Judaism, Christianity, and Islam Are Wrong

Evit Kejbo Nosrep

It's pretty obvious from even the quickest trip to Immediex Publishing's website that Immediex is, in fact, one of a type of vanity press which is even more painful than the rest-- a vanity press from a self-publisher. Every title listed in its catalog was written (or compiled, in some cases) by one Richard Ohebsion. One wonders whether Evit Kejbo Nosrep (backwards and slightly misspelled, "Objective Person") is the first author save Ohebsion to be published by Ohebsion's press, or whether Ohebsion felt the need to take a pen name for what he'd undoubtedly perceive to be more controversial material. I've not read any of Ohebsion's books, so I don't know which it is. You be the judge.

Judaism, Christianity, and Islam Are Wrong has an informative, if not a snappy, title; you pretty much know what you're getting from the get-go here. Mr. Objective spends his time in this book laying out various contradictions in the sacred texts of the three religions, using these contradictions to make his case that-- well, you know what case he's making.

The book suffers on two fronts. The first is that, while factually the author is on solid ground with most of the contradictions he points out, the reader who is even casually familiar with both the sacred texts in question and the writer's art of poetic license will not have to think too far ahead to see into the heart of many of these supposed contradictions. The second is that the book is fraught with typographical and grammatical errors, often two or three (even more, in some notable cases) per page. A great distraction from the material presented.

Acharya's ponderous tome The Christ Conspiracy a few years ago trod the same ground, and made the mistake of being exhaustive to the point of exhaustion. This author fails in the opposite direction; the actual writing from the author here is enough to fill a good-sized pamphlet, with the bulk of the book being taken up with direct quotes of scripture from the sacred texts in question. One reads his quote from the Qur'an about selling religion for a small profit with more than a little amusement.

A second edition of this book, with the typos and other errors corrected, might be worth your time. This one is a painful task to undertake, and I would not wish it upon you.