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    <body><![CDATA[I first read this while living in Arkansas and it is simply a must-read if you live in the Bible Belt. Takes apart the fundamentalist mindset and provides a great progressive counter.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This book saved my life.<br/>Although I don't agree with Spong's beliefs, he showed me the way out of the labyrinth of Christianity and into a world that superseded belief.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This book is retired Bishop John Shelby Spong's courageous attempt to save the Bible from the Christian literalists and fundamentalists who have used it to justify racism, sexism,and bigotry of all forms. I caught myself cheering for Spong as I read through this passionate and very informative book ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/30492605">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[KIP GAINES BRING MY BOOK BACK. <br/>Probably the most clear eyed analysis of where modern christianity has fallen off the tracks, although he seems a little over obsessed as to the whole whether Paul was gay or not question.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I liked this book, probably too liberal and honest for most Evangelicals in America, but then again he's a New York Times best selling author]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Sometimes he stretches it a little but very interesting, needs to be looked at bny anyone who is serious about studying the Bible. ]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[very educational in regard to building a firm foundation for faith.]]></body>
    
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