The Gospel According to Dr. Seuss
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The Gospel According to Dr. Seuss is a testimony to how anyone can do anything with that most malleable collection of folk tales, the Christian Bible.
Each chapter focuses on a single Dr. Seuss book, and was condensed from Kemp's old sermons. “The Cat in the Hat Comes Back” becomes a story about the “restoring power of Jesus Christ,” “Yertle the Turtle” a lesson about greed, “Green Eggs and Ham” a parable about embracing change and “The Sneetches” one about overcoming discrimination.
Two chapters focus on The Grinch Who Stole Christmas one about materialism and another about loving difficult people. Kemp sees a parallel between the Grinch and the biblical story of Jesus and Zacchaeus. Jesus treated Zacchaeus, a despised tax collector, with respect, says Kemp, and completely changed his life.
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2 · Posted by: Christina on August 5, 2004 01:07 AM
Unfortunately, I saw this book distributed to children after their parents dedicated them at church. Although Geisel wrote brilliant stories with great morals, they are no substitute for the gospel of Jesus Christ. For while the gospel is too profound to be trivialized in such a book, its message is simple enough even for a young child to understand.
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1 · Posted by: Father Dan on March 25, 2004 02:58 PM
If I remember correctly, Yertle the Turtle was actually about Hitler. And the Phineas Will You Please Go Now was about Nixon. Other than that there were no political / religious intentions in his books