Jesus, with masterful patience genuinely speaks into Biff’s life with authority. Biff is impulsive, careless, foolish, proud, and selfish but Jesus loves him anyway, but not with an “It’s all good” kind of false love. Is sin real? Moore never excuses or justifies the actions of Biff. ![]() This inglorious end is the reason why the disciples of Jesus wrote Biff out of the official story recounted in the gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John. In a fit of sorrow and rage, Biff tracks down Judas, kills him, then commits suicide. Biff is not at all for Jesus’ death, and tries to prevent it, with all manner of cunning and deception. Eventually Biff and Jesus make their way back to Judah just in time for Jesus to gather up a bunch of misfit disciples, bring in the kingdom of God, rekindle old romances with Mary Magdalene and die on the cross. I’m not sure if there was a single chapter that was free from this tireless crusade to educate the son of God on all things sexual. The benefit to Jesus with having such a promiscuous friend is that he was able to learn all about sex through Biffs detailed recounting’s but yet still remain blissfully pure as the son of God. Biff had no such prohibitions coming down from heaven however and so was free to indulge. On this trip there are Yeti’s, Monks, lots of wisdom learned, evil spirits vanquished, daring escapes, people rescued, discipline learned, miracles practiced with varying degrees of success, and lots and lots of sex, not for Jesus though, his father in heaven had told him “no sex” and he was going to obey. ![]() What is the book actually about? Biff takes Jesus on an epic trip of self discovery for about 20 years through Afghanistan, China, and India. The religion of grace is always easier to pick on. I wonder if Moore will ever decide to write a book about “Hank the childhood pal of Mohammed” - not likely, the life insurance policy would be to expensive. The book is definitely irreverent, which is why Moore feels compelled to make the above statements. I made it up…I am not trying to present history as it might really have been, I’m simply telling stories…This story is not and never was meant to challenge anyone’s faith however, if one’s faith can be shaken by stories in a humorous novel, one may have a bit more praying to do.” ![]() Christopher Moore in his afterword reminds his readers “The book you’ve just read is a story.
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