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  <title><![CDATA[God's Debris: A Thought Experiment]]></title>
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  <default_description>Scott Adams, creator of the popular comic strip &quot;Dilbert,&quot; has written a modern-day parable about a young man and an unlikely mentor. &lt;I&gt;God's Debris&lt;/I&gt; starts with a young deliveryman trying to hand over a package to a man with a San Francisco address. But delivering the package to this old man proves to be as difficult as trying to understand the meaning of God.  &lt;blockquote&gt; &quot;It's for you,&quot; the old man tells the narrator, gesturing to the package. &lt;p&gt;  &quot;What's in the package?&quot; the narrator asks. &lt;p&gt;  &quot;It's the answer to your question.&quot;&lt;p&gt;  &quot;I wasn't expecting any answers,&quot; &lt;/blockquote&gt; the deliveryman admits. About this time, the narrator begins to realize that he's not dealing with a feeble-minded old man; he's dealing with a situation that could alter his life. The sincerity and metaphysical complexity of this fable will surprise those who expect comedy, but Adams is following a tradition set by such writers as Dan Millman (&lt;I&gt;Way of the Peaceful Warrior&lt;/I&gt;) and Richard Bach (&lt;I&gt;Illusions&lt;/I&gt;). As in many parables that have come before, the deliveryman learns the meaning of life from an illusive mentor who seems to arise from a wrinkle in  time. The cleverness of the God's Debris concept is original and bound to leave readers pondering some altered definitions of God, the universe, and just about everything else. &lt;I&gt;--Gail Hudson&lt;/I&gt;</default_description>
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  <original_publication_year type="integer">2001</original_publication_year>
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    <body><![CDATA[Imagine a 132 page modern day Socratic dialogue between a package delivery man and an old man in a comfy chair. And... this comes from the creator of &quot;Dilbert&quot;.<br/><br/><br/>The premise is something out of Tipler's &quot;The Physics of Immortality&quot; -- the idea that because of prob...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/26025528">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is available as a free pdf file- just google it. It's short enough to read in a few hours. I loved every bit of it.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Adams also writes the comic strip Dilbert, but this book is completely different. i thought this was a good read and i'd recommend it to others; however, i'd be careful to only recommend it to folks who are not too religious as this book might not be enjoyable to these individuals. ]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is easily my favorite book that I have ever read.  As the sub-title says, it is not quite a story, but more of a thought experiment.  The author is Scott Adams (the creator of Dilbert), but this is far from a humor book.  &quot;Metaphysics&quot; is probably the closest term for it, as it makes ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/44398313">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Thu Nov 26 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book is a fairly mixed bag.  On the one hand, Adams is witty and I enjoy his sense of humor.  On the other hand, the philosophy in this 'thought experiment' gets onto very shaky ground quite early in the book, and continues down a rocky path as it progresses.  <br/><br/>I'd speculate that thi...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/78399341">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Sun Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[a thought-provoking conversation about religion, that presents eastern ideas about religion as if the asians never thought of them.  so far, it has a very christo-muslim prejudice about what constitutes religious belief, and dwells too much on the idea of a one true religion and absolutes such as 'i...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/48699585">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Sun Mar 08 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I enjoyed the thoughts that this book encouraged. It forces the reader to question their beliefs and how they perceive the way the world works. Adams takes tough concepts and talks about them in a way that is simple to understand yet challenging enough to make the reader feel uneasy (but in a good w...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/48650450">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Thu Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Scott Adams' introduction promises a lot and I was really looking forward to reading a book that lived up to the expectations that the introduction suggested. Unfortunately I found myself really let down with another book that reads a lot like any religious-type philosophy based on quantum physics. ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/32471776">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Thu Jan 03 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Thought-provoking, but not consistently well thought out. For example, it starts with the assumption that if God existed he would commit suicide (hence the Big Bang, and the book's title), self-destruction being the only goal challenging enough to hold the interest of an omnipotent being -- as if th...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/26930675">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[The world may not be what we know it as. And with this trope, as old as the first piece of fiction, we off on a series of conjectures that don't seem to cohere, take too long to explain, and aren't even intelligible to the characters - let alone us as readers.    <br/><br/>Which isn't to say that ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/8872582">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="22525262">
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  <read_at>Wed May 21 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[The topic of the book could be controversial.  I was recently burned deeply--though possibly unintentionally--when I was asked about my opinion by responding that I don’t believe in the concept what is normally believed as “God”.  I had also added that the way it is utilized currently (from Os...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/22525262">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="54810058">
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    <body><![CDATA[This was a wonderfully written book. It was almost impossible to put down, but luckily it's a short book so you can probably read it in one sitting. Even though it is a fictional piece, and the philosophy within should (like most works of it's kind) be taken with a grain of salt, it serves it's purp...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/54810058">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[The writer of Dilbert gets serious in this one. It is an analysis of why humans are here and a different take on religion. It is a book that is quite thought-provoking, but I would not recommend it to those who are very religious or not very open-minded. I read this one in high school. I liked it be...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/53085399">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <recommended_for><![CDATA[Anyone who needs an antidote to &quot;Illusions&quot; or &quot;Johnathan Livingston Seagull&quot;]]></recommended_for>
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  <read_at>Sat Jan 31 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[With this book and it's sequel &quot;The Religion War&quot; Scott Adams, the creator of Dilbert is Up To Something(tm). He's deliberately coy about what, but he insists the books are not what they seem. I suspect he's noticed how broadly Dilbert memes have spread and is trying his hand at deliberate...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/45075203">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[There is a mysterious feel in the beginning of this book. <br/>  Unexpected to be coming from a comic strip writer, &quot;God's Debris&quot; is an attractive conversation. The way the characters come in contact seem so subtle but the conversation carried on after their contact is exquisetly profoun...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/53918727">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="71523322">
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    <body><![CDATA[Total brain food.<br/>A completely new viewpoint on the classical &quot;Does God Exist&quot; debate.Recommended for theist and atheists likewise.<br/>An excellent thought experiment from a brilliant mind.<br/>This book will definitely help you to step into the &quot;4th level of awareness&quot; ...]]></body>
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  <read_at>Tue Jan 20 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Scott Adams takes a tongue-in-cheek look at the existence of God and other such questions. The author challenges you to figure out which of his facts are true and which aren't in this fun and insightful read. I would have given it 3-1/2 stars, but that's not an option.]]></body>
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  <date_added>Wed Nov 26 11:31:18 -0800 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Nov 26 11:45:12 -0800 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[This was a pretty good book. The chapters in it are basically meant to inspire deep thought into you after every one read. It was pretty cool and interesting. The only reason I gave it 2 stars was because of how frustrated it would make me thinking about it haha!]]></body>
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  <read_at>Mon Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[The book has some interesting thoughts in it that are worth thinking about. Mostly, however, the depth of thought is shallow and it leaves you wanting more discussion. I think this is what Scott Adams was going for but I found it frustrating and annoying.]]></body>
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  <read_at>Sun Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2006</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Well, this book does churn your mind and make you think of the &quot;unknown.&quot; It features an old man who knows everything, and he and a delivery guy sit in his house through the whole book and shoot ideas back and forth. I mean, it is good that it gets you to think about that stuff, but it's n...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/11211982">more...</a>]]></body>
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