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Table of Contents

Prologue

SECTION ONE

CHAPTER 1

Belief is Essential in Life

We often become what we think, believe and do, but sometimes neither what we thought nor believed or did determines what we become

CHAPTER 2

Ancestral Worship of Uncle Bryan

What we see contributes to the shaping process of our future

CHAPTER 3

Our Behavior Reflects Our Beliefs

What humans believe shows up in human actions, even when humanity does not understand their beliefs

CHAPTER 4

The Dynamics of Belief

What we say and do in the absence of insanity when we are not acting or pretending, depicts our belief systems

CHAPTER 5

The Irony of Belief: Victimhood Spurring Creativity

May what I don’t know ignore me as what I know recognize me

CHAPTER 6

Understanding Self-Belief

Asserting a belief in oneself is like following the precepts of your source unknowingly

CHAPTER 7

Acts of Terror by Religious People

Terrorism comes in different shapes and forms because those who impose their ideas on others are guilty of ideological violence and intimidation

CHAPTER 8

Beliefs of Select Fraternal Organizations

I know all the things I know, but I do not know all the things that know me

CHAPTER 9

Believing the Knowledgeable and Exploiting the Believers

Most of what we perceive through our senses builds our belief

CHAPTER 10

Reasoning Behind Our Actions

Shouldn’t those who believe they evolved from apes reach out to their ape-ancestors for help?

CHAPTER 11

Effective Teaching and Engaged Learning

Competent teachers steer their minds to impart knowledge similarly as engaged students drive their minds to acquire knowledge

CHAPTER 12

Belief Literacy Steps

What would you call someone who knows what to do to become a better person but refuses to do that?

SECTION TWO

CHAPTER 13

Botswana the Beautiful

Bots is a quintessential country of opposites in Africa

CHAPTER 14

When Research Yields More

Sometimes in life, we search for this but end up finding this, and that

CHAPTER 15

Finding Purpose in an Unlikely Place

What we look at does not always determine what we see

CHAPTER 16

Humanity Created God and Religion

Perhaps, by worshiping inanimate objects out of fear, men and women created God and religion, for which they deserve some commendation

SECTION THREE

CHAPTER 17

Skylife in the Minneapolis Skyway

You can overcome the fear of death by living in one of the best places in the United States of America

CHAPTER 18

Wow. Someone Understands!

Most times it does not look like it, but God understands everything about the world and the circumstances surrounding its inhabitants

CHAPTER 19

The Kingdom View of the Literacy of Belief

In spite of our distance from God, we can reconnect with Him and lead a meaningful life from today

CHAPTER 20

Does Fear Fuel Every Belief?

Most times we erroneously believe that fear fuels every human quest for the supernatural

CHAPTER 21

Dissecting His Prayer Model

Prayer is a decisive component of belief

CHAPTER 22

Area of Authority for Humanity

The Holy Spirit convicts, but does not judge; He guides us into all truths

CHAPTER 23

Think Like He Does

One man forgave the sins of many

CHAPTER 24

Love As He Does

Out of love, He gave His life for us

CHAPTER 25

New Beginning: From Darkness to Light

Humans should not be ashamed to peek before they decide to start living the life God intended for them

Epilogue

Acknowledgments

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