Chuck Raymond answers â€œI read the first 50 or so pages of this...â€� â€� Lamb Q&A

Julie asked this question about Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christâ€™s Childhood Pal:

I read the first 50 or so pages of this book, and wasn't impressed. His seems to hope that the reader will mistake irreverence for wit, and for me that's not really panning out. Should I keep going? Is the book, as a whole, intelligently satirical or merely juvenile?

Chuck Raymond And what exactly was the author supposed to show reverence to, JULIE? Yet another manufactured god from mankind brought to life in yet another book-reâ€¦m´Ç°ù±ðAnd what exactly was the author supposed to show reverence to, JULIE? Yet another manufactured god from mankind brought to life in yet another book-revealed religion? Sure, refrain from parody and genuflect to desert prophets that thought an invisible sky genie was angered when a lightning bolt hit a tree during a thunderstorm. How dare the author disturb the cognitive dissonance of those gullible enough to believe First Century scribes, hearing voices in their heads from desert mirages, began etching all the secrets of the cosmos on soft clay tablets and got it right? This book wasn't written to impress smug moralists searching through the fog looking for wisps of smoke from a magic lamp in the 21st Century. It was offered as comic, and, regardless of what you think, witty diversion for those not hearing the voices of ghosts from desert bone yards restricting them in life and telling them to feel guilty for being human. You may feel the author is IRREVERENT, but understand if you are feeling this because you are one who has succumbed to primitive mythology in the guise of a belief system, you are then IRRELEVANT to the author as well as to modern times. What are you even doing here commenting? You knew the book would be a religious parody. Go sit quietly on a pew bench and wring your hands in frustration over the secular world you can no longer cope with. And leave those enjoying their brief dance in the light of existence alone. (less)

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