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Thursday, November 15, 2007, 9:47 PM
Reality

I just finished an interesting book about religion. The book is called Godless.
Written by Pete Hautman.
Here's the cover.

This book is about sixteen-year-old Jason Bock. He's that dude across the street. The guy next door. The guy that hangs with an snail-obsessed geek.
He's bored of his Catholic religion. He's tired of believing something totally "bogus".
He's basically a nonbeliever. The faithless.
He thinks, "If I basically become nonreligious, then I'd still be bored. Why not make your own customized religion? All you need is some rules, a Bible, a disciple or two...and a god." Guess what god he chose. A water tower. Yeah, you heard me. A water tower.
Jason finds the perfect "disciples" for this new religion. Shin, that snail geek I was talking about before. He's a bit...obsessive. Shin is the loyal First Keeper of The Sacred Text. He basically writes the Bible. There's also the scariest kid in school, Henry. He has many different personalities. Like the one that's Jason's twin, the bookworm personality, the bully personality, and the wild and adventurous personality. He's the High Priest.
And here comes Magda. She's the High Priestess and the "pretty" one. And the most ordinary(I think it should be boring) character in the group, Dan. He's the goody-two-shoes and the guy that doesn't mean much in the story. He's really...boring. He's so ordinary, that he's almost perfect. That's what makes this guy boring. An imperfect world has a lot going on in it. That's what makes it perfect(I don't make any sense, do I?) ! Jason never really gave him a fancy and religious title for this boring dude. He basically tags along.
These kids start worshiping this water tower and named it the "Ten-Legged One". They soon have the first annual ceremony, and things don't turn out well. Shin is to chicken to go up and just ditches them and goes home. Henry overdoes this party thing and swims inside the Godhead(the inside of the water tower). Everyone else joins in. They then have a hard time getting out, so the group forms a human chain and tries to find their way out. When they get out, Henry falls off the water tower! But he lands safely on the catwalk up to the top. Ok, maybe not safely but he landed there. Henry broke two ribs and his leg on that long fall. Ouch.
Magda, Jason and Dan thought he was gonna die, so Magda got worried. She started crying hysterically and screaming Henry's name. That attracted a lot of attention and they got caught. Everyone got in trouble after that. Jason realized it was easier making up a religion then controlling it.
He started pondering about gods. The story has big questions in it. Is there a God?
Which one is the real one? Very interesting concept. It makes me question about my religion. I should think about that.

Good read. I recommend it!

♥, Yuki