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January 9, 2009

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Liars For Jesus: The Religious Right's Alternate Version of American History Vol. 1
enlarge	Author: Chris Rodda Publisher: BookSurge Publishing Category: Book Buy New: $23.99 Buy New from $23.99 Avg. Customer Rating: (6 reviews) Sales Rank: 585655 Languages: English (Original Language), English (Unknown), English (Published) Media: Paperback Edition: 1ST Pages: 532 Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.9 Dimensions (in): 8.8 x 6 x 1.4 ISBN: 1419644386 Dewey Decimal Number: 322 EAN: 9781419644382 ASIN: 1419644386 Publication Date: August 10, 2006 Release Date: August 10, 2006 Shipping: Eligible for Super Saver Shipping Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours

Customer Reviews: Read 1 more reviews... Meticulously Researched September 27, 2008 6 out of 8 found this review helpful Liars for Jesus is a fabulous book. It is meticulously researched, and handily debunks several 'lies for jesus,' including distortions of history regarding the treaties with the Barbary states, lies about Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, and others. The big thing that struck me about the book is the thoroughness of the author's research. I was very impressed by this. Chris Rodda takes many quotes from noted christian history revisionists, such as Stephen McDowell and David Barton, and undoubtedly proves why their distorted versions of history are wrong using a variety of historical sources, such as archived documents from the Library of Congress and original documents written by the founders. If you are one who is doubtful about the information put forth by some christians about the founding of the united states then this book is for you. Even if you aren't doubtful and are a christian I would still recommend this book because of the quality of research that was done for it. It just might change your mind. Liars for Jesus February 18, 2008 19 out of 23 found this review helpful Liars for Jesus by Chris Rodda is one of the best written and most important books about contemporary American politics that I have read in years. The only problem with this book is that it was apparently published with the author's own money, making its availability somewhat limited. This book should be widely read and discussed, because it helps explain why the Christian Right seems so incomprehensibly loony to most of us who are not part of that movement, and, conversely, why they attack the rest of us with such unfettered zeal. There has been a series of revisionist "history" books published since the end of WWII which give a "Christian" version of American history that attempts to paint the Founding Fathers and subsequent American culture in a way that is in agreement with contemporary Fundamentalism. We have now had a couple of generations of conservative Christians who have been buying into this version of history and reacting angrily to an America that assumes fundamental principals like the separation of church and state to be at the core of what America stands for. Author Rodda systematically lists and then busts a series of myths that these spurious history books have generated. She leaves no stone unturned in doing so. Things get really scary when she starts quoting Supreme Court opinions written by Rennquist, Thomas and Burger, and it becomes apparent that members of our highest court do not know the difference between real history and Fundamentalist wishful thinking. The book is a fascinating study in how the desire for a different set of facts can, over time, morph into an alternative if deluded "reality". Wonderful read for freedom lovers October 21, 2006 51 out of 71 found this review helpful Ms. Rodda has presented an intelligent, well-written expose on the nonsense spewed by the religious right over the internet and in boooks. "Liars" Too Harsh? September 27, 2006 105 out of 117 found this review helpful "Liars" seems a harsh term to apply to professed Christians and until lately I had--admittedly without paying too much attention--assumed that Christian fundamentalists were engaged in wishful thinking and selective quotations when they complained about activist judges subverting both the Constitution and the clear intent of the Founding Fathers to establish a Christian government. But after reading Ms. Rodda's book I realize that there is something going on far beyond taking words out of context. When she digs out the words and records that clearly demolish the assertion that no "wall of separation" between church and state was ever intended, "liars" does seem the appropriate word. Those of us who fear that the intrusion of "faith based" activities into our government and the flow of subsidies, in the guise of "contracts", to favored churches, is a step toward a theocracy, will find much useful and carefully documented information in "Liars for Jesus". The truth will set you free September 20, 2006 56 out of 66 found this review helpful Lies for Jesus abound. This is not a new phenomenon, as Ms. Rodda points out in her book, but the lies have greatly proliferated in the age of the Internet. It is sometimes difficult for concerned citizens and concerned Christians to refute the lies which appear to come from authority. Ms. Rodda takes the words of those so-called authorities and shows them for what they are. Her sources are impeccable. As an Episcopalian, I was quite shocked to learn that the Liars for Jesus have stolen words out of my own Book of Common Prayer to further their questionable agenda. Those liars do great damage to our religious freedom, a freedom that generations upon generations have fought and died to protect.

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