God tell us in Genesis that we (men and women) are made in His image.
I don’t claim the Shack is biblical truth through and through but it is more like a parabel; like Pilgrim’s Progress.
I do have an issue with anyone coming away with the idea that you can get to Eternity without Jesus Christ.
While I will hardly waste a minute on reading novels, God did use parables, which could have been about real people (such as the ‘Good Samaritan’).
It has been decades since I read Pilgrims Progress. But while reading it I became convinced that the writer of ‘the wizard of oz’ (only saw the movie with the family when just a kid) had used PP as a guide to make a similar book. The really big difference being that TWOO boils down to humanism. Dorothy was told that she had the ability deep down inside (without any mention of God). Same for the three sidekicks.
Also, as is the devil’s common behavior, TWOO shows almost a mockery of faith, hope, and charity, in the three bumbling fellows that abides with Dorothy.
Faith takes a brain
Hope takes courage
Charity takes a heart