Got to know of Reza Aslan through his Fox News interview. If you want to watch it, it is at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P5f7fRtnasg
Hilarious isn't it? I am not being sarcastic. I do not expect much
from Fox News, but the way Reza Aslan keeps his calm reminds me of a Kindergarten
teacher.
I bought the book and enjoyed it very much; learnt quite a
bit. For example, I was very surprised to learn
about Jesus’s brother’s teachings and that he had been opposed to Paul’s
teachings.
When great prophets are written about in this way – when they are
humanized rather than deified – they are more appealing. I wonder though, if a
prophet came now, would I want to believe that he performs miracles or would I
be content to know that he preaches sanity?
The more I read the more I find out that I must learn more. I
think I knew the most after high school; since then it has just been a steady
realization of my ignorance.
