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    <body><![CDATA[This book was recommended to me by MyFleshSingsOut, who is a very religious goodreads friend.  He is a Jerry Falwell loving, hardcore, right wing conservative.  He believes the entire old testament word for word: <em>none</em> of it is allegorical to MyFleshSingsOut.  He doesn't even believe in evolution.  Y...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/41532412">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Call me a snob, but I don't understand why everyone thinks Miller is such an amazing writer. Despite his ability to say what Christians around the world have been thinking for the last 8 years--and to say it in an interesting way--I don't think his thoughts or writing compares to so many other philo...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1745911">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[The problem with Miller, Bell, and this whole Gen X/emerging church/postmodern church movement is that they want to be so much smarter than they are.  Truthfully this book is spiritually shallow and leaves me thinking, &quot;yeah, but so what?&quot;  I have already wrestled with a lot of the issues ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4542819">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This is my favorite book in the world, my own personal bible. It's not very long, and offers a lot of insight onto many different topics in life- college, relationships,etc. My whole book is highlighted in amazing quotes and I try to get all my friends to write in my copy as well.  It's so great bec...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2731520">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[After the fifth or sixth person asked me what I thought of this book, I decided to read it. Content wise, it wasn’t bad. It felt to me like Christianity 101 for twentysomethings in college. There wasn’t much there that a person couldn’t find in any other book about the basics of the Christian ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/9203834">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This book was not what I expected it to be.  I had the impression that the book was a theological discussion, rather than a memoir.  I guess the word Nonreligious in the subtitle should have given me a clue.  Despite my surprise, I still enjoyed the book.  Miller is a capable and engaging writer, th...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/738390">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I adore this book.  There is a very good reason why this is the best-selling book in the Religion and Philosophy room of Powells Books in Portland (the world's largest independent bookstore); it is the most accessible, human, funny, and compelling &quot;religious book&quot; I've ever read (and I've ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/325857">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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