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Reviews
“It’s a great book!”
“For those who really have their shit together.”
—Tim Allen, from the reading list of I’m Not Really Here
“In what might be called the ultimate recovery story, Arthur B. Hancock and Kathleen J. Brugger propose that God lost paradise intentionally for the pleasure of recovering it through human experience. God’s character and intention are explored in a book that appears glib, is challenging, seductive, and irritating. The cartoons that occupy every left-hand page are fifth-grade flippant, probably used as a non-verbal means of elucidation. The text, written in a free-verse format, challenges the reader to keep a sensible grasp of what is, finally, an intriguing idea. It’s seductive to hope that someone has finally made sense of the purpose of human life. And it’s irritating, at least to me, that a serious proposition masquerades as a joke book. Knitting together the development with the conclusion the authors say we are God in disguise. Sensational!
—Audrey DeLaMartre, Minneapolis Star-Tribune
“Buddha sought the answers to why there is suffering. Jesus dealt with guilt and all the other great saints and teachers have taught us how to gain peace and union with God. Here is an entertaining and stimulating book about God and about who we are and why there is suffering—a modern version of these other great teachings—only with cartoons by the author. Whether or not you agree with its conclusions, you will enjoy this book and it will make you think. It will also help you to better understand many of the teachings you have accepted, but have not been able to fully comprehend. And The Game of God is fun, it’s delightful, it’s almost as entertaining as one of my seminary classes.”
—John Rodgers, Omega New Age Directory, Arizona
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