Inconsistency in Paulo Coelho's Creed

With the striking development of civilization and industry, the role of religion and spirituality in society gradually became inconspicuous. This change caused a grave problem for the philanthropists of spirituality and worship, and fictitious spiritualties were offered by newfangled prophets who claimed a real perception of spirituality in order to quench this thirst from which the life of modern western man suffers in the different ways.
One of these newfangled spiritualties is the spiritual movement of Paulo Coelho, a personality with a background influenced by his own past and the views of others. He could spread his thoughts among those thirsty for spirituality through writing novels. What this paper aims at is presenting samples of his writings in order to detect his errors, so that one can, apart from proving the irrationality of his thoughts and opinions, find the errors and weak points in his works by tracing the contradiction and inconsistency of his opinions. The criticism which this paper levels at is centered on investigating the various contradictions in his works. In other words, the present critique is an inner-text criticism which shows that the writer of these works does not adhere to his own opinions and statements. Since he claims to have offered a new creed and used novels to achieve this purpose, this point is briefly investigated. Finally, because of the fundamental nature of the effect of the attitude towards God in any thought, the image he presents of God in his creed is examined and stated.