A Few Thoughts on Salman Rushdie’s “The Satanic Verses”
“Rushdie offers at least one scenario for how redactors might work – they are human beings concerned with truth, politics, the veracity of their leaders and traditions. They add, subtract, alter – sometimes for noble purposes; occasionally for personal reasons. This is true, most probably, for Islam, Judaism, and Christianity – all religions of The Book.”
An Atheist’s Brief Argument for Reading the Bible
“And yet, when considered and studied as a work of collective history, myth, legend, religion, literature, and sometimes high metaphoric poetry, it is an amazing and intriguing collection of books that can enrich even a secularist’s understanding of Judeo-Christianity and middle eastern culture.”