George Wallace offers another understanding that challenges you to think of God as not having human concerns at all, but having something beyond that. He challenges every tenet of modern day religious belief and, in the process, manages to offend almost every religion and every religious thought system

Oh! God? Is That You? I Have A Question 

By George B. Wallace

Outskirts Press (2005)

Reviewed by Rhiannon Kelly Fionn for Reader Views (1/6)

In “Oh! God? Is That You? I Have A Question.”, George B. Wallace encourages his readers to look beyond the “truths” organized religion, family, and society have fed us and, instead, reach for our own truths with the aid of questions and logic.  This book represents Mr. Wallace’s personal image of God.  He is endearingly wise enough, however, to include a disclaimer stating that he could very possibly have it all wrong.  Simultaneously he reminds us how important it is to seek our own answers versus blindly and naively accepting any homogenized, censored, revised details presented to us as the one path to God.

Conversational with an occasional sarcastic or silly jab, Mr. Wallace explains key points with vivid, charismatic description.  For instance, in reference to a soul being banished to Hell he writes, “Burned souls would give God indigestion.”  Or when discussing the life and times of Jesus he says, “Jesus’ life was not about magic, or mumbo jumbo; it was about love, but it is likely that later writers added a lot of decoration to the icing on the cake”.

As someone who enjoys the study of various religions and spiritual paths, I found myself dog-earing pages while making mental lists of people to steer toward this title.  I am impressed by Mr. Wallace’s purposeful and pointed examination of God taking his readers beyond the obvious so that we might better connect to and clarify the role of God, and his (or her) motivations, in our lives and world.

This book is for all thinking souls; a brilliant reminder to not only question authority but to also question the answers authority returns.  This book may not be for the deeply indoctrinated for, I fear, their minds may well explode.  If you prefer to wrap yourself in a cloak of groupthink and play follow and finance the leader—put this book down and go back to covering your eyes.  On the other hand, if you enjoy asking “Why?” you will savor “Oh! God? Is That You? I Have A Question.”