Meeting the Living God

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Summary: Good.
Review: A good and definetly entertaining read. However, as a priest of the Catholic Faith, O'Malley fails to recognize his own bias but does bring up numerous interesting points.

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Summary: may I recommend this book
Review: I had the pleasure to meet the author and his students, they're fine people______a beautiful refection of the book itself, I recommend this book.

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Summary: The Man and his Book
Review: Inseperable from the book Fr. O'Malley is a teacher to those who seek the most basic questions of ethics. As Kant realizes that morality comes from a sense of duty--so Fr. O'Malley teaches his students and readers what it means to be human. This book connects, compares, and touches upon the essential subjects of morality and God. A great read for anyone who questions. As a friend and former student I can say that here is a man analogous to his words. Meet him and his thoughts, in "Meeting the Living God."

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Summary: Miserable Failure
Review: O'Malley poses three questions which are to be his arguemnt: Does God Exist?, If so, what is God like?, and how can we be sure? O'Malley falls very short in addressing these questions adequately. Intended as a text for high school seniors, O'Malley spends much time lambasting seniors for going through the typical growing pains, such as senioritis. He contradicts himself in so far as he begins by arguing that opinion is subjective unless backed up by objective evidence, and frequently thereafter, offers much of his own opinion without offering objective evidence, e.g when talking about thinking for one's self he uses the My Lai incident in Vietnam and seems to categorize all soldiers involved as ignorant beasts that never thought of thinking for themselves. Anybody who has studied war and its effects on the human psyche, knows that O'Malley is way off and should be offended. O'Malley may do better to discus the effects of human condition and war, rather than tearing down the individuals that he knows nothing about. He is also sarcastic and incorporates foul language into his examples. The structure of the book is disorganized and senseless most of the time. He rambles on in a stream of consciousness. This is definately not text book quality and should not be used in a high school classroom. Maybe it works for O'Malley because this book is largely subjective in its arguments, and I am sure that he can teach his own mind well.