Author Topic: What are you reading? (A quick poll.) (Read 106512 times)

New Raven BR · « **Reply #250 on:** July 31, 2009, 12:25:42 PM »

Quote from: SoulSaver on February 28, 2009, 01:14:53 PM

I've been reading Shaef's closed threads. There are way too many.

LOL! i'm suprised i didn't catch this til now.
there are so many scheaf locked threads that scheaf himself could make it into the world's biggest novel XD just messin scheaf

hobbit · « **Reply #251 on:** July 31, 2009, 12:28:41 PM »

Quote from: Egg Timer on July 30, 2009, 05:46:07 PM

The Vanishing Sculpter, a sequel to the Dragon Spell series (or Dragon Keeper series, I forgot). It's good, almost done

I'm on the second book in the dragon keeper series

Bap7 · « **Reply #252 on:** July 31, 2009, 12:32:09 PM »

All of the Sherlock Holmes and LOTS of Frank Pereti (or something)....

hobbit · « **Reply #253 on:** July 31, 2009, 12:36:59 PM »

have any of you read the door within trilogy, isle of fire, or isle of swords

SerpentSlayer · « **Reply #254 on:** July 31, 2009, 01:53:40 PM »

harry potter

Minister Polarius · « **Reply #255 on:** July 31, 2009, 01:54:41 PM »

Good man. Excellent, Christian series.

Warrior_Monk · « **Reply #256 on:** August 01, 2009, 01:27:02 PM »

Quote from: hobbit on July 31, 2009, 12:36:59 PM

have any of you read the door within trilogy, isle of fire, or isle of swords

I did. they were ok... I thought they were a bit predictable.

Joshadn · « **Reply #257 on:** August 01, 2009, 04:23:27 PM »

Liberal Fascism: The Secret History of the American Left By Jonah Goldberg. well listening to should havei t done in hour or so then im getting The 5000 year leap.

Colin Michael · « **Reply #258 on:** August 01, 2009, 07:46:39 PM »

Quote from: Joshadn on August 01, 2009, 04:23:27 PM

Liberal Fascism: The Secret History of the American Left By Jonah Goldberg. well listening to should havei t done in hour or so then im getting The 5000 year leap.

No offense, but this sounds like propaganda to me.

Paladin · « **Reply #259 on:** August 01, 2009, 08:18:30 PM »

The last book I read was Brisinger, Paolini(author). 800 something page book and read in 3 days.

In the Bible, I started for the whole thing. I'm only halfway through Genisis. I've read Exodus through Joshua alread but I might read those because there my favorite books in the Bible.

<Now moses

Joshadn · « **Reply #260 on:** August 02, 2009, 04:49:57 PM »

its not. Its just stating history and going over what fascism is and how it is connected to the left. On this you can not deny it. Go ahead and pick up and read for your self. But its great book.

Alex_Olijar · « **Reply #261 on:** August 02, 2009, 04:51:33 PM »

Quote from: Joshadn on August 02, 2009, 04:49:57 PM

its not. Its just stating history and going over what fascism is and how it is connected to the left. On this you can not deny it. Go ahead and pick up and read for your self. But its great book.

I'm willing to bet it's about as fact filled as James Carville's book about 40 more years of democratic rule.

Colin Michael · « **Reply #262 on:** August 02, 2009, 05:04:33 PM »

Quote from: Joshadn on August 02, 2009, 04:49:57 PM

its not. Its just stating history and going over what fascism is and how it is connected to the left. On this you can not deny it. Go ahead and pick up and read for your self. But its great book.

Fascism is right-wing, actually.

Joshadn · « **Reply #263 on:** August 02, 2009, 05:05:25 PM »

this book is its one of those books recomended by glen beck as well. If any of you have read his common sense book you will understand. No its more of the left colin. Pick up book and read it.

Alex_Olijar · « **Reply #264 on:** August 02, 2009, 05:09:24 PM »

Fascism is a right wing idea Josh.

Right=Conservative and traditional
Left=Liberal and progressive

Traditional ideas include typically authoritarian governments and Progressives would fall closer to a communistic or socialistic idea.

Colin Michael · « **Reply #265 on:** August 02, 2009, 05:14:40 PM »

Well, the main difference between right and left is that the right is individualistic and the left is collectivist, but you've got the gist of it.

Fascism is when the government exalts a certain number of individuals (say, the Germans) and communism is when the government distributes the wealth as needed among the people.

Libertarian capitalism (right winged anarchism) is when there is very little government and social Darwinism, libertarian socialism (left winged anarchism) is when there is very little government and a collectivist communal mindset.

Those are the basic extremes of far right and far left.

Minister Polarius · « **Reply #266 on:** August 02, 2009, 07:08:06 PM »

That's not even remotely true. The left is defined by progressiveness and the right is defined by traditionalism. Facism is the marriage of big business and big government, and is closer to centrist than anything else in that it combines the far leftist ideal of government interference with the far right-wing ideal of monopoly. The notion that Fascism is right-wing is a fanciful invention of people who are so far to the left, anything to the right of them looks like it's to the right of center.

Colin Michael · « **Reply #267 on:** August 02, 2009, 07:10:14 PM »

Quote from: Minister Polarius on August 02, 2009, 07:08:06 PM

That's not even remotely true. The left is defined by progressiveness and the right is defined by traditionalism. Facism is the marriage of big business and big government, and is closer to centrist than anything else in that it combines the far leftist ideal of government interference with the far right-wing ideal of monopoly. The notion that Fascism is right-wing is a fanciful invention of people who are so far to the left, anything to the right of them looks like it's to the right of center.

You are incorrect there, sir.

FresnoRedemption · « **Reply #268 on:** August 03, 2009, 12:44:56 AM »

Can anyone say "off topic"?

Anyway, besides the Bible, I am currently reading several books (I can't read just one at a time). They are as follows: That Hideous Strength by C.S. Lewis, Lost Scriptures by Bart D. Ehrman, and The Many Gospels of Jesus by Philip W. Comfort and Jason Driesbach. Don't read too much into those last two. I believe the 66 books of the Protestant Bible to be the only inspired (as per 2 Timothy 3:16-17 -- although I do consider the books of the Apocrypha to be good reading and useful for historical information), but I've always been fascinated by the other books that never made it in and why they were never accepted in the canon of Scripture.

lightningninja · « **Reply #269 on:** August 03, 2009, 12:46:01 AM »

I love how this "quick poll" is eighteen pages.

sk · « **Reply #270 on:** August 03, 2009, 05:32:16 AM »

Quote from: FresnoRedemption on August 03, 2009, 12:44:56 AM

That Hideous Strength by C.S. Lewis

I've tried to read that thing three times and just can't get through it. I've read the first two, does it really connect to them at all?

I'm currently reading Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. dork. Didn't care a whole lot for Scott's movie, but the book is pretty good so far, and makes far more sense. I'm also about to re-read G. K. Chesterton's The Man Who was Thursday, as I didn't really "get it" when I read it in high school.

metalpsalm · « **Reply #271 on:** August 03, 2009, 10:55:15 AM »

Quote from: Colin Michael on August 02, 2009, 05:04:33 PM

Quote from: Joshadn on August 02, 2009, 04:49:57 PM
its not. Its just stating history and going over what fascism is and how it is connected to the left. On this you can not deny it. Go ahead and pick up and read for your self. But its great book.
Fascism is right-wing, actually.

Fascism is left-wing, actually. It the other side of the coin of communism. The Nazi were the "Nationalist Socialist Party".
Libertarians are far right wing, but they are like herding cats

Minister Polarius · « **Reply #272 on:** August 03, 2009, 12:40:10 PM »

We prefer the term "feline individualists."

SK, That Hideous Strength does indeed connect to the other two in the trilogy, but you have to get a good ways into it to find the connection. It's a fantastic read if you can get through how dense the first bit is.

WillBake · « **Reply #273 on:** August 03, 2009, 12:50:24 PM »

im readin the iliad by homer

TheMarti · « **Reply #274 on:** August 03, 2009, 01:01:06 PM »

I'm reading Desiring God right now... its really deep, so it's making my head hurt...

~Marti

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