Near beginning of “B” the point is made that people don’t read & re-read the classic texts of their professions … but many religious people do read & re-read their sacred texts, over & over. Why do you think religious people do this? Categories: I Have a Question About the Books/the Characters|Tags: Christian, Religion, Story Of B| Read More
How does it really feel to have had that kind of influence on the world that your writings are apparently having (judging from the guestbook, etc.)? Categories: I Have a Question On a Specific Subject|Tags: Ishmael, Story Of B| Read More
We didn’t get this way over night and we sure won’t give it all up over night to begin living the laws of life that the rest of life follows. So in the meantime, don’t the programs at least help slow down the destruction and serve to get us more comfortable with the vision? Categories: I Have a Bone to Pick with You!|Tags: Ishmael, Priorities, Story Of B| Read More
What is the significance of the ammonite shell that B gives to Jared? I know it represents the community of life, but why the shell? Is the drawing on the cover of the novel the living ammonite? Categories: I Have a Question About the Books/the Characters|Tags: Story Of B| Read More
When it comes down to it, B seems to have a pro-segregation and pro-violence subtext. Gangs would classify as tribes inasmuch as they stick together and use violence when necessary to defend their territory and their way of life. Can Leaver people exist in harmony not just with the world but with each other in multicultural peace? Categories: Here's My Opinion; What's Yours?, I Have a Bone to Pick with You!|Tags: Evolution, Leavers & Takers, Story Of B| Read More
Riane Eisler speaks of the “dominator mentality”; B of the “Taker culture”; Fritjof Capra of “mechanism”; and Ernest Becker of our problematic “need to spiritualize human life.” All of them discuss fundamentally interrelated aspects of our cultural vision, and all are, of course, interdependent. How can we turn understanding into action? How can we not “save the earth” but rather “save the people”? Categories: I Need Some Clarification|Tags: Eisler, Riane, Story Of B| Read More
Is the anthropological data in The Story of B actual — the tribes and their laws, etc.? Categories: I Have a Question About the Books/the Characters|Tags: Anthropology, Story Of B| Read More
I’m puzzled by the “plot” of The Story of B—or at least the murder conspiracy bits. Was this intended to make the reading more dramatic and thereby increase the impact or is this approach by the church a genuine possibility or in fact an actual occurrence? Categories: I Have a Question About the Books/the Characters, I Need Some Clarification|Tags: Story Of B| Read More
The way of thinking I’ve learned in Ishmael and The Story of B doesn’t allow me to have a decent conversation with anyone anymore. I disagree with everything they say, because after reading these books everything seems like a big lie. You need to go out like B and teach people on a question answer basis. Categories: I Have a Question About Daniel Quinn|Tags: Ishmael, Story Of B| Read More
In your book Providence, you mention early versions of Ishmael. Are these available? Categories: I Have a Question About Daniel Quinn|Tags: Ishmael, Story Of B| Read More
