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Sarah, 90 years old, hears that she will have a child, and laughs at the idea, from the Book of Genesis. James Tissot, c. 1900. The Bible and humor is a topic of Biblical criticism concerned with the question of whether parts of the Bible were intended to convey humor in any style.
The Christian Bookstore Journal listed Disappointment with God as the fifth-bestselling Christian book in 1989. [5] In a 1991 Ministry review, Daniel Guild calls the book "Yancey at his superlative best". [6] In 2000, Jim Remsen of The Philadelphia Inquirer called the title of the book evocative. [7] A 2001 article in U.S. Catholic states that ...
The casting of Alanis Morissette as God in Dogma was influenced by the singer's own public dialogue with her faith, as expressed in her songs. [5] Ella Shohat observes that God is a "rare challenge" for actors, raising the questions of how a method actor could possibly prepare for the part, and what possible personal feelings or experiences an ...
The following characters are central to plot lines in the comic and make regular appearances: God is the creator of Heaven and Earth, who after awakening after a blackout to find the horribly-outdated Old Testament is still available for people to read on Earth, goes to release an updated version excising controversial views, while reconnecting with his sons Jesus and Lucy and infrequently ...
Deathbird Stories: A Pantheon of Modern Gods is a 1975 collection of short stories by American author Harlan Ellison, written over a period of ten years; [1] the stories address the theme of modern-day "deities" that have replaced the older, more traditional ones.
The original novel, Oh, God! by Avery Corman, serves as the basic premise for the film series, and was originally published by Bantam Books on January 1, 1971. With a plot similar to the film, the story follows a struggling journalist who receives an offer in the mail to interview God. Though he initially believes this invitation to be a hoax ...
Life After God is a collection of short stories by Douglas Coupland, published in 1994. The stories are set around a theme of a generation raised without religion. The jacket for the hardcover book reads "You are the first generation to be raised without religion." The text is an exploration of faith in this vacuum of religion.
In The Sydney Morning Herald, Matt Buchanan dubbed it "a thundering 300-page cannonade; a thrillingly fearless, impressively wide-ranging, thoroughly bilious and angry book against the idea of God"; Buchanan found the work to be "easily the most impressive of the present crop of atheistic and anti-theistic books: clever, broad, witty and ...