would it be a good idea to ban the bible and use "the lord of the rings" as a holy book?
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Two boys were walking home from Sunday school after hearing a\n strong preaching on the devil.One said to the other, "What\n do you think about all this Satan stuff?" The other boy\nreplied, "Well, you know how Santa Claus turned out. It's\n probably just your Dad.... OK I KNOW THIS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH IT BUT IT WAS FUNNY AND I HAD JUST READ IT.. AND NOOOO ... THE BIBLE IS NEVER GOING TO BE REPLACED
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Why would you read the conclusion? That ruins every story...I think you mean comments or i=what is on the back cover. Some great books are Watership Down, Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit, good fantasy with morals and leads to a lot of immagionation. I hear goo stuf about harry Potter series/ not just for kids really.
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You can't. And if you try, you just get confused and irritate people. The bible in not a science book and science books are not religious texts. Science is about mass and energy, religion is about truth and love.
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It's not wrong. Actually I think it's great!\n\nThe bible doesn't say that it's wrong. Even if it did, so what? It's just a book. Fiction, too.\n\nDoesn't it also say "Don't judge, lest ye be judged"? Or something like that?
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The Bible is just ancient MEN's view of the world.  The moral codes within it represent the ancient moral codes of a Greek subculture considered a bunch of nutjobs in their day.\n\nWhy should you, or anyone else, bind themselves to such an arbitrary set of nonsense?
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I don't like rap but I like lotr so I don't like it.\nBut i'm reading da book at da moment!!
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i think the bible is a good book yet fiction, religion is a money and war machine IMHO.  on the other hand people need hope and that is where many find it, we're best off never knowing
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Nope, not possible.  It is simply a work of fiction, albeit a very interesting one.\n\nThe bible was created merely as a means to further control and establish fear in the people of its time.
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no, no... please it will ruin all the good fiction books (Star Wars do not deserve that, mmm... is star wars in history or fiction?), it should be in a myth section, mm.. maybe it will ruin all the good myths,... no... the religion section is already ruin so it will be good there.
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Yes it may be special to some but not to all.\nI think a Dictionary would be sold and read more often then a bible but I could be wrong.\nNot everyone is a believer in the Bible. \nAfter all we believe in what we must. \nThat's why, we where all born with free will.\nTo have an open mind I think God would appreciate it more then someone that closed down to one book and lived their life by that book.\nAnd with the amount of hypocrites in the world that is enough to turn people away from the Holy Bible\n\nWe are all here to experience and develop ourselves.\n\nLove & Blessings \nMilly
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I only know of 1 book that has been banned, but not really to the entire public. This book is the Da Vinci Code. The Pope banned it before he died, but it has already been made into a movie and sold in bookstores everywhere.
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Any book that denies or trys to change or add to the written Word of God is a danger to read.  Stick with the orininal Bible It worked in peoples lives for 1000's of years so why try to change it. Is it becuase people in the 21st century think that they know more than God?
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It's very obvious...I mean they don't really hide it at all. I don't really have a problem with it because it's my belief to begin with and also, an author has the right to write what he wants. For the readers nowadays, they should know before reading it or watching the movie where C.S. Lewis stood and his views in Christian theology. If they don't like that, then they shouldn't read it. I think it's such a central part of Lewis however that there's no way around it, but it is his story to tell in however he wants to tell it.
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Yes.  The Bible is an amazing book.  Those who are wise will read it and try to understand it.  The fool simply sits back and says "it all a myth"...
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I am a lord of the rings fan too. I'm not really sure that they should make the hobbit into a movie. \nAlthough it would give background info the the three movies already out, having said that it'd probably defeat the purpose of many of the scenes put into the LOTR films
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Of course.  All of the bible has been translated and re-translated hundreds of times, and all subject to the political and social morals of the monks keeping the records through the centuries. Don't kid yourself about it being "God's Word" and thus unchangeable and infallible.
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I'd pick Harry Potter. I love the Lord of the Rings. I have read the books for over 30 years. That's why I HATE the movies because they changed the ending and other things. I don't care how cool the action is. The whole story was about the hobbits and they changed the story at the end, I was disappointed. The journey's and trial they went through taught them to take care of themselves and Hollywood robbed us of this part of the story. It's what the books were about.