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A review by thoms230
Origin by Dan Brown
1.0
Sure to be shocking if your best understanding of evolution is limited to "uh, we came from monkeys, right?" and theology to "god is like some bearded guy in the sky who made everything." I can't say I was bored while reading it, though. More like numb. Someone also needs to tell Brown the actual "Symbology" field of study is "Semiotics"; he really is a character out of Umberto Eco's novels.
I'm always baffled when people say Brown does good research for his novels. Abiogenesis being a threat to Abrahamic religions is just a weird American literalist-fundamentalist thing; no other religious authorities take them seriously. Islam was compatible with contemporary evolutionary theory by the 9th century. Honestly, I wouldn't've put it past Brown to have stumbled upon William Blake after a "poems with the word 'science'" Google search.
Merged review:
Sure to be shocking if your best understanding of evolution is limited to "uh, we came from monkeys, right?" and theology to "god is like some bearded guy in the sky who made everything." I can't say I was bored while reading it, though. More like numb. Someone also needs to tell Brown the actual "Symbology" field of study is "Semiotics"; he really is a character out of Umberto Eco's novels.
I'm always baffled when people say Brown does good research for his novels. Abiogenesis being a threat to Abrahamic religions is just a weird American literalist-fundamentalist thing; no other religious authorities take them seriously. Islam was compatible with contemporary evolutionary theory by the 9th century. Honestly, I wouldn't've put it past Brown to have stumbled upon William Blake after a "poems with the word 'science'" Google search.
Merged review:
Sure to be shocking if your best understanding of evolution is limited to "uh, we came from monkeys, right?" and theology to "god is like some bearded guy in the sky who made everything." I can't say I was bored while reading it, though. More like numb. Someone also needs to tell Brown the actual "Symbology" field of study is "Semiotics"; he really is a character out of Umberto Eco's novels.
I'm always baffled when people say Brown does good research for his novels. Abiogenesis being a threat to Abrahamic religions is just a weird American literalist-fundamentalist thing; no other religious authorities take them seriously. Islam was compatible with contemporary evolutionary theory by the 9th century. Honestly, I wouldn't've put it past Brown to have stumbled upon William Blake after a "poems with the word 'science'" Google search.
I'm always baffled when people say Brown does good research for his novels. Abiogenesis being a threat to Abrahamic religions is just a weird American literalist-fundamentalist thing; no other religious authorities take them seriously. Islam was compatible with contemporary evolutionary theory by the 9th century. Honestly, I wouldn't've put it past Brown to have stumbled upon William Blake after a "poems with the word 'science'" Google search.
Merged review:
Sure to be shocking if your best understanding of evolution is limited to "uh, we came from monkeys, right?" and theology to "god is like some bearded guy in the sky who made everything." I can't say I was bored while reading it, though. More like numb. Someone also needs to tell Brown the actual "Symbology" field of study is "Semiotics"; he really is a character out of Umberto Eco's novels.
I'm always baffled when people say Brown does good research for his novels. Abiogenesis being a threat to Abrahamic religions is just a weird American literalist-fundamentalist thing; no other religious authorities take them seriously. Islam was compatible with contemporary evolutionary theory by the 9th century. Honestly, I wouldn't've put it past Brown to have stumbled upon William Blake after a "poems with the word 'science'" Google search.
Merged review:
Sure to be shocking if your best understanding of evolution is limited to "uh, we came from monkeys, right?" and theology to "god is like some bearded guy in the sky who made everything." I can't say I was bored while reading it, though. More like numb. Someone also needs to tell Brown the actual "Symbology" field of study is "Semiotics"; he really is a character out of Umberto Eco's novels.
I'm always baffled when people say Brown does good research for his novels. Abiogenesis being a threat to Abrahamic religions is just a weird American literalist-fundamentalist thing; no other religious authorities take them seriously. Islam was compatible with contemporary evolutionary theory by the 9th century. Honestly, I wouldn't've put it past Brown to have stumbled upon William Blake after a "poems with the word 'science'" Google search.