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James Frey's Latest Creation: Pro-Choice, Pro-Gay Jesus

Once Oprah's enemy, now Christians'?

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(Newser) – James Frey pissed off a lot of people—including Oprah—when his “memoir” A Million Little Pieces was exposed as fictional—but his new book might spark even more ire. Illumination: The Final Testament of the Holy Bible features a Messiah who marries gays, impregnates a teen, and later takes her to have an abortion—and compares the Old and New Testaments to comic books, the New York Post reports.

“It's a theoretical third book of the Bible, one version of what it might be like if the Messiah, or Christ, actually showed up on the streets of contemporary New York,” Frey says.

In this May 14, 2008 file photo, Author James Frey listens during an interview before a book signing in New York.
In this May 14, 2008 file photo, Author James Frey listens during an interview before a book signing in New York.   (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)
The cover of 'A Million Little Pieces' by James Frey is displayed at a Borders Book store on September 26, 2005 in Norridge, Ill.
The cover of 'A Million Little Pieces' by James Frey is displayed at a Borders Book store on September 26, 2005 in Norridge, Ill.   (Getty Images)
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TheSniperZero
Aug 12, 09 12:01 PM CDT
He should sit down down and chat with Salmon Rushdie and talk about what it's like to piss off an entire religion. Reply
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Timinator2K
Aug 12, 09 12:16 PM CDT
Just another run-of-the-mill attention whore...he'll be ignored by the sensible, which will only embolden him to try to piss off some other group, liberals or maybe Islam, who will be completely suckered into his little game.
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Scrambles
Aug 12, 09 12:53 PM CDT
I think christians are more offended by other books rather than fiction like this...http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2008/may/07/news.culture ....granted its from last year, but books like the last temptation of christ arent banned as much as books like "the giver" and "catcher in the rye"
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lasty58
Aug 12, 09 8:09 PM CDT
Wow timi, you just set yourself up for failure. As a person who reads the news daily you should know that a lot of Christian groups will get pissed about ev-er-y-thing. I mean, they got pissed cause someone made a statue of him wearing jeans. C'mon.
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Scrambles
Aug 12, 09 12:50 PM CDT
Nothing new, there have been many, many "new" interpretations of jesus and his life Reply
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