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Yes, Im talking about 'the shack'

Its now been made into a movie...
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I never did read the book, besides the drama, I can't imagine being able to get into the story past his girl dying. Belongs in a fantasy genre, story-wise and what it sets up theologically.
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Many years ago, a friend got me the book as a birthday gift.

I intitally liked it. A 'letter' from God in my letterbox?!?! Um, yes please! :consent:

For anyone wanting a very personal - face to face - relationship with God then its gonna be tempting to see the book as a winner.

Better off watching 'highway to heaven' reruns....
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Nessa wrote:Many years ago, a friend got me the book as a birthday gift.

I intitally liked it. A 'letter' from God in my letterbox?!?! Um, yes please! :consent:

For anyone wanting a very personal - face to face - relationship with God then its gonna be tempting to see the book as a winner.

Better off watching 'highway to heaven' reruns....
And my main concern, besides getting Trinitarian theology wrong, is rather it superficialises God's interactions and can open a pandora's box. I'm of course, assuming I know what happens, based upon what I can see the movie and I'm sure "God" in the three human people ends up helping the father in some way.

The pandora's box, is when a person reflects after feeling the story's warm and fuzzies, and wonders why God doesn't help in their own life. Then they realise God really doesn't work that way at all. Why not? Oh, perhaps he just doesn't care. Maybe doesn't exist. Wouldn't it be nice? Only in a story.
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From what I've gathered, it teaches a few theological truths but it's not a good book to know about God. At least they did get this about Jesus right, a Middle Eastern carpenter.
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And from what I can remember, I think it alludes to universalism
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I've seen Jesus as a black man, so what could be the harm with God being a big black woman?
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RickD wrote:I've seen Jesus as a black man, so what could be the harm with God being a big black woman?
God with a vajayjay? :shock:
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Nessa wrote:And from what I can remember, I think it alludes to universalism
I can see the idea of inclusion, wanting people to be Christians and following the golden rule, but the bible clearly teaches universalism is false.
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If you had read the book you would know there was a very real and specific reason why God showed Himself to the character that way at that time.

The Shack was instrumental to me ( and many others) finding Christ.
And no, they didn't get the Trinity wrong.
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PaulSacramento wrote:If you had read the book you would know there was a very real and specific reason why God showed Himself to the character that way at that time.

The Shack was instrumental to me ( and many others) finding Christ.
And no, they didn't get the Trinity wrong.
For starters, The Shack portrays each member of the Trinity in human form. God the Father is an African-American woman; the Son is a Middle-Eastern man; and the Holy Spirit is an Asian woman...
It's good to know the book got the Trinity right! ;)
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PaulSacramento wrote:If you had read the book you would know there was a very real and specific reason why God showed Himself to the character that way at that time.

The Shack was instrumental to me ( and many others) finding Christ.
And no, they didn't get the Trinity wrong.
Ok then, I guess I'll need to not simply read others' opinions, what I've seen and heard, and watch God as a big black woman.
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RickD wrote:
PaulSacramento wrote:If you had read the book you would know there was a very real and specific reason why God showed Himself to the character that way at that time.

The Shack was instrumental to me ( and many others) finding Christ.
And no, they didn't get the Trinity wrong.
For starters, The Shack portrays each member of the Trinity in human form. God the Father is an African-American woman; the Son is a Middle-Eastern man; and the Holy Spirit is an Asian woman...
It's good to know the book got the Trinity right! ;)
And what issues do you have with that?
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Kurieuo wrote:
PaulSacramento wrote:If you had read the book you would know there was a very real and specific reason why God showed Himself to the character that way at that time.

The Shack was instrumental to me ( and many others) finding Christ.
And no, they didn't get the Trinity wrong.
Ok then, I guess I'll need to not simply read others' opinions, what I've seen and heard, and watch God as a big black woman.
And after that ( in the book, not sure about the movie) God shows Himself as a Man.
The issues that Mack ( the lead character) had with his father would prevented him to enter in a relationship with God if God had shown Himself as a man.
That is why God showed Himself as an African-American Woman, to not-conform to the "preconceived" notions that Mack already had about God.
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