Spread the word. Stefan Isaiah

tell you about my basic points of view concerning actual tendencies, which could lead our societies further away from their center and split the people and the invisible social glue further as it already is."

      Question2:

      "Why so many words in the introduction? It's a story about a Love scam, and okay, a God scam also."

      Answer:

      "Maybe I'm to 'blue eyed' in general and try to put too many things together in one frame. If I would only address this book to my Christian sisters and brothers who are strong and experienced in their faith in God, then I would have an 'easy game', a 'home play'. But I don't want to reach only my 'main audience' or 'family in spirit', but also the people with other focuses in life, with different backgrounds in their belief and life experiences. And so I try to describe my views on the story and my thoughts about it from different angles and in different ways, to reach as many readers as possible, because for me it is very important to communicate cross over society, and with that to already start my work for a new unity spirit in our societies. I was just 1 meter away from ruin my life, only because I was isolated from others, from their knowledge and their support. These others were always there and I guess their wish to help me also, but this isolation in society due to different reasons (I don't want to burst the frame of this book) is dangerous. And as I experienced that and survived it with God's help and my faith in him, I wish to share my experiences with many others, so that they directly or indirectly can protect themselves or others from my mistakes."

      Question3:

      "In the introduction and also for each chapter of the story you quoted Bible verses. Why?"

      Answer:

      "Without God and my belief in him neither the story would have happened at all nor this book would exist. Furthermore I was gifted with a new life by Jesus (just in the first week of the story), and this story and this book, and my insights and experiences are already a part of this new life. So I put this book in a divine context and frame to honour God and Jesus with this book, and to honour them with my honest efforts to bring this book and its message closer to the people. Without God in one's life in general, and this book in particular, it's very easy to lose your focus on the things that really count in life. The quoted Bible verses may give the reader a short break between the chapters of the story, may give her/him the chance to meditate a little on these words and their message, and then you should be able to go on with a refreshed spirit. Even if you are not a Christian, these Bible verses include comprehensible wisdom and can be transferred in daily life experiences. The core messages of the Bible verses for me are mostly: 'Have faith in God, ask him for his help and support, and he will help you and answer your questions' (rough summary). The Bible is full of life experiences and reports about these experiences and which role God plays in critical situations in life, and the Bible offers solutions and ways out of that problems. Wisdom can be found in all religions and cultures, but as I'm a Christian, and this story is also about Jesus Christ and my relationship to him, I preferred Bible verses in the context of this book."

      "For as the soil makes the sprout come up and a garden causes seeds to grow,

      so the Sovereign LORD will make righteousness and praise spring up before all nations." [Bible, Isaiah 61:11 (NIV)]

      About Privacy

      Although the story is real and I didn't change or shorten it, I've changed the names of the persons concerned in the story and the names of places, just to protect their privacy ...

      About romantic content

      As the message of this book is a divine message, the story that led to that message, or gave birth to that message, or already had the message in it from its very start, is a love story. A love story between two people who met on skype and fell in love with each other. An in the run of the next 3 months the love became deeper and more intensive, but due to the distance of the lovers (Germany and Ghana) they just had their words to describe their love for each other and to live their love. There is no sexual content in this story, but they talk about kissing each other, hugging each other, cuddling with each other, missing each other as quite each love couple fresh in love does. So I hope this part of the story with its content of romantic love doesn't disturb you. I myself consider this romantic content as suitable for all ages, for persons from 14-16 years on.

      About the content in general

      I think it is good to be informed about the phenomenon 'Love scam' (even 'God scam') and its facets as early as possible, because it is an existing danger. And if it's not with the intent of gaining money from the victim, a Love scam also can be used just to 'play' with the victim, to feel the power one can have over the person who loves him. Especially during our youth we humans are very receptive for emotions and especially love. A Love scam can cause deep emotional hurt and psychological stress in the victim, so it's good to know what a Love scam looks like. Okay, this story might be an extreme example, but extremes tend to be perfect to identify and show the characteristics in a very obvious way.

      About exceptions in language, syntax and punctuation

      As the story is mainly a complete skype log over 4 months, there are some exceptions concerning the 'normal' punctuation of a book. The specific characteristics of the punctuation are supporting the authenticity and atmosphere of the story. Not only the language with its content mediated through words, but also the syntax of sentences, words and punctuation do their part to the authenticity and atmosphere of the story and carry an own message.

      Examples:

      'word ...' instead of 'word...'. The sentences have more free space and are not so compressed.

      'Me', 'She' instead of real names. Representative for all of us (everyone has a story to tell).

      'Rosina Surname', 'David Surname'. Just to protect privacy.

      Phone numbers: '12345...'. Replacement for real phone numbers.