This is one of the funniest books I’ve read in a long time. You have to read it tongue and cheek of course, which I think is part of the reason A.J. Jacobs embarked on his year long adventure to attempt to obey as many of the commands in the Bible as possible. And yet you can’t help but to sense that he really is searching for something meaningful in life. There’s a profound sentiment where he writes, “I’m constantly worried about my son’s ethical education. I don’t want him to swim in this muddy soup of moral relativism. I don’t trust it. I have such a worldview, and though I have yet to commit a major felony, it seems dangerous.” There are nuggets of insight interspersed with what really is a very humorous and reverently satirical look at the Bible in its most literal interpretation through the eyes of an agnostic who has become more spiritual through this project.(4 of 5 stars)
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