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		<title>By: peter8172</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2011 21:54:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#039;m Amazed that &quot;The Satanic Verses&quot; by Salmin Rushdie is not on this list. ]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;m Amazed that &#8220;The Satanic Verses&#8221; by Salmin Rushdie is not on this list.</p>
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		<title>By: Ricardo</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Nov 2011 07:54:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Why is the Bible in non-fiction books list?]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Why is the Bible in non-fiction books list?</p>
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		<title>By: THE GRAND DEBATE</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[THE GRAND DEBATE]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Oct 2011 05:10:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Great list! Just like the Bible, the Quran should also be in that list. ]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Great list! Just like the Bible, the Quran should also be in that list.</p>
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		<title>By: diligentdave</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Oct 2011 02:20:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Bible didn&#039;t stunt the growth of the West. Paganism had overtaken Christianity. The Bible, without the true Christian church had to have centuries to work on people, and they had to go through A LOT, until the renaissance gradually helped civilization evolve into what it became at it&#039;s zenith. Of course, when the sun is rising in one part of the world, it is setting in another. 
 
Today, paganism, heathenism, and hedonism are taking over the whole world. Many feign to be religious, including many as Christians. But true religion, as defined in the Bible, is NOT what religion, by-and-large, has become in this day and age. Religion has become in Christianity, a world of slogans, verbal declarations, and empty shells. 
 
Hedonism plunged the world into the Dark Ages. Priestcraft and those practicing it used their ability to read and to control those who couldn&#039;t, into forms of worship that were distanced from how they were when they were originated. 
 
Science, so-called, while it has brought and brings many truths to light, even today, is becoming (and has long been) the domain of many scam artists, par excellence. Look at &quot;climate change&quot; &#039;science&#039;. &quot;Chicken Little&quot; is as much &quot;science&quot; (if &#039;climate change&#039; is science, as &quot;science&quot; is, then! 
 
What holds true for religion, holds true for &quot;science&quot; or anything— 
 
3  For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears; 
4  And they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables. 
 
(New Testament &#124; 2 Timothy 4:3 - 4) 
 
Ditto religion; ditto science; ditto politics; ditto commerce; ditto anything! ]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The Bible didn&#8217;t stunt the growth of the West. Paganism had overtaken Christianity. The Bible, without the true Christian church had to have centuries to work on people, and they had to go through A LOT, until the renaissance gradually helped civilization evolve into what it became at it&#8217;s zenith. Of course, when the sun is rising in one part of the world, it is setting in another.</p>
<p>Today, paganism, heathenism, and hedonism are taking over the whole world. Many feign to be religious, including many as Christians. But true religion, as defined in the Bible, is NOT what religion, by-and-large, has become in this day and age. Religion has become in Christianity, a world of slogans, verbal declarations, and empty shells.</p>
<p>Hedonism plunged the world into the Dark Ages. Priestcraft and those practicing it used their ability to read and to control those who couldn&#8217;t, into forms of worship that were distanced from how they were when they were originated.</p>
<p>Science, so-called, while it has brought and brings many truths to light, even today, is becoming (and has long been) the domain of many scam artists, par excellence. Look at &#8220;climate change&#8221; &#8216;science&#8217;. &#8220;Chicken Little&#8221; is as much &#8220;science&#8221; (if &#8216;climate change&#8217; is science, as &#8220;science&#8221; is, then!</p>
<p>What holds true for religion, holds true for &#8220;science&#8221; or anything—</p>
<p>3  For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears;</p>
<p>4  And they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables.</p>
<p>(New Testament | 2 Timothy 4:3 &#8211; 4)</p>
<p>Ditto religion; ditto science; ditto politics; ditto commerce; ditto anything!</p>
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		<title>By: godricg9</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Oct 2011 10:13:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Also, how the fuck is the bible nonfiction? ]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Also, how the ***** is the bible nonfiction?</p>
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		<title>By: godricg9</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Oct 2011 10:07:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&quot;it can not be denied that this book gave more to the growth of the West than any other.&quot; 
 
Umm, sorry, but the bible STUNTED the growth of the West. Ever hear of a little thing called the dark ages? That set technology back centuries? Not to mention that the extremely similar qu&#039;ran was responsible for the Middle East getting rid of science for good in the 1200s. ]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;it can not be denied that this book gave more to the growth of the West than any other.&#8221;</p>
<p>Umm, sorry, but the bible STUNTED the growth of the West. Ever hear of a little thing called the dark ages? That set technology back centuries? Not to mention that the extremely similar qu&#8217;ran was responsible for the Middle East getting rid of science for good in the 1200s.</p>
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		<title>By: LovestoSpooge</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Jul 2011 02:17:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Er, the Bible IS fiction.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Er, the Bible IS fiction.</p>
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		<title>By: Bobbi</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Bobbi]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 22 May 2011 04:27:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Where is In Cold Blood?]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Where is In Cold Blood?</p>
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		<title>By: Diligent Dave</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Diligent Dave]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Mar 2011 22:33:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Incredible things may seem to be fictional. But, over the years, it is the historical stuff that is typically far more incredible than the fictional. For example, the fact that George Washington&#039;s person was never hit by a bullet, though he had many horses shot out from under him. Even some Indians, allies of the French, who were sent to shoot him, couldn&#039;t. They remarked that the &quot;Great Spirit&quot; was with (protecting) him.

Napoleon and Hitler arriving in Moscow during two of the worst winters there is extremely coincidental. 

The Japan Earthquake and Tsunamis of today are incredible, but true.

Many things found in the Bible seem fantastic, and hence many suppose they are fiction. But the photos of the girl from Thailand with a werewolf appearance with hair that grows all over her face, also is incredible (but true)!

Some scientific experiments seem to suggest that some sub-atomic particles seem to arrive at one place before they even leave another place. Not everything fits into the explainable.

The Book of Mormon, purported to have been translated by Joseph Smith, gives the account of an instrument left by the door of a tent, supposedly by God or one of his angels. The device had spindles that moved in different ways, and writings could appear on the item with a message. All of this seemed laughingly ridiculous in the late 1820&#039;s, when the book was first published. 

But since the advent of items like cell phones, and GPS devices, in the last decade or two, such a device seems like it would fit fine in something possible in the 21st century. Many might doubt the report of the item, because it appeared in the 6th Century B.C. in the Middle East, and was taken with a group that built and arrived on a boat/ship in the &#039;New World&#039; (the Americas), and seems to be totally anachronistic.

However, as was asked of Abraham&#039;s wife, Sarah, &quot;Is anything too hard for the Lord?&quot; 

The Urim and Thummim that Joseph Smith received with the gold plates, that allowed/helped him to translate a portion of that record into &quot;The Book of Mormon&quot; is an item mentioned that Moses and Aaron had and used. David Whitmer&#039;s account of what Oliver Cowdery told him that Joseph Smith could see through it (J.S. saw how David Whitmer read signs on his way to meet for the first time, Joseph Smith). Joseph Smith could tell enough of Whitmer&#039;s activities at that time, that he and Oliver Cowdery went out to meet Whitmer just as he arrived, because Joseph could tell where Whitmer was at!

Ants may suppose no one can do certain things, because they can&#039;t (as incredible as are the things that ants CAN do). However, if a human can do it, doesn&#039;t mean that an ant can.

Because God can do many things we can&#039;t do, does not mean that He can&#039;t do them. It just means that those things are beyond our ability!]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Incredible things may seem to be fictional. But, over the years, it is the historical stuff that is typically far more incredible than the fictional. For example, the fact that George Washington&#8217;s person was never hit by a bullet, though he had many horses shot out from under him. Even some Indians, allies of the French, who were sent to shoot him, couldn&#8217;t. They remarked that the &#8220;Great Spirit&#8221; was with (protecting) him.</p>
<p>Napoleon and Hitler arriving in Moscow during two of the worst winters there is extremely coincidental. </p>
<p>The Japan Earthquake and Tsunamis of today are incredible, but true.</p>
<p>Many things found in the Bible seem fantastic, and hence many suppose they are fiction. But the photos of the girl from Thailand with a werewolf appearance with hair that grows all over her face, also is incredible (but true)!</p>
<p>Some scientific experiments seem to suggest that some sub-atomic particles seem to arrive at one place before they even leave another place. Not everything fits into the explainable.</p>
<p>The Book of Mormon, purported to have been translated by Joseph Smith, gives the account of an instrument left by the door of a tent, supposedly by God or one of his angels. The device had spindles that moved in different ways, and writings could appear on the item with a message. All of this seemed laughingly ridiculous in the late 1820&#8242;s, when the book was first published. </p>
<p>But since the advent of items like cell phones, and GPS devices, in the last decade or two, such a device seems like it would fit fine in something possible in the 21st century. Many might doubt the report of the item, because it appeared in the 6th Century B.C. in the Middle East, and was taken with a group that built and arrived on a boat/ship in the &#8216;New World&#8217; (the Americas), and seems to be totally anachronistic.</p>
<p>However, as was asked of Abraham&#8217;s wife, Sarah, &#8220;Is anything too hard for the Lord?&#8221; </p>
<p>The Urim and Thummim that Joseph Smith received with the gold plates, that allowed/helped him to translate a portion of that record into &#8220;The Book of Mormon&#8221; is an item mentioned that Moses and Aaron had and used. David Whitmer&#8217;s account of what Oliver Cowdery told him that Joseph Smith could see through it (J.S. saw how David Whitmer read signs on his way to meet for the first time, Joseph Smith). Joseph Smith could tell enough of Whitmer&#8217;s activities at that time, that he and Oliver Cowdery went out to meet Whitmer just as he arrived, because Joseph could tell where Whitmer was at!</p>
<p>Ants may suppose no one can do certain things, because they can&#8217;t (as incredible as are the things that ants CAN do). However, if a human can do it, doesn&#8217;t mean that an ant can.</p>
<p>Because God can do many things we can&#8217;t do, does not mean that He can&#8217;t do them. It just means that those things are beyond our ability!</p>
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		<title>By: waxx21</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Mar 2011 16:06:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[um it says NON fiction.... whys the bible in there?]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>um it says NON fiction&#8230;. whys the bible in there?</p>
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