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12-02-2011 #71
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Re: What are you reading now - and then
Would you agree that people read Stephen King for diversions and entertainment, but 'consult' the Bible and the Qu'ran for anything but diversion and entertainment -indeed, if they read it properly or understand it; but seek comfort, or guidance or worse- an excuse to behave in a way that those religious texts do not condone? I think this is why they are both controversial, quite apart from the issues of who wrote it, what was intended, and for whom -none of which are problems with Stephen King.
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12-02-2011 #72
Re: What are you reading now - and then
Can't disagree with what you say Stavros, but I also don't see how this conflicts with my point that both these sacred texts are 'read" more than King's entertainments. Understanding, misusing, using it for solace or guidance or comfort etc are not the point.
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12-02-2011 #73
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Re: What are you reading now - and then
Just had a few days at home due to a small op and have just re read 2 books from a very crouded bookshelf. On the Road by Jack Kerouac and Fierce Invalids Home from Hot Climates by Tom Robbins.
Just started La Sombra Del Veinto in Spanish just to try and keep up my rapidly diminishing Spanish!
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12-03-2011 #74
Re: What are you reading now - and then
Starting to read the George R. R. Martin's A Game of Thrones 4 pack bundle that I got for the Kindle.
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Valerie
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12-03-2011 #75
Re: What are you reading now - and then
Well, I was being facetious, but that said, I'm not so sure about that. Many, many people own the Bible (and the Koran) but have not read them beginning to end. (I own both and have read them more than once, but I'm the only person I know that has done so) In my overall experience most people do not read the Bible, they let others, like their preists, pastors, etc., read and interpret it for them.
I'll do some research and see if there's been a study about those that own the Bible as opposed to those that actually read it. And I don't mean finding a few sections and reading them -- I mean cover to cover.
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12-03-2011 #76
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12-04-2011 #77
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12-04-2011 #78
Re: What are you reading now - and then
I'm reading the manual to my NorthStar V8 STS Damn thing requires a PHD to figure out.
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12-04-2011 #79
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12-04-2011 #80
Re: What are you reading now - and then
i was reading lullaby by chuck palahniuk but have moved on to a more interesting novel about elizabeth bathory
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