Bøker av William Forbes

This memoir documents the final days of the Scottish noblewoman Christian Forbes, as recounted by her close friend and confidant, AP Forbes. Offering intimate details of Forbes' life, as well as insights into the cultural and political milieu of 19th century Scotland, it provides a compelling portrait of a remarkable woman.This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

If one is comfortable with what one has been taught, the author asks, why shouldanything ever be questioned? Are we actually educated, or are we indoctrinated into popularinterpretations? After traveling throughout the world as an applications engineer, far from hissmall-town upbringing, the author began to scrutinize the roots of how he viewed his place in theuniverse. The conclusions he reached altered his life and beliefs, and fundamentally transformedhim as a human being. Big Bang? God created the heavens and the Earth? Where should weplace our faith? These questions are about emotion as much as intellect, and Forbes hasperformed extensive research and drawn cogent and convincing-indeed, inarguable-conclusions. Deceptive Influences: Life''s Emotional Opinion of God and Evolution assesses themotivations and theories of evolution from the cellular to the cosmic, and makes eminentlylogical and all-but-unanswerable demands of its very foundations.