God Explained in a Taxi Ride

By Paul Arden

Advertising and design legend Paul Arden takes an exciting, visually creative, and thoroughly digestible approach to a subject of enormous proven interest and relevance. Using a series of poignant, contemporary vignettes, God Explained in a Taxi Rideanalyzes and explores the questions that have persisted since mankind?s earliest days. This brilliant little gem of a book compels readers to scratch their heads as it examines man?s relationship to the divine?all within the length of a taxi ride.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 039953508X
• ISBN13: 9780399535086
• Release Date: January 2009
• Publisher: Perigee Books
• Length: 123 Pages
• Weight: 0.32 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 4.7" x 7.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 12 and higher

Customer Reviews

Are You Brave Enough Not to Believe?

"God Explained in a Taxi Ride" by Paul Arden is one of his many motivational books published and meant to drive home the solution in as few words as possible. He takes one very heavy topic and explains it in the bluntest of terms. "God Explained..." is no exception to this rule. Think about it. Whether you believe in Christ, Allah, Buddha, the Sun God, yourself... this book will answer your questions. Because the long and the short of it is this: God exists in YOU. Quotations: "We need a soulmate. We gaze upward to find him." "It's the unknown that makes life so rich." Keep things simple. Why talk through a preacher or priest when you can talk to your god whereever and whenever you want to? Why spend a specific amount of time in your church, on a specific day, when you can praise your god anywhere? If you read the Bible (for example) as a text book, it states that god exists within YOU. So... why the necessity to visit a church when you can praise your god in the comfort of your own home? Does going to church make your prayer any more substantial? Does praying to your god (and not someone else's) make your wishes any more worthy? "Jesus actually existed... his story has been told and retold so many times that it is difficult to separate fact from fiction." It's like a game of telephone. How does "I want a piece of cheese" turn into "Wanna beseech thee?" at the end of only five people. Imagine a full story told at the end of thousands of years. Won't it change a little? ****"Why does god need you to defend him? It must be because you think you are more powerful than your god."**** "You can only have faith in what you DON'T know. That's what faith IS." Take this book, read it for its merits and for its suggestions. Like every other book, take from it what you can and try to delve a little deeper beneath the surface. Relax. Your god wouldn't want you to be so tense. In as few words Mr Arden has used, I have learned more from him than I have from decades of going to church.