MANY TODAY ARE ASKING QUESTIONS SUCH AS:
Who are we?
What is our origin?
Were we created by the Eternal and Powerful God of the Bible -
or did we evolve?
Can a perfect Creator create an imperfect universe?
Are we created in God’s image and likeness?
Wouldn’t that mean God is in our image and likeness?
Can a God of Love curse innocent children to sickness, pain and death?
Do traditional religions provide answers that make sense?
If not, what are we offered that does make sense?
Are we born only to suffer through life and then die?
Is that all there is - or is there more?
There appears to be only two alternatives:
Either we exist because of an accident of nature - or we exist because of a thought.
Which we pick depends on what we believe. What we believe depends on what makes most sense and hope is true. Yet since neither alternative is proven, we are left with choosing between lore and conjecture.
The book, “God’s Day In Court” is not for those content with their beliefs,
but rather for those who are asking questions.
If you have unanswered questions, I invite you
to to get your FREE COPY of “God’s Day In Court”.
Here is the link so you can get a PDF copy of the whole book!
GOD’S DAY IN COURT (Free Ebook)
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THE REVIEWS
A REVIEW OF “GOD’S DAY IN COURT”
BY JENNIFER HOSKINS
REVIEWER FOR NEW DAWN MAGAZINE
This book is all at once a surprising, disturbing and artfully enlightening look aimed squarely at prevailing religious principles.
Beau has captured all that is contradictory in belief systems and opened it up for our consideration. I cannot tell who or what the author Beau is whether professionally or spiritually. He gives us no author information. After you read this book, you will agree that it is simply not important. The book speaks for itself.
The content of the book is in two distinct parts.
Part one is the actual court case. Vic is weighed down by fear and despondency at the state of the world and asks the questions that occur to any thinking person. Why do so many bad things happen if God created a perfect world? Why do God’s children suffer from famine, flood, fire, war, genocide?
Vic decides to file a law suit against God and this takes up a third of the book. Vic and his lawyer Bill call proxy witnesses for God. These are the heads of the major religions. The Pope is a highlight. The arguments are drawn from scriptural sources and lay bare the contradictions so often presented in organised religion.
The testimony for the defense is brought by a woman of Maori origin called Mary. She is characterised as some kind of trance medium and she speaks as if she is God. Her testimony will rivet your eyes to the book. I will not spoil your reading by giving the verdict.
No matter what your beliefs or lack of beliefs, you will be tantalised by the arguments presented and dazzled by Mary’s testimony. While much of the scriptural basis is Christian, it soon becomes clear that each and every person, no matter what faith will learn by what she has to say. The style here is narrative and fascinating to read, despite having deep metaphysical concepts regarding religion embedded in it.
Part two takes up the story a year later when the consequences of the court case have reverberated around the world.
A request is put to Mary by the media for her to speak in a live televised address. She welcomes this. The address makes up the bulk of the book and depending on your beliefs can be releasing, disturbing, or deeply thought-provoking. Mary again speaks as God. It is a declaration of the deepest spiritual truths.
Each small chapter is prefaced by, “We shall now speak of….” Each philosophical, spiritual and religious concept is addressed in a direct way using Biblical quotes and either reinforcing or showing how organized religion has distorted them. The speaker uses contemporary and historical references as illustrations of the use of the concepts.
I am not a theologian but as I read each chapter, the content rang true in both my mind and heart. It has the ring of authority and is logically unfolded.
Subjects such as Truth, Creation, The Big Bang, Cause & Effect, Karma, The Ego, Time, The Will of God, Faith, Prayer, Relationships, Love, and Needs are all addressed. I cannot think of an area that is not covered. Over fifty areas are discussed. Each is essentially a short, powerful sermon. The style is in declaratory format as opposed to conversational format, with accompanying scriptures and illustrations.
I found the content on many of these subjects ran counter to my traditional Anglo-Saxon upbringing… and yet it seems so straightforward. Organised, hierarchical religion takes a battering as do all kinds of guilt, fear, and feelings of separation. The underlying message is always that of Love, Healing and Unity – towards self first, then all life.
Some chapters contain suggestions on how to practice such things as prayer and healing. These are well worth a try and I am personally giving it a go.
This very unusual book will be a life-changing experience for some people. I would recommend it for those who want to be rid of fear, depression, guilt and isolation. For those with an intellectual or argumentative bent, well, you can pick it to bits if you like.
For me, I have just accepted it on face value and am seeing how it works for me.
To paraphrase the late Jimmy Durante, “Thank you Beau, whoever you are!”
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A REVIEW OF “GOD’S DAY IN COURT”
BY ELLEN TANNER MARSH
BEST SELLING AUTHOR, NEW YORK TIMES
A crisis of the spirit has led more than one fictional character on a journey to discover the meaning of life. In Beau’s God’s Day in Court, his protagonist, Vic, faces questions that move beyond existentialist doubt. “If I am a man - and if being so means that I live in a constant state of fear - then what is the source of my humanness?” Vic muses. “And if we are descendents of Adam and Eve, then doesn’t our very existence emanate from God’s will?”
These are practical and intriguing questions, to be sure, but the plot, as they say, thickens considerably. For starters, Vic is weighed down by the realization that so much of his life is based on fear. He fears loss and isolation; he fears death. He asks why a benevolent God would create a civilization mired in war and dissent, grief and adversity. Furthermore, if God has handed man these hardships, then perhaps He needs to be held accountable?
So, Vic decides to set the record straight, and files a lawsuit against God. The courtroom scenes in God’s Day in Court rival anything existing in modern literature. The accusations slung at Vic and his lawsuit - that such an act in itself is blasphemous and diabolic in nature - only urges him forward. Vic reminds the public that men kill, deceive, even sacrifice their lives in His name; that civilizations have ceased to exist and that commandments are dishonoured; that children around the world starve, suffer and often live with horrific disfigurement. Who, he wants to know, should bear the burden of blame?
The trial becomes universally watched, and Beau pulls it off brilliantly. Not only is the Pope made to testify, but a woman from Seattle named Mary - who somehow seems to be the incarnation of God - presents a treatise that is spellbinding. The dramatic result is a polarization of beliefs never before seen in the world. Those fundamentalists who used the fear of God to control their flocks suddenly find their churches empty and forced to close; those who believe in a loving God find their numbers swelling.
Depending on your own religious beliefs you will either revile the premise of this book or find yourself cheering. At the very least, you will ask yourself why no one has thought to hold God accountable in this manner before. Perhaps because it took a unique writer like Beau to give us this creative and unusual approach to questions about life, religion, and our responsibility toward one another in a world beset by fear.
