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If we don't add imagination, creativity, thinking outside the box to what we believe, how can we ever think we know God! God is so much more. So it's not a leap of faith at all for me to believe the gospel stories are also "so much more." <BR/><BR/>Anyway, thanks for the thumbs up for a book that IS controversial for those of us who grew up in fundamentalism. So very refreshing!Ginnie Harthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14014434422568561157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8212356.post-1147407571943573682006-05-11T21:19:00.000-07:002006-05-11T21:19:00.000-07:00Hi Anonymous,You talk about other religions being ...Hi Anonymous,<BR/><BR/>You talk about other religions being intolerent, as the basis for Christianity to become intolerant. You know, it is a bad argument. When Islam rejects/tortures people who question their faith, they prove that they don't have faith; If they had faith in an all-powerful God, they would have let God handle these issues -- don't you think?<BR/><BR/>Everyone is entitled to an opinion about anything. If you start lgetting offended when others say things that you don't agree with, well, you will have to live a life filled with hatred and despair.Thomas Georgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05773016343414577144noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8212356.post-1144978193446008442006-04-13T18:29:00.000-07:002006-04-13T18:29:00.000-07:00TM....yeah....i know what you're talking about. Th...TM....yeah....i know what you're talking about. Those are both good too.....and it's totally a question of choice.<BR/><BR/>For me.....have book, will read book :-)Sunilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07776658071546232685noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8212356.post-1144902793726624072006-04-12T21:33:00.000-07:002006-04-12T21:33:00.000-07:00Thanks for writing that review. As for me historic...Thanks for writing that review. As for me historical fiction is not my cup of tea. I prefer my books to be either completely based on truth or completely fiction with some space for intuitive reasoning.<BR/>DVC didn't give me much pleasure. So I guess this one will not either. I think I'll give it a miss. Thanks for the info.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8212356.post-1144854113885421912006-04-12T08:01:00.000-07:002006-04-12T08:01:00.000-07:00anonymous.....i think you'll enjoy this, and if yo...anonymous.....i think you'll enjoy this, and if you find some good biographies, do let me know.<BR/><BR/>Vintage......you are welcome to your opinion, but i'm not sure what your point is. This is not an irreverant book. On the contrary, the author is very much a believer (she's a preacher, and a daughter of an Episcopal priest), and her devotion for Jesus shows in this book, partly through Maeve. If you think it's banal, you should read it before you decide. It does not *hurt* religious belief, unless it is belief that does not allow any other viewpoint. There is a spirituality about this book, though it may not be bound by some people's idea of christianity.<BR/><BR/>As for me.......i review what ever book i like to read. If it is a good book and i feel like writing about it, i write about it. Don't bring religion in to my reviews. I don't. Here's an older review of a translation of <A HREF="http://balancinglife.blogspot.com/2005/08/origin-of-young-god.html" REL="nofollow">Kumarasambhava</A>, very much a hindu book, that i wrote about.Sunilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07776658071546232685noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8212356.post-1144773816729178122006-04-11T09:43:00.000-07:002006-04-11T09:43:00.000-07:00Am posting this cos this' more than a thot; it's a...Am posting this cos this' more than a thot; it's actually disturbing: Would any Cunning Ham, Elizabethen or other otherwise, have dared - yes, that's the very word - to write a similar book about Islam or "the prophet" (or even draw a cartoon)?<BR/><BR/>Wherein you mix sex and religious faith (that concoction always sells - ask Osho); correction: porn, pop corn adventure, historical incorrectness and insults that hurt a tolerating many and religious belief? <BR/><BR/>Would any reviewer, Sunil or (any) other vice, having roots in a country that burns buses and pelts stones at innocents for a nude painting of a Hindu goddess, have dared to write "if you’re offended, you’ll miss the beauty of this book completely" about any comparable book (God forbid) on another religion? <BR/><BR/>The culture of silence and censorship have helped other religions - they wouldn't have to deal with reviews like <BR/>"It’s not the love of Mohammed/Lakshmi, or the devotion of Mohammed/Lakshmi, but the Passion of Mohammed/Lakshmi. And that’s the only title that would fit." <BR/><BR/>For a world that made a best seller of a bubblegum like the DVC (a book I refused to read the last 100 pgs of, cos after the mystery of the paintings, there was absolutely no fizz), these kind of books could only be expected. And they'll rake in millions and made movies of, inspiring other writers, reviewers and readers.<BR/><BR/>Isn't it time someone took a stance against such banality?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8212356.post-1144752498286796892006-04-11T03:48:00.000-07:002006-04-11T03:48:00.000-07:00amazing review, has me motivated to read the book....amazing review, has me motivated to read the book. i've read the da vinci code, and i like dan brown as a fiction author, but dvc opened my eyes to the economics of religion. i'm really keen on reading it, and perhaps my next step is to get hold of a non-fictional biography of mary magdalene, jesus of nazareth (not the bible kind of biographis). hope i get such good books. thanks for the review again.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com