Even though Gore Vidal was trying to show how silly Christianity is, he hugely missed the point ( )

Gore Vidal, having a firm grounding in American politics, tells the USA how their particular version of Christianity will be replaced by Cavism, an extremely sad death cult. To me it seemed Vidal was quite sure that christianity was just not suitable for the USA. Sad, and chilling, especially in 2019. ( )

Vidal's foray into prophetic satire. He once again takes aim at cults and the hell to which they lead their followers. ( )

This really doesn't get going until the second half. Shows its age, but it's still dear old Gore. ( )

John Cave, as a professional embalmer, is intimate with death. While working on a client he has an epiphany of sorts. Suddenly he has deemed the act of dying a good thing. Cave is so taken with this revelation that he must share his idea with as many people as possible and without warning a new religion is born. His followers call it "Cave's Word" or Cavesword. It's strongest message is death is to be welcomed. As Cavesword spreads Cave establishes a following so large he needs a team to promote and protect him. Closest to him is Iris Mortimer, Paul Himmell, Clarissa Lessing, and Eugene Luther. Each individual has a different purpose for being part of Cave's inner circle. It's Eugene Luther who narrates the story of John Cave. With the help of Cave's inner circle he developes and promotes a product to go with his message. Cavesway is a drug taken to make death even easier to initiate. As the world's suicide rate rises, thanks to Cavesway, Luther's perception of Cave and the cult-like message starts to distort and crumble. Messiah is prophetic and mesmerizing. ( )