Yes, well... I was quite young at the time, but I was coming at it from an angle where I thought I was Christian and I read the book and thought (at the time) that various things in it sounded quite reasonable, but then realised that they were not really compatible with Christianity. I don't remember any specifics now, I'm afraid, but I have a vague feeling it had to do with the divinity of Jesus. Anyway, now I wouldn't take it seriously because I would be too sceptical about a person having a private revelation from God in the first place, which is what the author claimed.
Your thoughts on the Bible and human presumption in claiming they know what their God is and wants?... I'm with you all the way. Man created religion in his own image, and any superior being there may or may not be must be so far removed from anything we could even conceive that I don't see the point in theorising about it, much less claiming to know anything! That said, I'm willing to believe that some people have mental and emotional experiences that feel like spiritual revelations to them and that they genuinely believe in and want to share them with others.
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Date: 2011-05-21 10:01 am (UTC)Your thoughts on the Bible and human presumption in claiming they know what their God is and wants?... I'm with you all the way. Man created religion in his own image, and any superior being there may or may not be must be so far removed from anything we could even conceive that I don't see the point in theorising about it, much less claiming to know anything! That said, I'm willing to believe that some people have mental and emotional experiences that feel like spiritual revelations to them and that they genuinely believe in and want to share them with others.