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Review title: Christianity R.I.P.
Product review: This book is an excellent overview of the results of modern scholarship as applied to the Bible. So why only 4 stars? Because like other liberal theologians, Laughlin somehow thinks you can remove most of the orthodox beliefs of Christianity and still have a viable version of Christianity. After his deconstruction you are left with: a)a God so ill defined as to be incomprehensible and essentially meaningless b) a Jesus (if you even believe he existed as a historical person) who is an inspirational teacher even though you're not sure how much of what is attributed to him is even factual c) a Bible which is a collection of fables which nevertheless has some kind of transcendental value.Liberal Christianity has no "meat" to it. That's why liberal congregations are with a few exceptions, dwindling away to obscurity.
