I've decided I want to recommit myself to being a more tolerant individual. This book about made me gag in many ways. I think it was a cover for him to preach his beliefs (so be it. It's his book.). I've never quite read something that dripped of evangelizing as much as this book. It made me want to run out and be 'born again.' Not.
More importantly, the book did weave several tolerant stories throughout. Rosenberg told story after story of his personal relationship with Jews, Muslims and Christians alike. He seemed to have formed relationships with people from all over the world, even in areas not especially into the US and the West. I think I gained a better understanding of the freedom we enjoy here in America of being able to be different. It seemed the more countries opened up to religious freedom, the better the countries developed.
I liked the book. I think it was an important and substantial viewpoint into the minds of the people who make the decisions. Although I wish they wouldn't, a lot of world governments do make decisions based on staying one step head of scriptural prophecy. If anything, I think this book did a good job laying out the method of reasoning behind our government and those governments of the Middle East.
And I really, really like the Jews.
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I appreciated your post Frank. Funny story, when I went to buy the book I knew, generally, the subject so I was looking under the world/political section and couldn't find it until I was directed to the "christian inspirational" section. So you're exactly right, He WAS preaching to the choir and he was doing so rightly. I think it just caught some of us off guard. The book very concisely presented reasoned but slanted religious opinions. Much criticism has been aired on the blog about it, but I'm glad I read it. It brought my mind out of American Law for a few hours and recharged some of my interests in international politics and Abrahamic religion. As for Tolerance, what else could be more important in an increasingly more globalized society? Good-on-ya as they say in Australia.
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