When you read portions of a book like the Shack, is it like reading the Book of Mormon without the burning feeling in the bosom?
Maybe read a portion of it, enough to know what the reviews are talking about. Then you can spare your mind from being defiled, anymore than is necessary.
Sometimes heretical ideas put in a book form can have some value in that it further causes the truth to shine in contrast to it. It is sad to see some people suggest that this is a worthwhile book. [ I met someone who thought it was}
This convinces me that we should do all the more to convey truth verbally,and be ready to put some solid reading material into the hands of those willing to search out these truths