Yes, it’s a hard hat — flotsam picked up after a storm on one of the wilder shores of the Pacific Northwest.
We were fooling around after doing the author’s photo for the inside flap of the agnostic manifesto, and it occurred to me that this shot — the opposite of a regular author photo — expresses the spirit of the book quite perfectly!
I’ll start posting again here very soon. Words, I mean. For now, it’s as though after writing 40,000 of them, they seem to have gone on vacation. Since it’s way hot by Seattle standards, that might be wise of them.
Yesssss….that’s how we see you….
Always the muscled words, and now the look to match them!
Perfect picture for the anticipated perfect book!
Posts have been missed…do catch up, despite the weather.
Nuzhat.
Now if I could only laugh and keep my eyes open at the same time… But the publishers need something more conventional (and open-eyed), so this one’s just for the fun of it.
When you do your PR for this book, you should have a poster of this shot on an easel behind you! Love it!
Enjoyed you from afar, thanks for keeping honest especially the”doubt” part as you attributed to Prophet Mohummad’s (peace be upon him) “gut” reaction to receiving his very first revelation.
I am a Trauma/ER doc and in awe of the Creator, His wisdom and all that I don’t know. Objectively viewing religion, I find no contradiction in the Creator or His own natural laws (science).
So you’ve got plenty of “words” left in you….I think you’re just getting started! On the subject of Jesus (on whom be peace) a paradigm shift is awaiting the inevitable realization that this great “human” prophet of God survived his trauma and went on to live a noble life, dying a noble death thus fulfilling his objective. I realize the magnitude of the implication: no death via cross, thus no atonement, no resurrection (if survived), thus no ascension and ultimately no physical return. All religions must reconcile with this reality which may lead to the first step in global unity, at least of intellect. This does not in any way reduce Jesus, rather exalts his connection to the Almighty.
Would love to hear your thoughts. It’ll give my wife and I chance to visit your beautiful Pacific Northwest or would love to host you in the Windy City! Peace.
Dear Lesley Hazleton,
Wow, the comment by Dr. Kaleem Malik is awesome.
amin tan
To Amin, Lesley and others: let’s brave a conversation on this immense subject. I realize its impact on us all, whether Jew, Muslim, Christian or any other brother or sister alike. Imagine the most divisive topic (the many different understandings of Jesus), the core truth of this subject actually holds the first ever key to theologic unity, not diversity.
Just as our colleagues in science seek linearity and mathematical uniformity which ultimately testifies to the unity of our Creator, we stand here today with the equation that unifies much of mankind. There is peace in knowing that such a loving Creator loved all of His prophets whether Jesus, Abraham, Moses, Mohummad, Budha (peace be upon them all). This is not a theory of convenience, rather the only logical reality. Only man has deified that which was created when all along only the Creator is the only true Deity. As for our beloved Jesus, there is overwhelming support from the medical, trauma, as well as historical perspective that, yes indeed he suffered but his Creator had other plans and enabled him to live a long and fruitful life on this earth.
Lesley, you are far more eloquent and articulate than I. Please seize the moment and consider what a grand opportunity to ignite a paradigm shift equivalent to that the world is not flat. An opportunity to assemble mankind together, at least intellectually on this one subject. If one is truly in love with his Creator, how can one entertain even for a moment the illusion of loving the creation (Jesus) more than the Creator.
To Amin, Lesley and others: let’s brave a conversation on this immense subject.
I am respectfully,
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