[theodore the atheist]

Re: Book burning

Didn't Hitler burn books? I'm not saying that book burning leads to a mass genocide, but the extermination of literature does have a tendency to slow the progress of our understanding of how things work. I understand that many would simply claim that the universe functions simply by the will of God, but I'm sure the more scientifically inclined Christians out there would agree that they would be interested in learning more about the functions of the environment and universe so that they may more truly appreciate the gift of life.

[Petal]

Re: Book burning

Didn't Hitler burn books? I'm not saying that book burning leads to a mass genocide, but the extermination of literature does have a tendency to slow the progress of our understanding of how things work.

i thinks maybee burnings stuff make it more easy to unnerstand about how thangs work, mr.inkyathieist. it be like the innernets, there be so much poop , everyone write stuff like they no what they yappin abouts but i all confuseds all the time, it diffcult to no what to belive . i prays every day that lord God send a big fat fires thru the innernets an clean them up, so then i no what to read to be brainiers for lord Jesus please lord God do it soon, amen

[Nobar King]

Re: Book burning

That's very insightful, Petal, there are a couple of tubes on the internets that I'd like to see burned, too.

[Pastor Isaac Peters]

Re: Book burning

Didn't Hitler burn books?

What if he did?

[Pastor Isaac Peters]

Re: Book burning

Well, a book-burning hoedown does make a symbolic statement of reform, renouncement and revolt against formerly embraced lifestyles or ideas or beliefs, there's no doubt about that; it's just tragic that this is extrapolated into a perception as the books themselves as a threat to anything or anyone, and that a book burning could be contrived as a representation of faith or conviction.

Kids in particular are vulnerable to the message that any book can be bad. There are plenty of books that I wouldn't want my wonderful 11-year-old niece to be reading just yet, but to tell her that some books should be not only shunned for life but destroyed would be doing her a disservice.

It's amazing how much more you know than even God Almighty. It must be nice to be in a position to correct Him. I guess He should have put you in charge, huh?

[Isabella Abbey]

Re: Book burning

It's amazing how much more you know than even God Almighty. It must be nice to be in a position to correct Him. I guess He should have put you in charge, huh?

Ah, Pastor. I've ruffled your feathers. I never meant to be a grain of sand in anyone's oyster.

Here, I have a peace offering. I have two books here for the bonfire hoedown; one is my aunt's copy of Will Shortz Big Book of Crosswords (all filled in), and the other is this rumpled copy of Bridges of Madison County. (What a stupid book that was. Every week it was again listed on the bestseller's list, I had to go home and have a good cry at the state of the world, and two glasses of white zinfandel to calm myself.....)

And to the hoedown I'll bring an apple pie with raisins in it and a light sugar icing, and a braid trim around the edge of the crust.

[Rev. Jim Osborne]

Re: Book burning

Don't forget to bring your Kant, Hegel, Nietzsche, and Kierkegaard, Isabella...

[Isabella Abbey]

Re: Book burning

Don't forget to bring your Kant, Hegel, Nietzsche, and Kierkegaard, Isabella...

Who are they, Reverend? Neighbors I haven't met yet?

[Rev. M. Rodimer]

Re: Book burning

i will not burn my bible id sooner burn myself than my bible

For that, I might travel to Europistan.

How do Christians get past the Imams?

Ah, Pastor. I've ruffled your feathers. I never meant to be a grain of sand in anyone's oyster.

Here, I have a peace offering. I have two books here for the bonfire hoedown; one is my aunt's copy of Will Shortz Big Book of Crosswords (all filled in), and the other is this rumpled copy of Bridges of Madison County. (What a stupid book that was. Every week it was again listed on the bestseller's list, I had to go home and have a good cry at the state of the world, and two glasses of white zinfandel to calm myself.....)

And to the hoedown I'll bring an apple pie with raisins in it and a light sugar icing, and a braid trim around the edge of the crust.

What a delightful idea, Isabella! I wish I could be there to taste your pie in person.

[Isabella Abbey]

Re: Book burning

What a delightful idea, Isabella! I wish I could be there to taste your pie in person.

But... I thought the hoedown was at your place.......

[David Goldman]

Re: Book burning

I understand that many would simply claim that the universe functions simply by the will of God, but I'm sure the more scientifically inclined Christians out there would agree that they would be interested in learning more about the functions of the environment and universe so that they may more truly appreciate the gift of life.

You would be wrong. The Bible tells us all that we need to know about God's creation. Why would I want to read a bunch of nonsense from secular humanists who think that they have figured out God's blueprint of the universe?

[Rev. M. Rodimer]

Re: Book burning

But... I thought the hoedown was at your place.......

Oh, you meant you were coming to Indiana for the book-burning in North Salem this weekend?

I thought you were talking about visiting Freehold for their annual Book Burn.

How delightful! Sister Jenny will be here, too! (If she can bear the sight of the flames.)

[WWJDnow]

Re: Book burning

Thank you, fapple, for inspiring me. I've just announced to my congregation (ah, the wonders of email!) our first annual Book Burn BBQ!Things like "Heather Has Two Lezbean Mommies" and "Tom Sawyer" and the NIV False Bible and "The God Delusion" and "Introduction to Biology, Third Edition".

I'll have to see if one of the Landover Deacons can supply me with the complete list of banned books. Here are a bunch that I know of (other than your list, which are all on Landover's list, too). All make excellent roasting material:

D. Dennett, Breaking the Spell
D. Dennett, Darwin's Dangerous Idea
D. Dennett, Freedom Evolves
R. Dawkins, The Selfish Gene
R. Dawkins, The Ancestor's Tale
R. Dawkins, Climbing Mount Improbable
R. Dawkins, Unweaving the Rainbow
R. Dawkins, The Blind Watchmaker
R. Dawkins, The Extended Phenotype
R. Dawkins, The Greatest Show on Earth
C. Hitchens, God is Not Great
C. Hitchens, The Portable Atheist
C. Hitchens, Is Christianity Good For the World?
S. Pinker, The Blank Slate
S. Harris, Letter To A Christian Nation
S. Harris, The End of Faith
Twain, Huckleberry Finn
Salinger, Catcher in the Rye
Darwin, The Origin of Species
Darwin, The Descent of Man
T. Paine, Rights of Man
D. Buss, The Evolution of Desire
D. Buss, Evolutionary Psychology

Under NO CIRCUMSTANCES should anyone read any of these books.

Note that Hitchens did write a couple of good books, No One Left To Lie To and The Missionary Position. Everyone should read those.

[fluffyhead]

Re: Book burning

and while you're burning all your books I will be reading Harry Potter to young impressionable children at the local library. Cheers mate

[David Goldman]

Re: Book burning

and while you're burning all your books I will be reading Harry Potter to young impressionable children at the local library. Cheers mate

Of course. That is where most of you pedophiles search for your prey, isn't it?