The Final Testament

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Novel Faces Unholy Uproar

New York Post
March 22, 2011

Controversial author James Frey is set to ignite another firestorm with his new book, "The Final Testament of the Holy Bible," in which the second coming of Christ takes place in The Bronx projects -- but the Messiah turns out to be a former alcoholic who impregnates a prostitute.

Frey -- who was famously ripped apart on TV by Oprah Winfrey and ostracized by the literary community over his partly fabricated memoir, "A Million Little Pieces" -- has sidestepped traditional publishers and teamed up with gallery owner Larry Gagosian, who will publish just 11,000 copies in the US while Frey will self-publish online.

His Messiah, Ben Jones, starts off as a lonely alcoholic bachelor living in a filthy apartment. He survives a horrific work accident, but strange things then happen that lead to him being recognized as the Messiah. Ben also smokes pot, has sex with a prostitute and makes out with men.

Ben tells followers that the Bible is "antiquated," saying, "The Bible was written 2,000 years ago. The world is a different place now. Stories that had meaning then are meaningless now . . . those books are dead."

Of religion, he says, "Faith is what you use to oppress, to justify, to judge in the name of God . . . a means to rationalize more evil in this world than anything in history. If there were a devil, faith would be his greatest invention." The novel will be released for maximum impact in the US on Good Friday.

[HappyChristian]

Ick!

[DennisD]

Seems many men throughout history have thought they could "kill" the Bible or that it's "dead" but they are the ones that end up dying and the Bible lives on.

[JerryNumbers]

Trash, trash is all it is, written by a man that knows not Jesus. There be plenty of them around.