THE STORY OF GOD - BOOK REVIEW

Story of God, The by Robert Winston

My review

Rating: 4 of 5 stars
A person's search towards the understanding of religion from a scientific perspective. His opinion has been fair. He takes us through ancient beliefs and all and espouses his own ratification of the circumstances of the time that developed the divine thoughts.

His introduction to Christianity is somehow quite unexpected. His views on religious schisms and acts of heresy more so under the cloak of divinity, drive a note on the troubles of the world throughout time but maintains a kind approach, perhaps a reflection of his rationality.

He touches on some people's idea that evil and illness are products of erroneous thinking and that some people need ritual and symbol to induce the required state of mind, which, I totally agree.

He does not support nor deny the belief in magic and mysticism even among the religious, but state them as they were. Ah, the "golem", a being created from dirt, sounds very familiar. I first heard of it in Lord Of The Rings. It seems very much a Jewish tradition...created by recitation of the divine name and can perform a range of tasks for it's master. I do wonder whether the Malay "Toyol" is a distant cousin?

A totally interesting book.His conclussion - that man's knowledge is complete but man must continue to search for the point of life as the search itself bear sufficient meaning to man's existence......totally concur.