Reviews for The Religion War

The average rating for The Religion War based on 2 reviews is 2.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2017-10-26 00:00:00 Peter Triplett This book is the sequel to one of my favorite book's of all time God's Debris by the creator of Dilbert and social commentator Scott Adams. The Religion War picks up a generation later as the delivery man from the first book becomes the new Avatar (a person who has the most knowledge in the world). I liked this book, however I was a bit disappointed in its lack of scale. While God's Debris opens up so many doors in your mind and builds an expansive universe of possibilities into the nature of reality itself, this book brings things back down to reality and focuses on humanity's debate about God and epistemological ideas in the scope of beliefs. It was written in 2004, and it shows. The tone of the book is best understood keeping in mind the sentiments of the War on Terror and the Patriot Act. It was an interesting short story though, and I enjoyed reading it.

Review # 2 was written on 2012-12-07 00:00:00 Carl Senderz First three-quarters is okay and interesting, albeit simplistic. The ending is bound to cause eye-rolling. Adams's writing is geared toward trying to prove a point to such an extent that he breezes lazily through much of his narrative, especially in a too-rapid climax that attempts to provide a few emotional moments, but barrels toward them so quickly that it doesn't give you a chance to get emotionally involved in what's going on. The whole conclusion is lazy logic and a preachy ending, concluding by quite literally calling religious people stupid for holding beliefs without evidence (which is a whole other discussion in itself) while promoting what appears to be the author's own baseless beliefs. God's Debris was interesting as a thought experiment. The Religion War was simply a failure. Had Adams paired with a more-skilled sci-fi/fantasy writer it might've been something; in the end, it was just disappointing.