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figured i should read it before i see the movie...

This book promises to "shock" - but really.... if anyone has actually READ the Bible, there's nothing at all shocking about what's in here. What did shock me was the lack of any historical perspective or supporting documentation for the author's conclusions about such things as "Jesus didn't REALLY die on a Friday and rise on a Sunday" (has he read ANY early Christian authors? If they were within one generation of Christ, and knew the people who were THERE, and THEY say he died on a Friday and rose on a Sunday, then... I believe them, even if there work isn't part of the canon of the Bible) or "we don't really go to heaven when we die". I feel like this is a case of of "sola scriptura" gone awry.... how anyone can interpret the Bible any way they wish when they view it in a vacuum, without taking into account 2000 years of history, and corroborating sources. Plus some of those conclusions lack any authority - he is making theological statements without BEING any sort of theologian at all . Other chapters are just interesting little tidbits. Overall, I was rather disappointed in this book.

Not one of her better stories. I got bored with it half way through. It took to long to reach some kind of conclusion. And then the characters all seem to switch personalities. I almost feel like the authr was getting bored writiing it.