This book changed my lifeThe Goat writes, "Some books have made a huge impact on my life." It's true. It wasn't until the b3ta mods read the Flashman novels that we changed from mild-mannered computer operators into heavily-whiskered copulators, poltroons and all round bastards in a well-known cavalry regiment.
What books have changed the way you think, the way you live, or just gave you a rollicking good time?
Friendly hint: A bit of background rather than just a bunch of book titles would make your stories more readable
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chthonic, Thu 15 May 2008, 15:11)
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'Unbelievers don't have the same level of hope and joy'?Really? I'm assuming you have some basis for that opinion, because, unless you have personally experienced life as an 'unbeliever' (as you call it), then you are simply talking out of your arse.
And no, asking if you are that empty a person is not a personal attack - I'll clarify. If you hadn't read the bible, or if you were brought up with a different set of religious beliefs, would you be incapable of feeling joy, hope, love and self-control? Do you really base your feelings of self-worth on a book (regardless of how supposedly 'holy' that book is)? I, myself, have no such religious beliefs, yet I am capable of great love, joy and hope, and I have a great deal of self-control (although, having never felt the urge to rape, murder or steal, I probably don't need a great deal).
I'll respect your right to believe whatever you want, but I do NOT respect your beliefs that 'unbelievers' are somehow less of a person than you - less moral, less capable of feeling, whatever. It's patronising, and, quite frankly, it's a load of bollocks.
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