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The Truth About "The God Makers"
by Gilbert W. Scharffs
Published on the FAIR Web site by
permission of the author, Gilbert W. Scharffs.
Front Matter
Overview Chapters
Detail Chapters
Appendixes
HOW TO LOCATE INFORMATION IN THIS BOOK
Readers of
this book will find it helpful to know how it is laid out, and how to find
specific information. This book includes:
A. Preliminaries, including
Contents page (20 pages)
B. Overview (61 pages)
C. Detailed and Documented
Responses (315 pages)
D. Three appendixes (18 pages)
E. Topical index (10
pages)
This book
also uses an unusual system of references and cross references, as explained
below.
The two major sections of the book are:
A.
Overview
(pages
1-61)—a summary of errors found
in the book "The God Makers," by Decker and Hunt, and my brief responses to
them. There are no references from the index to this section.
B.
Detailed
and
Documented
Responses (pages 63-377)—an
extensive examination of and response to points raised in the Decker-Hunt book.
References in this section are printed in bold face type, refer to specific
pages and lines in the Decker-Hunt book, and follow the chapter-by chapter
outline of that book. It is not necessary, however, for the reader to have that
book before him. Cross-references to relevant material within this section also
use the page/line citations of the original book.
Text excerpts from the book
are usually printed in italic type, and my responses are in standard type. When
I have drawn on external authoritative sources in making responses, they are
cited with the responses. Quotations from printed sources follow the standard
pattern; for example, omissions are indicated by ellipses marks (thus . . . ),
while editorial changes/explanations to the original are shown in square
brackets: [ ].
To locate material on a specific topic consult the
alphabetical topical index at the back of the book (pages 399-408). There you
will find references to the Decker-Hunt page/line citations, which appear in
bold face in the "Detailed and Documented Responses"
section.
Cross-references to the "Overview" section use the Roman numerals,
which identify its major topics.
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