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2007-06-06 13:40:17 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference Words & Wordplay

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Choose Your Own Adventure Books
Some Video Games (The Sims)
Role-Playing games
Jay McInerney's Bright Lights, Big City
The first chapter of A. A. Milne's Winnie-the-Pooh
Several chapters of Karin Lowachee's Warchild

2007-06-06 13:45:18 · answer #1 · answered by Mickey Mouse Spears 7 · 0 0

I'm a Pagan and a Wiccan. I'm also a minister and a former Christian. My reason for leaving is quite related to the difficulties I see with the Christian faith. I see that Christianity is based on a set of books that were chosen in a manner which is not without at least an element of an arbitrary nature. There was much written about Christ that was not included in the canon of scripture and it seems that what was chosen was chosen to reinforce a particular set of beliefs; those who held alternative beliefs were dealt with quite harshly in times past. While the severity of those attitudes has changed over the years, the attitudes themselves have not. People of other faiths are considered heretics who are leading others astray. They are considered, at best, unwitting servants of the devil. Too, Christians are taught an unfalsifiable faith. Any good that might happen is offered as proof of the existence of God. Anything that might seem contrary is taught to be either human lack of understanding or the work of the devil. It is a system that defines itself and permits no contradiction. A person claiming to have contrary evidence is a person to be avoided. This does not promote healthy critical thinking. What is even stranger is that the religion that behaves in this fashion is the same that ridicules other religions, such as neo-paganism and Wicca as mere inventions. I understand the Great Commission. I understand the desire to serve god and remain steadfast. What is troubling is the seeming desire to eliminate other faiths. While Christians will not overtly state this desire, the mere existence of missionaries and evangelism makes this quite apparent. While Wicca, most of Paganism and many other faiths grow by simply being what they are and teaching people who specifically ask, many Christians actively pursue others. Some go so far as to go into poor areas with the offer of food, the price of which is indoctrination. These same people admonish against even entertaining the understanding of other faiths. Anyway, that's the short version of the story. Blessings, --Dee

2016-05-18 09:14:21 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

I think Palahniuck has some 2nd pov stuff.
And review books for SAT IIs (and others, I guess...)are always like "do you remember this? You should write this down..."

2007-06-06 13:49:50 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

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