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06-11-2003, 07:41 AM
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"Lucifer's Handbook"
I hope this is the right place to post this question.
Is anyone else familiar with Lucifer's Handbook by Lee Carter (Academic Associates, 1977)? Despite the devilish title, it's actually a useful little book that takes a secular humanist look at the arguments for and against the existence of God. The author is described on the back cover simply as a "college professor," but I have never seen his name attached to any other humanist work - which leads me to suspect that "Lee Carter" may be a pseudonym. Does anyone have any inside information on this book and its author? |
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06-11-2003, 10:42 AM
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He made some other works regarding, family, parenting, fiction and �horses.
May I also recommend �How to Make an Atheist Backslide� and other works by Ray Comfort.  Regards Sinista Trollsham |
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06-11-2003, 09:53 PM
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Ray Comfort? I hope that's a joke.
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06-12-2003, 12:09 AM
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Who is Ray Comfort?
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06-12-2003, 12:16 AM
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Ray Comfort is a New Zealand-born evangelist who lives in the USA. He's recently joined forces with Kirk ("Growing Pains") Cameron. Their web site is http://www.livingwaters.com/
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06-12-2003, 12:30 AM
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Lee Carter was a pseudonym used by Milt Timmons, who is well known in the Los Angeles freethought community. He taught Communications (Film, Speech, Radio-TV, etc) at LA Valley College until 1992.
Now that he has retired, he is writing under his own name. He has just self-published "Everything About the Bible That You Never Had Time to Look Up", which he describes as a Cliff Notes guide to the Bible, which you can buy through XLibris. He has a list of Dramatic Productions of Interest to Atheists and Freethinkers, but is otherwise not much on line. |
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06-12-2003, 12:40 AM
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06-12-2003, 12:45 AM
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Thank you ... one of life's little mysteries solved.
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