I read it as a fictional book, I did not read it as the Bible. I loved the way He interacted with God, Jesus, and the Holy Spirit. I do not think I could write a book and portray a relationship with the three -in- one that I can not explain. The universal thing went passed me, except that his dad was there (but maybe he was one of God's troubled kids...his life was cut short by another). Any way I liked the book, and I do not consider myself easily decieved ( I am more open minded than critical.. as I use to be)I also liked the fact that God is more interested in healing us spiritually/emotionally than judging. I liked how he turned the judging around and asked Mac to judge between his kids.Any fictional book....if you go in to it critical, you will find something. I would love to have a weekend and interact with my father/savior/comforter as Mac did in the book.