About the book: 1964 / The author of the book is a former priest. He devoted his entire youth to the search for God and serving the church. But gradually life itself, Soviet reality, forced him to think about the correctness of his chosen path. The author broke with religion forever and began a new life. Now he is a lecturer at the Moscow Planetarium, a student at the Faculty of Philosophy of Moscow State University. Alexey Borisovich Chertkov devotes all his energy and time to the fight against religion, against religious prejudices. The author often visits schools and talks with children. Using the example of his own life, he shows how and why in our time some young people become believers, reveals the cunning methods of “catching souls” that churchmen use, and explains why religion is harmful. From such sincere conversations with schoolchildren, the book “Why is this scary».