[Arkinsaw]

I am sorry that your sister lost her faith because of a book that has "Fiction" printed on the side. Its sad to say, but a faith that can be lost due to a work of pop fiction is fairly shallow in the first place.

Nonetheless, the fact that a few people have this problem does not require that all of Christianity rise up on this little piece of momentary effluvia, bringing it fame and attention far exceeding what it otherwise would have received.

What I said in another post about the "Last Temptation of Christ" still stands. If that movie had been ignored by Christians, as it should have been, then it would have been seen by a few people in a few art house theaters in New York. Instead, a stink was raised and we spent months giving free advertisement to it and increasing the income of its creators ten-fold at least.

I am sorry for your sister's loss of faith, but that loss of face does not change the macro situation. And that is that its a piece of money-making pop drivel that will make its way out of the limelight if we let it.

[Travis McGee]

Yes, the book says "fiction" on its spine.

But then the author and many "experts" appear over and over on daytime TV (wink wink) to explain to the gullible that in reality....it's all true!

(...they just had to change the names and places to protect themselves from the "dark forces" blablabla....)

And millions of muddle-headed folks lap it up like warm milk, and the big lie sinks into the general consciousness as truth.