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Post by Alamo on Nov 30, 2005 13:43:53 GMT -5
Sartre - the wall
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Post by bugg on Nov 30, 2005 14:30:13 GMT -5
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOH. In french? You'll have to tell me how it is. The Nausea is probably my favourite book, ya ought to read that one as well if you haven't.
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Post by Alamo on Nov 30, 2005 16:45:41 GMT -5
Nah, Hanna, it is even worse. I am reading it in German and in French. First I try to understand it in French (urgxxx ) and then I read one page in German. Then I read again this page in French. I think that's a good strategy, because I get to learn much about Grammar, Syntax and Vocabulary. But I guess it will take me till Christmas. So far it is great. I love his way of writing, of course it sounds better in French. I guess I can already recommend it. There are five short stories in it. I have read the first 2 so far. Bonne came! ;D
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Post by blueisntred on Dec 1, 2005 8:54:52 GMT -5
Finished Coraline last night, now I'm reading Smoke & Mirrors
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Post by Lady Scarface on Dec 1, 2005 16:04:20 GMT -5
I've just finished "De Fluwelen Machine" it's a very weird but very good book, it has like a lot of little stories in it wich can be very normal subjects or really rare stories, written by Manon Uphoff
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Post by Saar°berry on Dec 4, 2005 5:27:11 GMT -5
Memoirs of a Geisha
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Post by Franklin on Dec 4, 2005 14:00:59 GMT -5
Last week I continued reading in a big book about The Da Vinci Code. It mainly is about Mary Magdalene, Jesus, the Bible and christianity and the origin and development. As far as I learned so far is that at Jesus' time there where 3 Mary's and that there may never be a Mary Magdalene. And there is no really proof of Jesus really ever existed! The stories in the Bible are mostly nothing more than myths and allegories. Jesus probably is nothing more than an allegory. I'm raised without a religion (I don't belive in God (as a person, or as the creator of Earth and human) or Jesus or the Bible and things like that), but I'm interested in different kind of religions and the origin of it. The more I read about it, the more I learn our western religion Christianity is a big lie, developped and spread by the church in 3rd/4th century! (.....) I believe in science, in knowledge and in spirituality. Worshipping gods is very spiritual to me, but not respecting other people's different way of thinking or believing and start making and fighting wars over it has nothing to do with religion! If you believe your God is the best God, then you don't fight wars because your God says so. The 'best' God is a peaceful God! Damn, was this nessesary? It's about books here, not about opinions
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Post by Franklin on Dec 4, 2005 14:14:13 GMT -5
I hope I haven't insulted anyone anyhow. Discussing things like this is much easier for me when it's in Dutch.
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Post by teppic on Dec 7, 2005 15:53:07 GMT -5
I don't disagree with anything you said about christianity, the church, and your thoughts on religion as a whole, tho it should be pointed out that The Da Vinci Code can be ripped apart in seconds by anyone with an understanding of the historical facts of any of it's individual concepts. I saw part of a documentary about this the other day, and it just destroyed pretty much everything in the book without even having to put any effort in.
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Post by Alamo on Dec 7, 2005 16:31:22 GMT -5
I don't disagree with anything you said about christianity, the church, and your thoughts on religion as a whole, tho it should be pointed out that The Da Vinci Code can be ripped apart in seconds by anyone with an understanding of the historical facts of any of it's individual concepts. I saw part of a documentary about this the other day, and it just destroyed pretty much everything in the book without even having to put any effort in. I have to agree. Like I said, Dan Brown is crap. ;D Eventhough it is hard to proof the miracles Jesus did, it is nearly 100% sure that he existed.
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Post by teppic on Dec 7, 2005 17:31:39 GMT -5
Eventhough it is hard to proof the miracles Jesus did, it is nearly 100% sure that he existed. There is quite good proof of that, yeh. What i always find so amusing is that what exists doesn't really show him to have been the perfect miracle-maker that's held up as "The Son of God (tm)" in modern christianity however. In fact all accounts show him to have been a bit of a fundamentalist nutjob who would fit all too well into the current state of the middle-east. There's that ironic feeling again...!
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Post by Alamo on Dec 8, 2005 6:08:43 GMT -5
;D Yeah, well, I am not firm enough in this topic, but what you said, Andrew, is what I read so far in the literature I prefer. Anyway, I don't really care. As long as believing helps some people dealing with their lives it is ok. But I hate it when they try to force this upon us. Keywords: Contraception, abortion, womens' rights, homosexuals' rights etc. Just to mention very few of them.
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Post by teppic on Dec 8, 2005 20:17:02 GMT -5
Keywords: Contraception, abortion, womens' rights, homosexuals' rights etc. Just to mention very few of them. It did cross my mind to make a sick joke. I resisted. Just thought people should know.
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Post by Franklin on Dec 9, 2005 10:11:19 GMT -5
I really really loved to read The Da Vinci Code, whether it's all fiction or not. I saw a 'what's true and what's not' documentary on Discovery about DVC. The majority was about Jesus and Mary. And nót about the Paintings of Leonardo Da Vinci. And that's a pity in my opinion. And even in this book I'm reading right now. And that's also what the book is about. But DVC has more interesting subjects than just Jesus and Mary (I still doubt if they really have lived in the way everything is written in the New Testament).
But how did the people in the period b.C. count the years??? THAT'S what I think is interesting! And if they did, when did it start? Do we live in a kind of second Era (like in LOTR)?
Back to Christianity: there are many diffent kinds of 'Christian' churches. I still want to know what all the diffenrences are, and why they show little respect to other churches so many times over here.
In a matter, we all believe. Not necesary in God or in A God, but I think even the one's who deny they believe in (a) God, they still believe in something, no matter how they (will) call it.
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Post by Alamo on Dec 9, 2005 12:48:41 GMT -5
Keywords: Contraception, abortion, womens' rights, homosexuals' rights etc. Just to mention very few of them. It did cross my mind to make a sick joke. I resisted. Just thought people should know. I don't get it what's so funny about that? Did I make a typo?
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