I'd like it if God could summon all the bad books into a big pile and we could have a barbeque [big grin smiley]
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Yes, if you cannot refute them, burn them. I would not tolerate even a nasty book such as the Bible being banned, let alone what you might call a bad book.
I'd like it if God could summon all the bad books into a big pile and we could have a barbeque [big grin smiley]
@John
I'd like it if God could summon all the bad books into a big pile and we could have a barbeque [big grin smiley] Socrates Scholasticus wrote in Historia Ecclesiastica :
At the solicitation of Theophilus bishop of Alexandria the emperor issued an order at this time for the demolition of the heathen temples in that city; commanding also that it should be put in execution under the direction of Theophilus. Seizing this opportunity, Theophilus exerted himself to the utmost to expose the pagan mysteries to contempt. And to begin with, he caused the Mithreum to be cleaned out, and exhibited to public view the tokens of its bloody mysteries. Then he destroyed the Serapeum , and the bloody rites of the Mithreum he publicly caricatured; the Serapeum also he showed full of extravagant superstitions, and he had the phalli of Priapus carried through the midst of the forum. Thus this disturbance having been terminated, the governor of Alexandria, and the commander-in-chief of the troops in Egypt, assisted Theophilus in demolishing the heathen temples.
From Wikipedia.
"If the collection had survived to the early 700s, it would very likely have been incorporated into the library of the Al-Azhar mosque (and later university) in Cairo. This collection has come down to the present intact, but does not include Alexandrine texts."
Okay, fine. But if I ever find any of my books burned, I'm holding your ass responisible because of this 'threat' and I swear I will beat the living fuck out of you.
@Julian: I swear I heard someone talking about a Muslim leader burning some library or other. The Muslim leader's justification was that, if it wasn't in the Quran, it was apocryphal, and if it was in the Quran, they didn't need it anyway. I could have sworn this was about the Library of Alexandria, but it was probably some other library in the region. Nevertheless, it just goes to show that all religious authoritarians want to quash free thought and substitute their own ideas ... which of course include the idea that they should rule because God wants them to.
Wasn't the library of Alexandria burned, at least partially, several times, each time diminishing the collection? Didn't St. Cyril's mob kill Hypatia and burn the library?
Before that, I would love a personal talk to God.
Lists of Bad Books:
FFS, either stop believing in God or PROVE HE EXISTS BEYOND REASONABLE DOUBT, DAMMIT!
For you, Taigum, I recommend a reading of "Fahrenheit 451". It's all about people like you. Imagine that, an entire book about intellectual tyranny of the majority.
Banning or burning books is a very fascist thing to do. It goes against everything that free speech and democracy stands for.
One person's bad book is another person's holy book. Which god is to decide? Should they thumb-wrestle or play rock-paper-scissors to decide who's the bestest god?
If your faith is threatened by the mere EXISTENCE of books contrary to your beliefs, it says a lot less about the books, and a lot more about your faith.
Do not expect the world to censor itself to protect your shaky faith. You don't want it challenged by reality, stay the fuck inside.
"I'd like it if God could summon all the bad books into a big pile and we could have a barbeque"
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One of the books burned by the Nazis? "On the Origin of Species" by Charles Darwin. One of the books not burned by the Nazis? The Bible:
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'Anyone who dares to lay hands on the highest image of the Lord commits sacrilege against the benevolent creator of this miracle and contributes to the expulsion from paradise'
-Adolf Hitler, "Mein Kampf"
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Therefore, God = Hitler. You said it, I didn't.
Confused?
So were we! You can find all of this, and more, on Fundies Say the Darndest Things!
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