EngineeredTheology

I was expecting this book to be funnier than it was. It does have its funny parts, but it is much more of a proper novel than a joke book. If we take the obvious jokes out (Jesus probably did not meet a Yeti and invent Judo), is the story that unrealistic? It certainly is possible that Jesus stayed in Galilee for until his ministry, but things may make more sense if he spent much of those years somewhere else.
I was seriously impressed with the book that pokes a little bit of fun at the biblical stories, but doesn’t seem to make a joke of Jesus himself. In fact, the story brings some humanity to Jesus and begins to answer the question of what it must have been like to be so alike, but again so different from everyone else and how lonely and isolating that could be. I was also impressed in the way the author pulls out where eastern religions match up with Jesus’ teachings, and how (from a Christian perspective) he pulls out what would be true, and separate it from what misses the mark.
Certainly this book is not for everyone (unfortunately most Christians wouldn’t get much past Jesus bringing lizards back to life as a child) – but looking through some of the humor it is well researched and thought out and pushes what we might think of Jesus.