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At 9/5/09 02:23 PM, Cericon wrote:

At 9/5/09 02:21 PM, LBRocker wrote:

At 9/5/09 02:17 PM, Cericon wrote:

At 9/5/09 02:03 PM, Urza12 wrote: the best books in my oppinion are fantasy

Because you are an idiot.

The bible is fantasy, and it's considered the greatest book of all time.

It's considered that by religious nuts.

You can't learn from fiction stories what you can from real life occurrences.

Hmmmm...... Fiction can have life lessons in it. Look at how some people base all of their morals on said bible.

At 9/5/09 02:24 PM, LBRocker wrote:

At 9/5/09 02:23 PM, Cericon wrote:

At 9/5/09 02:21 PM, LBRocker wrote:

At 9/5/09 02:17 PM, Cericon wrote:

At 9/5/09 02:03 PM, Urza12 wrote: the best books in my oppinion are fantasy

Because you are an idiot.

The bible is fantasy, and it's considered the greatest book of all time.

It's considered that by religious nuts.

You can't learn from fiction stories what you can from real life occurrences.

Hmmmm...... Fiction can have life lessons in it. Look at how some people base all of their morals on said bible.

Realistic fiction, maybe, but what do we stand to learn from reading books like Harry Potter?
They're scared into a moral life with the threat of an omnipotent figure tell them to do it or he'll smack them.

At 9/5/09 02:24 PM, LBRocker wrote:

At 9/5/09 02:23 PM, Cericon wrote:

At 9/5/09 02:21 PM, LBRocker wrote:

At 9/5/09 02:17 PM, Cericon wrote:

At 9/5/09 02:03 PM, Urza12 wrote: the best books in my oppinion are fantasy

Because you are an idiot.

The bible is fantasy, and it's considered the greatest book of all time.

It's considered that by religious nuts.

You can't learn from fiction stories what you can from real life occurrences.

Hmmmm...... Fiction can have life lessons in it. Look at how some people base all of their morals on said bible.

Seriously, you atheists like to complain about the way religious people try and force their views on you, but the bible wasn't even mentioned, don't be such a hypocrite please.

Anyway, back on topic, all I can say is that you need to stop worrying about whether or not other people are doing what you enjoy
Don't enjoy books? Don't read them, and let other people do what they want to do too :)

At 9/5/09 02:27 PM, Cericon wrote:

At 9/5/09 02:24 PM, LBRocker wrote:

At 9/5/09 02:23 PM, Cericon wrote:

At 9/5/09 02:21 PM, LBRocker wrote:

At 9/5/09 02:17 PM, Cericon wrote:

At 9/5/09 02:03 PM, Urza12 wrote: the best books in my oppinion are fantasy

Because you are an idiot.

The bible is fantasy, and it's considered the greatest book of all time.

It's considered that by religious nuts.

You can't learn from fiction stories what you can from real life occurrences.

Hmmmm...... Fiction can have life lessons in it. Look at how some people base all of their morals on said bible.

Realistic fiction, maybe, but what do we stand to learn from reading books like Harry Potter?
They're scared into a moral life with the threat of an omnipotent figure tell them to do it or he'll smack them.

Christian Scare Tactics. "IF YOU DON'T BELIEVE IN GOD HE WILL BE PRETTY FUCKING PISSED AND FART LIGHTNING DOWN FROM THE HEAVENS AND SEND YOU TO A WORLD FULL OF RAPISTS, MURDERERS, HERETICS, FIRE, DEATH AND TORTURE"!!!!

They get you to believe in that just so they can have a cancer victim run around the church with a butterfly net for you to drop money into. Religion is all about money. That's a life lesson we learned from scientology.

Also, Harry Potter taught me something: Following the bandwagon just isn't worth it.

At 9/5/09 01:25 PM, Urza12 wrote: Books are stupid....sure i can see how they were entertaining and adventurus in the old days

The purpose of everything isn't just to entertain you, and contrary to what you said, books are entertaining. Yeah, some of them are lame but it's a matter of taste. If the only books you've read are what your teachers have made you read then you're bound to have such a negative opinion of them.

And judging by your immaturity towards literature, you probably know fuck all about cinema as well, so I suggest you don't talk about it like you know what you're talking about.

At 9/5/09 02:31 PM, andhination wrote:

At 9/5/09 02:24 PM, LBRocker wrote: Hmmmm...... Fiction can have life lessons in it. Look at how some people base all of their morals on said bible.

Seriously, you atheists like to complain about the way religious people try and force their views on you, but the bible wasn't even mentioned, don't be such a hypocrite please.

All he did was point out how people can take their morals from fiction, and the bible is a perfect example of this. Stop over-reacting.

At 9/5/09 02:32 PM, LBRocker wrote: Christian Scare Tactics. "IF YOU DON'T BELIEVE IN GOD HE WILL BE PRETTY FUCKING PISSED AND FART LIGHTNING DOWN FROM THE HEAVENS AND SEND YOU TO A WORLD FULL OF RAPISTS, MURDERERS, HERETICS, FIRE, DEATH AND TORTURE"!!!!

So we're both arguing the same thing then.
This is fucking pointless, you're stupid.

Also, Harry Potter taught me something: Following the bandwagon just isn't worth it.

Uh-huh, yeah.

At 9/5/09 02:39 PM, Cericon wrote: RABBLE RABBLE RABBLE BANDWAGON RABBLE RABBLE

Since when the fuck did I follow a fucking bandwagon?

At 9/5/09 02:32 PM, LBRocker wrote: They get you to believe in that just so they can have a cancer victim run around the church with a butterfly net for you to drop money into. Religion is all about money. That's a life lesson we learned from scientology.

I love this guy, I couldn't had phrased that as well as he did. Just an hour ago I was listening to a pastor on TV that advertised a 9 Dvd pack of his halfassed bullshit for $100 or "more".

Pastors are nothing more than parasites taking the hard-earned money of people unlucky enough to fall for them.

I mean, this bullshit should be illegal, the churches are tax-free for Pete's sake.

ITT:

We take the opinions of a 12-year-old seriously.

What sort of books are you usually assigned in school? I've looked up the one you mentioned (and without having read it, I might sympathise in a way, if you see the lessons that might be taken from it in a bad way, or whatever) but can you give us anymore examples? Literature isn't everyone's favourite thing in the world by any means, so you can just read what you have to for school, give a few opinions, a few essays, and then walk out into something you want to do.

What might be more beneficial though is, like others have said, get some books on things you really find interesting. Interested in history? There's tons of great books in just about everything in some way. Politics? Practically built on literature at the base. Hell, you might even just find a biography of someone you like, or a book on somewhere you're interested in. I think we've got more than enough material in this house on the United States, Canada, Australia, Germany, Japan, and those are starters.

The Internet's great, I won't deny that. What you might find though, is that using the computer for a while can have effects on your health, however minor. There's lots of reading online, but I'm comfortable when I'm just sat up in bed reading. It's just that there's no humming of a machine, no tendency to just slip off and do something else, yadda yadda yadda. Convenience doesn't always result in comfort I guess, or something.

And seeing as we're talking about the Bible, my take is that while money might influence some organisations to the point that they are just greedy (in today's society, this is largely because religion translates into "maintaining tradition", which apparently includes keeping the local and national wealth gaps intact, but that's a brief opinion). For personal, independant use? It depends heavily on the sort of person you are, why you are reading the Bible and what you hope to take from it, I think. I'll admit to have read Bible passages time after time. Do I believe in a God? I don't know, I try not to worry myself with it. Eh.

i really hope this is a troll if not this may actually be the dumbest post i have ever seen on newgrounds.

R-E-A-D-A-B-O-OKAY

I read that book when I was 10. Your school sucks ass.

The Book i ever saw that over 50 was a collecters editon that had like the Authors entire works in it.

Books are fucking rad. The freedom possible with them isn't matched with films.

But lots of the movie come from books, rite? so u can't really say that. And sometimes some books some us a lot, like some tools book.

Even though I also hate reading you still have to admit that reading is like another world going on inside your mind.

At 9/5/09 02:27 PM, Cericon wrote: Realistic fiction, maybe, but what do we stand to learn from reading books like Harry Potter?
They're scared into a moral life with the threat of an omnipotent figure tell them to do it or he'll smack them.

So are the characters from animal Farm and Big Brother.

I love books

nothing better than a good book to lit the barbeque ...

Well I hate you. Sure some books have absurd things in them, that are just dumb fuck retarded (The Bible) but most of them are pretty good.

The best one is The Epic of Gilgamesh.

The Bathroom Reader series has been consistently fascinating for 20 years.

No way this isn't a troll.

but try Transgressive Fiction.

I'm sure if you get straight As, you must be good at English right? From your posts, not so much. I cannot stress enough through the Internet how pissed I am at people thinking books are UNKOOL N SHIT. Grow up, if you sit down with a good book and stop peeping under girls skirts you'd actually use your brains for once.

I'm haveing to read this really stupid book in english called "How to Read Novels Like a Professor".

All it is: A book about a guy rambling on about the history of novels, wich no one really cares about.
Its so boreing!!!

The more you read the more you discover

And the more your literacy improves!

At 9/5/09 06:30 PM, newgeneral wrote: The more you read the more you discover

And the more your literacy improves!

Exactly, but the OP finks thaths naerdy lol.

From what I can gather from your posts, you only seem to read when the teachers force you to read.
Understandably (or not) you hate being told what to do.

I'm not going to mindlessly call you an illiterate moron, but I'll recommend that you go look for a good book that you may enjoy.

Try something by Chuck Palahniuk. His books aren't that difficult, and they're pretty shocking, offensive, and good.
Perhaps you could also try some Robert Ludlum (mostly easy spy thrillers), or even some Ken Follett (again, spy thrillers, but WWII)

At 9/5/09 01:28 PM, HighWayStar365 wrote: Books are a good way for poor people to have fun. Think of others before you think of yourself.

Whoa one more retard on the planet than i thought....

Books make people smart, hell i wouldn't be half as smart as I am today without them.

I personally find books to be relaxing way to have fun when you don't want to have to set up a DVD Player, an MP3 Device, or a Video Game Console.