Losing Moses on the Freeway: The 10 Commandments in America

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Losing Moses on the Freeway: The 10 Commandments in America

by Chris Hedges

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Rating: 4 out of 5 - Cheers for "Losing Moses"
Provocative book and well written. Though author is very hard on himself, almost a modern version of John the Baptist. In several cases author makes rather simplistic and absolutist statements.."all war is evil". Does this include the Amercian Revolution and the Allied response to World War II? I don't blame him to critiique the many false prophets, a la Tony Robbins et al. Unfortunately, traditional faiths have failed to fill the spiritual voids that appear to be the risk of the contemporary ... Read More

Rating: 2 out of 5 - Uneven thinking
Hedges tackles a subject much tougher than it appears to be. He wants to use everyday, real-life situations to illustrate the Ten Commandments. Sometimes he does. At other times, the writing feels very political. The opening chapter is tough, but makes the point that life isn't always pretty, especially the kind of pretty that church people have come to expect.

Some of the chapters seem only tangentially related to the commandment cited. Some of them felt like I dropped into an ... Read More

Rating: 5 out of 5 - Losing Me on the Ten Commandments
This book gets five stars, it is well-written, humanist, and produces much thought on issues of the day. And Hedges genuinely cares about the human race and is looking for alternatives and answers to some of the most crucial questions that affect people who suffer.

That being said, I utterly disagree with Hedges' philosophical stance concerning the Commandments. People with strong beliefs, be they religious or not, use their beliefs to act, be they good or evil. Some people follow a religion, ... Read More

Rating: 5 out of 5 - Inspirational
Chris Hedges breathes new life into the Ten Commandments. Devoting a chapter to each commandment, he relates them to modern life in a highly provocative manner outside the context of religion. Each chapter is a short story in itself, usually with him as the protagonist, imbuing them with a memoir-like quality except for an overabundance of musing, which is where his real power lies. He speaks with great passion from a keen intellect hewn from experience and religious scholarship.

The Family: ... Read More

Rating: 5 out of 5 - My faith in a loving God is restored
Chris, your books have given me words to express my frustration with the way some people understand God. I am renewed by knowing that the God I love is not the God so often portrayed by those who want to control us through a misguided interpretation of His word in the bible. It also gives me new strength to love and tolerate those who are misguided, and to understand and forgive myself when I have not been loving and compassionate. Thank you for this wonderful book.

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