What Are The Books You Read That Changed The Way You Look At Life?

[Testosterone boy]

The Koran

Communist Manifesto

The Talmud

To name a few

The Bible has a significant head start bro. Geographic advantages as well.

 

[GoldenDelicious]

zorba the greek
the bible
the art of war
the prince

plus a big pile of savage sword of conan comics, of course

 

[curling]

The Bible and the Left Behind Series. I should read the Bible more though because I think the world is on its last leg.

 

[mordy]

I can't believe none of you mentioned The Bible, you shallow hopeless fools.

I'll bite. I'll say that it changed me, it opened my eyes, gave me enlightenment. It basically showed me that the old testament was ancient tribal law of a bunch of people that only won a couple wars, who's strengths were they managed to stick together even though they have been enslaved and raped nearly eradicated and strung allover the far ends of the world.

It showed me the J man was a cool dude that got kicked out of his own society and travelled the landscape with a bunch of suck ups and sorry ass people (beggars, the poor, etc.) He had a lot of good things to say but the people after him have convoluted the messages, mixing them in with old testament crap, and forming the worlds churches of today.

It showed me i didn't have to sit in a oversized room for a couple hours one day a week and give money to questionable charities and organizations to be a full, well balanced, and good person.

Hows that for an answer?

 

[Dial_tone]

Ayn Rand stuff and the Curious George series.

 

[Testosterone boy]

The Bible and the Left Behind Series. I should read the Bible more though because I think the world is on its last leg.

Every generation has thought it was the final generation.

 

[curling]

Every generation has thought it was the final generation.

I know but they were not in the generation that saw the Jews regain their land in 1948 like we did. Also they didn't have the computer chip technology like we do now. It is coming dude.

 

[Lao Tzu]

The Bible has a significant head start bro. Geographic advantages as well.

nah. I think the Koran is more influential. The Koran has converted the same amount of people in less time.

The communist manifesto (which just marketed on pre-existing feelings, but was still the chosen text) managed to convert 1/3 of the world in under 100 years and was a philosophy a bi-polar worldpower when it came to world domination. The world 100 years after jesus was no different, just a handful of christians being set on fire in coliseums

 

[curling]

nah. I think the Koran is more influential. The Koran has converted the same amount of people in less time.

I don't think you are correct on this. And besides Koran has influenced ignorant people in the middle east and the Bible has influence more intelligent people in Europe and America.

 

[Lao Tzu]

The Koran has converted alot of people., but your right, there are closer to 1.2 billion muslims and 2 billion christians.