He accepts and as they say, the rest is history. What if he can really meet Jesus and affirm all his ideas about the importance of religion. It’s a ridiculous proposal, and Karl knows it, but what if its true. One day Karl gets an offer by a millionaire to travel back in time. They would always clash, never reach a middle ground and its no real surprise that their relationship fizzled out. He and his ex would endlessly debate the place of religion and God in this new, modern world. But most importantly of all, he has a Messiah Complex and an intense adornment for the ideas of Carl Jung. In general, he has chronic issues with women, as well as homosexual tendencies which he fights against internally. Through the flash backs we learn of Karl’s many neuroses and a failed relationship with an aggressive, very empirical atheist who rivals Spock in analytical approach, but their emotional responses differ. The story is told as a combination of flashbacks and a linear story of Karl’s adventure in the time of Jesus. Karl has a lot of issues, which are gradually revealed to us. The man travels back in time, from the 1970 to the day of Jesus, hoping to meet him. The book follows the life of Karl Glogauer. Had high hopes going in and it did not disappoint. I been hearing a lot about this book, mostly praises and mostly by one of my favorite theologians Robert M. I’m shocked that this fantastic piece of fiction isn’t on the Vatican list of forbidden books. Behold the man is a science fiction /alternative history novel by Michael Moorcock.
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In a tell, in the plot of a sentimental tell, the way to say “all are useful, no one is essential” gets consumed and evanishes. Only then George, between choosing this second option and the risk to pay the failure consequences, implores to have his life back, because only in that instant he understands that anyone has a role on the earth, irreplaceable and unrepeatable. So then his guardian angel Clarence is sent to him for being his mentor showing the world without that his presence could have influenced it. After having realized to have amassed a quantity of disgraces, the risk to see a life job failing induces him to desire to disappear, not ever being born. George Bailey is not narrow-minded and greedy, he is only an exhausted man, at 38 tired for having got measured since the birth against the events of a miserable and unworthy life. 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