Jeff Greene

Entertaining and Useful But Not All

Revisado: 05-22-21

I haven't finished the book yet. I'm just starting chapter 6. I'm enjoying the audio version and have learned a couple of things thus far. As was stated in one of the editorial Reviews, it is written an in entertaining manner. Some of the stories and illustrations actually made me to laugh out loud. I already had some understanding of the concepts the book is purporting to help bible readers get a better understanding of the Scriptures and I agree with some of the points the authors have made and have found the stories and illustrations contrasting Eastern and Western cultures interesting.

Now, at the risk of being accused of being one of those KJV Only guys, which I am not, I would like to point out that in Chapter 4, I believe it is, the authors point out some issues with English pronouns, particularly the pronoun "you" which is used for both plural and singular and causes confusion in our English translations. This is true and something I was already aware of. I'm curious as to why the authors don't acknowledge that the King James translation does, in fact, differentiate the plural and singular pronouns by using Ye or You for the plural and Thee or Thou for the singular. The "Y" pronouns are plural and the "T" pronouns are singular in the KJV. So, it's actually modern scholarship, in the translation process that, has made it more difficult for the reader to understand what is being said. It's somewhat ironic that the modern translators, in an effort to make the texts easier to understand, have actually done the opposite.

Every student of the bible will benefit from understanding the importance, not only of understanding what is being said but to whom it is being said and in the context of the times and the culture it is being said in order to avoid misapplying the scriptures. It may be written for you but not to you. All scripture is for us, for our learning, but it is not all about us.

All that being said, there is a good deal of "interpretation" by the authors and while I don't expect everyone to agree with me, their theological bent does seem to skew their interpretation of more than a couple of passages that seem to have nothing to do with overall concept of the book. They claim at the opening of the book they goal is not exegesis but they don't seem to be able to help themselves. Anyway, be forewarned. I'd still recommend it but I do think in their attempt to show the differences in Eastern and Western thought when looking at the scriptures, they some times strain at a gnat to swallow a camel.

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Unusual but Effective!

Revisado: 06-14-20

The way this was presented was quite unique. Putting it in the form of a story where you are sort of participating as the main character kept me engaged and wondering what dilemma was coming next and how would I work it out. Of course being an an-cap already I could anticipate some of the solutions but it was really cool seeing it all in my minds eye, so to speak, like watching a movie and feeling like your really there. It was just a really creative way to present the ideal of Anarcho-capitalism being worked out in this way. I highly recommend it.

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Informative But Horribly Delivered

Revisado: 02-21-19

I have not yet finished listening to this book and I may not finish it. The narration is very wooden and the sentences are so choppy it makes some of them almost incoherent. Nothing personal against Shawn Milochick but he reads like a robot. I've heard Text-to-speech narrations that have better flow. It makes it difficult to follow the narrative when the reader continually adds periods and commas where, I doubt that, there are any.

I listened to Mr. Rectenwald on the Tom Woods' Show and enjoyed his conversation with Dr. Woods a great deal. However, I would highly recommend getting a hard copy or the Kindle version.

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The tyrannical centralization of US revealed

Revisado: 11-25-17

Absolute must- read for those who want to know the truth about when and how the US "went off the rails"

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Great book - Very Relevant

Revisado: 07-26-17

It's very annoying when the narrator doesn't take the time to learn correct name pronunciations

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Critical information to avoid Critical Care

Revisado: 03-17-17

An excellent work showing, once again, the fallibility of mainstream Dogma and the immeasurable damage it often causes. Eat fat and live well my friend and by all means read or listen to this book.

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Fantastic read - Sound quality terrible

Revisado: 08-13-16

Content was so good I had to finish it but the narration was almost unbarable

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Prehistoric Fairytale

Revisado: 05-21-16

Author's creation of prehistoric societies with no proof of ever having existed is very annoying.

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