The Rev. Dan Harper writes a brief appreciation of Ray Bradbury.
Even at eleven or twelve years old, I figured out that this story was about religion, about a Jesus-like figure. Later, I figured out that this story was criticizing literalism in religion; it is futile to try to find the “real” Jesus, the “real” prophet, because you will never catch up with him (or her). (Yet Another Unitarian Universalist, June 6).