The Year Of Living Biblically: God Laughs By A. J. Jacobs

God Laughs The long-named book, The Year of Living Biblically: One Man's Humble Quest to Follow the Bible as Literally as Possible, is written by A.J. Jacobs who does a wonderful job of blending all the Bible's rules, including the Bible's outdated old testament ordinances, with modern-day life which gives the book a very comedic aroma. The awkwardly funny author has a way of wrapping up the reader into his Biblical journey by having many stories with their own unique part to them, but they still still fit together in the grand scheme of things, creating an overarching story that parallels with the gradual change of A.J. Jacobs into his self-imagined Biblical counterpart Jacob. At some parts of the book, the stories are so hilarious that they could make some of the most emotionless people laugh such as when he threw a pebble at an old man in park that cursed him out and called himself an “adulterer,” allowing Jacobs to fulfill the Biblical order to stone one. The absurd scenarios in this book leave a notable impression on the reader, giving them a situation from this book to tell their …show more content…
I did not change my life as drastically as he did, but I did realize a lot of my problems. I started to adjust my life to be kinder to others, appreciating what I am blessed with in prayers to God, and making an effort to stop my habitual sins. I try not to be as negative as I used to be because I learned to stop complaining about the little things and appreciate the bigger things. A great way to comprehend how the book has changed me is to imagine a man going on a long journey for a year. This same man brings an ordinary passerby on the journey with him, and after this year is over and the passerby returns, he goes on a different path then he originally had started on before the journey began. In a more literal sense, reading about someone else's spiritual quest can change everyone even if it is in a small