The story begins were a young human female enters The Forbidden, a training agency for a wide variety of scientific human species. The species are created from humans and a few animals’ DNA. They look human, but they’re not completely . . . human. She enters deep into The Forbidden until she feels a warm hand in hers. She travels with the mysterious stranger through his home until she returns to safety. Three weeks after the encounter, she spots the stranger at her friend’s school play. One of her friends is waiting for her there, and he talks to the stranger as if they’ve known each other for years. She goes home very confused. Her friend misses his brother, who just disappeared. He cannot believe he just left, causing so much chaos in their household. He travels on a journey to The Forbidden and back, chasing after empty promises of stability until he discovers a higher being that gives you anything for so little in return. His older brother searches for clues, facts, beings—anything to find the missing brother. He finally finds him, but he cannot process the thought of him being used and treated like a dog. He searches high and low for answers until he finally discovers the hidden secret. In the meantime, the mysterious stranger fights through his own personal battles, but as time grows little, he struggles to keep his fear under control. He knows his contract won't last forever, and when it expires, he knows his master will sell him back to the one person he fears most . . .

Since everyone has a “god” that controls them, it is wise to ask who or what that is, how we choose it and how to respond? We must also ask how tradition, the Bible, church, family and other factors affect our beliefs and behaviors. Joseph C. Way wrestles with these and other issues and reaches some uncommon conclusions about God, Jesus, and Us. He affirms God is love. God acts from love and so do we! Other specific emphases include: how presuppositions (beliefs) dictate behavior; the profound significance of the human Jesus; the need to renounce, redefine and restore certain beliefs; why our future depends on what and how we love. The author seriously differs from the apostle Paul on who and what Jesus was. Our “salvation” depends not on the death of Jesus but on living by his two directives gleaned from Hebrew scripture. The author invites everyone to join him in proclaiming and practicing “appropriate love” so that we may reduce human and environmental discord for everyone, regardless of their nationality or religion.

For centuries, numerous people have asked “How do you get right and stay right with ‘god’?” Since a person’s god is whatever they value (love) the most, possible gods are limitless. When asked from the Judeo-Christian perspective, the question is narrowed but the answers are extremely diverse. Due to many identified factors, the author believes incorrect answers have been too frequently offered, starting soon after the death of Jesus and continuing to this day. Due to God’s nature and ours, the author bases his answer exclusively on appropriate (God-like) love as described and practiced by Jesus. The ancient Hebrews recognized the original answer and Jesus repeated it when he insisted we love God above all else and then love our neighbor as our self. Paul got it all wrong. Jesus did not fill the empty spaces in Paul’s Judaism. Believe Jesus and act like it.

Scholar and self-taught ethnographer Lafcadio Hearn spent much of his life documenting and interpreting Japanese culture for Western audiences. His observations and essays in Glimpses of an Unfamiliar Japan offer an exciting look into the daily lives of the Japanese in a bygone era.

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