This book is just one mans opinion and thoughts, it in no way makes it true. remember when the world was flat? seek your own hearts and read the bible to know what God wants you to know on seeking him. This book lessens the importance of who God and the trinity are. He is to be revered, feared and loved. nothing in his book is scriptually based. it is fiction only. and not to be applied to your relationship with God. it is scary how one man can change the way we think, when God gave us the Bible for all of our answers.
The book was a fantastic fictional story, however the story of God's love for us is NOT a fiction that is total 100 % truth. My eyes and heart have been opened now I am set free, from control of churches rules, etc. God is not about rules, the only thing He requires is to love His son Jesus, and be born again and water baptize, these are not rules but choices, and God wants to know if we are real.
The book opened my eyes to the fact that society has made a certain image of God.. God can come to us in any image, to be with us through our hardness times never leaving our side. Reading the book and trying to put a picture with the words, everything was beautiful and all I felt was God's Love filling my heart.
I found this great interview with Paul Young at another wordpress site. For those of you who have or haven't read the book, enjoy this video. The Shack is an awesome book. My father and uncle get the pleasure of visiting with Paul's family from time to time. The all live in the Northwest.more about "CBN Interviews Paul Young", posted with vodpod