Jake G

I'm not sure why I only gave this book three stars as I still regularly think about it years later. It's an easy an interesting read. The author illustrates the impossibility of literally living by the Bible's commands as they contradict each other - all Christians pick and choose what biblical text is relevant to them. Still, he's goodhearted and sympathetic and not at all anti-religious. I came away from the book with his term that is closest to my own belief "reverent atheism".

I would definitely recommend this read to believers and atheists alike. Might be the rare work to achieve mutual understanding.