I've been finishing about one book per week every week for the last 3 years. It's probably my favorite hobby. I read mostly non-fiction and take lots of notes.
While these 10 books aren't about current events (most of them are pretty old) they all deeply apply to what's happening now. I've read a lot of good stuff and a lot of crap, but these 10 are the best time investments I've made when it comes to reading. I think they're very important and relevant.
The books by topic:
Political Psychology
The Crowd: A Study of the Popular Mind By Gustave Le Bon
The True Believer: Thoughts on the Nature of Mass Movements by Eric Hoffer
Thought Reform And The Psychology Of Totalism by Robert Jay Lifton
Max Weber on Charisma and Institution Building; Selected Papers
History & Culture
The Discarded Image: An Introduction to Medieval and Renaissance Literature by C. S. Lewis
The Pagan Temptation by Thomas Molnar
Political Philosophy
The Abolition of Man by C. S. Lewis
The Crisis of Parliamentary Democracy by Carl Schmitt
Fascism Viewed from the Right by Julius Evola
King of the Castle: Choice and Responsibility in the Modern World by Gai Eaton
You should do some research and find there is no original manuscript fo the Bible. Everything is a copy of a copy of a copy with passages added in thru the years as the scribes thought fit.
A Manuscript would imply the Bible was a continuous work. On its own.
It’s a compilation of dozens if not hundreds of documents which were passed between various churches and Christian communities. The Bible was assembled later by early Church leaders.
Partly as a response to political pressures. And partly out of a desire to unite the Church with a single set of beliefs. Prior. There were dozens if not hundreds of sects and churches. They shared some common beliefs but were all different.
The sects and Churches that ultimately fell into line with the cannon the meeting decided. Became the Church in Rome. The Sects and Churches which didn’t were declared heretics. And over the years. Were purged or forced underground. Either by direct actions of the church or various kingdoms and Empires.
Point being there would be no manuscript for the Bible.
Yes. And then there are the MANY English translations.
Never said there was an an original manuscript. But God said He "magnified His Word above ALL His name".
He did that, perhaps we should too.
That might work for you because you believe in a god. I believe we were created by an Annunaki called Enki.
Absolutely
Unequivocally
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