The Marriage of Heaven and Hell

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Summary: contradiction
Review: As far as the ideas in this book contradicting the bible; that particular opinion is completely wrong. The only way one could think so is to have missed the fact that the entire book is a viciously ironic and satirical commentary on those who would claim to represent Christianity while in actuality profaning it. Only the "angels" miss this fact. And as far as C.S. Lewis is concerned, he is as weak when reading Blake as he is when reading Milton.

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Summary: contradiction
Review: As far as the ideas in this book contradicting the bible; that particular opinion is completely wrong. The only way one could think so is to have missed the fact that the entire book is a viciously ironic and satirical commentary on those who would claim to represent Christianity while in actuality profaning it. Only the "angels" miss this fact. And as far as C.S. Lewis is concerned, he is as weak when reading Blake as he is when reading Milton.

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Summary: The Bible is not the definitive authority on quality.
Review: I fail to see how whether or not this book is contradictory to the bible is any indictation of whether it is good or not.

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Summary: Blake's Marriage of Heaven and Hell
Review: Many of the ideas in this book are very contradicting to the bible however he does bring up some good points. Read C.S. Lewis' responce to this book entiteled "The Great Divorce".

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Summary: Contradicing the bible
Review: Many of the ideas in this book are very contradicting to the bible. Read C.S. Lewis' responce to this book "The Great Divorce".

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Summary: It's not about the bible
Review: The other reviewers are missing the point. Blake did not believe in the Christian ideology enought to want to contradict the bible. He believed that god is a construction of the human imagination, the Poetic Genius (read "All Relgions are One" and "There is no Natural Religion"). To speak in terms of religiosity, he had to use Christian terminology (Ezekial, Isiah, Satan...) because the language of religion was created this way, and Blake was forced to speak in those terms before developing his own language system. The bible contradicts itself; Blake's writing and thinking transcend that superficial level.

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Summary: It's not about the bible
Review: The other reviewers are missing the point. Blake did not believe in the Christian ideology enought to want to contradict the bible. He believed that god is a construction of the human imagination, the Poetic Genius (read "All Relgions are One" and "There is no Natural Religion"). To speak in terms of religiosity, he had to use Christian terminology (Ezekial, Isiah, Satan...) because the language of religion was created this way, and Blake was forced to speak in those terms before developing his own language system. The bible contradicts itself; Blake's writing and thinking transcend that superficial level.