr=8-1&keywords=the+invention+of+god

Robert Wright's "The Evolution of God" is good both because it summarizes the scholarship on the topic and makes it interesting for the reader. It is also a lot newer than Karen Amstrong's book, which is important since a lot has happened in the scholarship of these religions in the past 20 years.

>I am mad at myself for not being this analytic about this earlier in my life

I had this exact feeling.

So one thing to realize is that this process takes time I mean for FSM sake u lived a lot with this Idea.keep reading whatever you do keep reading.

some sources or ideas that were helpful to me:

• parables of Jesus
  
• the history of hell
  
• history before ur religion.
  
• the Christ myth theory (However I do believe he existed but it lowered my certainty) and how exodus never happened look for the exodus myth
  
• Commonsense atheism and proving the negative
  
• talk origin and talk design are also very good sources.
  
• read some books on cognitive sciences and psychology of religion , search for recommended atheism books. (understand what cognitive bias is)
  
• this is the phone line u're looking for
  
• read an introductory account on atheism this is one of the best books on atheism
  
• find a way to express u're doubts or else u'll go crazy (at least if u're anything like me) ,blog about it or write about it , talk to s1, ask others questions.
  
• listen to debates about religions.
  
• think about the fact that u finally could emancipate urself from this.
  
• learn a little more about other religions it helps A LOT .
  
• read books by Xbelievers like John Luftus or Dan barker
  
• read more I mean Way more on cosmology and physics. just search for top books on Cosmology
  
• read comparative books like Karen Armstrong books and read the evolution of god
  
• read Religion Explained
  
  

  keep fear away and ...good luck !

Here is a good read on the subject.

http://www.amazon.com/Evolution-God-Back-Readers-Pick/dp/031606744X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1422654371&sr=8-1&keywords=the+evolution+of+god

Have you read The Evolution of God by Robert Wright? It resolves many of the inconsistencies and oddities of the Bible/Torah as actually textual evidence for the evolution of the Abrahamic God from a polytheistic pantheon. Might clarify your thinking here.

Yes . . . I'm in the middle of The Foundations of Arithmetic by Gottleb Frege right now. It's a book about what number is. I wouldn't recommend it unless you enjoy math, as it's rather dry.

When I'm done with that, I plan to finally plow through Heiddeger's Being and Time, mostly because ontology has been popping up a lot for me. It doesn't seem as daunting as it used to. Probably because I've grown sine I first picked it up, and poked around a few of his other writings.

After that, I might read Husserl's _Origin of Geometry__ which lays some groundwork for his ideas on the science of phenomenology. I'm using the translation present in the appendix of Derrida's introduction to the Origin of Geometry. It was actually a gift from someone who knew I liked math and philosophy. At the time, I was a bit "WTF!?" and buried it someone. I've since become interested in Derrida, phenomenology and Husserl so it was a welcomed surprise when I rediscovered it.

Then comes the "eminant reads" category, which come in some order after the above.

I also have to read Warped Passages by Lisa Randal, which is a very good layman's guide to String Theory. It was a recommendation from my philosophy professor. I've poked around in it and it does seem quite good.

I was also recommended the The Evolution of God by Robert Wright. Don't know much about it, beyond the fact that the title is accurate, but I do plan on picking it up.

Then Tillich's book would fall in this rather "eminent" category along with Guns, Germs and Steel.

After that are a bunch of other books I want to read. And standing in its own category are leisurely books. Right now, I'm reading Stephen King's Under the Dome!

http://www.amazon.com/The-Evolution-Back-Readers-Pick/dp/031606744X

I haven't read these yet, but one or both WILL be on my near-term reading list:

Evolution of God

A History of God

If you're wanting a history of how religion evolved in that arena, I can recommend this https://www.amazon.com/Evolution-God-Back-Readers-Pick/dp/031606744X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1493132334&sr=8-1&keywords=the+evolution+of+god

The Evolution of God.

http://www.amazon.com/The-Evolution-Back-Readers-Pick/dp/031606744X