Today I happened to come across the book "Jesus on Every Page: 10 simple ways to Seek and Find Christ in the Old Testament".
I was browsing through Amazon books catalog to buy some books because this time being festival season that normally assures some good discounts. I have been keeping my eyes on a book for several months now, "The God Delusion". Though I was longing to read that book, the price of the book kind of kept me waiting for the moment for the book being available with some good discounts. The story about The God Delusion is for another page, but it was the one that lead me to the landing of the above mentioned book.
I went through the preview of first few pages of the book Jesus on Every Page... . The book talks about how most of the people, including priests giving less importance to the Old Testament, primarily -- from what I gathered from reading few lines in the book -- because they couldn't come up with convincing answers to relate it to the New Testament, in other words where the primary focus is on Jesus. Probably the book is aimed at Protestants -- again this is something I gathered from few lines and titles -- seeing the words pastors, which isn't the term Roman Catholics use. But nevertheless that was just a quick pick up based on few lines I read in the preview and may not necessarily hold good.
My friend wanted me to buy him this book, because he felt that it could give some insights connecting the Old with New Testaments that he might have overlooked so far. When I tried ordering I noticed the price being so high. I normally believe that the price of a book is fair if it is priced in a ratio of 1 rupee (or less) for each page. The book is almost thrice my fair price point, that is after the discount they have offered.
Given the fact that the book is priced too high, I dropped the idea of ordering. So did my friend. But he really wanted to read the book but, as I felt, the book was priced too high to buy. Out of curiosity, I started reading the reviews of the book. Of all, one review with the following snippet got my attention that made me to wonder something else -- the reason for this article.
Favorite Quote: There were many, but this one caught my attention: "He created sheep so He could teach sinners about how He is the Good Shepherd. He created birds to help His redeemed people live less anxious lives. He created camels to teach how hard it is for those who trust in riches to enter heaven. He created lilies and roses so He could compare Himself with them. He created water to explain how He refreshes and revives the thirsty" (47).
From the above snippet, I understand that the lines mentioned by the reviewer were from the book and must be from Page 47. Whether or not the lines are from the author are of trivial importance to the following.
Now the point I was trying to say is that the book being a religious one to help understand the Old Testament better in connecting with Jesus, I felt that the purpose of the book must have been to reach out to as many people as possible to help find what they are supposed to in every page of the Holy Bible -- if that is what the intention of the author. But in contrary, the book is priced so high targeting the riches, in other words people who have the luxury not to care much about the money and more importantly have the money.
The book seems to be saying "He created camels to teach how hard it is for those who trust in riches to enter heaven.". Well, clearly the author doesn't seem to bother much about him entering the heaven or he must have thought that the book isn't needed for the poor. Either way, it is irony how often people talk about the religion, it's humbleness and serving aspects in high priced books.
May the God touches the eyes of those persons who eye on/for the riches in the name of religion.
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Paul Arockiam
I was browsing through Amazon books catalog to buy some books because this time being festival season that normally assures some good discounts. I have been keeping my eyes on a book for several months now, "The God Delusion". Though I was longing to read that book, the price of the book kind of kept me waiting for the moment for the book being available with some good discounts. The story about The God Delusion is for another page, but it was the one that lead me to the landing of the above mentioned book.
I went through the preview of first few pages of the book Jesus on Every Page... . The book talks about how most of the people, including priests giving less importance to the Old Testament, primarily -- from what I gathered from reading few lines in the book -- because they couldn't come up with convincing answers to relate it to the New Testament, in other words where the primary focus is on Jesus. Probably the book is aimed at Protestants -- again this is something I gathered from few lines and titles -- seeing the words pastors, which isn't the term Roman Catholics use. But nevertheless that was just a quick pick up based on few lines I read in the preview and may not necessarily hold good.
My friend wanted me to buy him this book, because he felt that it could give some insights connecting the Old with New Testaments that he might have overlooked so far. When I tried ordering I noticed the price being so high. I normally believe that the price of a book is fair if it is priced in a ratio of 1 rupee (or less) for each page. The book is almost thrice my fair price point, that is after the discount they have offered.
Given the fact that the book is priced too high, I dropped the idea of ordering. So did my friend. But he really wanted to read the book but, as I felt, the book was priced too high to buy. Out of curiosity, I started reading the reviews of the book. Of all, one review with the following snippet got my attention that made me to wonder something else -- the reason for this article.
Favorite Quote: There were many, but this one caught my attention: "He created sheep so He could teach sinners about how He is the Good Shepherd. He created birds to help His redeemed people live less anxious lives. He created camels to teach how hard it is for those who trust in riches to enter heaven. He created lilies and roses so He could compare Himself with them. He created water to explain how He refreshes and revives the thirsty" (47).
From the above snippet, I understand that the lines mentioned by the reviewer were from the book and must be from Page 47. Whether or not the lines are from the author are of trivial importance to the following.
Now the point I was trying to say is that the book being a religious one to help understand the Old Testament better in connecting with Jesus, I felt that the purpose of the book must have been to reach out to as many people as possible to help find what they are supposed to in every page of the Holy Bible -- if that is what the intention of the author. But in contrary, the book is priced so high targeting the riches, in other words people who have the luxury not to care much about the money and more importantly have the money.
The book seems to be saying "He created camels to teach how hard it is for those who trust in riches to enter heaven.". Well, clearly the author doesn't seem to bother much about him entering the heaven or he must have thought that the book isn't needed for the poor. Either way, it is irony how often people talk about the religion, it's humbleness and serving aspects in high priced books.
May the God touches the eyes of those persons who eye on/for the riches in the name of religion.
--
Paul Arockiam
