How we cite our quotes: (Book.Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #7
God works, as is very well known, in mysterious ways. There is just nothing you can name that He won't do, now and then. (3.4.1)
As Mark Twain said, "Truth is stranger than fiction." So, does that mean that some of the stranger stories in the Bible—a flood, people turning into salt—could actually be true? Or could be more true than made-up parts?
Quote #8
For Father, the Kingdom of the Lord is an uncomplicated place, where tall, handsome boys fight on the side that always wins. (3.7.21)
Note the word "boys." The boys are on the side that always wins. Does that mean that women always lose? Nathan Price sure thinks so.
Quote #9
"[The Bible is] God's word, brought to you by a crew of romantic idealists in a harsh desert culture eons ago, followed by a chain of translators two thousand years ago." (3.8.18)
This is important, and goes in line with Adah's discussion of mistranslated Bibles at the end of Book Six. In her view, the Bible isn't God's word straight to our ears but more like a game of telephone that's lasted for centuries.