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But John Irving isn't religious. He may be writing about someone who believes but that doesn't mean he does. He's just being a good writer and walking in different peoples shoes for the sake of a good story.
I really read it and I don't think it's a "Christian" book. Remember that Owen is very interested in God but at one point exclaims that Jesus was "used" by God in the same way he is being used, supposedly. I don't think he saw Jesus as divine but as a human tool of the divine. That would not make him a Christian, since my understanding is that Christians believe that God and Jesus are one and the same in different forms.
The book isn't about God. It's about various people and their take on faith'life. Various attitudes are portrayed.
The narrator is a Christian, but the narrator is a fictional character, not the author. The main message is not about Christ, but about belief, using Christians as an example, and the unusual Owen Meany in particular.
You missed the point of the book. The narrator being a Christian does not make the author a Christian. As the author is an avowed atheist you need to ask why he wrote the book.
Thank you. For the fact that I was already rolling my eyes at the first several pages I think I'll skip this one.
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But John Irving isn't religious. He may be writing about someone who believes but that doesn't mean he does. He's just being a good writer and walking in different peoples shoes for the sake of a good story.
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I really read it and I don't think it's a "Christian" book. Remember that Owen is very interested in God but at one point exclaims that Jesus was "used" by God in the same way he is being used, supposedly. I don't think he saw Jesus as divine but as a human tool of the divine. That would not make him a Christian, since my understanding is that Christians believe that God and Jesus are one and the same in different forms.
The book isn't about God. It's about various people and their take on faith'life. Various attitudes are portrayed.
The narrator is a Christian, but the narrator is a fictional character, not the author. The main message is not about Christ, but about belief, using Christians as an example, and the unusual Owen Meany in particular.
You missed the point of the book. The narrator being a Christian does not make the author a Christian. As the author is an avowed atheist you need to ask why he wrote the book.
Thank you. For the fact that I was already rolling my eyes at the first several pages I think I'll skip this one.
