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gab13by13

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17. I just read,

Reply to peggysue2 (Original post)

Thu Nov 11, 2021, 02:19 PM

Nov 2021

A Stranger in a Strange Land, I'm guessing that one definitely goes in the fire.

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The Bonfires Are Coming [View all] peggysue2 Nov 2021 OP

"reading... about Christ" in PUBLIC SCHOOL???🔥🔥🔥 musette_sf Nov 2021 #1

Has he read the Bible? malletgirl02 Nov 2021 #2

A more or less historical 'book about Christ' in the school library is perfectly fine IMHO Hugh_Lebowski Nov 2021 #3

When I see this kind of thing I assume the accuser wants gay pornography. Has it on their mind. NoSheep Nov 2021 #10

Any book that posits Jesus of Naz as a real person is by definition a religious text NullTuples Nov 2021 #16

This is just an incorrect statement... ECL213 Nov 2021 #20

Cite them, please. NullTuples Nov 2021 #32

Jewish historian Josephus...Roman historian Tacitus... ECL213 Nov 2021 #35

OFFS - Tacitus was born 25 yrs post-crucifixion date! NullTuples Nov 2021 #36

Agreed. There are not contemporaneously written accounts of his existence Hugh_Lebowski Nov 2021 #38

You said "contemporary w/the New Testament"... ECL213 Nov 2021 #37

Actually, there's lots of writings and records from that area (and era) still in existence Hugh_Lebowski Nov 2021 #39

Yeah... ECL213 Nov 2021 #43

I love that you correctly used 'jibe' there :) Hugh_Lebowski Nov 2021 #44

Let me conclude by saying this... ECL213 Nov 2021 #46

My apologies & thank you; I meant to type, "contemporary with the events portrayed in the NT" NullTuples Nov 2021 #42

Kick dalton99a Nov 2021 #4

It will be we who are blamed WorkDoctor Nov 2021 #5

That's Magnus Hirschfeld's LGBTQ-supportive research library being burned. NullTuples Nov 2021 #18

Bingo! peggysue2 Nov 2021 #24

Treat Nazis like Nazis. hadEnuf Nov 2021 #25

+1 Withywindle Nov 2021 #27

All I can hope is cilla4progress Nov 2021 #6

"Sure we'll burn them books, but first we gotta build this here wall." Saboburns Nov 2021 #7

So....when they're talking about burning books... AleksS Nov 2021 #8

many may think that book burning was a thing a country did, not some guys taxi Nov 2021 #15

We are, as a nation, reverting back to the 14th century Poiuyt Nov 2021 #9

How very Nazi of them. patphil Nov 2021 #11

How long? liberalgunwilltravel Nov 2021 #12

Raise your hand if you knew there were dildo references in the Bible. ashredux Nov 2021 #13

Burn the BuyBull Traildogbob Nov 2021 #14

I just read, gab13by13 Nov 2021 #17

Sure, Ray Bradbury wrote "fiction". Sort of. n/t TygrBright Nov 2021 #19

This always come to mind HuskyOffset Nov 2021 #21

I found out that gab13by13 Nov 2021 #22

Why am I not surprised? CRT In that book the black man in framed by a white woman. flying_wahini Nov 2021 #33

Book burning doesn't mean much in the electronic age FakeNoose Nov 2021 #23

It does for several reasons. First, it does when the electricity goes down. And it will. ancianita Nov 2021 #28

If everyone has "To Kill A Mockingbird" on their phone or tablet FakeNoose Nov 2021 #30

Ever hear of bricking? Digital erosion? They are real. ancianita Nov 2021 #31

What's Next ConstanceCee Nov 2021 #26

Book burning is exactly what the corporate world wants. No historical record. ancianita Nov 2021 #29

For the past month I have been on a Renaissance kick watching and reading everything I can. Tons of Pepsidog Nov 2021 #34

BAD RW extremism sign. BUT, also now a lot more show than effect. Hortensis Nov 2021 #40

"In that place where they burn books... alterfurz Nov 2021 #41

Maybe we should I_UndergroundPanther Nov 2021 #45