God the Invisible King

4 Responses to “God the Invisible King”

1. Debbie Rader says:

   May 24, 2010 at 8:24 pm

   I delight in reading opinions that oppose mine. Makes me test my faith in a positive way. But, I was unable to get all the way through this book. I just couldn’t stomach the ridiculousness of the leader’s views. Usually an opinion is based on “something”. I can’t say that there was much logic used here. So…don’t waste your time.
   Reader’s Rating: 1 / 5
2. Always with an open mind says:

   May 24, 2010 at 10:28 pm

   I was surprised to see that H.G. Wells had written a spiritual work. I’d permanently identified him with Martians invading planet. I firmly judge that his thoughts are on the right path. Intermediaries are certainly not necessary for persons seeking the divine. We are all one and the issues we quarrel about are so petty. It is especially sad that the greatest opinion are over spirituality. Wells clearly seeks unity in these matters, and I fervently agree with his objective. This is a valuable book with fantastic insights.
   Reader’s Rating: 5 / 5
3. Felicity Barrington says:

   May 24, 2010 at 11:09 pm

   This is an brilliant book. H.G. Wells was a deeply spiritual man just not in any traditional sense. His views on religion are very unique and intriguing. I would have thought him to be an atheist, but obviously he was not. His comments on the theme bring that to light, and fascinatingly he dubs atheism as a religion.
   
   He calls the Council of Nicaea the most disastrous of all religious gatherings and expresses a lot of disagreement with current Christian dogma, particularly the cruel and arrogant parts of it. I certainly agree with him on that.

   I reflect Christians’ insistence that their way is the only right one and you will be tortured in hell forever if you don’t agree cannot possibly be right and is inconsistent with the actions of a loving god. Wells also talks about the well loved belief that people are born into sin along with a lot of additional spiritual topics, on which he has many appealing points to make.

   What I liked the most about this book was Wells belief that organized religion is unnecessary to spiritual growth and, in fact, harmful. I fervently agree with him on that. I was also very interested to read his thoughts on this theme. This is the only book like this that he has ever written, and his beliefs surprised me.
   
   Reader’s Rating: 5 / 5
4. Sergei Nilus says:

   May 25, 2010 at 12:12 am

   Wells evaluated the philosophical systems and traced their confusion back to lack of agreed definitions of words – in his book The First and Last Things. The sequel being a similar analysis of religions, was titled God The Invisible King.

   Here Wells defines his position as a strong believer in one God and proceeds to evaluate the dogmas of the Christian Churches. He describes the notion of Trinity as an Alexandrian contamination three centuries after Jesus from the Nile, confirmed into creed in council of Nicea, and made fundament of all Churches of Christianity since then. Well calls the bluff of mysteries of the Triune or trinity, attributing an anti-religion motive to the institution that has been instilling this dogma into children. He describes his own childhood experience and how he was driven away from the Creater by the dogma.

   It should be read together with Thomas Paine for a perfect perspective of scriptures, institutions and effects on which the religion in the West is based.

   It is a pity that the additional two boks of Wells which make a series with this one are not included among books offered here. I thought they were missing even among books out of print. These are, as said above, First and Last Things and The Open Conspiracy.

   Wells is going to make a spectacular come back in one of these days, to take most customary institutions by surprize, as very graphically and prophetically described in When the Sleeper Awakes! Also an immortal book.

   Have fun.
   Reader’s Rating: 5 / 5