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Title: An arrogant attack on traditional Christianity.
Review: John Shelby Spong would be an engaging, thought-provoking scholar if he were not so full of himself. While his argument for a metaphorical reading of the New Testament resurrection accounts bears some weight, his condescending treatment of people who believe the stories report literal history blunts his case.Spong thinks so highly of himself that he assumes if he can't take the accounts literally, then no intelligent person could. Those Christians who do -- which includes not just Fundamentalists, but also evangelicals and most mainline Protestants -- will read this book with the clear impression that Bishop Spong think them frankly stupid.It's not an effective way to win converts to one's view
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