Blasphemy
by Douglas Preston
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Author: Douglas PrestonEdition: Mass Market Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2008-12-30
ISBN: 0765349663
Number of pages: 544
Publisher: Forge Books
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- ISBN13: 9780765349668
- Condition: New
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Book Review: A Quick, Fun Escape
Summary: 3 Stars
Blasphemy is one of those fast-paced reads that lets you disappear for a few hours. Nothing earth-shattering, but enjoyable. The normal corrupt government, etc. The plight of the Native Americans (which is an important issue). Though like most of the current crop of religious-thrillers, it's kind of simple on the religious end. Preston's book has been accused of being anti-Christian, and perhaps it isn't, but with every religious stereotype you can think of (including the hero,a nominal, confused Catholic), perhaps Preston doesn't always come across convincing in his claim. He writes in the note that the book is antifundamentalist, indeed his stereotypes of tv evangelists are warranted, but his claim would be more believable if he didn't reference some fundamentalist atheists (Dawkins and Harris) in the acknowledgments.
Perhaps he should done some research of Christian scientists and scholars. He would have learned that the Big Bang was first presented by a priest and that many Christians consider the Big Bang (creation from nothing in the finite past) in exact agreement with Genesis. The immense fine-tuning of the Big Bang also makes it the most powerful design proof. Like many skeptics or deists, Preston and his characters have a hard time with a "God that eternally damn to hell anyone who fails to adopt their exact beliefs." Sorry folks, but this isn't a Christian belief, but a false argument or misunderstanding by nonchristians. God gives us every possible chance and knowledge of himself through the Bible, nature and Christ. It is us, knowing these things, that make the decision. Does that make God cruel or us?
Christianity is indeed the "faith of that seeks truth through observation...that doubts and struggles, but perseveres despite it all." And if Preston truly believes that the "universe revealed through science is a vastly more beautiful and interesting place than Christianity every envisioned" then Preston is reading a different Bible, and different nature, then everyone else. Perhaps people interested in exploring the side of the story Preston didn't include should check out The Creator and the Cosmos: How the Latest Scientific Discoveries of the Century Reveal God, Why the Universe Is the Way It Is and The Reason for God.
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