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Title: Remember . . . it's fiction
Review: I actually found this to be a nice entertaining book. However, in the years following my first reading of it, I have been surprised how many Christians don't seem to realize that it's fantasy, not reality.It's a cool story, on the level with Star Wars, but it's far from a "Christian" book. There is no Biblical basis for much of anything in the book--no reason to believe that demons cause our emotions, or that demons specialize in certain emotions (eg, demons of fear, depression, etc), or that our prayers give angels strength, or much of anything else in the realm that Peretti has created.So while Peretti writes some pretty good sci-fi, I give only one star because his books seem to have the effect (whether intentional or not) of turning people away from real scriptural study and making them think they have experienced a revolutionary spiritual experience by reading a fictional book.
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