“The difficulties politicians in power find themselves in is not just felt at a human level, but on a cosmic one too – whatever that’s supposed to mean. But the bible just says so, therefore it must be profound, therefore I believe that too, therefore making me more astute, insightful, wise and virtuous than anyone who doesn’t”.
Wells asks what type of document is the bible? A human one or a divine one?
Now people have been killed as blasphemers by his church for saying this in the past, but I disagree with him if, as he would suggest, without evidence, that it is the true and divine word of a particular god.
As Wells reminds us, huge events hang on personal issues. Jesus was killed because of upsetting religious zealots from another cult, but luckily for me, my personal beliefs no longer puts me in danger from Christian zealots in this country.
Using his best gravelly voice, Sam Wells insists that the best journalism and the finest novels interweave lyric, epic and dramatic elements. Then he goes on to tell us that the Big Book of Magic Stuff is the perfect example of interweaving the lyric, epic and dramatic.
So is the BBoMS journalism or fiction? Well, it certainly isn’t journalism, so it must be fiction. That seems about right: there is very little in either Tasty Mint that is corroborated by other ancient writings, or by modern scholarship in cosmology, history or archaeology. The writing style is highly inconsistent, however; and the plot is frankly too far-fetched to be convincing. No chance of making even the long-list for the Booker prize.
Platitude of the Day 
Sam Wells, Vicar of Saint-Martin-In-The-Fields
“The difficulties politicians in power find themselves in is not just felt at a human level, but on a cosmic one too – whatever that’s supposed to mean. But the bible just says so, therefore it must be profound, therefore I believe that too, therefore making me more astute, insightful, wise and virtuous than anyone who doesn’t”.
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Wells asks what type of document is the bible? A human one or a divine one?
Now people have been killed as blasphemers by his church for saying this in the past, but I disagree with him if, as he would suggest, without evidence, that it is the true and divine word of a particular god.
As Wells reminds us, huge events hang on personal issues. Jesus was killed because of upsetting religious zealots from another cult, but luckily for me, my personal beliefs no longer puts me in danger from Christian zealots in this country.
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Using his best gravelly voice, Sam Wells insists that the best journalism and the finest novels interweave lyric, epic and dramatic elements. Then he goes on to tell us that the Big Book of Magic Stuff is the perfect example of interweaving the lyric, epic and dramatic.
So is the BBoMS journalism or fiction? Well, it certainly isn’t journalism, so it must be fiction. That seems about right: there is very little in either Tasty Mint that is corroborated by other ancient writings, or by modern scholarship in cosmology, history or archaeology. The writing style is highly inconsistent, however; and the plot is frankly too far-fetched to be convincing. No chance of making even the long-list for the Booker prize.
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