An excellent book to give believers and teeterers, August 14, 1998 By  paulstorey@worldnet.att.net (California) - See all my reviews Judith Hayes was raised as a Catholic and after realizing her Hindu friend would not get to heaven, began to question her faith. She noticed inconsistencies in the Bible, in religious dogma and in the history of religious practices. She searched for answers like everyone should do to arrive at the best explanation of how we got here and what life is all about. Her book is a document that addresses this process. It points out absurdities in the Old and New Testament that believers skip over or ignore. She challenges the basic assumptions of all religions and the errors of their reasoning. She dwells on great depth on morality based with and without gods and priests. She writes colorfully in an entertaining manner with explanations that can be followed by a child, explanations that have gone through all of our minds and those before us. I could not put the book down, reading it in 2 sessions. I would give this book to anyone open to learning more about his or her faith, or looking for the best answers humanity has come up with in explaining our existence. It is a bargain for the price and the time to read. Understanding of our place in the universe is valuable beyond price.

Judith Hayes delivers her iconclastic messages with wit and a sense of humor.

One of the highlights "In God" comes when she muses about the contridiction between Christ's full humanity and his divine status. When he was a baby, did he get sick? Did he cry? When he learned to walk, did he fall down? Did Christ have to deal with mundane human events.

"The humor in this sitution," she writes, " lies in the image of an eternal, all-powerful God scratching at a mosquito bite."

She also lists the murders in the Bible, and raises questions about the allegedly loving, merciful God of the Bible.

"The often cited commandment against killing, 'Thou shalt not kill," is so riddled with exceptions as to be almost a macabre comedy." She writes.

"In God" is sure to offend devout believers, entertain atheists, and give food for thought for boarderline theists.