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Title: Crazy but good!
Review: This book is lucidly written and concise. It is altogether reasonable in tone. What is crazy is the premise: it assumes the historical truth of the Bible but substitutes for outworn supernaturalism the notion of space aliens with advanced medicine and technology. Gabriel artificially inseminated Mary; Jesus was resurrected like Klaatu, etc. It is subtly funny for the extravagance of it as an attempt to "demythologize" scripture while making the "scientific, rational" alternative seem even more far-fetched! In this the book is a modern example of the old Protestant Rationalism of the 18th century which had Jesus walking, not on the water, but on the stepping stones, etc. What a gem! Not to be taken seriously, but irresistable!
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