Common Nonsense: 25 Fallacies about Life...Refuted

by Cliff Ermatinger

The perfect tonic for those suffering from political correctness burnout. If you are tired of those trite sound bites that you know are wrong (but can t say why), then this is your book. Fr. Cliff Ermatinger, LC, shows how to refute 25 fallacies about life - with depth and humor Don t let those dreary half-truths get you down. Get the full answer and bring light into the world

235 pages, Paperback

First published March 3, 2005

Reviews

[John Doyle · Rating 5 out of 5]

Interspersed with witticisms, real life anecdotes, and delightfully ironic humor, ‘Common Nonsense’ is an antidote to the chaos of the post enlightenment world and a lifeline for a generation that has severed all its intellectual moorings. Fr. Cliff systematically lays the intellectual and philosophical groundwork for truth, belief in God, human nature, morality, and so much more as he counters the prevalent ‘wisdom’ of the typical ‘sophists’ of our day. His 25 refutations of prevalent life fallacies are like a breath of fresh air for a drowning soul; the book is steeped in the perennial wisdom of the ages. The reader deserves an honorary degree in the philosophy of life upon termination and will certainly be challenged to be a better person. Congratulations to the author on an outstanding work so needed for our times!

[Jon Wisnieski · Rating 3 out of 5]

Interesting read. Was given to me by a friend. The topics were of great interest to me. I suppose I was looking for quick and easy answers to a lot of the common liberal leaning fallacies, and realized that there really aren't. The problems are much more deep seated and cannot be explained with simple answers. But I do believe they are wrong, and this book helped me to see that. The book was hard to follow at times, I think partly due to it not being super well-written and partly because of some of the more abstract concepts that he discusses. Overall though, solid book.