Saturday, September 11, 2010
The Real Good Book
So... was reading in Gomes' The Good Book, which was not the right book. It still gave me some great insight, but everyone kept talking about how funny the book was and the humor of the author, needless to say I didn't see it, because I was reading the wrong author...oh dear. But! Now I am making progress in the correct book by Plotz, and I see the light, literally and figuratively speaking. A brilliant writer that makes reading the bible a ton of fun. His humor is captivating and he opens my eyes to stories I thought I knew so well. For instance, the story of Moses and how God seems to be a big time bully. He is pushy and overbearing. He keeps telling Moses I am that I am, and I am almighty and you should help let me people go, and of course Moses is skeptical. I would be too if some plant was talking to me. the part that just cracked me up was on page 42 and it reads like this, "...God gives Moses a piece of wood that cleans up the water- the world's first Brita filter." (Plotz). That statement says everything, and speaks wonders about our history and stories.
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