God Hacks

• Foreword (by Pope Benedict XVI and Brian Flemming)
  
• Preface
  
• Contents
  
• God basics
  • Why "god hacks"?
    
  • Minimal system requirements
    
  • Determining which god is right for you
    
  • Turning off the nagging voice of doubt
    
  • Care and Feeding of your god
• Understanding your owner's manual
  • Stop laughing, it's all true.
    
  • Quick overview of how we got here and what we are supposed to do now.
    
  • Contradiction Harmonization: it's all too crazy *not* to be true.
    
  • Navigating the silicon age with the wisdom of the iron age.
• Installation, Upgrades, Fix packs, Uninstalls
  • How do I install a deity ("Getting saved")?
    
  • How do I upgrade up to the "next level"?
    
  • How do I uninstall my deity ("Apostasy")?
• Communication Hacks
  • One-way asynchronous mode ("prayer")
    
  • Troubleshooting the "Deity Not Found" response.
    
  • Avoiding ironic answers to prayer.
    
  • Discriminating between hearing God's voice and "those crazy voices"
    
  • Classical interpretation techniques: tea leaves, entrails, and you
• Divine Wrath: Avoidance and Responses
  • Is it wrath or just random?
    
  • Diagnosing the reason for the wrath
    
  • Efficient, results-based grovelling
• Keeping the Commandments:
  • If it feels good: Stop!
    
  • Killing infidels
    
  • Sharing the Joy: Mind virus transmission techniques
• Afterlife hacks
  • Performing a vice/virtue audit for estimating your current eternal reward status
    
  • Work arounds for predestination
    
  • Asbestos underwear: preparing for worst case scenarios.
• Financial Considerations
  • Calculating your ideal tithing rate to maximize ROI.
    
  • Determining the most cost efficient religion for you
    
  • Starting your own religion for fun and (mostly) profit.
• Hacking Theological puzzles
  • How to interpret God's silence as proof of his existence
    
  • How to use the concept of freewill to explain away god's non-interference policy
    
  • Putting God in the gaps and keeping him there.
• Reboots, System Recovery
  • Sin (understanding the point system)
    
  • Forgiveness
    
  • So you've traded your soul for a fiddle....
• Troubleshooting
  • Your options when god breaks his promise
    
  • Help, my god is commanding me to _____. (Dealing with unreasonable requests)
• Advanced Hacks
  • Making your own god from scratch
    
  • Becoming a god your self (apotheosis)
    
  • Removing the "god virus" from yourself and others

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