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Originally posted by Buff@Mar 17 2005, 05:41 AM
He did go about it the wrong way, but he has somewhat of a point.
The book has caused people who were struggling with their faith to give up on their faith. Yes it is fiction, but it helps to create a lot of questions. My wife read the book and caught herself wondering a couple of times if what we believe is true. Then she realized what she was thinking, but some people don't who don't have a strong enough faith and/or knowledge can come away questioning their faith after reading this book.
Once I'm done reading the New Jedi Order series I'll give this book a whirl to see for myself all the hoopla about it.
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this is a bad thing?
if a fictional work can make people question their faith, in an institution that has cut the original scripture as much as the vatican has, then what were people basing their faith on?
the completeness of the king james version of the bible?
faith should not be on the human element, which is somewhat compromised. faith for christians - is a little different than most religions, by definition all christians believe that christ died for their sins on the cross.
any serious look at history will see some monkeying around by the catholics, and, well, every other religious institution, ever.