Shantaram

McOSIRIS · Comandante

RE: Shantaram

Julie · Comandante

Princess Jazmin wrote:

Jules, I had the pleasure of getting a little insight about Rwanda from my history teacher who managed to MEET Mr. Dallaire and talk with him about it! The stories are more vivid as you can imagine and yes, he's still trying to piece together his life after the genocide...a huge burden on his shoulders that will probably be with him forever. Definately a great read!

It must have been an amazing experience for your teacher and I can't even imagine how deeply wound and destroy is Gral Dallaire.

Princess Jazmin · Senior Member

Julie wrote:

TV Buff wrote: Julie wrote: I am far from being what we call a religious person but while reading my book this morning (Shantaram) I came across this sentence "There is no believing in God. We either know God, or we do not." We know God. I can't say I know him, know him, but we know him. He's a good photographer too. Julieta, is this the book you bought at Yorkdale? I meant to ask you about it before. LOL, I forgot we have RGNFG and FGNRG ! No, the book I bought last time is called "Shake Hands with the Devil" from Gral Dallaire about the humanitary failure in Rwanda. This man was a blue helmet, he could only witness the massacres that happened just in front of him and when he tried to alert the UN and the world about it, they give him Sh@% big time and tried to made him responsable tor the deaf of his team. VERY INTERESTING as well. It is probably the only true stroy of what really hapened there.

Jules, I had the pleasure of getting a little insight about Rwanda from my history teacher who managed to MEET Mr. Dallaire and talk with him about it! The stories are more vivid as you can imagine and yes, he's still trying to piece together his life after the genocide...a huge burden on his shoulders that will probably be with him forever.

Definately a great read!

Julie · Comandante

TV Buff wrote:

Julie wrote: I am far from being what we call a religious person but while reading my book this morning (Shantaram) I came across this sentence "There is no believing in God. We either know God, or we do not." We know God. I can't say I know him, know him, but we know him. He's a good photographer too. Julieta, is this the book you bought at Yorkdale? I meant to ask you about it before.

LOL, I forgot we have RGNFG and FGNRG !

No, the book I bought last time is called "Shake Hands with the Devil" from Gral Dallaire about the humanitary failure in Rwanda. This man was a blue helmet, he could only witness the massacres that happened just in front of him and when he tried to alert the UN and the world about it, they give him Sh@% big time and tried to made him responsable tor the deaf of his team. VERY INTERESTING as well. It is probably the only true stroy of what really hapened there.

TV Buff · TOP Guru

Julie wrote:

I am far from being what we call a religious person but while reading my book this morning (Shantaram) I came across this sentence "There is no believing in God. We either know God, or we do not."

We know God. I can't say I know him, know him, but we know him. He's a good photographer too.

Julieta, is this the book you bought at Yorkdale? I meant to ask you about it before.

Julie · Comandante

Bainaman wrote:

Pelon` wrote: Julie wrote: "There is no believing in God. We either know God, or we do not." Julie => I'm personally don't attend church or read the bible daily but I believe things like that should be respected. I don't think she meant it as disrespect. It's an interesting quote....one that makes you think a little. I do believe in God.......and I'm not offended by it.

@ Pelon', it is not my intention to be desrespectful at all, that is really not my style and it would never cross my mind. I just found it very interesting and instead of stop reading the book, it make me want to go further. It is the writer personal journey, what he is learning from others and himself via exchanges of toughts, philosofy (spelling ?).

Julie · Comandante

The book is a personal journey of a convict, from New Zealand, on the run, that end up in India. It finally feels like home to him and experiment the life in Bombay with the ups and down. Living in the slums, dealing drugs, helping pple...............

I can't tell you more, just that he is still helping the poor in bombay and is free from debt towards society.

You should read it, it is a good book.

Marky Mark · Foro Master

I think that is a profound statement Julie. I like it a lot.

From the (Protestant) churches I've been to, they've always preached that you should 'know' God on a personal level.

Pelon` · Guru

Bainaman wrote:

I don't think she meant it as disrespect. It's an interesting quote....one that makes you think a little. I do believe in God.......and I'm not offended by it.

Ok ok I see were you're headed in this. Personally myself I'd just stop reading the book. But thinking about whether he exists or not is somewhat "pensativo I agree" pero sigue jodido creo yo

Bainaman · Foro Master

Pelon` wrote:

Julie wrote: "There is no believing in God. We either know God, or we do not." Julie => I'm personally don't attend church or read the bible daily but I believe things like that should be respected.

I don't think she meant it as disrespect.

It's an interesting quote....one that makes you think a little.

I do believe in God.......and I'm not offended by it.

Pelon` · Guru

Julie wrote:

"There is no believing in God. We either know God, or we do not."

Julie =>

I'm personally don't attend church or read the bible daily but I believe things like that should be respected.

Bainaman · Foro Master

I like.

Interesting.

What's the book about?

Julie · Comandante

I am far from being what we call a religious person but while reading my book this morning (Shantaram) I came across this sentence

"There is no believing in God. We either know God, or we do not."

Me dejo muy pensativa !

And the 2 caracters kept talking about the fact that if God is impossible (to believe in), then it mus exist, be real !