Dr. Bock:

Please forgive me for responding to yet another blog. However, being from Georgia, where President Carter is from, and where he was governor before becoming President, I have a special interest in him.

I used to really respect and like President Carter, partly because he ran for President as a "born-again Christian." However, in recent years, I have been surprised and disappointed by some of his stances.

As a disclaimer, I haven't read the book, and can't do so at this time; however, does President Carter realize that he cannot, as an individual person, leave the Southern Baptist Convention? In order for him to leave the Convention, his church has to withdraw from the convention. It is his church's affiliation that determines whether or not he is in the Southern Baptist Convention, regardless of whether or not he personally disagrees with the convention's stances.

Additionally, speaking of tone, as you did in one or more of your recent blogs, I am wondering if his tone in the book is irenic, since he doesn't seem to be very irenic in public about political and religious matters?

Finally, in his book, does he come across as anti-Semitic, since his public stance seems to be pro-Palestinian, at the expense of Israel?

In any event, it sounds like a very interesting book, and one I would like to read.