Cutting Through the Babble

If religion normally glazes your eyes over, this book is for you. Highly readable with a crispanalysis, it provides you lots of pointers and confidence in dealing with your fundie friends.In your efforts to make the world a better place, you can find here inspiring writing by authorstrying to do the same over the centuries. What they recommended, what they were upagainst, what worked and what didn't, it's all right here.If you love Jesus and the word of God, this book is also for you. In your deepest heart, doparts of the Old Testament seem cruel? Did God really endorse genocide? Why the differencesbetween versions of stories? Was it Sinai, or Horeb? or both? Is science contrary to scripture?Here is a liberating approach that will electrify your ability to share your faith with others.If you are a disciplined researcher, this book is informed by you. It is also for you. Have youever felt constrained by your sponsoring institution? Were you intimidated by the reactionof your colleagues? Have you doubted the practical value of your work? This book relies onthe fruit of your efforts and freely produces a consistent, unified theory of the developmentof the sacred texts. It intuitively analyzes historical contexts, individual circumstances of thevarious authors, and fearlessly addresses the process of compiling the collections. It does thisin a format designed for popular consumption.