Notes from the Tilt-a-Whirl

This book is, in a word, delightful.

Who knew philosophy and theology could be so fun, and funny. N.D. Wilson treats the most existential questions humans have ever posed with a combination of wit, disdain, and complete seriousness. And in doing so, he makes the ultimate ivory tower questions approachable.

Wilson sits around the fire with some of humanity’s greatest thinkers, and he invites you to come and warm your hands by the flame with him. It’s this type of invitation that I can never refuse, and with this book, I’m glad I didn’t.

If you want to think a little deeper, push your intellect a little harder, but you also want to laugh, this book is for you.

Favorite Quote

How much do I care for these ants? I think I care. I’ll stop to watch their wars. I’ll buy my children documentaries—insect tributes. I won’t crush them when I can help it. But, if given the chance, would I be willing to become one of them? Would I be willing for them to drag me to the place of execution, taunt me, mock me, ridicule the gift I offered, a gift entirely beyond their comprehension? Would I be willing for the earwig, executed beside me, to add his insults to those of the ants? Would I be willing to die? Hell no. Never. I have more self-regard than God does. I have less love for the characters beneath me.