The Religion War

The Religion War

"The Religion War" (ISBN 0-7407-4788-6) is a 2004 novel by "Dilbert" creator Scott Adams, and the sequel to his novella "God's Debris". This book takes place right before the last chapter of that book.

Plot summary

The delivery man from the first book, who is now the Avatar, must stop an epic clash of civilizations between the Western world, led by Christian extremist General Horatio Cruz, and the Middle East, led by Muslim extremist Al-Zee. To accomplish this task, the avatar decides to find the "Prime Influencer", a person who, he feels, can indirectly influence all the decisions people make by virtue of responsibility, from fashion to the election of the President.

The Avatar applies his unparalleled ability to identify developing patterns and accurately determine the most probable outcomes of a situation to accurately predict the war plans of both Cruz and Al-Zee. He subsequently uses his ability to recognize even the vaguest patterns (which makes him seem to know more than he actually does) to bypass guards, escape interrogations, and ultimately win an audience with the warring leaders.

Ultimately, the Avatar fails to stop the onset of the war. However, at the conclusion of the book, the Prime Influencer, who turns out to be an opinionated café owner that the Avatar had met previously by chance, launches a simple, yet catchy, phrase that spreads throughout the world like a virus: "If God is so smart, why do you fart"? According to the story, "Once you heard it, you could never forget it." It was this phrase — accelerated by the creation of a new system of global communication and shared knowledge — that finally captured the collective imaginations of ordinary people, causing them to reevaluate their assumptions about the nature of God. This ultimately led to the elimination of fundamentalist religious practice throughout the world, which, in turn, resulted in the end of the Religion War.

ee also

*"The Footprints of God", novel written by author Greg Iles

External links

* [http://www.andrewsmcmeel.com/products/?isbn=0740747886 Information at Andrews McMeel Publishing]
*Adams' announcement in the [http://www.unitedmedia.com/comics/dilbert/dnrc/html/newsletter57.html Dilbert Newsletter 57]


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