Glass Houses (album) the back cover shows Joel looking through the hole that the rock made in the glass. This alludes to the adage that "people in glass houses shouldn't throw stones". In 2004, the pop-culture journalist and rock critic Chuck Klosterman praised the album in an essay on Joel titled "Every Dog Must Have His Every Day, Every Drunk Must Have His Drink" from his book "Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs" (the title of the essay refers to a line from the "Glass Houses" song "Don't Ask Me Why"). In particular, Klosterman praised some of the more obscure tracks from the album
The Genesis According to Spiritism spirits were (and are) created and to what purpose. Explains why the tale of the creation found in the Book of Genesis is contradicted by science. The second part explains what a miracle is and discusses under which conditions it should happen. After describing what a miracle should be (both according to the popular conception and the theology of Christianity, Kardec argues (with the Spirits on his side) that such a thing does not and cannot exist: Regarding miraculous cures, Kardec wisely states that these, if frequent enough, would have been a hindrance to the development of mankind. If people