Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal

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Mon Mar-06-06 04:37 PM
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Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal

Anybody read this? I just finished it last night. Funny as hell, but you know how it ends....

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Mon Mar-06-06 06:04 PM
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1. I guess nobody's read it.

sigh.

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Mon Mar-06-06 06:05 PM
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2. I haven't read it

but a friend of mine really liked it and recommended it to me.. I'll have to pick it up sometime.

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Mon Mar-06-06 06:09 PM
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5. It's very clever and a unique twist on the Jesus story.

I got my copy through the local library.

:hi:

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Mon Mar-06-06 06:05 PM
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3. I've read it

"what? you can't come back to the Israelites with just bacon, you need more!"
"But I like bacon, I can't imagine breakfast without it."

or some such words to that effect.

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Mon Mar-06-06 06:11 PM
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6. Yeah, that Biff is a real character.

remember when he had to shave the yak?
:rofl:

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Richard Steele

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Mon Mar-06-06 06:08 PM
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4. I have! Quite an excellent book, IMNSHO!

I have been trying to find more of his work,
but so far the only thing to turn up at the
used book store has been "Island of the Sequinned Love Nun",
which was ok, but didn't impress me like Lamb did.

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Mon Mar-06-06 06:14 PM
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8. Try Coyote Blue. I just finished that one right before Lamb.

it's kind of a Carlos Castaneda-ish type of book, with Native American influences. It's also quirky and funny. I liked it.

I only found out about it b/c the library didn't have Lamb at the time I went in, so I had to wait for my special order of it and checked out Coyote Blue, instead.

:thumbsup:

:hi: to a fellow reader!

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Mon Mar-06-06 06:43 PM
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14. Oh god! I read ISLN and LOVED it.

Have to find the new one.

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Mon Mar-06-06 07:24 PM
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19. I'll have to check that one out.

:hi:

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Mon Mar-06-06 06:14 PM
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7. This is the first I saw this thread

This book caused a big fight between my husband and me. He borrowed it from me then loaned it to a co-worker and never got it back. Come to think about it, he's still never replaced it either.

Loved it. Giggled a lot.

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Mon Mar-06-06 06:19 PM
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9. Yeah, it was pretty irreverant, which I personally loved.

Remember when Josh was excelling so much at meditation that he actually disappeared and the only way Biff was able to tell his location was from the smell of his gefilte farts?

:rofl:

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Mon Mar-06-06 06:21 PM
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10. I love that book, my kids all got a copy for Christmas!

Edited on Mon Mar-06-06 06:21 PM by hedgehog

I haven't read Ann Rice's latest, but I bet Lamb is a lot more reverent and a lot closer to the Truth!

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Mon Mar-06-06 06:28 PM
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11. Lamb is IRreverent, imo....but in a good way.

that's probably what you meant, right? ;)

it's not much based on reality, but it was a funny and creative spin on the tale, that's for sure.

Hey, you're comin' up on 1000 posts...early congrats to you! :toast:

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Mon Mar-06-06 07:43 PM
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24. Reverent def. rapturous love, awe - I'd say Lamb is a lot more

reverent than 99% of the sanctimonious crap out there that passes as religious fiction. Moore's Jesus is funny, sweet, honest, just a good guy that you'd want to be around. As for being based on reality, it suggests that Israel c 33 C.E. was a place where a lot of philosophies were coming together and being compared. As far as I know, that's pretty close to the truth. Call him Messiah or not, Jesus didn't fall far from the tree compared to what some of the other rabbis were teaching at the time ( I hope I'm not insulting anyone by saying that.)

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Mon Mar-06-06 07:46 PM
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25. Yeah, good call.

I loved the bit where they traveled to China and did the Buddhist thang, too.

:thumbsup:

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Mon Mar-06-06 06:38 PM
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12. I'm so spoiled.

I just finished an advance copy of A Dirty Job. I think it's due out next month. In this one his main character, Charlie Asher is Death's Assistant. If you have read Moore before, you won't be disappointed. If you haven't, pick up a freakin' copy of just about anything he's written.

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Mon Mar-06-06 06:41 PM
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13. Cool! I hadn't heard of that one yet. Thanks for the tip, peacefreak.

I read Coyote Blue before Lamb, which was also very funny and unique.

:hi:

I'm gonna keep my eyes out for A Dirty Job. :thumbsup:

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Mon Mar-06-06 06:56 PM
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15. I read it, and LOVED it!

It was some time ago, though.....but I'd recommend it to anyone who has an open mind and a great sense of humor.......

I found it in a catalog called Bas Bleu.....a book catalog for bluestockings!

Fabulous book, and as you say, close to the truth, IMHO...

:loveya: :hug:

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Mon Mar-06-06 07:22 PM
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17. Hi Peggy, my fellow reader!

:hi:

Hope you're having a good day today. :loveya: :hug:

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Mon Mar-06-06 07:28 PM
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20. My dear Shine.....

You know what? I AM having a good day!

Though I had to get up VERY early and show up in downtown LA for jury duty......

And THEN I got put onto a panel for a civil case that starts Wed. for the jury selection...

And the case might last a month! Omigod......

But at least I got home early today, and took a NAP...

And now I need to go to the store, but at least it looks as though the rain has stopped.....

Oh well.....excuse my going on at length!

But I do feel happy today! And I hope you do, as well....

:loveya: :hug:

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Mon Mar-06-06 07:36 PM
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22. Good luck with the jury thang.

thanks for doing your civic duty. :patriot: You're great.

wow, a nap. I'm jealous. ;)

the rain has stopped up here, but it still looks threatening.

I've still gotta figure out what to feed these damn kids for dinner.... :eyes:

:hug: :loveya:

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Mon Mar-06-06 06:57 PM
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16. I read it a few years ago. Hilarious.

I laughed all the way through it.

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Mon Mar-06-06 07:23 PM
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18. Yeah, I thought it was pretty hysterical, too.

LOL funny.
:rofl:

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Mon Mar-06-06 07:36 PM
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21. I read it over the summer

"I'm just fuckin' with ya."

:)

I loved it when our two heroes attempted to walk around the great wall instead of waiting in line. I think they came back to the line after a month.

Good stuff! I have a copy of Practical Demonkeeping. Gonna get into that one as soon as I find time.

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Mon Mar-06-06 08:12 PM
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26. LOL!! Did you know your sig line is the very same quote used for part 1?

funny coincidence, don't you think?

I loved that "I'm just fuckin' with ya" line! :rofl:

Remember when Biff had to shave the yak? heheheh.

:hi:

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Mon Mar-06-06 08:20 PM
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28. Not a coincidence!

That's where I lifted it from! (I plum forgot!)

LOL the yak part was hilarious.

:hi:

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Mon Mar-06-06 09:18 PM
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29. Well then, what perfect synchronicity that you happened to respond

to this thread and I happened to notice your sig line. :)

I love it when stuff like that happens!

:hi:

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Mon Mar-06-06 07:38 PM
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23. I read that book a couple years ago...

and laughed my ass off.

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Mon Mar-06-06 08:12 PM
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27. Yeah, it's pretty damn hilarious.

:hi:

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Richard Steele

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Mon Mar-06-06 09:45 PM
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30. I just realized- this thread ROSE FROM THE DEAD!

Spooky, no?

OK, not so much, maybe...I still say we should sell it on eBay!

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Mon Mar-06-06 10:01 PM
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33. LOL! Good one.

:applause:

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Mon Mar-06-06 09:54 PM
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31. That book is SO fucking funny. Have you also read his "Island of

the Sequined Love Nun?" That's a hoot, too.

Though I didn't like the one about the whale quite as much.

Redstone

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Mon Mar-06-06 10:04 PM
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34. No, but others on this thread have mentioned it, too. I'll check it out.

I read Coyote Blue, though. That one was kind of Carlos Castaneda-ish. Also very funny and quirky.

I guess he's got a new one coming out next month. See upthread for more details somebody posted. Sounds like another winner.

:hi: to a fellow reader!

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Mon Mar-06-06 11:02 PM
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37. I read, on average, four books a week. Usually all at the same time.

On top of, I think, eight or nine trade magazines, and three fun magazines.

You?

Redstone

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Mon Mar-06-06 11:28 PM
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39. LOL! I'm the exact same way. I read voraciously.

It's one of my most favorite activities, seriously.

I'm always telling my kids: "Reading opens your world."

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Mon Mar-06-06 10:00 PM
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32. One of my favorite books.

VERY well done. Glad to see a thread about it.

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Mon Mar-06-06 10:06 PM
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35. It's defintely one of the better books I've read in a while, too.

:hi:

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Mon Mar-06-06 10:07 PM
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36. I'm reading it now, in bits and pieces.

Damned funny, LOL moments.... and it takes a LOT for me to :rofl:.

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Tue Mar-07-06 01:03 AM
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40. "I'm just fuckin' with ya"

I loved that line! :rofl:

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Mon Mar-06-06 11:11 PM
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38. The head of the religious studies department suggested I read it.

But I haven't yet.

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Tue Mar-07-06 01:04 AM
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41. It's quite funny. Check it out.

:thumbsup:

:hi:

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