Yesterday I finished this book by Jodi Picoult, one of my favorite authors. She's a good writer. I am not a fan of fantasy and this book has some fantasy in it. A year old daughter, named Faith, is seeing God as a woman, healing people, and showing signs of stigmata. This causes a crisis because of the media attention and her father suddenly wanting custody. Faith's father doesn't think it's healthy that the girl can't go in her yard or to school because of the throngs of television news crews and people seeking to be healed. The mother of Faith, Mariah, grows up during the crisis and becomes the kind of mother Faith always needed. Jodi writes a good story. Many chapters are held in the courtroom because of the custody hearing. During the story Mariah and Faith meet an professional athiest named Ian. He makes his living disproving miracles on television. I don't know very many people who publicly announce their athiesm and it makes me wonder, if we ever elected an athiest president, what would they use to take the oath of office? If they can't use a bible or a Koran or other religious book, would they use an alphabet board?
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I think I would want to be signed in on a biology textbook. Or on Darwin's book.
Oh, Darwin's book. That makes more sense. Wouldn't that be awesome?
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