Beth H. (suburbanalien) reviewed on 2/25/2011 + 63 more book reviews

Helpful Score: 2

I am confused. I thought this was a book dealing with maybe a slightly more speculative sort of economic theory, with the drama of today's challenges adding some spice (take it from an Economics major ... it can be a somewhat dry topic, so I'll take a little danger thrown in to stay interested) and instead I came away with a fear that I was living in the beginnings of the "Left Behind" series again. I'm just confused. The religious aspects of this sneaked in and then wrapped around every point he made. Reading the summaries and the book jacket didn't prepare me for his version of the New World Order, which was only missing a Nicolae Carpathia and Leon Fortunato to complete the picture. Now I'm just ... disturbed. I was thinking he meant New World Order in the sense of "order", such as the the way of things, the process, the organizing after chaos. But, nope, he actually means the RELIGIOUS version of the New World Order. He also calls it the Oneness, and the Global Village, with a single global currency called The Coin Of The Realm with the motto "Many Serving One, One Serving Many". So now, I'm confused, disturbed, and starting to get angry. There's lots of other stuff in the book. Lots of things I agreed with. For example, I'm a lapsed vegetarian, so I do feel the same way he does about food sources, pesticides, treating animals kindly, that sort of thing. The entire book was not unpleasant to read, I was just caught off guard by the introduction of the religious themes early, then further uncertain about what the book was really trying to teach by the time he got around to saying that people shouldn't pledge allegiance to flags anymore (p.122) or declare themselves citizens of any particular country any longer, and that there should be a charismatic single leader for the entire world (p.138). Huh? Amid many good suggestions for more responsible living, lots of good information on the volatility of financial markets, and several revealing charts and statistics, we are also treated to a front row seat display of a kinder, sweeter description of The Book of Revelations (yeah, from THAT BOOK). On my way to work today, I was a little woozy from constantly checking my rearview mirror for the wall of flames or the river of blood to overtake me. I honestly don't know if I should offer this book back up for trade or have it sprinkled with holy water.

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