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A BOOK FOR THE AGES
After 3000 years, We Finally May Have Found the Actual Voice of God
By: C. Gus Cristo
Published: January 20, 2008
Samson Soledad spent the last ten years obsessively writing down thoughts that were apparently not his own. When he found himself writing about a subject he knew nothing about, he would research it and edit his prior writings. After hundreds of well-worn, coffee-stained yellow pads, Samson had collected a body of work that he now believes was channeled through him by God. A technical writer by trade (equipment user manuals and the like), Samson had no prior writing experience that wasn’t of a technical nature. However, despite segments that display a lack of literary sophistication, the discussion does not shy away from any of the volatile topics that get people arguing or shooting at each other. Whether or not you believe Samson is a scribe for God or someone that needs to be placed on suicide watch, the positions taken by his supreme alter ego are sound, non-evasive and at the very least, thought-provoking.
IN THE BEGINNING, THERE WAS… ME!
By Samson Soledad.
208 pp. Desperado Press. $29.95.
“In The Beginning, There Was… ME!” is predicated on the idea that God decided to write his own autobiography, and use his supreme will to inspire one of the un-bathed to write it all down. God suggests “If you believe I was capable of ignoring or suspending the laws of physics to spontaneously part the Red Sea, should I not be able to get the hang of composing on a computer?” So God seems to be willing to discuss the topics that most men of the cloth will dance around. While he seems to be irritated by all organized religions, he tends to get most pleasure out of directing his commentary at the Roman Catholic Church. Why not! It is truly a target-rich environment.
I suspect Mr. Soledad is using it as a convention to show respect as opposed to show his wit, his method of capitalizing Me and My throughout the entire book gets tedious, but after a while you tend to ignore the convention.
God surprises us by not taking predictable positions on some weighty subjects like abortion, evolution, the devil and gays. For example, you might think in today’s political atmosphere, God might take a negative view of homosexuality. No, he actually (perhaps I should use “He”) takes the position complimentary to gays and takes aim at those who rail against them. While poking fun at some of our foibles, his point remains clear: “In one sense, without the incidence of homosexuals in nature you would still have hair all over your bodies and be grunting like a gorilla. Those designer shoes would look pretty tacky with leg hair covering the hand-worked leather.” God goes so far to suggest that our time-honored Ten Commandments can be whittled down to three and still produce the desired effect. God tells us “Thou shalt not be Arrogant; … Corrupt; or … Greedy.” Upon reflection , I think he may be right.
Instead of looking at the taco sauce you just spilled on your best shirt to see Jesus’ face, God points to a “sneeze” as one of the miracles he came up with. God throws out a few provocative ideas to catch hour eye: “…a dictatorship would be the most desirable form of government.” But then actually goes on to make good sense out of the bizarre premise.
I especially enjoyed God’s treatise on Good and Evil. He makes the point “Even I, the Almighty Creator, must have the capacity for evil within Me so that a good might exist.” He goes on to expose the futility of Christianity by saying “It follows that the entire alleged mission of Christianity is fatally flawed. By successfully removing what is perceived as evil from the Earth through the global acceptance of Christianity in one of its current forms, you would also eliminate any good from your existence. Since the goal is intellectually impossible, the Christian premise is futile.”
God goes on to discuss many of the difficult subjects in such a way as to make you think critically about your own view. He explores the concept of time as a purely human fabrication, parallel universes, right to life advocates, music, tithing, Einstein’s unified theory, material wealth and the issue of prejudice. He does this all in the span of 208 pages and you still feel it covered the subjects adequately.
I suggest you ignore that new self-help book you were thinking about and pick up God’s own view of the universe he created. You’ll be pleasantly surprised that he does have a purpose for you to be here.
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