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trouble accepting Mc-
Gowan's story "that she
descends from a marriage
between Jesus and Mary
Magdalene."
 "Yes, I believe her,"
Todd said. "Her passion
and mission are so strong,
how can she not be?"
 Larry Kirshbaum, Mc-
Gowan's literary agent,
told USA Today, "I believe


her absolutely." He added,
"She had total credibility
with me from the very be-
ginning."
 Kirshbaum, former.CEO
of Time Warner Books, re-
cently began his own liter-
ary agency. One of his first
clients was McGowan. Kir-
shbaum. described Mc-
Gowan by saying, "I feel
she is entirely credible. She
spent 20 years of her life re-
searching this subject."


Continuing he said, "You
have to give her the benefit
of the doubt because she is
totally rational."
 Let me see if I under-
 stand correctly accord-
 ing to Todd and Kirsh-
 baum, you can make an
 outrageous daim, offer ab-
 solutely no proof whatso-
 ever that your assertion is
 even remotely true, but be-
 cause you have shown in-
'terest in the subject for an


extended period of time,
and you seem passionate,
you are deemed credible.
 Credible enough that ac-
cording to USA Today,
Kirshbaum was able to
broker a seven-figure,
three-book deal with Si-
mon & Schuster.
 You read right, seven-
figures. For the mathemati-
cally challenged that is, at
the very least, one million
dollars.


 Simon & Schuster be-
lieves "The Expected One"
will sell. The publishing gi-
ant is investing $275,000 to
promote McGowan's book
and has ordered an initial
printing of 250,000 copies,
according to USA Today.
 I do not know if the exec-
utives at Simon & Schuster
believe McGowan's story.
However, I feel confident
that they hold the proda-.
mations of P.T. Barnum in


high esteem. They have to,
because only a sucker
would be drawn to Mc-
Gowan's story and- plunk
down $25.95 in order to
read it.
 Kelly Boggs, whose column
Appears each Friday in Baptist
Press, is editor of the Baptist
Message, newsJournal, of the
Louisiana Baptist Conven-
tion.
 SCopyright (c) 2001 Southern
 Baptist Convention, Baptist Press


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