Dear Readers:

On Sunday I had a discussion about the chapter in my book, Polynesian Dreams, in which there is the claim that Jesus did not die on the cross. I lost my argument because it is impossible to discuss rationally this unconventional premise with a believer in the bible. Yes, I read the bible and if you lived your life by the ten commandments and some of the teaching in the good book, you are a good person. I often think if everybody in the whole world lived according to the ten commandments handed down to Moses by a mysterious method, we would not need an army or not even a police, except to direct traffic. This is of course not the way it is. There are many things in the bible that are frankly fairy tales.  If you believe in Adam and Eve, stop reading, or if you believe that the sun revolves around the earth, something Galileo disproved but had to recant or face the death penalty. Writing this you might start to think that Polynesian Dreams is a book about religion. Let me tell you, it is not. It is a more a biographical of my life. I am now 85, wrote the book in five years in my seventies. How can you write a biography until you have lived it. My life has been an unusual one filled with adventures as a teen surviving the horrible war years in my native Holland, my years at sea, my coming to America and serving in the Army as a Military Police and Criminal Investigator and continues when my life went into a tailspin with addictions, drugs, alcohol and terrible moral behavior. It goes on to be inspirational in describing how I managed to shake off the addictions to a life of robust health, financial abundance and happiness. Yes there is writing about Eastern philosophy, something about evolution but those are thought provoking ideas. If you keep an open mind then it you might wonder about this as much as I did. Anyway, as always, Polynesian Dreams is on sale in all the electronic book stores. Kindle, Nook, Kobo, ebooks, Google books and sells for the grandiose sum of $3.79, my proceeds, about $2,00 per copy goes to a no kill animal adoption agency where five years ago we adopted the most adorable girl feline that soon became head of our household. You can always read a sample chapters at my web site: www.polynesiandreams.com or by going to one of the electronic sellers. My your days be pleasant and prosperous. If you are undergoing a difficulty, it will not last as long as you stay positive. Love to all of you, from Johan Van Oldenbarneveld.