GOD'S DAY IN COURT
THE BOOK
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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!”
Review of God’s Day in Court
By best selling New York Times Author
Ellen Tanner Marsh
“In Beau’s God’s Day in Court, Vic is weighed down by the realization
that so much of his life is based on fear. He fears loss, isolation and death
and asks why God would create a civilization mired in war and dissent, grief and
adversity. If God handed man these hardships, then perhaps He needs to be held
accountable? So, Vic files a lawsuit against God.
The courtroom scenes in God’s Day in Court rival anything existing in
modern literature. Vic reminds the public that men kill, deceive, and 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.”