Joel Salatin is one of my favorite authors and he has truly outdone himself with this wonderful book! It's like he got inside my head and was able to express so many things I have been thinking about lately and put it on paper in such a clear way. As a Christian, I get very frustrated with "my people," who say they stand for the truth, yet refuse to believe actual truth when it's put in front of their faces, because it comes from someone they think is incapable of knowing truth ("creation worshippers," as Joel calls them). I know and have expressed frustration with countless Christians who eat horrible diets consisting mostly of "food-like substances" (as Michael Pollan calls it) and take tons of prescription drugs and blindly listen to whatever their doctors tell them, but then when they are faced with the consequences of their poor choices, then they ask for prayer for God to basically bless their mess and heal them! It took a great deal of courage for Joel to really call out "our people" on their hypocrisy and I hope he is prepared for the onslaught he will likely face for doing so. When he spoke about being able to relate to both creation worshippers and Creator worshippers, yet feeling at home with neither (or actually more at home with the creation worshippers), it was like someone really understood how I feel, as he's been "in the trenches" with this stuff much longer than I have. The blind support for allopathic medicine, the big food and Big Pharma systems without any question, while simultaneously ripping apart truly healthy eating, earth stewardship and natural medicine is mind-boggling and incredibly frustrating. The fact that they can go along just fine with the medical and food tyranny that is taking place in our country and then out of the other side of their mouths say they want smaller government and more liberty is just mind-numbingly hypocritical, or as Joel puts it, "intellectual schizophrenia (I love that!!)." I agree with Joel that there are no pastors that I know of (and I know some rather courageous ones) who will tackle these topics and that is just so sad and unfortunate. I truly hope some of them will read Joel's book and wake up and start talking about this like it needs to be talked about. You do not have to be a Christian to appreciate this book, by the way. I know people who are polar opposite of my spiritual beliefs who would read this and appreciate and respect what Joel is saying here and as always, he says it with such eloquence and humor. I loved this book and not only will I recommend it to friends, family, co-workers, etc., but I will be sending a copy to my pastor! He is incredibly courageous and he just might speak up after reading it (at least I truly hope he will).
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I have followed Joel for a long time, and have had this book sitting on my shelf for years, unread. Recently I began the process of starting a native plant business using regenerative practices and biblical techniques. A hard thing to do. I can relate so well with this book because I feel it in every day of my life. The people who care about being good stewards and are true believers in the gospel are few and far between. It can be a truly lonely place. I digress. Reading this book made me see that I am not alone in my beliefs. Thank you Joel for writing from your heart and finally “Coming out” 🙂
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I have followed Joel for a long time, and have had this book sitting on my shelf for years, unread.
Recently I began the process of starting a native plant business using regenerative practices and biblical techniques. A hard thing to do. I can relate so well with this book because I feel it in every day of my life. The people who care about being good stewards and are true believers in the gospel are few and far between. It can be a truly lonely place. I digress. Reading this book made me see that I am not alone in my beliefs.
Thank you Joel for writing from your heart and finally “Coming out” 🙂
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