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NewPages Book Reviews
Posted January 7, 2013
Thunderbird :: Po-boy Contraband :: Clangings :: The Fifth Lash & Other Stories :: The Creek at the End of the Lawns :: Conning Harvard :: Circle Straight Back :: This is Not the End of the Book
Poetry by Dorothea Lasky
Wave Books, October 2012
Paperback: 128pp; $16.00
Review by Pia Aliperti
The "other" world is a refrain throughout Dorothea Lasky's startling new collection Thunderbird, which seeks the origins of creativity in the dark corners of anger, frustration, and even boredom. "I don't live in this world," Lasky writes (in "Death and Sylvia Plath"). "I already live in the other one." These second worlds are easy to "breeze" into ("When you breeze upon the other world / O you are already there / O you are already there"); alternately, they seem impossibly insular ("Sweet animal, they locked us in this life / But I think we still have time before we have to get out of it"). In a book of flights—"Thunderbird" references a Native American spirit, but Lasky also conjures birds, planes, wind, and the mind's movements—travel means to relinquish control. To disembody:
To not breathe anymore, to be the thing
To be the thing being breathed
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
To not contain color, to be color
To not make sound, to be sound
To not have language, to echo, to plan language
To be the stream of words
Through brash, direct statements, Lasky creates a transparency of thought. A few of her meditations: "What is murder / This is a very interesting poem to write"; "Why is it a black life?"; "Why are people so cruel? / I mean this as a serious question." Or: "What if I lost all those things / Humor, wit, beauty // And there was nothing left of me." The paths of these interrogations propel us onward (because, because, because, Lasky writes). If the mind is "the red bird endlessly flying," then Lasky's speaker is unafraid to open her wingspan. Or to leave her logic exposed:
I am coming from the devil
Living in the devil's house
Eating of the devil's food
Am I devil?
Whether devilish, monstrous, "gendered," or reptilian, Lasky's speaker describes her separation from life ("What is it that when I am feverish / The rest of the world is not hot") in terms of her nature. In "this world," she is often misunderstood. "Because even when I mean well / I am still a criminal," she explains in "Why It Is A Black Life." "Because I am not human / And they are" she posits in "Everyone Keeps Me From My Destiny." "Maybe he could feel the wild cool blood in me," she writes of her catcaller ("I Had a Man"), "And it frightened him." To travel from line to line as Lasky does, you must be a wanderer with no single world, ideology, or book to "nest in." Yes, Lasky writes, "The wildest thing about me is my arrogance / which turns to anger / Over language." Elsewhere her wildness is linked to survival: "I want to be so wild they can't lock me up."
As Publishers Weekly points out, Lasky has ideas about what poetry can do ("Poets should get back to writing some crazy shit // Let's say whatever it is we please"), but there is a special aside here for female artists and their voices: "Why do young women like Sylvia Plath? / Why doesn't everyone?" And in "Gender" Lasky writes:
It took me a long time to realize that my anger was a gendered one
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
I write poems about boobs and dicks
But my anger comes not from this
but from being silenced.
If creativity comes from passing between borders, a sort of dying, then "Writing is death" and "Artists make hell." "What could be more dramatic than a last breath," Lasky wonders. One possibility is the silence that Lasky fears: "the worst thing of all."
No, not to not have a voice anymore
But to have a voice in its entirety
Never going away
Or this way or that way
Death is everywhere in Thunderbird, but "nothing is permanent."
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Po-boy Contraband
From Diagnosis Back to Life
Nonfiction by Patrice Melnick
Catalyst Book Press, June 2012
Paperback: 150pp; $16.00
Review by Courtney McDermott
Patrice Melnick's memoir is a dance with language. Po-boy Contraband is a series of mini essays that outlines Melnick's diagnosis with HIV and her journey to reclaim her life through music, writing, and relationships. The literary dance she creates is quick and jarring in the opening section "Finding Out," sweeping us through the wilderness of Africa, where Melnick served as a Peace Corps volunteer in the late '80s and where she contracted the virus. Characters pop up and out of the essays like soap bubbles, never reoccurring in later scenes—a nod to the flimsiness of relationships but also, at times, unsatisfying to the reader. Her relationship to music has the strongest hold in this book, so I more easily remember the album she listens to in DC when she discovers she's HIV-positive than the friends she has in Africa.
Melnick's diagnosis of HIV was accidental; upon getting ill in the Central African Republic, she was swept away to a DC hospital to be treated for an ovarian cyst that was removed like a "wet piece of pink tissue paper." What at first is a philosophical questioning of womanness and what it means to be female (does the ability to have children, to be called mother, equate with "woman," Melnick asks, reminding herself that she had never really wanted children anyway) leads into a shocking diagnosis of HIV when one of her blood tests comes back positive. Melnick is suddenly faced not with the question of being able to give life, but the larger question of being able to live her own. The unfolding of these early events in her life is crafted in bursts and snippets of moments, written in short, staccato sentences drummed out on the page like a tap dance.
The anchor throughout Melnick's story is her relationship to music, her love for rhythm and dance. She listens to the beats of Paul Simon on her Walkman as she contemplates her recent diagnosis in the streets of DC. She is inspired to move to New Orleans for its music, getting caught up in the blues and jazz and learning how to Zydeco dance. She writes about the comfort music provides as she rushes through a flurry of feeling: numbness over the initial news of her diagnosis, guilt over having unprotected sex, the fear of stigma that disables her from being forthright about her diagnosis with friends and family and dates. Music, though, she says, "insulated me, soaked me down like rain."
In section two, "Health, Body and Mentality," Melnick carries us through her day-to-day life as a creative writing teacher in New Orleans. One of the most poignant relationships exposed in this section is her tenuous and difficult work relationship with Oscar, a fellow English professor. His subtle racism and harsh attitude in departmental meetings make Melnick uncomfortable, and yet there is that delicate moment when she sees him in a café, having learned that he is also HIV-positive, and Melnick regrets not having earlier visited him in the hospital. One of the successes of the stories with Oscar is that Melnick takes her time with the action, takes her time delving into his character. Here we see the hint of a poet: "This was not a brave time for me. . . . I regretted not trying to befriend Oscar. It seemed as if blue poison rivers of anger ran throughout Oscar's body until he tired. And then streams ran clear and calm as the anger dissipated and died." But Melnick's simple, lyrical language is often overshadowed by the sprint through actions, where she hurls words quickly, and then ducks out of scenes.
Her biting humor begins to emerge in "Health, Body and Mentality" with the inclusion of an HIV survey as one of her essays, poking fun at the various myths about contracting HIV. She uses a similar style in a later essay called "Dating Exam," but I would have liked to see this humor earlier on in the collection. At this point in the collection, it feels forced, as though Melnick is trying to make herself laugh as much as the reader.
Melnick twirls and spins the reader through events that are in no chronological order, returning to moments and places, like Alaska and graduate school, or New Orleans and her teaching gig, introducing lovers and ditching them just as quickly. If one can let go of any order of time in these events and just let the events speak for themselves, then it is easier to get caught up in the momentum Melnick creates with her words and feelings. She is a writer full of feeling:
Instead of taking the bus home from the hospital, I walked 40 minutes home, inhaling crisp spring air, and my watery eyes were like kaleidoscopes that broke the brilliant sunlit snow into glittering prisms of blue sky and blurry clusters of suns.
Melnick's tangled feelings are further explored in her graduate school relationship with a fellow student, Shawn. She exposes the honesty and hurt of her relationship with him, his racism, his unwillingness to sleep with her, to even touch her when she contracts shingles and sores appear on her face. The dance of her language slows during these moments with Shawn—a slow dance that would have been ideal in earlier parts of the book. In the end, Melnick focuses on finding touch and affection with men through her love of dancing and her discovery of Zydeco. Melnick's passion for music, for movement, is only heightened with HIV. As she writes so profoundly: "It seems to me that HIV doesn't change a person; it makes one a more intense version of [her]self." This more intense version of the author is eventually able to find love and triumph in living longer than the doctors once expected. Melnick's memoir is, simply put, a story of living.
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Poetry by Steven Cramer
Sarabande Books, November 2012
Paperback: 65pp; $14.95
Review by Trena Machado
In psychiatric terms, "clangings" is a thought disorder experienced by those with schizophrenia and manic states in which words are connected by sound rather than concepts, and speech and thoughts can quickly veer in a new direction in a disconnected way. In Clangings by Steven Cramer, each page has a poem of five quatrains that stands alone as a self-contained piece but also furthers the book's connected story of a narrator reflecting on his life "in his way." There are two pages that break this pattern and provide clarity of the narrator knowing his misaligned place in the scheme of things. Close to the end of the book:
I feel well, but keep hoping to get well—
Not just better, you know. But every day
I get well, I hope on the following day
I'll feel better, but instead I feel . . . Well
At the end of the quatrain, "Well," as an open-ended sigh, sound-wise duplicates "well," as health: two different meanings of the word "well" is an example of how our subjective world and the language we use to understand ourselves is "approximate" only—a technique Cramer uses frequently. The narrator, with that ending sigh, knows his plight.
His story is not unusual in itself. He is an older adult who was an outcast in his family with parents who were negligent, perhaps randomly abusive. He is an outsider in society in the common ways of processing reality. He knows he doesn't fit, is not the norm in his functioning, in his gender. His use of language serves a function other than just telling his story even though the story of his life comes through in mundane, shattering bits. We are given the facts of his mother, father, his lover Dickey, a pedophile priest, and a grade school friend, Serena. He uses language to soothe himself, smooth over reality's punch. On the death of Dickey, his companion, he says, "My 'he' is 'O' / who once flicked hearts, a lamplighter." "My 'he' is 'O'," hero: the narrator's looking burrows into the sensation of language, language turned into rocking to tamp down dislocating estrangement in his mind:
bunny. I'm itching poppies in my ears.
Dig too deep, I'll scratch my tympanum
(been meaning anyway to anvil the villain)
Coated shark teeth, like pinking shears.
'Anvil' with 'vil' of villain and 'villain' with 'tympanum'…same line and the line above. This kind of assonance with phoneme units and abba rhyming is constant throughout the quatrains . . . and even brings a soothing, smoothing, rocking sensation to the reader. It does not matter that the words are not logically connected, because the feeling of what the narrator experiences comes through. We know "he knows" that he is not dealing with the same mental organization that most people have . . . and we are assailed with a sense of compassion for him. The narrator has transmuted the world's elusive obstinacy like any artist does, knowing and not knowing what he is doing.
Cramer has given us a thought piece on language and selfhood. Connecting words based on sound seems like nonsense, but the sound captures the feeling of chaos, loss, wonder and, then, that is the meaning, meaning produced by qualities of the words other than definition and their place in the grammatical structure alone . . . parts of words, the phonemes, become important and determine word choice to create the self's grounding in rhythmic, sensory-oriented lines. The sound is foremost and converts the common use of words to fulfill the sense-memory, sense-reflection of a world that doesn't quite make sense . . . but a world that is lived and known anyway. Wrenched word combinations arise out of using sound in this way: Obituary magi, greener chameleon, turquoise girls, blue-sprained boys, head's high beams, glittering snow loaves, glister of venom, seraph cigarette . . . combinations that make our hearts beat faster, our synapses glow. The other moment of the narrator's clarity comes on the last page, and is the poet's question too: "The worst fate: to spend a life / thinking, until that life is not / the life you felt you lived." Selfhood. . . . The artist. . . . A swaying, ineffable pointing at language.
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The Fifth Lash & Other Stories
Fiction by Anis Shivani
C & R Press, November 2012
Paperback: 296pp; $14.95
Review by Lydia Pyne
In his preface, Anis Shivani claims that The Fifth Lash & Other Stories is a collection of fiction that is fundamentally the work of a young man. He quickly points the reader to the collection's immaturities—the anger of the narrators, the stylistic experimentation from story to story, transient identities of characters, and even the youthful rawness of emotions crammed into the assemblage as a whole. Indeed, The Fifth Lash was Shivani's first collection (later publications include Anatolia and Other Stories as well as his poetry in My Tranquil War and Other Poems), but the poignancy of these sketches deserves more than to simply stand in the shadow of his earlier published—yet later written—work.
In short, The Fifth Last & Other Stories offers simple, profound themes of Muslim identity that resonate and permeate through complex stories. To this end, Shivani's characters constantly scramble for a cultural identity, but also for a sense of purpose. The relatively weak depiction of these characters allows the cultural complexity of daily life, laughable bureaucracy, and unexpected conflicts to carry the stories' narrative arcs. While some of the stories venture into the nearly bizarre through byzantine twists and turns (with enough plot elements that the reader is almost reeling from the complexities), the sketches are literary reflections of the mad, hectic search for individual purpose. We see this search lead, more often than not, to a futile, nihilistic, or simply anti-climactic ending—though not quite absurdist in the existential sense, these are certainly stories without comfortable, neat resolutions.
Throughout The Fifth Lash & Other Stories, the author plays out a series of tropes. We see Shivani develop the theme of justice in "The Fifth Lash" and "The Rug Seller's Daughter." We see the theme of women's agency in "The Fifth Lash" and "Dowry." We see the theme of democracy and choice—as political spaces are negotiated—in "The Abscess of the World" and "Alienation, Jihad, Burqa, Apostasy." Indeed, one of the most interesting and unique themes that Shivani advances is the nature of the Muslim diaspora and the relationship that Islam has with the West. "In the Shade of the Wavering Palms" shows us characters like Firdaus and Tawfiq and their multi-generational Persian family in southern California. As Tawfiq is a subcontractor for the Department of Defense, both characters begin to grapple with questions of what it means to be "in America" but to retain or purposefully choose cultural identity against not just political backlash, but also the ignorance their children have of their own history and cultural heritage.
However, these themes all collapse brilliantly together as illustrated in this quote from Shivani's story "The Fifth Lash." Here we see that justice, democracy, the politique, and women's agency are all rays of identity refracted through the prism of culture—through being "there" and "not there" and how one best makes sense of that:
Twenty years ago on these same boulevards, it was thrilling to watch the transformation of Pakistan, the women switching from saris to skirts and dresses, the lush hair sheared into Western perms. Ten years ago they went from copying Western outfits and hairstyles to introducing originality: you could see it in the way they were simultaneously modest and aggressive, innocent and knowing. Today, you don't see women anymore. If they're middle-class, they're afraid to go out in public. . . . If they're working-class they're covered in burqa. Except for the truly rich and the truly poor, both beyond the constraints of veiled modesty, half this country has disappeared overnight. How did we get here, when ten short years ago women stood shoulder to shoulder with men at Bhutto's rallies, shouting that we needed roti, kapra, aur makan—bread, clothing, and shelter?
I don't know how the people of Pakistan let off steam anymore, or if they even have any need to. How can a hundred million people be bottled up so quickly and easily?
Author Ali Eteraz offers his observations about Shivani's stories: "They ask the reader to consider the possibility that when it comes to contemporary portraits of Muslims, fiction might actually be a much better medium than memoir, than non-fiction, than journalism, and even film." (In fact, I was so caught up reading "The Dowry" that I missed my train stop coming home one evening.) The Fifth Lash & Other Stories is, perhaps, what Shivani alludes to in his introduction—the first work of fiction of an author wrestling his own voice. But these stories are more than just that. They are compelling, interesting, and useful in unpacking complex strata of cultural identity.
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The Creek at the End of the Lawns
Poetry by Ira Joe Fisher
NYQ Books, September 2012
Paperback: 132pp; $16.95
Review by Alyse Bensel
In capturing the people and place of a small town, Ira Joe Fisher's fourth poetry collection forges a strong relationship to form, meter, and rhyme. A keen sense of reminiscing for past ghosts filters through poems that range from brief lyrics to grander narratives. The Creek at the End of the Lawns resurrects the need for the performative aspect of poetry in terms of storytelling and mythmaking, prompting the reader to speak these poems aloud rather than remain silent.
Grounding the framing poems of the collection, the title poem, in swift iambic pentameter, delves into questions of place and who has (or does not have) the right to tell its stories and secrets. Beginning with a preface, the poem, with the assistance of a narrator figure, guides the reader through Annville's landscape to a young man named Finch, who
writes these Annville lessons down.
And the very ink of those words vibrates
Into streams from the brittled, yellowing
These words manifest into a ghost, Alfred, who questions Finch's "leave to tell town tales." An ensuing section depicts a conversation between Finch and Alfred, including a witty exchange of dialogue around the reliance of memory. Commentary from the narrator supports this fast-paced dialogue, claiming
No person can remember everything.
Oh, people remember only little;
The poet notices and remembers
Most, nearly all, and he lives to remind
Mortal forgetters . . .
"The Creek at the End of the Lawns" is framed by two sections of shorter, more lyric poems. Some poems remain unrhymed with short, quick lines and breaks, while others subtly employ regular meter and rhyme schemes. These brief glimpses into landscape reflect the power of observation. In "Ars Poetica," varying line lengths in a single stanza provide a set of instructions directing the reader to pay attention to each sensory detail, to
See the leaves
seldom stilled,
see the leaves joyed and jostled
by wind in cool, blued afternoon
which must be kept
and held often and forever.
Each small detail builds upon the previous one as the poem progresses, guiding the reader to mentally record each small moment. The poem culminates in the lines asking for time to be recorded as
Each next minute
must be noted
like a host at church,
like a glowing song from a far place.
Readers who enjoy seeing how rhyme and meter—more commonly associated with older, more "traditional" poetry—can still be used in contemporary poetry will want to follow these varied and skillfully wrought poems closely. Constantly questioning the permeability of time and the static yet changing nature of place, Fisher's poems lend credence to the power of memory to "gather, visit, and listen" the specifics of each minute moment that matters.
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Conning Harvard
Adam Wheeler, the Con Artist Who Faked
His Way into the Ivy League
Nonfiction by Julie Zauzmer with Xi Yu
Lyons Press, September 2012
Hardcover: 240pp; $21.95
Review by Karen Seehaus Papson
Adam Wheeler was by all accounts a very successful 21-year-old. He entered his senior year at Harvard University with everything going for him: top marks in his courses, a large circle of friends, and a steady girlfriend, not to mention scads of prestigious academic honors and awards. Indeed, it seemed that there was nothing this affable wonder boy couldn't do. There was just one problem. All of his success—from the impressive academic grants he received to his very admission to Harvard University—was predicated on fraudulent transcripts, fake SAT scores, phony letters of recommendation, and enough plagiarized prose to fill a library. In short, everything people thought they knew about Adam Wheeler was a lie.
While Wheeler's story might sound like it was ripped from an episode of Gossip Girl, it is in fact a true story. Julie Zauzmer's book Conning Harvard chronicles Wheeler's story from his obscure high school days to his very public and very rapid fall from academic grace. Essentially, this is a confidence caper for the academic set. Given the scope and depth of Wheeler's snow job, it's not immediately clear which party has more right to be embarrassed. As the book notes: "'Harvard hoax'—the catchphrase that caught on to describe the case in the blogosphere—briefly became common parlance on the Internet." It was as if the general public was quite delighted by Mr. Wheeler's ability to perpetrate a swindle of such magnitude.
Though Wheeler faked nearly every detail about himself, apart from his name, on virtually every document that mattered to Harvard, it is perhaps the fact that he managed to lie so completely and so successfully time and time again that proved the most embarrassing for the ivy institution. Based on his real SAT scores and GPA, he shouldn't have been able to outwit the admissions officers, his professors, and his friends at Harvard. And yet he did. Therefore, it seems only fitting that one of Harvard's own should faithfully investigate and record exactly how Adam Wheeler managed to dupe some of the smartest people in the country for so long without detection.
Zauzmer's account of Wheeler's dishonesty is unfailingly thorough. A Harvard undergraduate herself and editor for the University's paper The Harvard Crimson, she began covering the story of Wheeler's academic disgrace as soon as the sordid news broke. Though her writing does at times read like a senior thesis on how to cheat, Zauzmer nonetheless delivers a no-nonsense account of Wheeler's every move, dishonest or otherwise. However, her journalistic zeal to find and relay all of the facts is tempered by a dose of empathy as she acknowledges the immense pressure placed on college students these days. Conning Harvard affords readers the opportunity to see what a scam of this magnitude looks like from both without and within.
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Circle Straight Back
Poetry by Noel Sloboda
Cervena Barva Press, March 2012
Chapbook: 34pp; $7.00
Review by Theresé Samson Wenham
Noel Sloboda released two chapbooks from different presses in 2012. His screen-printed, stanza-form chapbook, So Below (sunnyoutside, March 2012) contains four short poems and a deftly made two-color fold-out. Unlike So Below, the other chapbook of prose poems, Circle Straight Back, is sparse and unadorned. The effect is matter-of-fact, archival, and unsentimental. This seems an appropriate device for poetry of subtle misery and overt tragedy. It is certainly a theme running through the text. From the first poem, "Birth of Tragedy," to the end of a species in "Of Species," the threads of death, destruction, tragedy, and disappointment prevail.
Sloboda's twenty-four short prose poems/flash fiction pieces turn their attention to the tragic through a series of comical, absurd, observational, sardonic, and illustrational lenses. It is a full spectrum approach to examining the emotions of disaster's edge. "Circles" hints at the dark side of human behavior while taking a more light-hearted approach to its discussion. "Out of Line" is an examination of our hopeless position in life through the thoughts and actions of a fence. This absurd point of view is not exactly effective, yet the message of pointlessly trying to assert one's self is an excellent visual metaphor, if a depressing one. "The Artist" examines disappointment while creating an iconic visual image of the mundane. The character fights off chaos as he walks half a dozen dogs around the neighborhood. I see the dogs fanned out before him, pulling hard on the leashes while he braces against each step of the walk, "driving against destiny."
"I heard a faint song of hope and loss in those jangling keys," Sloboda says in "Eastern Romance." The "faint song of hope" comes through in poems like "From the Garden," where the author exalts what violence cannot destroy. The song is faint, but can be found in even the most unrealistic situations. Take "Ecstasy," for example. From the title we might imagine a beautiful image or experience awaiting us. Instead, we are greeted with a hearty hangover, a permanently sealed bottle of what we desire most, vodka, and a break-up note from ourselves:
"Dear Fritz," it began, "I am writing to you for the last time, for your own good. After some deliberation, I have decided I can't allow us to be associated any longer. You're simply too much of a milquetoast when sober. A few slugs and you become tolerable. Yet no matter how much you drink, you always return, sooner or later, to being sober. I can't bear it any longer, waking up, in my own bed, knowing who I am. Being you. Therefore—as you will have probably discovered—I am severing ties. I have arranged for alcohol to be inaccessible to you. Please, do not try to follow me; I won't be crawling inside you ever again; I am moving on to better things. Yours, less or more, Fritz."
Like Sartre's hell, Fritz's hell is a mundane inferno we cannot undo. So, why name it "Ecstasy"? Ironically, the poor, sad character, Fritz, has also been freed from pursuing the addiction that torments him; it is a classic moment when the alcoholic is freed from the complex control alcohol has over his life.
Circle Straight Back does not convince us of its extensive knowledge of tragedy through elegant language, merely through repetition and variety. It is clear Sloboda thinks about suffering, even as he occasionally can make light of it. As a reader, I found this approach compelling, but insufficient for a book of poetry. I can imagine a different reader glad to be immersed in clever stories of tragedy, but for me, a great line will suffice.
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This Is Not the End of the Book
Nonfiction by Jean-Claude Carrière and Umberto Eco
Translated from the French by Polly McLean
Northwestern University Press, September 2012
Paperback: 352pp; $24.95
Review by Patrick James Dunagan
As our age at an ever increasing rate gives birth to what is rightfully referred to as The Rise of the Digital, are printed books going to disappear? This is the largely opaque question at the heart of the lengthy conversation between two accomplished artistic European intellects that forms This Is Not the End of the Book. Umberto Eco is surely the more easily recognizable interlocutor here—his books In the Name of the Rose and Foucault's Pendulum enjoy a broad readership, especially since the former was made into a film starring a young Christian Slater alongside Sean Connery. Yet Jean-Claude Carrière is a no less distinguished literary figure. A French writer with numerous books to his name, though perhaps not an author widely recognized by English readers, he has also authored several screenplays for films which are likely quite familiar, such as The Unbearable Lightness of Being.
Both writers also collect rare books for their private libraries, sometimes spending lavish sums for what are known as "incunabula," which Carrière succinctly describes as "all the books published between the invention of printing and the night of 31st December 1500. The Latin word incunabula refers to the 'cradle' of the history of the printed book—in other words, all the books printed in the fifteenth century." Carrière's own taste in collecting, however, is more or less all over the place as he says: "I am not a proper collector. I have just always bought books because I like them." And "I have a particular taste for what you might call popular, or even burlesque and grotesque, French literature from the early seventeenth century, which has generally been underappreciated." Meanwhile Eco is very much attracted to collecting in a particular area: "My collection is very focused. It is a Bibliotheca Semiologica Curiosa Lunatica Magica et Pneumatica, or 'a collection dedicated to the occult and mistaken sciences'. For example, I have Ptolemy, who was wrong about the movement of the Earth, but not Galileo, who was right." Eco is "fascinated by error, by bad faith and idiocy," the irrefutable ultimate con: "Fakes put all attempts to create a theory of truth into question. If you have access to the authentic work, the source of inspiration, then it's possible to ascertain whether or not something is a fake. It is much harder to prove that an authentic work is authentic."
Carrière and Eco realize an easy, mutually satisfying rhythm in conversation, matching each other's considerable heft of knowledge and solidly lending support to shared-in-common hypotheses. One of them will assert a judgment and the other draws upon his storehouse of knowledge for a complementary example. For instance, Eco: "When the state is too powerful, poetry stagnates. When the state is in crisis, as has been the case in Italy since just after the war, then art is free to say what it has to say . . . as power fades, some art forms are given a boost, and some not." And thus Carrière: "Not a single book published in France between 1800 and 1814—the zenith of Napoleon's power—is still read today. The painting was pompous, not to say pretentious . . . neither was there any music. Or theatre." Not at all surprisingly, a European historical perspective is richly represented within this dialogue and this alone adds significant value to the exchange. These men know intimately well the matters of which they speak.
Unfortunately, for a book which addresses the past, current, and future status of The Book, this object itself sadly lacks any luster or attractive quality. The font alone is rather atrocious and far too huge in size. It looks as though the edition has been magnified to ease readability for the elderly or children. Indeed, in direct contrast to its contents, this book looks and feels as if it were meant for the young. This is of course an extremely odd thing. I assume it's a reflection of the poor financial state of affairs all university presses are facing these days, but that just isn't acceptable as an excuse. I trust that none of this is the case with the original French edition Ne pensez vous débarrasser des livres (Éditions Grasset & Fasquelle, 2009). It's a shame to see something that could have made for a lovely small hardcover volume of around 100 or so pages be grotesquely spread across 336 pages in paperback. If this was done in hopes of mass market appeal, then it was a rather ridiculous dream of severely handicapped logic and is clearly anti-literary while of course (and unsurprisingly) truly American.
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TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey will become the first East Coast state to address the shortage of science and math teachers by recruiting, training and funding people with strong backgrounds in those fields through a national fellowship program.
The state will participate in the Princeton-based Woodrow Wilson Teaching Fellowship, which offers a $30,000 stipend to fellowship recipients for graduate school in exchange for a three-year commitment to teach in high-need urban or rural schools.
Foundation funding of $9 million will allow the recruitment of 240 teachers, enough to fill vacancies in Camden, Newark, Orange, Passaic, Paterson, and seven other municipalities, said Arthur Levine, president of the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation.
At a Friday news conference, Levine said the program has already shown results in Indiana, Michigan and Ohio, and some fellowship recipients go on to make teaching their career.
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When my mind isn't wandering, I can think pretty intensely.
Catching Elephant is a theme by Andy Taylor
A few railroad shots from Alex's Canon T2i:
Following the railroad to Aguas Calientes and a cool snap by Josh Kling in Aguas Calientes.
Day 7: Strolling downstream with the glacial runoff. With a lot of time on the trail and most of it downhill, we took advantage of plenty photogenic scenes in the Andes. Armed with my ultra-wide angle lens (10mm-24mm), landscapes became an experimental focus. Balancing light, shuttle speed, ISO and f-stop pushed me to play excessively in the manual setting. With frequent opportunities to shoot moving water, I began to play with slower shutter speeds. The challenge became making amazing scenes look cool; however, I don't think I'm quite skilled enough, but a few examples found their way to tumblr. Thoughts? Tips? Critiques? I now have a tripod, so "get a tripod" has already been addressed.
Day 6: Second day on the trek to Machu Picchu. Today, we met Mt. Salkantay, up close and it did not get any more friendly. This mountain holds the title as scariest mountain I've seen in person. We managed the trek from camp to 15,088 feet, taking a break at Salkantay pass. Having some spare time due to our pace, another guide gave us a top that an incredible glacial lake was just over a ridge, about a quarter of a mile off the trail. OUr buddy Josh, turned to Alex, Mick and me, and with some "last one there [sucks]" line, we took off, Canon T2i or T3i's in hand and we sprinted toward the ridge. If you're reading fast or skimming this, I'll reiterate that we're above 15,000ft. After about 200 yards of hoping over rocks, weaving between boulders and avoiding all the loose rock debris, this writer needed to slow his roll. No need to bust an ankle (or worse) or destroy my camera before we arrived at Machu Picchu.
We snapped a few shots and broke off, back to the group, and the side adventure was completely worth any extra effort. If you've ever been to a place of natural beauty, you will understand the word "beautiful" lacks true power to describe what you witness.
Elevation adventure: Wake up in the dry mountain valley at approximately 12,600ft, attack the pass of 15,088ft, and complete the day around 9600feet, in a jungle. Take that body.
Day 5: The first day of the trek to Machu Picchu. After a late, 2AM departure from our newly embraced Peruvian club, Mama Africa (odd name; we agree), we returned to our hotel only to wake up at 4AM to meet a spacious bus around 5AM. When I said spacious, I was lying. Upon arriving at a small village, Mollepata(approx 9500 feet elevation), we chowed some breakfast and loaded our gear. We finally arrived at the trailhead. The actual trek began after an hour to an hour and a half truck ride, where the 15 in our travel party cattled up in the bed of an open cargo truck. Bumpy and dusty don't highlight the real feeling of backroading the high, dry mountains of Peru. From there, we began a simple 7-ish hour warm up hike, up to 12,600ft to camp.
This picture highlights how tiny our tent-village setup(near the center, left of the photo) cowers below Mt. Salkantay(middle right, elevation just above 20,550ft).


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"worn out grand glaize"
Old, worn out, run down--desperately need renovation and in todays world paying $103.00 per night didn't even get breakfast-never stay againGenuine Expedia guest review
"Good value for the money for a Family Vacation"
The hotel is old but clean rooms and everything is functional in good conditions. The lakeview rooms have a nice view if you are in the upper 2 floors. High trees may block the view in lower floors. Good for a family vacation. Unfortunately, the pool was closed being off season although in late September. No premium channels on TV.Genuine Hotels.com guest review
Great view from the large hot tubGenuine Hotels.com guest review
Hotel is showing its age, and lack of upgrading over the years.Genuine Hotels.com guest review
"Lovely lake view"
Have stayed here before and will again.Genuine Hotels.com guest review
THE HALLS AND ROOM HAD A FOUL ODOR AS IF THERE HAD BEEN A NOT SO RECENT WATER LEAK. AS YOU LOOK OUT THE BALCONY TOWARDS THE LAKE THERE WERE PILES OF TRASH, BEER BOTTLES, OLD EQUIPMENT AGAINST THE BLDG ETC. THE HOTEL STAFF WAS FRIENDLY. THE BREAKFAST BUFFET WAS NOT SO GOOD FOR THE PRICE. OVERALL, I WILL NEVER GO BACK. I EXPECTED MUCH MORE FOR THE PR […] ICE. Read moreGenuine Expedia guest review
"Don't do it"
It was very disappointing. Moldy smelling, plaster falling from the ceiling in the hallways, shabby, noisy air conditioner. Not worth the cost by any means.Genuine Expedia guest review
"Very pleased with hotel"
I was very pleased with the hotel and the service. The staff was nice, rooms clean, and the food at the restaurant was very good. I will stay here the next time I am in the area.Genuine Expedia guest review
"great location"
The people were nice, the room was clean, the location was great, and the price was pretty cheap. I was happily surprised with the hotel, however, it was pretty dated. The breakfast buffet was good and the people at the front desk were nice, however, the restaurant was always understaffed. This was also within walking distance to the boat rental so […] no driving required. Overall I would stay again. Read moreGenuine Hotels.com guest review
Not fancy but not bad gets the job doneGenuine Hotels.com guest review
"The view was beautiful"
Came for one night and stayed for three. Enjoyed the view and sitting around the pool.Genuine Expedia guest review
"good hotel for a quick stay"
We needed a hotel on short notice, and this one was discounted. It was a nice hotel, and located close to the highway and many shops. It was a little worn down, but you can tell they are working to fix it back up. Very clean, good showers, and beds were good (as far as hotel beds go) the pool was a bit of a walk, but the view over the lake was worth […] it. Ok little game room with a pool table. Over all for the money, I would stay for a night, but if it was a weekend get away, I'd look at the four seasons. Read moreGenuine Hotels.com guest review
"Decent for the price"
Not bad, but could be nicer/better. Other than lobby and conference area, everything was needing updates. Also, since it has a marina and pool near lake, there was a party atmosphere. Not really for kids.Genuine Hotels.com guest review
"Good location for all lake activities"
The place is dated but not worn out and you can see efforts to improve. Large rooms with all of the amenities I need.Genuine Expedia guest review
"good location for activities we had planned"
worked well for large party of guests. good breakfast buffetGenuine Expedia guest review
At first I thought it was great because they gave us a upgrade. But to find that the upgrade wasn't so great. We had very loud neighbors next door which made the game room across the all not so loud. When we shut the lights off around midnight you could here every conversation very clear and noticed that you could see light showing through at the top […] of the ceiling and wall where they were connected. Should have ask for a refund or might dispute my credit card charge. Read moreGenuine Hotels.com guest review
"Just what I needed"
Overall courteous staff and a funtional facility. Starting to show its age noticible wear and tear. Bed was comfortable and room was clean. JD Waddles had good breakfast selection and price. Would stay here again.Genuine Hotels.com guest review
"Very nice stay"
Loved the view from our room. Hotel staff was very pleasant.Genuine Expedia guest review
"In need of TLC!"
At one time this was probably an amazing hotel but those days are past. Entire hotel is in need of repairs and updating. The walls are paper thin and you can hear the conversation in the next room. The room doors slam and shake the surrounding rooms. The resturant/bar was being ran by one gal. She was very nice and spent a lot of time talking to guests […] while others were waiting for service. Great view of the lake from the resturant and room but getting back from the lake or pool is quite a long/steep hike. The reasonable price was clearly a draw for loud, rude and unkept people. Read moreGenuine Expedia guest review
"Convenient to everything"
Great stay. Loved the view of the Lake from our room. Good food and good view at on site restaurant. Hotel is older but we felt the Room was a good value and we would definetly come back and stay at this hotelGenuine Hotels.com guest review
"Lake view and Restful"
The room had a beautiful lake view. The location was a little away from the main action but that made for a quiet, restful stay. After locating the hotel, the location was excellent, just past the bridge.Genuine Expedia guest review
"Dated but Clean"
I have stayed at the Inn at Grand Glaize 3 times. The Hotel is very dated and the pool location being down about 100 steps is less than desirable, but it is a gorgeous location and although dated looking it is very clean. The lady at the Front Desk in the evening was less than helpful at check in but the Morning Staff was very courteous...We stayed […] over the 4th of July 2013. Read moreGenuine Hotels.com guest review
There left a lot to be desired. There was a balcony with a sliding patio door.One of our two rooms did not not have a screen door, so it was not possible to enjoy the morning and evening breezes. We were offered clean towels, but housekeeping was backed up and did not freshen our rooms, nor make the beds, nor empty the wastebaskets. The wallpaper was […] peeling in several places in both bathrooms and the furniture was all mismatched. There was cable tv, but no guide to check what was on. There was an outdated channel guide in the hotel directory. They were out of complimentary coffee in the hotel lobby and sure didn't act like it was much of a priority to replenish. They informed the guests to just go to the adjoining restaurant for some. The staff in the restaurant did not cooperate with that request. The facility is past it's prime. Read moreGenuine Hotels.com guest review
"Nice Trip"
Overall it is a OK place to stay. The biggest problem is the steep hills and steps to the water and pool. Great that it was pet friendly. Would have been nice to have a breakfast but the resturant was good. The front desk was very nice and helpful with directions. Grounds could have been maintained a little better with more trash cans especially in […] the rear of motel. Read moreGenuine Hotels.com guest review
This hotel is very rundown! Staff at check-in wasn't friendly at all. I felt very dirty there, the only reason we stayed there, was because it was just for one night and they said they would charge our card regardless. There was a huge crack in our bathtub, carpet felt VERY dirty. Several other problems. VERY overpriced for sure!!!!!!Genuine Hotels.com guest review
"It was expensive for the low quality"
I would rate this hotel two stars or below. We had booked two rooms - two double bed rooms each, paying $109 plus tax. The rooms were small. One of them was dirty and had smoky smell. After I requested they promptly ionized the smoky room. The coffee make was dirty which made it unusable. The barroom sink and toilet were dirty. The coffee near the […] reception was empty. When my father asked them to refill it, the receptionist told him to go to the restaurant and order one, that too with some attitude. Overall some staff were friendly. The hotel is next to the lake. It is close to the premium outlet mall. Read moreGenuine Hotels.com guest review
"Nice lakeview"
One night stay was good. close to everything. staff was helpfulGenuine Expedia guest review
"Great family vacatiion"
The hotel location was great, it was close to everything. The hotel was clean, but needs a lot of improvement. Hotel can use more lighting as it is very dark, making it appear older.Genuine Hotels.com guest review
im sure if the owner ever put money back into the hotel it would be nice. the bar, lobby, and outside grounds were nice. the hallways were hot and dirty. couldnt see out of the windows due to moisture between the glass. bed was extremely hard.Genuine Hotels.com guest review
"Inn At Grand Glaize"
The staff is excellent and very helpful. The room was not what was portrayed online......paint chipped on some of the walls, not very clean. Some rooms have been remodeled but we were placed in an older outdated room that was pretty blah.......I was disappointed in our room. The distance to the pool was ridiculous as well. Down a lot of winding stairs […] to get to the pool. A handicapped person would struggle with this. Read moreGenuine Expedia guest review
Hotel is old and needs a lot of work to update it. Staff was friendly, food was good. Just old .....Would not stay there again. Bed not very comfortable!Genuine Hotels.com guest review
"Hotel has spectacular view."
Lovely entry with easy check-in. Very curteous personnel. Great help with directions. Our only concern was that the bathroom sink's fixtures were wobbly and very loose.Genuine Expedia guest review
"Sub par overall"
The room was okay overall besides the balcony overlooking the hotels trash filled yard, and the shower head held up with a loose screw and beer bottle cap, outdated pool and whirlpool area. To get to the pool you have to walk past what looked like the hotels landfill in the yard walking down. Not worth $100 per nightGenuine Expedia guest review
What a horrible stay!!!! We got there at 2 room was not ready. Yes I know it was earlier then the 4 pm check in but the lady at the front desk told us to come back at 3 and they would have it ready for us. Came back at 3:30, still not ready. Finally at 4:30 our room was ready. Once we got settled in we decided to take our daughter down to the pool to […] swim only to find the lady attending the bar wasted. Not that big of a deal but just bad business and she just looked foolish. On Sunday before we headed back we decided to give the pool another chance only to find it littered with empty beer bottles and tied off condoms!!! Not something you want a 5 year old too see. Needless to say we will NEVER stay here again!!! Just a poorly run hotel. Read moreGenuine Hotels.com guest review
"Run for Daniel K"
We participated in a Run for Daniel K, our Grandson who was diagnosed with Prader Willi Syndrome. We had stayed at the Inn a the Grand Glaize about 1 year ago and remembered it being a nice place with a nice staff of people. Even though the 5K run was at another resort, your prices for staying during the week were very reasonable, your staff gave us […] a free upgrade to a lake side view (and we didn't ask for it either), and the room was clean, comfortable and we had a super night stay. I can recommend your resort and will likely revisit in the future! Thank you! Read moreGenuine Expedia guest review
This hotel has a comfortable bar/lounge/restraunt venue where music was playing when I arrived, every person of the staff wasn't just nice but caring people. The gentleman and lady that rent the boats and Jet Ski's at WFO nearly attached to the hotel are a couple of the coolest people I have every met! This place is perfect for a family that wants to […] get out on the water and relax for a cold Coke or beer where you're staying! It took me less than 5 minutes to get to the Osage Beach shopping center and all of the attractions are very close! Read moreGenuine Expedia guest review
With the price I paid, the location of the hotel is good.The service people at the restaurant are very nice. We ate two meals dinner and breakfast there. The food is good except the ribs need to cut off the fat (I learned that myself from cooking couple times ribs). The breakfast buffet has various choices. It is good to satisfy picky eaters such as […] kids. The room is clean. The hotel needs a little maintenance like painting outside. We all liked the little game room, the exercise room and outdoor pool. Read moreGenuine Expedia guest review
"A place to return to year after year"
I love this place, and have come back to it several times over the years.Genuine Expedia guest review
"Beautiful lake view from private balcony"
It was spacious, clean, and comfortable. We'd stay there again.Genuine Hotels.com guest review
"Nice hotel for overnight stay"
We planned a short weekend trip to ozarks and we noticed this hotel in this site.The online booking was so simple and reaching the hotel is easy as it was just off the hway 54. This hotel had a boad deck and nice view of lake from the room. The hotel was clean and maintained well. The only concern that we had is the rooms were not noise insulated and […] we heard lots of noise at night from the party around our room. I noticed that this is a nice hotel to have fun with lots of friends together and during our stay i saw a gang of friends dressed like greeks and having fun. Overall this hotel is worth a money that we pay for. Read moreGenuine Hotels.com guest review
"Won't Go Back"
The Inn is in much need of updating. The veneer door finish was peeling on the inside of the door, enough that getting too close to the door would have snagged clothing. A burn in the carpet, the complete shape of an iron was unsightly. The last straw was finding toe nail clippings on the floor. We will not be returning.Genuine Hotels.com guest review
"had a good timehave"
my stay was excellent because I had great company. I have a few complaints, the first is better patio furniture. Also, I was told I could request a fridge and that a microwave would be in my room, that was not true. The sauna/sweat room could have been more updated. But overall, I was comfy and enjoyed myself. The hotel was close to most things.Genuine Hotels.com guest review
"Loved it"
It was a beautiful place with a beautiful view. Would definitely stay here again!Genuine Hotels.com guest review
"Great location! Friendly Staff"
I enjoy staying at this hotel.Genuine Hotels.com guest review
"The Hotel shows its age"
If you just need a place to sleep, you might get that here. I stayed 3 nights; each night I was plagued with a sound like a tea pot going off for a few minutes at some random time. The TV had very few channels and all had some amount of snow on it. The internet was horrible at best; I ended up using my phone as a internet access point. Rooms were clean […] and the water pressure was good. The last night was noisy in the hotel as families arrived for spring vacation; there is not very much (if any at all) sound proofing between floors/rooms. Read moreGenuine Hotels.com guest review
"Good hotel for holiday!"
A very comfort holiday–inn like hotel with great view over the lake Ozark. The location is convenient, easy to find and the restaurants and premium outlets are within short driving distance. Hotel staffs are very friendly and helpful. They provide cimplementary breakfast during low seasons as well. Generally it was a nice experience to stay in this […] hotel! Read moreGenuine Expedia guest review
"a one nighter"
The room was very clean, location is great. Unfortunately, the restaurant was closed that night, probably due to lack of people staying there that evening so that was a little disappointing. The continental breakfast was nice..plenty to eat and choose from. For the price this place was well worth it.Genuine Hotels.com guest review
"exceptional staff"
We had a wonderful stay. We originally booked a non lake view room and when we got there we asked for a frige and microwave and they upgraded our room to a lake view and brought a frige and microwave out of another room and out in in ours. Staff was very friendly and helpful. The Hot tub was greatand the game room a lot of fun. Will definately stay […] here again. Read moreGenuine Hotels.com guest review
The heat was either on or Off, putting out extreme heat or extreme cool air. The location was fine and it was worth what we paid, considerably less than many other venues in the same location. However, it get what you pay for.Genuine Hotels.com guest review
"Great Location"
Nice hotel over looking Lake of the Ozarks. Nice friendly staff. Comfortable and clean. This Hotel is way past its prime. The hotel need some serious maintenance to return to its former glory.Genuine Hotels.com guest review
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What theological implications does the "Psychology" and "Neuroscience" (and possibly biology) of religion (or "God(s)") have?
I'm very interested in people's opinions on this matter.
I would just like to say, as I have said in the past, this debate is not to make mockery of "God". It is just honesty enquiry.
Yet as I have explored with my other debates in the past, it seems we must first define (or describe to the best of our limits) what we mean by "God(s)" and "Existence". Otherwise the debate "Does God exist?" becomes slightly meaningless.
Now that's done.
I was reading much about the psychology of religion, and found that due to articles like :
"Thinking Style and Belief In God" - Art Markman
Link : http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/ulterior-motives/201208/thinking-style-and-belief-in-god
"We are programmed to believe in a god" by Jesse Bering.
"Is God an Accident" by Paul Bloom :
that had many theological implications!
And made me think :
- There is a strong correlation with a "Theory of mind" and belief in God. Animals don't really have a "theory of mind", does this mean other animals can't experience "God(s)"?
- Psychologists can now artificially create a "God experience", Doesn't this make the "Religious experience" argument rather dubious?. Link : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y02UlkYjSi0
And there are probably many more Tedsters could think of!
However I do think it is worth mentioning that :
As Justin L. Barret said, that the psychology and neuroscience of religion (God) doesn't (dis)prove that God isn't real. For it wouldn't make much sense if a God who wanted to be in a relationship with us, didn't give us the ability to conceive such a God.
Another great quote by him :
"Having a scientific explanation for mental phenomena does not mean we should stop believing in them. "Suppose science produces a convincing account for why I think my wife loves me — should I then stop believing that sh
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Kareem Fahim 10+May 23 2013: Poor science. If it had a voice it would scream: "stop question my authenticity and saying whether I'm right or wrong".
(In my humble opinion)
Science, in its core, is a method by which you observe. Results are 'better' and can always become better if we keep improving the initial method. And believe me, there ALWAYS is room for improvement. You can't ever establish The Perfect Method.
God is Absolute and Perfect, so you will need a perfect method if you want to comprehend/question him. Which is impossible. Sorry to rain on your parade but you can't understand God, no one can [unless God want someone to...].
May 24 2013: Interesting opinion Kareem......
If you had an infinite number of paths you could take in life, based on each decision you made, then at least one of them would be the perfect path, leading to the perfect location. It would be the perfect perfect life path.
So, even with infinity, it is possible to walk the perfect path in life. Or, perhaps because of infinity. I'm Jewish...... :) Shalom.
May 24 2013: :-)
I personally, from what I have heard, admire the Koran (or Quran) and the lessons it preaches. However (as you can probably guess) I am not a Muslim.
All I (properly) know about Islam mostly comes from these two TED Talks :
- Lesley Hazleton: On reading the Koran
- Bobby Ghosh: Why global jihad is losing
So I do think what Islam preaches is admirable (if what they say is true), forgive me for saying, yet it seems today as if the Koran (or Quran) has been distorted a lot today (by people like Sam Harris, and those who dislike Islam due to various events like 9/11).
However I think it is worth mentioning that I do find it strange that (as you say) Muhammad would be the last prophet of God. Why is this? Why wouldn't God let their be other prophets? (I apologise for my ignorance.)
Out of interest, if you don't mind me asking, why choose the Koran (or Quran) over the Bible?
What makes your experience (or perception) of God more valid than a Christians experience (or perception) of God?
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Kareem Fahim 10+May 24 2013: @Bernard White: It is a sad fact that many organism (who call themselves Muslims) have distorted The Message. Muslim people, especially 'naive' youth are target of these people. These people manipulate young minds and fill them with hatred. But their goals are strictly political. Outcome of their dreadful *ter*rorist* acts only benefits themselves. These people have nothing to do with Islam or Muslims.
"Why choose Quran over Bible?" Well, we Muslims believe both books to be word from God. But Bible was modified and people altered its verses to their interests. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamic_view_of_the_Christian_Bible ]
"What makes your experience (or perception) of God more valid than a Christians experience (or perception) of God?" Christians associate God with humans (they say God has a son...) but God is above human values/associations/perceptions [ http://quran.com/112]
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Thanks for reply. You are theoretically corect. But life IS NOT infinite, neither can one undo his/her actions. You can't try ALL paths. Time is precious.
Shalom :)
May 24 2013: So (if you don't mind me saying) what is to say God can't become incarnate?
Considering your God is above human values? Surely this doesn't exclude the possibility of God coming into a 'perfect human form'? How are we defining 'human values'?
Yet if this true, that God is beyond human perception, how do we know certain things (like its attributes) about it?
Edit : Another question, is that : How did the writers of the Koran (or Quran) know that God was perfect? Doesn't perfection imply 'without mistake'? Can a perfect being make mistakes?
Are there any other qualities of this 'being', other than perfection?
May 24 2013: "So (if you don't mind me saying) what is to say God can't become incarnate?"
He can do whatever He wants to. He, clearly, says in Quran he has no sons etc.
"Considering your God is above human values? Surely this doesn't exclude the possibility of God coming into a 'perfect human form'? How are we defining 'human values'?"
You can't compare or associate God to humans.
"Yet if this true, that God is beyond human perception, how do we know certain things (like its attributes) about it?"
We know His attributes because His prophets told us about Them. These attributes are also written in Quran which is His Book.
"Edit : Another question, is that : How did the writers of the Koran (or Quran) know that God was perfect? Doesn't perfection imply 'without mistake'? Can a perfect being make mistakes?"
Quran wasn't written by humans it was revealed to us.
Are there any other qualities of this 'being', other than perfection?"
May 24 2013: "So the Quran is the source of all we know about this perfect being?"
Yep. The absolute book. The ultimate everlasting message it is!
"Why didn't he make other books?"
He sent more books. [read here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamic_view_of_the_Christian_Bible ]
"How do you know Mohammed was a valid source of information?"
You gotta have FAITH in what he said in order to become Muslim.
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