Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1933604 in Books
• Published on: 2009-06-19
• Released on: 2009-06-19
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 574 pages

Customer Reviews

I would give 6 stars if it was possible! :-)
I feel grateful to God for showing me this book. I cried several times reading this book.
God has opened my heart (and my husband's, and hopefully my children's later) through this book.

I have always believed in God because this universe is too well ordered. I couldn't agree more that "The probability of life (and the whole universe) originating from accident is comparable to the probability of the Unabridged Dictionary resulting from an explosion in a printing company." There must be a Super Strong Force beyond the universe itself that created this super well ordered universe that we know.

But still, I can't deny that I was not satisfied with the religion that I followed. I had too many questions in my mind. Why does God give us so many rules and make our lives so difficult ? Why the people of religions are so selfish? Why people of religions are always fighting?

Thank God, now I know the answers. It's not God who creates all the mess ! It's human who tends to exaggerate everything. How could I've been so stupid all this time. I've been fooled... We've been fooled..!

So if you've got questions like mine, if you want to know what the True Religion is, you've got to read this book. It's definitely for open-minded-logical people who really want to know the truth. If you're a person like this, I highly recommend you to read this book.

But if you're not, then don't bother to even open this book, because you probably won't have enough strength to handle the truth.
Believe, me ....!

May The Force (God) be with you...

Compelling and Convincing
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Moormann's book is an interesting and pleasant work to read. It is a disclosure of the personal questions Moormann asked herself over the years about life and meaning, and these are questions shared by most humans on earth. Being a product of a pluralistic society and child of an ambassador, from childhood on the different ideas and beliefs mankind has were exposed to her which all claimed to be truths. From this, a list of questions emerged which she slowly found answers for. Questions as `what is religion?', `is religion necessary?', `does God exist?', `there are so many religions, which is the right one?', and many more of these common questions. Self-study and reflection created a set of answers, which she started to explain in her book, the first of a three volume series. As her questions are shared by many people, she wanted to help other people by sharing her own journey.

As myself having had an academic education in Science and Theology and long self-study on Philosophy, Islam and Qur'anic interpretation, I was surprised by the professional level of many of Moormann's explanations, although her being an amateur on these subjects. Her story of her youth showed the universality of mankind's journey of being confronted by the diversity of thought. Although coming from a Muslim background, she started to research other religions and wanted to know if there was a common ground between them, and if there really was a conflict between modern thought and religions. Her answers on there being proof of a Creator are well explained, and shows her ability to present sophisticated ideas to a normal audience.

After reflecting there being only one Creator force, she skips non-monotheistic religions in her assessment as these are disproven by scientific philosophical thought. So she then focuses on a comparative studies of Judaism, Christianity and Islam. As the first two share mostly the same book, the comparison is made between the Bible and the Qur'an. She examines the history and development of the three religions, the influences of pagan beliefs on them, and then goes into a step by step subject comparison of the Bible and Qur'an. These are done very professionally and thorough.

Although she makes a few amateuristic mistakes and discusses some new-age ideas that are too simplistic, these can be overlooked as her book is a valuable work for the every day person. Many people do not take being alive very serious, and just accept what their upbringing has given them. Moormann's journey shows the importance of honestly reflecting all ideas and discoveries created by mankind, and thus entices people to start their own journey, but also gives them an idea of what direction to go to.

Her work is compelling and convincing for a person just telling her own journey and I was happy to walk along.

A must-read book
This book is about a spiritual/mental journey of the author. It's a very personal book, quite thick but it is still easy to read, with many pictures and not at all preachify. In her journey, the author is searching for answers to the questions that many of us have. She then shares the information that she has gathered during her the journey, and I am glad that she did. This is definitely a must-read book. When my son told me about this book, I didn't expect to find such important message in it. You need to let go all prejudices and pre-conceptual ideas when reading this book. Many of the topics discussed will hit your nerves (as it did mine), it doesn't matter whether you are a Jew, Christian, Muslim, Hindu, Buddhist, Pagan, Agnostic or even Atheist. This book will challenge you to think about a number of deeper issues in life.

I am a 72 years old Muslim doctor. Especially for Muslim readers, I advice you to open your heart and mind when reading chapter 17. This chapter is probably the single most important message for Muslims - but don't jump and skip the other chapters. My wife could not believe the information written in that chapter, but she knew straight away that it is the truth that has been concealed from us. Read it. If you don't finish it, it's your loss. It is indeed very difficult to digest, but when you do, you will see how liberating it is. I actually brought a copy of this book everywhere I go, even to the hospital where I work. Everybody should read this book. Although some of the scientific data is not very well expounded, I still had to give a 5-star rating for this "EarthTrek: What Is All The Fuss About Religion?". Being a doctor in medicine, I know for a fact, that science is and will always evolve. Old theories being replaced by new ones continuously, so for a book written by a non-scientist, it is on the same level of other books written by highly educated religious scholars.