You're Trying My Patience, Try Pink Carnations

It is a common axiom that "all is fair in love, war, and politics," but this just seems to be a bit below the proverbial belt.

I realize that I have not been providing updates of my current reading in quite some time, but I can no longer write without talking about my current project. For the past week, I have been reading Dr. Armand Nicholi, Jr.'s "The Question of God." The book is intended to operate as a fictional dialogue between Sigmund Freud and C.S. Lewis due to their positions in the 20th Century as the strongest proponents of the worldviews of materialism and spirituality respectively.


I will wait until the I finish the book to offer my final opinion/recommendation, but at this point I would like to make an observation on the work of Nicholi. The book is intended to operate as a dialogue between two great thinkers without external interference from the author, but one of the most difficult things to do when writing is to remain entirely neutral, especially on a topic as momentous as the development of one's personal worldview.
In my opinion, Nicholi allows his standing as an acknowledged believer to slant his views and personal observations towards the writings of Lewis, but I also find myself slanting the same way because of my own personal beliefs. It might be an unreasonable expectation to ask a writer or author to compose strictly neutral prose and perhaps we should not desire that at all. Part of the beauty of writing is seeing each person's beliefs and personality intertwine themselves through each word and phrase that appears.