Very interesting defense of the Bible and its impact on Western culture from an Eastern source. From the impact of the Reformation on the rise of languages and education to its impact on human invention and morality, the roots of the Bible are deep and lasting despite modern attempts to deny them. He wrote the book as a response to a fellow Indian critic of the Bible, and he mounts a vigorous and broad defense. Its breadth sometimes sacrifices its depth, but it gave me much to chew on and to research further. I would invite all, regardless of religious persuasion, to read it for an interesting perspective on a lasting question...to what extent does the Bible impact the world and more importantly, why?

from George Orwell, Notes on the Way, 1940 "For two hundred years we had sawed and sawed at the branch we were sitting on. And in the end, much more suddenly than anyone had foreseen, our efforts were rewarded, and down we came. But unfortunately there had been a little mistake: The thing at the bottom was not a bed of roses after all; it was a cesspool full of barbed wire...It appears that amputation of the soul isn't just a surgical job, like having your appendix out. The wound has a tendency to go septic."