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Thursday, October 6, 2011

Booking Through Thursday: What's the oddest book you've ever read?



I'm participating in Booking Through Thursday today, and the question is:

What’s the oddest book you’ve ever read? Did you like it? Hate it? Did it make you think?

The book that immediately comes to mind is a self-published one that I read when I was working at a Christian radio station.

It was by a preacher who claimed he had died and gone to Heaven and then come back.

No, it wasn't the more recent ones--90 Minutes in Heaven, or Heaven Is For Real. I've read those too, and they have a ring of truth, whether or not you believe in near-death experiences.

This one--and I'm sorry I don't remember either the title or the author--was really outlandish to the point of laughable.

The author claimed that while in Heaven, an angel showed him a large room over which was a sign reading "Unclaimed Blessings," or something like that. In the room was shelf after shelf of body parts--legs, arms, hands, you name it--which were to be sent to people on earth who needed to be healed. Mmmm, yeah.

He also claimed all the flowers in Heaven have faces.

It's been years, so I don't remember much else about it. I just remember thinking this guy was crazy to think anyone would believe him. I remember just thinking it was absolutely ridiculous.

(And by the way, I do believe in Heaven, but I think it's so amazing and incredible that there aren't human words to describe it. And for me, the jury's out when it comes to near-death experiences--are they real or can they be scientifically explained? Not sure!)

So I can't say I "hated" it...I just pretty much scorned it.

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4 comments:

  1. TrishOctober 6, 2011 at 7:20 AM

    wow that does sound incredibly odd. I doubt I would've been able to geth through one whole page in that book!

    Here's My B.T.T. Post - TRISH

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  2. DawnTreaderOctober 6, 2011 at 8:11 AM

    Sounds like a dream to me - I mean the confusing nightly kind rather than the "I wish" kind...!

    In the past I've read a few books too which seemed to overstep the border between theology and pure fiction.

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  3. ClaireOctober 6, 2011 at 9:26 AM

    That does sound weird. Books like that always make me wonder if the author honestly expects people to accept the story as fact.

    My BTT is here if you'd like a look :)

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  4. AnonymousOctober 6, 2011 at 9:41 AM

    That was very odd.

    http://tributebooksmama.blogspot.com/2011/10/booking-through-thursday.html

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