Who Are
We? Who is there? What is the Plan? Why Are We Here and How Did We
Get Here? Are there any better questions that many of us would like answered
then these? In his new book “PEEKABOO GOD” (ISBN-10: 1419662597), author
Daniel Dwyer does a remarkable job exploring science and religion from the
‘Big-Bang Theory’ to Evolution. There might not be a more important book
written this year than “PEEKABOO GOD”.
Having
recovered from an extraordinary series of medical setbacks, Dwyer returns to
the faith of his seminary days of long ago to make sense of it all. Then,
when challenged by a dying atheist, he decides to write about his search for
both believer and non believer alike. In a recent interview the authors
says, “Unless you have been shot close to the heart or are in the jaws of a
shark, I cannot imagine thinking you are going to die when something like a
heart attack hits you... I survived a double pulmonary embolism, a heart
attack and a stroke within ten days of each other...You have to tell someone
about an experience like this: it is so definable, but I could not yet come
to terms with it because my faith was pretty weak.. Another reason not to
talk about it! And so, who was I to talk about a near death
experience?Instead I wrote about it, more to collect my thoughts which were
very random at first. I had continued writing for a year and a half, almost
anywhere where my thoughts would take me, on human nature and science,
especially biology and cosmology, and God’s relationship to us. One thing
led to another and before I knew it, I had the stuff of a book on my hands.
But the writing had no direction or outline, until one day I stumbled upon
an old seminarian philosophy book which had listed the branches of
philosophy. When I looked at it closely I realized that what I was piecing
together in my writing was the outline of my philosophy course in the
seminary. It is amazing how life comes around....”
In
“Peekaboo God”, Dwyer explores our inner nature, our soul, evolution, the
Big Bang, and the proof of God's existence. This is a compelling,
provocative and inspirational book, which will leave every reader with a
better and greater appreciation of God's Natural Law and the challenging
interpretations of science.
Divided into three parts addressing human identity, God’s presence, and the
plan for each of us, “Peekaboo God” ends where it begins -- with a
recognition of aloneness as a special human asset -- but takes it a step
further to acknowledge that only by experiencing this aloneness regularly
can individuals find the faith to believe that they are not alone. The
author explains, “God is a Peekaboo God in that he scares us with the
uncertainties of life, but if we come close to him at the center of
ourselves, a place and state I call “aloneness,” we will feel his presence.
It may not be an epiphany, but it is a sense of otherness that we are drawn
to explore, and the more we do that the more we come to this realization
that we are loved. Our whole purpose in life is to be loved and to return
the favor to each other. Peekaboo also means that in the end we must be
like little children if we are to discover God’s love and grace. “Unless
you are like one of these little ones, you shall not enter the kingdom of
heaven,” said Jesus. We are rational and social animals, but we are also
believing animals, and that means we shall always have the capacity to be
one of the little ones. Whether we are atheists or theists we are all
called to believe in someone or something to make sense of life, even if it
is to say that life does not make any sense. That too is a belief.”
“PEEKABOO GOD” is well researched and written in a sincere and passionate
teaching philosophy that is clear and enjoyable. The author says, “I
did a lot of research for this book and the main thing I learned is how
connected everything is. I recognize that this is an argument for evolution
in the sense that more complicated organisms came from simpler and simpler
organisms. That is biological entropy, the simple gives way to the
complicated and chaos is born of order, just as we see in physics…”
Want a clearer perspective of who you are and why you
are here? Need a positive interpration of why You are not ALONE? Buy a copy
of
“PEEKABOO GOD” by D. Dwyer today – Life and spirituality is more simple than
you think.
· Publisher:
BookSurge Publishing (April 13, 2007)
·
Language:
English
· ISBN-10:
1419662597
