Holier Than Thou

by Constantine Grey

Overview

When conviction turns to condemnation, where does true faith lie?

In Holier Than Thou, Constantine Grey unmasks the subtle yet destructive nature of self-righteousness. This incisive exploration challenges readers to look beyond outward piety and confront the judgment, hypocrisy, and spiritual pride that can fester unseen.

Are we truly seeking holiness, or simply playing the part?

Discover a path to genuine humility and compassion. Unravel the complexities of belief in Holier Than Thou.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781967375363
Publisher:	Quippy Quill Inc
Publication date:	07/16/2025
Pages:	116
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.28(d)

About the Author

HOLIER THAN THOU is a study of what I feel are the real origins of religions and how they actually evolved. A critical review of the major weaknesses and illegalities in the scriptures of Christianity and Islam and how they have negatively affected our lives plus a recommendation on how to correct them. An attempt to put religion in its place, to respect it but realize that it is only one of the ways to keep us on the right track to living a good life while, at the same time, respecting our neighbours.

Editorial Reviews

2021-12-06
A concise attempt to assess organized religion with a critical eye.

Motivated in part by a palpable sense of outrage at “religion-stimulated murder and terrorism of this current era,” and the terrifying possibility of nuclear weapons becoming tools of religious terror campaigns, former banking executive and debut author Grey seeks in this brief work to offer a clear understanding of how the world’s major Abrahamic religions came to be. “It is time that we put religion into its proper perspective,” he asserts, by redacting these religions’ sacred texts in order to “rid them of deadly inflammatory rhetoric.” Using charts, color illustrations, and explanatory prose, the author also aims to show the ordinary origins of major religions, touching on such well-known items as the Sumerian King List and practical sources of the Noachian Flood narrative. Throughout, Grey sticks to mundane interpretations:“The clergy, while maintaining an aura of sanctity, are effectively the salesmen and the cleric hierarchy in consort with professional advisers are the financial managers,” he states flatly at one point. The author’s passion is evident throughout this short work, which, at its best, makes for brisk and involving reading. That said, his anger against the follies and iniquities of Christianity, Judaism, and Islam will make some passages difficult to take for devout followers of those faiths. The book’s main flaw, though, is its tendency to drift into dense but tedious prose; when writing about the early pre-Abrahamic period, for example, the author writes: “There is strong reason to believe that even well before this time and as early as those eras when certain dogmas were first being concocted and passed on to others, that there were nonbelievers and they were, ironically, among religion’s creators.” Such moments nearly sink what could have been an electrifyingly irreverent treatise.

A fierce but overly wordy call to tackle faith from a realistic perspective.

Kirkus Reviews