But Jesus told me to! Just last night, when we were having a beer, he said, "Sure, go ahead and use me as a recommendation. Everyone else does."

1. "The Last Temptation of Christ" is a NOVEL, a work of FICTION, or to put it another way, LIES TOLD FOR MONEY. So is "The Da Vinci Code." So are a lot of other books cited by folks looking for a conspiracy.

2. If you would look at NONFICTION, try "The Nag Hammadi Library" -- a recent translation of the works found there. But this will take a lot of work, using nonfiction, and very little of it is as exciting as a novel.