My Life Without God

by William J. Murray

Book Overview

In 1963 America's most famous atheist, Madalyn Murray O'Hair, won the landmark lawsuit filed on behalf of her son William, that effectively banned prayer in public schools. Bill shares in vivid detail... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0840752563
• ISBN13: 9780840752567
• Release Date: January 1982
• Publisher: Thomas Nelson Publishers
• Length: 252 Pages
• Weight: 1.41 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Well written and important historically

I've actually just finished reading this book for a second time, the first being 8 years ago. Found it again in my church library and read it in two days. An amazing story and worth the read.

Intense

I cried. I actually cried. When a book makes me laugh or cry or scream in frustration out loud, I know it is truly excellent. The description, physical and emotional, is so strong, it's like I'm right in the scenes. It revealed many things I never would have gussed. A must read for the skeptic, Christian (new or otherwise), or history or law and justice buff. Not a single page I didn't love.

Excellent

What an excellent book--- This book was written from the point of view by the author himself. What a life to live under such hatred and torment. How William Murray survived goes to show you there is a GOD in this world. The book tells about his past and how his mother ruled & direct and taught him to live a atheist life, until one day he found GOD thorugh a vision. It tells how William Murray went on to survive and become the chairman of Religious Freedom Coalition and to turn his life around and move forward in God's hands. Once you pick up this book you cannot put it down. I would highly recommend to anyone.

Great!! story of a man who turned his life around

This book tells it like it was in his life. The author is to the point and vey blunt of just how bad life was with Madalyn Murray O'Hara. If you know someone who doesn't know GOD--this real-life book tells of a man who found GOD---buy and give to someone who needs to know.

Infamous Atheist's Son Tells His Story

Anyone dismissing Madalyn O'Hair as a kooky atheist who stretched her 15 minutes of fame as far as possible should read My Life Without God. Atheism may be what brought her celebrity status, but it was just one of her many perfidious pursuits. Written by her estranged son-disowned by his embrace of religion-Madalyn is shown to be at various times a drug-dealer, pornography patron, Communist rebel-rouser, and those are her good points! As a young mother with two illegitimate sons, her hatred of America surpassed only by her jingoistic devotion to Communism, she sedulously tried to become a citizen of the Soviet Union. Her repeated in-person requests at the Soviet embassy in Washington grew so vexatious, the Russian staff eventually began pretending nobody there could speak English whenever they saw her. An unrestrained quixotic outrage at the discovery of Bible readings in her son's public school lead to her success in the Supreme Court's infamous decision outlawing any hint of religion in public education. The book details how, far more than her supposedly-principled cause, achieving fame was her true victory. Stroking her cyclopean ego is shown to be the motivation for nearly every move she made. It is very interesting to note how her path crossed with those of so many other notorious figures in late twentieth century America. From her role as a colleague of Lee Harvey Oswald in a Communist organization, to her cozy cajoling of Fidel Castro's closest advisors to her friendship with Larry Flynt, Madalyn's circle of influence reads like a Who's Who of Masterful Miscreants. The author's own story is one of overcoming nearly insurmountable obstacles. Bill married his pregnant, live-in girlfriend (Madalyn had invited her to move into their house) at 17, began active adultery and drug use shortly thereafter, and seemed headed to an early grave. With his second marriage floundering, and his life in a constant downward spiral, he turned to his mother's sworn enemy-religion, and finally found the salvation and peace that eluded Madalyn throughout her turbulent life. The recent acknowledgement of her murder should bring newfound interest to this work, and it is a very good analysis not only of the workings of a twisted mind but also a strong demonstration of how so much went wrong with society over the past thirty years.