This review is an instance of the common bashing of what I like to call "vulgar Strausianism." But one line in the review caught my attention: "He [the author of the book under review--ES] does not mention that Jesus was crucified and rose from the dead, thereby proving himself Son of God and Christ." In context the reviewer might be interpreted as claiming that this is what Christians believe. But after repeated re-reading I am not so sure. Given that the Leitmotif of the review is Straussian myths, this may be a case of the kettle calling the pot...
UPDATE: In fact, the reviewer has some weird views: ""What should we do then? We have, it seems to me, only two serious options. Either we return to natural marriage and refuse to allow any union the name or privileges or duties of marriage that is not a natural marriage. Or we abandon natural marriage altogether and allow people to call marriage any sexual union that takes their fancy. Thus not only could members of the same sex claim to be married, but so could members of different maturity or species. There could, therefore, be pederastic marriages, I mean marriages between adults and children. And there could also be pet marriages, I mean marriages between humans and their pet dogs or cats. There could, in addition, be polygamous marriages (whether heterosexual, homosexual, pederastic, or pet marriages)."
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