Do you think the author did justice to the questions he had raised?
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Do you think the author did justice to the questions he had raised?
From the start of the book itself he had put forth some interesting points to think about, from the right amount of praying to the changing role of the church.
Do you agree with the way he had chosen to answer most of his own questions?
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Yes the book had indeed raised more questions than answers, but I'm glad you had enjoyed it. Though the purpose of the book was to clear the common doubts of the fellow believers, the credibility of the facts provided still seems to bother quite a lot of readers. Hence, I'm back to square one. Did he really do justice?Twylla wrote: ↑03 Dec 2020, 16:07 I think the purpose of writing this book was to take the reader down a path of sorting through what we have all been taught throughout our lives about God and boil it down to the basic truths that we can use as a foundation for our relationship with God. He brings it down to two commands that Jesus gave us - first to Love God and second to Love our Neighbor. If we can accomplish that, everything else is noise and doesn't matter. For me, the book actually generated more questions than answers, but I thoroughly enjoyed reading it. And I think it successfully accomplished its purpose which was to strip organized religion down to the bare truth. I
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Yes you do have a point. He had tried to get the reader come to the conclusions by themselves every now and then. I guess, since he had grown up with different contraindicating facts, he felt the need to clear things for the others. However, there seems to be a lack of authenticity of some of his facts, which are often his personal beliefs.Sushan wrote: ↑04 Dec 2020, 08:25 It is true that the book raises many questions. But rather than answering them, the author states other relevant facts and tries to open the eyes of the reader and let him answer those questions. Through that the author attempts to go to the core of the religion (mainly Catholicism) which is covered by various interpretations from various authorities
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True. It generated more questions than answers. And I wouldn't say he did justice to the questions he'd raised. I think it had to do with his point of view.Twylla wrote: ↑03 Dec 2020, 16:07 I think the purpose of writing this book was to take the reader down a path of sorting through what we have all been taught throughout our lives about God and boil it down to the basic truths that we can use as a foundation for our relationship with God. He brings it down to two commands that Jesus gave us - first to Love God and second to Love our Neighbor. If we can accomplish that, everything else is noise and doesn't matter. For me, the book actually generated more questions than answers, but I thoroughly enjoyed reading it. And I think it successfully accomplished its purpose which was to strip organized religion down to the bare truth. I
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Yes the book generated a lot of questions, but I think the purpose was in part, to raise these questions in our minds, so we can learn the art of questioning as well.Twylla wrote: ↑03 Dec 2020, 16:07 I think the purpose of writing this book was to take the reader down a path of sorting through what we have all been taught throughout our lives about God and boil it down to the basic truths that we can use as a foundation for our relationship with God. He brings it down to two commands that Jesus gave us - first to Love God and second to Love our Neighbor. If we can accomplish that, everything else is noise and doesn't matter. For me, the book actually generated more questions than answers, but I thoroughly enjoyed reading it. And I think it successfully accomplished its purpose which was to strip organized religion down to the bare truth. I
I also think if the author has these many questions and doubts, while questioning with an open mind, why not try investigation other religions as well, and see which one resonates with her the most.
But, perhaps she is in the process of doing just that.
In any case, I digress, the answer is no, the book raises more questions than it answers, possibly to allow us find the answers ourselves and maybe because she hasn't the answers.
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I feel like everyone will have to go on their own individual path in order to find the answers they need from religion. For the author himself, his book appears to cover his own questions adequately. For the rest of us, we'll have to do the hard work of learning about what God wants and expects from us ourselves.
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