Rick B. (bup) - , reviewed on 8/5/2010 + 166 more book reviews

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If you're a religious Christian, and easily offended*, I don't recommend it, but for anyone else, please have at it.

It's humorous and thought-provoking. On the one hand, Moore takes some liberties (inventing a life story for Mary Magdalene, for instance, or having Jesus be the one to say Moses' Law wasn't a big deal, and that gentiles could also be saved, when it was Peter and Paul who did those things). On the other hand, it contains the best explanation of why Jesus dying on the cross would cause God the Father to become the New Testament God, and why that act would save humanity, that I've ever seen. I've never understood why God would save a wicked world because they killed his son. Moore's book might have it right. On still another hand, it makes Jesus a real, believable person that's easy to read about and not intimidating. On another, sometimes the text is so silly it's groan-worthy. On yet another, it's usually not that silly - it's a good kind of funny novel.

And I think I can name all twelve apostles now. I'll never forget Bartholomew again, that's for sure.


*Not for people who think it sacrilege that: Mary had other children, or that Jesus found women attractive, or that Jesus' urine made flowers grow.

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