Comments for The American Book of the Dead

Comment on Abduction by Charles Edward Frith (@charlesfrith)

Charles Edward Frith (@charlesfrith) — Sun, 01 Jan 2012 15:13:47 +0000

In the interests accuracy, I need to counter one of your points with an exception I heard only last night. Allow me to repeat the point you make.

“Other cases of abduction by several different people in which they all tell a similar story are eerie – but again this could be a case of the hypnotist imprinting not only his view of the subject, but also what he’d learned from previous subjects about the same encounter.”

Spirals End in her interview with Mike Clelland shares that a multiple person experience was confirmed by picking up the phone and speaking directly to other parties with no intermediary. You can ask her about that directly online as I have found her very approachable.

One exception doesn’t prove anything but it is as robust as the sentence I copied from you. This returns us to a more ambiguous interpretation of the mystery.

I hope this is constructive.

Comment on FunVax by Henry Baum

Henry Baum — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 20:08:11 +0000

Thanks for the comment. I agree with that, but I was talking about a fictional scenario, where people started doubting gravity, or something – like they’d suddenly float away.

That said, science takes some amount of faith, because principles are being continually rewritten, but it’s not equal to the faith in something that’s unprovable.

Comment on FunVax by Jen

Jen — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 19:59:07 +0000

I just have to point out that believing science doesn’t require faith. Science provides facts, evidence, and research, and questions itself constantly, changing when new evidence is discovered. To believe science is actually the opposite of faith, which is to believe something without facts or evidence of it. When the word “faith” is applied to religion and science equally, it perpetuates the myth that both are equally valid (that is, based on accurate perceptions and evidence of our experience) world views. They just aren’t.

Comment on Pornland by Observer | The American Book of the Dead

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Comment on Future Fire by HalfAStick.com » Blog Archive » Where the Hell Have I Been

HalfAStick.com » Blog Archive » Where the Hell Have I Been — Tue, 13 Sep 2011 04:14:57 +0000

[...] The Future Fire on Henry Baum’s novel The American Book of the Dead. Read the review, then read Baum’s response to the review, then read the book, dammit, because it’s [...]

Comment on Rain God by DavidP

DavidP — Fri, 26 Aug 2011 11:48:39 +0000

How meta can You get, mate …?

Comment on Heaven is a Place by D

Thu, 25 Aug 2011 02:19:05 +0000

Looks like something out of “The Truth About De-Evolution.”

Comment on Dominionism on CNN by Henry Baum

Henry Baum — Fri, 19 Aug 2011 23:22:24 +0000

Yeesh, thanks for that, sort of. I’ll post it.

Comment on Dominionism on CNN by JerryN

JerryN — Fri, 19 Aug 2011 23:19:05 +0000

Combine it with this one and say ‘Good night, world’:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dRtIOjdIxJ8

Comment on Dominionism on CNN by Chaorder Gradient

Chaorder Gradient — Fri, 19 Aug 2011 22:06:34 +0000

It seems like the apocalyptic part of your book comes truer and truer as time goes by…