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42 of 43 people found the following review helpful
This work of non fiction stuck a cord with me. I too was (and to a degree am) a conservative Evangelical Christian. I grew up in the church and could easily cite a lot of scripture by heart. As I began university I felt ready to challenge anyone who argued against a strict literalist interpretation of the bible. I may have been able to quote scripture, but I had no idea how this scripture came to be, or how it developed over hundreds of years. I guess I always took for granted that God simply entered into the biblical writer's body and made them spew out God's word onto paper. As I continued my schooling however, (and took textual criticism), I realized that if I didn't critically… Read more
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As I wrote my Listmania best sci-fi list, I looked through my collection and found Sphere, and immediately wanted to review it. I have to say that while Michael Crichton has written some great (and not so great) novels, this one is my favorite. Admittedly I am slightly biased (with good reason, I think) because it has a special place in my thoughts above all of the other fiction I have read. This is the novel that really opened my eyes to reading. It was one of the first "grown up novels" that I ever read back in 7th grade, and ever since Sphere I have read insatiably. For me, no book had ever combined so many exciting scientific ideas with such burgeoning action, suspense, and artistry. As… Read more
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36 of 41 people found the following review helpful
The Shack is clearly an influential book, and judging by its prodigious sales a lot of people are reading it. As well I noticed that it has (especially in Canada) received a lot of controversial reviews. There are those who love it, and those who hate it passionately. It seems that a lot of this depends on the reader's theology. I would like to critique this view not based on its theology, but on its inspirational value as a work of fiction First I would like to start by arguing that this is a work of fiction and that fiction is not the same as nonfiction theology (which some reviews seem to claim). The purpose of a nonfiction theological work is to teach through instruction and… Read more
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