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Review by Mvelascoc -- Who Told You That You Were Naked?
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1 out of 4 stars
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When I read the description of the book "Who Told You That You Were Naked?" it said to be a spiritual book, not a religious one. With this in mind, I started the read and found out it is a deeply religious book, not a spiritual one. The author discusses the Garden of Eden's history, and what in his view the nakedness means. That is where the title comes from, and where he derives all his text.
The author, from a Bible Based Christian denomination, assumes that the reader shares his belief that the Bible is God's word. Not all Christians or people think this, so the assumption is invalid in its start. Many, like me, believe the Bible to be a compilation of human writings. If you do not share the author believes, the logic he uses to explain his own views of different versicles of the Old and New Testament are, to say the least, insufficiently argumented. There is no warning when you start reading, that this will be the case, and that you are required to have a particular faith just to keep reading and making sense of the writing.
Still, if not sharing the beliefs you are curious enough to keep reading (as I did), the book can be interesting as an example of the Evangelical thinking and how their logic takes form. Interesting enough, versicles are included as arguments, without context. Just arguing meaning of each word as if every phrase is a revelated truth and the meaning is hidden as clues in each word.
Considerations of the real meaning of each word translated from Greek, for example, gives the illusion to the reader that this is an academic document. But, the reality is that there is no real analysis, its the author's opinion on how he interprets each word he reads. You can find a sentence in the Bible to argue whatever you want if you take it out of context (you can do it with almost any book). The phrases seem rather random, not really picked out of an analysis of the text as a whole. The book does not provide a clear path of analysis that will convince someone not already convinced of the arguments expressed in it. It is more confirmation, to the people that already believe in this view of the Bible, Sin, God, etc.
Curious anecdotes of his wife "talking to God" are given as proof of the relationship of humans to God. Of course, there is no real proof, only the story told, assuming once more the reader shares the author view in regards to the existence of God and how he communicates to people. Yet multiple interpretations of what really happened are available, for example, that some of the "words" she "hears" are a Freudian Slip or just the unconscious playing her a trick.
In my opinion, the book gets a 1 out of 4. Not a good book, for it, is not an honest search for knowledge or truth as it states.
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1 out of 4 stars
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When I read the description of the book "Who Told You That You Were Naked?" it said to be a spiritual book, not a religious one. With this in mind, I started the read and found out it is a deeply religious book, not a spiritual one. The author discusses the Garden of Eden's history, and what in his view the nakedness means. That is where the title comes from, and where he derives all his text.
The author, from a Bible Based Christian denomination, assumes that the reader shares his belief that the Bible is God's word. Not all Christians or people think this, so the assumption is invalid in its start. Many, like me, believe the Bible to be a compilation of human writings. If you do not share the author believes, the logic he uses to explain his own views of different versicles of the Old and New Testament are, to say the least, insufficiently argumented. There is no warning when you start reading, that this will be the case, and that you are required to have a particular faith just to keep reading and making sense of the writing.
Still, if not sharing the beliefs you are curious enough to keep reading (as I did), the book can be interesting as an example of the Evangelical thinking and how their logic takes form. Interesting enough, versicles are included as arguments, without context. Just arguing meaning of each word as if every phrase is a revelated truth and the meaning is hidden as clues in each word.
Considerations of the real meaning of each word translated from Greek, for example, gives the illusion to the reader that this is an academic document. But, the reality is that there is no real analysis, its the author's opinion on how he interprets each word he reads. You can find a sentence in the Bible to argue whatever you want if you take it out of context (you can do it with almost any book). The phrases seem rather random, not really picked out of an analysis of the text as a whole. The book does not provide a clear path of analysis that will convince someone not already convinced of the arguments expressed in it. It is more confirmation, to the people that already believe in this view of the Bible, Sin, God, etc.
Curious anecdotes of his wife "talking to God" are given as proof of the relationship of humans to God. Of course, there is no real proof, only the story told, assuming once more the reader shares the author view in regards to the existence of God and how he communicates to people. Yet multiple interpretations of what really happened are available, for example, that some of the "words" she "hears" are a Freudian Slip or just the unconscious playing her a trick.
In my opinion, the book gets a 1 out of 4. Not a good book, for it, is not an honest search for knowledge or truth as it states.
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