We have written two lists in the past which deal with this same subject, so there is a little overlap, but this list is a more general one so it makes sense. This is a list of books (fiction and non-fiction) that have been the subject of great controversy.
The Da Vinci Code almost made it onto this list, but in light of this entry’s nonfiction status, it must overtake what Dan Brown expressly intended as fiction.
This is the nonfiction book from which Dan Brown got most of his ideas for The Da Vinci Code. As if that book isn’t controversial enough, Michael Baigent, Richard Leigh and Henry Lincoln (yes, that’s right, three writers), published this book in 1982 in the UK. It states a case that Jesus was not divine, married and had sex with Mary Magdalene, had children by her, and that these children or their descendants emigrated to Gaul (France), and founded the Merovingian Dynasty, which has two of the most famous Frankish kings, Charles the Hammer, and Charlemagne.
You can see how this might upset a few Christians. It wouldn’t have be so bad if the writers actually had some hard facts to back up their case, but they rely almost exclusively on factoids, which are dubious, probably spurious attempts to sound factual. The Priory of Sion, on which the book heavily relies, did not have the storied history it describes. The true Priory was founded in 1956 in France, by Pierre Plantard, who deliberately concocted a fictitious history going back to 1099 and the Christian sack of Jerusalem. The Christians did sack it, but there was no Priory involved.
It also asserts that the Roman Catholic Church has completely corrupted the truth of Judeo-Christian history in order to control people. You can see how this might upset a few Catholics (and Jews).
This one makes very frequent appearances on public school banned-book lists throughout the United States, because of its use of the word “nigger.” Mark Twain wrote it at a time when it was not dangerous to use this word, but today things have changed.
The truth is, in the time of the story, white people called black people “niggers,” because that was the most usual word in the nationwide vernacular. It was not, at that time, so much a pejorative term as now. But typical PTA meetings at elementary, middle and high schools center on this book as often as they center on sex education, because the horrified parents can’t get over the thought of their children reading the word “nigger” several hundred times throughout the book.
This one is controversial for a specific reason. At the very end of the Judeo-Christian Bible, in Revelation, there is a verse that reads, “For I testify unto every man that heareth the words of the prophecy of this book, If any man shall add unto these things, God shall add unto him the plagues that are written in this book: And if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part out of the book of life, and out of the holy city, and from the things which are written in this book.”
The first half of that quotation is the one Mormons have to sidestep carefully, and they usually do so by saying that it should be interpreted as referring to only the Book of Revelation, not the entire Bible. If this is accepted, then Joseph Smith’s Book of Mormon is an acceptable addition to the Bible. Almost all other Christian denominations argue fiercely that whatever the quoted verses mean, there is no need for an addition to the Bible. It was already complete before Smith came along.
Their arguments typically center on Smith’s (and Brigham Young’s) desire for multiple wives. Smith was not allowed by U. S. law to marry more than one wife, so he invented a new religion and got it accepted into the mainstream in order to marry more than one woman. Today, the Mormons believe some bizarre things, in terms of fundamental Christianity, namely that God has physical sex with angels, that when a Mormon dies, he or she becomes God in another universe, and that God took care of the ancient Native Americans, perhaps from as long ago as 2,500 BC, in much the same way that he took care of the Israelites. Also that during the forty days between Resurrection and Ascension, Jesus appeared and preached to the native American tribes.
Coupled with Huck Finn as a popularly banned book in schools around the United States. Salinger had a lot of nerve to publish it in 1951, given its amount of profanity, sexual scenes, general subversive nature, and lots and lots of smoking and drinking. It was one of the ten most challenged books in 2005, with furious parents demanding it be removed from their children’s school curricula.
Atheists champion it, theists denounce it, and there is very little middle ground. That was Richard Dawkins’s intent with it. This is by far his most inflammatory treatise on atheism to date, and his biggest commercial success. It has sold over 2 million copies.
Dawkins openly attacks religion as a delusion, since there is almost certainly no God, never has been, period. He goes through a logical process of destroying the idea of a God of any kind, then discusses the nature of morality, whether it requires a religion to work.
The book has so inflamed the debate between atheists and theists that quite a few books have been written promoting it, and even more condemning it. Dawkins and two others, Sam Harris and Christopher Hitchens, who have also written such books, are referred to by many Christians as an Unholy Trinity, now.
O. J. Simpson should have laid low for a little longer. It wouldn’t have made the list had it not actually been printed, but about 400,000 copies have been.
It is difficult to know how many were destroyed, if any, but when it was announced in November 2006, it started such a controversy that the publisher had to yank it off the press. In August of the next year, the Goldman family was awarded copyrights for the book, as partial compensation for the lawsuit that Simpson never paid.
Judith Regan, the publisher, is on record stating that she considers the description of Simpson’s “hypothetical” scenario so perfect and pristine that it’s as good as the actual confession.
The premise of the book is really stupid, given that Simpson swears he didn’t do it. He puts forth the case that though he didn’t do it, this is how he could have done it. Not smart.
After his original plans for the book, as a way to make some money, were canceled, the Goldman family acquired the rights and hired a ghostwriter to get it into publication. Not a bad read, really.
(He did it.)
Niccolo Machiavelli’s masterpiece has garnered a rotten reputation over the centuries as advocating tyranny. Machiavelli argues that the best ruler is the one whose people love him. Such a ruler is almost impossible to come by. But a very close second to this is the ruler whose people fear him. There have been many of those.
The book is more philosophy than politics, and it champions the idea of self-reliance. But this can easily be taken as “don’t help anyone, because they should help themselves.” Self-reliance is one of the founding principles of the modern Church of Satan, and that’s the comparison detractors of this book routinely make.
In general, the detractors loathe it because it appears a very efficient method by which to create a corrupt tyrant.
Karl Marx should have been reprimanded, not for its controversial nature, but for writing the most boring book in history. His idea came from an observation that all of humanity’s strife, from the beginning of our history to now, has been over class struggles.
He therefore sought to abolish classes, and establish a system of government in which there are no betters or worses, but only equal people, who all get paid the same amount for whatever their jobs are, from the President to the peon. They would all get the same kind of food, the same amount, the same kind of car, house, everything.
Unfortunately, it doesn’t work that way. Someone always wants more or better. Actually, everyone does. It was seen as the polar opposite of democracy, not because of its philosophy, but because it was seized upon and championed by the Soviet Union, whom the United States deeply abhorred during the Cold War.
A few facts that you may not know. Muslims believe that the Q’uran is the divine speech of God, revealed through the Archangel Gabriel to Muhammad, from around 610 to 632 AD. They regard it as the primary miracle to prove that Muhammad is indeed the greatest prophet of all.
Muslims revere Moses and Jesus also, but do not hold that Jesus was divine. Christians around the world who are not particularly educated about the book consider it the closest thing to the Devil Himself that anyone is likely to see until Armageddon.
Most of these Christians (and there are other denominations and religions involved in loathing the book) believe that the Q’uran instructs its followers to strap on dynamite and C-4 explosives, and go kill infidels (Jews and Christians) in order to get to Heaven and be rewarded with 72 dark-haired virgins.
The problem is that the word for these “virgins” is “houri,” which has many meanings. It may mean nothing more than angels, meaning that 72 angels will minister to the departed in heaven, and “minister” does not necessarily mean sexual intercourse.
Most Muslims believe in these 72 virgins in the same way that most Christians believe that they will be outfitted with harps, wings, and walk on clouds.
But the terrorist organizations, dedicated to hatred of Jews and Christians, indoctrinate their primarily illiterate trainees into believing that their suicides and bombing of said infidels will be the path to Heaven. There is no such statement anywhere in the Q’uran. It is quite a peaceful book, advocating understanding and tolerance of the three major Monotheisms.
No book has been published more, translated more, interpreted or misinterpreted more than the Judeo-Christian Bible. It has more copies in circulation that any other book, and is present in part or in whole in about 2,400 of the world’s 6,900 or so languages.
It is the breeding ground for more furious debates than any book in history, and is the go-to book for Christians, atheists, deists, even Jews and Muslims. If you’re going to convince a Christian he’s wrong, you have to use his book to do it.
Atheists, in particular, regard it with extreme hatred, because it depicts God as particularly ruthless, cruel, barbaric (Old Testament) and then self-righteous and magical (New Testament). Logically speaking, they say, the Bible is its own worst enemy, because it appears notoriously ambiguous in places.
It is the center of authority on gay rights issues, gay marriage, abortion, even the very nature of democracy. The Founding Fathers of the United States used it as their primary template for drafting the Constitution.
Not even the most secular debate on morality can avoid it. Before the Bible, philosophers typically quoted Aristotle, Plato, Socrates, Confucius, Siddhartha Gautama, etc. After the Bible, even the most vehemently atheistic philosophers quote the Bible more than any other source of philosophy when attempting to prove or disprove any of its points.
Some even argue that all of the world’s wars after its dissemination have been caused by it.






























What, no Mein Kampf? Easily the worst book in history (in terms of not only the content but also the quality of the writing)
It’s not controversial. It’s universally despised.
The reason they want virgins is they don't want them to know how bad at ***** they are!
Why Woman And Virgins Because The Most Natural Pleasure Moment Is The Orgasm
Your assertion that the Q'uran does not advocate evil deeds is wrong and your further suggestion that it is a book of peace is entirely misinformed. At least half of this book would have to be eliminated for it to be asserted as peaceful. That half can not reasonably be argued to be interpreted any way but promoting terrorism (they even use the word). Islam is not a peaceful religion. It is a religion that wants you to tolerate it but will not tolerate you. It's irresponsible for you to put forth an idea that is anything but. If you're reading a translation of this book then it is not recognized by the Iman's that indoctrinate it's populace. This is a dangerous book that is used to justify evil acts by their selfish, deluded ruling clergy.
That being said, the Judeo-Christian bible has it's own atrocities as well but it's much less assertive than the Q'uran. Both are interesting if properly read as a book of fiction.
Any book that uses an invisible man to influence the populace is a dangerous thing but the wording of the Q'uran cannot be reasonably thought to be peaceful. Thinking as such requires more research to reveal the true nation of this religion. True, some Islams may be peaceful, but their religion is anything but. The clergy and the literal interpretation of this book and share this blame equally.
People can believe what they want – just be nice to one another.
Have you read the entire book other than reading quotes from propaganda sites. Try it, might find it interesting.
word is not terrorism, its jihad, literally meaning strive.. it has many levels.. it begins with jihad within yourself , which means to constantly strive to be a better man.. strive for your loved ones and family… both non violent.. lastly strive against an aggressor.. violently if it must be..note that i used aggressor, quran teaches defense, if somebody strikes you, you strike back.. in war quran teaches that you should never be the agressor, never harm the old sick women children, non civillian, even trees are mentioned..
i agree with the clergy part.. but thats not at all wot the quran teaches.. they have created a totally manipulated version of what islam teaches..no sensible muslim believes in them.. or supports the extremists.. i live in pakistan.. a suicide or a car bomb every other.. a couple of days ago a bank and few days before a sports complex.. all victims civillian , all muslims.. who were on about their daily chores.. its insensible to think that a religion would profess to kill their own people.. thus it is clear that the extremists manipulate islam and have their own agenda behind what they do..but that is a group of people unsupported by any sensible muslim..
you can listen to dr, zakir naik , whose a muslim himself and is well versed in comparative religion.. to clear the misconceptions about islam and quran..
Extremisms, to harm and or murder innocent people, is evil period. I may be Islamic, Jewish, Catholic or something other; the label may cause a division, a bias, so I won’t give myself an additional label, not just yet other than the common thread that identifies us all, I’m a human being! My personal situation… I was born to a mother, who I later learned from her Grandmother and aunt that she could not walk or talk until she was nearly four years old, delayed childhood development was the first indication that she may have a biological abnormality. A hidden illness that has caused me and my siblings much pain, I’m her eldest and have been unable to thrive as I should, have had lifelong depression, my brother 10 yrs. younger, is very ill, unable to function normally, my sister is deceased! My mother is seriously ill, mentally but her mental illness is not obvious to others which may appear, as being initially differences in one’s personal opinion and or a personality clash, no big deal but after spending time with Mom and behind closed doors, it is more than just simply differences! Mom illness causes her to have tunnel vision, not to see rational logic if it goes against her intent which is to have a sense of being in control, a false sense of control, being right, a false sense of being right, a need to be needed, falsely gained by psychological blackmail and or the threat of punishment! Others, her siblings for one, have just given into her demands, trying to avoid her tantrums or threats then she turns into a child can’t figure out the simplest things, yet almost always makes much of everything so very complex then turns into a demon, which gives her a false sense of superiority even if it meant harming her own children! There are many people similar to my Mom, who are ill, who never had any indication of having a biological illness, an abnormal problem, such as Mom had, like delayed development, who are nevertheless ill and it is hidden; and they are not diagnosed, not helped, given the tools to help themselves understand their illness, able to be mindful and learn how to help themselves and therefore help prevent others from being harmed! Left untreated these ill people, settle into this disturbed way of thinking, adopt whatever beliefs coincide with their warped thinking and if it means tweaking a belief system, redefining it then they will! My own mother has repeatedly harmed me, is jealous of me which in its self is abnormal for a parent to feel this way towards one’s child! I have since learned that this illness my Mom has, is not limited to just her particular disorder which is really a combination of a few disorders and can’t be identified singularly, under one convenient label that says, this is the name of this disorder! I believe, some people who have a hidden ugly, have evil-envy for others, have self-hate stemming from hurt will adopt whatever cause that agrees with their own inner ugly that allows them to release, purge their ugly. And some of these individuals of any race or religious affiliation, who act-out “Evil Extremes” harm and or murder innocent people have become demonically possessed… they have a biological disorder, a mental illness! A chemical imbalance that has taken place, by way of their negative thinking, their evil acts, making them psychopaths or they too were born with a disorder that had morphed into making them psychopaths, by way of their extreme thinking=actions! Either way these people become, well practiced liars, are deceptively clever and they act, in order to solicit others to misuse their powers and act on their behalf, on behalf of their disorder(s) because they themselves are ill-minded and have a need, an inner evil that wants to adopt a cause that will justify them hurting others people they do not know and this has happened to me! Mom is ill and has gotten her brother and his wife who have no disorder, to act on Mom’s behalf and my uncle & aunt have gotten others to act, people who are in positions of authority to misuse their power, in order to harm me as had happen, with the intent to further harm me and or murder me; when I have done nothing but continuously forgiven my mother for the harm she has caused my siblings and me. I’m a flawed sinner, as we all are, I’ve made mistakes and take shame in that and not blame but growing up with an ill person as I have, it has taken more time to shed the thinking, the behaviors, lift the denial from learned concepts, behaviors taught me as a child and mimicked later, due to living with an ill-minded parent, who admits to no wrong doing; my Mom, as well as the men I met, who are ill psychopaths, along with my uncle and my aunt are either unable to see their wrongs or simply refuse too! I suspect some people may think me and my family to possibly be muslin and or part of an extremist religious sect …wrong! I’m talking about people who have a hidden disorder or are simply ill, ill-minded and prone to evil deeds! I would like my story to be published one day, in order to help and not harm, disarm and or loosen divisions made by some labels! My story, heartache, what happen to me was more complex, bigger in scope but God I know now, protected me, did not want me to be overwhelmed and see the bigger picture to soon! Short summary, I was caring for my psychical ill Dad, a decent, kind hearted man! I as I’ve mentioned, have had lifelong depression nothing more that which stemmed from living with an ill Mom. I sought standard-counseling, supportive guidance while caring for my ill father, I was directed to a facility that offered counseling services, meeting a counselor, a man but something was amiss with him but I put those unidentifiable feelings aside and continued my sessions with him!
In short this counselor, I learned was ill, like my mother, I recognized it, he was seriously ill, a psychopath! I’m an artist, I have a trained eye, as well! The mind is but a tool used as such, a natural mechanism that alerts us intuitively to dangers, psychic images, minus the sophisticated training, labels, we all use are intuitive abilities on some level naturally and this ability, like any other skill, can be enhance with further training and or through art, as is the case with me! While in close proximity to this man, the counselor following several sessions, I became intuitively suspicious and began intentional observing him, noticing subtly differences, slightly taller during one sessions, shorter the next and the cartilage shaping his nose and ears was different, as well as other anatomical differences; the rational conclusion was that this counselor had nearly identical siblings that were switching places prior to my individuals sessions! And of course, due to the circumstances as they were, counseling sessions, is one of the reasons why they had been getting with, what they were doing! I later concluded, they were allowed to do so and their motivation, their intent, as was witnessed, was to intentionally drive the client, me in this instants, who had been set-up as had happened, to intentionally push me, over the edge, making me think that I was going nuts, when I was actually witnessing “Lunacy in Motion” and I was sane enough to identify the situation for what it actual was! This counselor and the accomplice(s) who assumed the same role, as being one man solely while using the very same name, account for each other’s time; they harm and or murder people, yes okay, allegedly! I was doing, just as the Looney counselor and the accomplice(s) had been further trained to do, using my mind during transference and counter-transference, a technique used in *****ysis; I began picking-up images, crimes that were directly related to them which I later rechanneled into drawings that weren’t immediately understood until later! The counselor began acting bizarre, as did the accomplice(s) during my individual sessions, revealing that they were seriously ill people, energized by an evil energy that made its presence known! The short of this is, prior to being directed to this facility, unbeknownst to me, but then that was the intent while setting me UP.. that I not know, I was befriended by one of their associates, years earlier, Al, he too claimed to be someone he wasn’t; we began exchanging E-mails and the idea behind that I also discovered, was Al, wanted to get an unguarded personal perspective, on who I was, while lifting my art off of my computer as well! Human commodity, money, something of value that they want, personal acclaim and or a means that would be profitable to the overall groups endeavors, in this instants, a nonfictional story, later to be a published book and or something similar! These identical men were obviously, either predisposed to having strong resemblances, as in multiples or genetic manipulation was the intent and part of a long term plan that has been in progress, possibly, not so new “World Order” and part of both political parties, may be? And to further help their warped endeavors along, they have connections within show-biz, staging, disguises, body-doubles-actors.. etcetera! Some are pedophiles and murderers, *****ual deviates having hidden agendas and no doubt have joined forces with other ill-minded professionals and they are working within the system and were allowed to do as they had and have been setting-up people because they can with the intent to harm and or murder them and given the okay to do so, by ill-minded others, politicians!~ I’m afraid of my own mother, her brother, my uncle and his wife because they know these people, these ill-minded counselors, along with the professionals who had misused their power, in order that I be harmed; with the intent to further harm me; they are screwballs period! I later learned, that this counselor, one of the posing Identical screwballs, had years earlier staged his death and was the very same man shown, pictured on dedications sites, showing the supposedly deceased man who had died years earlier and was the same man, the counselor I had met, who is a psychopath, who I repeatedly interacted with! And a nonfictional book was published about the supposedly dead man’s journey and death which is actually a public hoax! I strongly believe with valid reasons, that the real author of this book “Into The Wild” is the same man who had befriended me, calling himself Al Bliss later Al Smith, who wanted to get a personal take on me, while writing another book that had to do with artist in general and or an artist, myself in which my art would be used and the man calling himself Al, had a public stand-in author not because he wanted to maintain his privacy, as some authors do but to hide who he is, due to ill intent intended! During my sessions, much had happened including role reversal and I began discussing their crimes and showing them my drawings that revealed their collective conscious, their past history and they began to feel, threatened by me and purposed marriage, asked me to be his lover, offered me a position and when I did not respond to these disguised lures, I was then threatened with murder! Well, yeah, it’s painful to learn that your own family is involved! My mother was born with a disorder and the other people, well I guess they had developed a disorder or are simply ill-minded people! Any negative label will due “Evil Extremes”! They have money and the right connections and some of these individuals are part of a satanic cult and hiding behind acceptable labels, positions here in Massachusetts! I too, had thoughts about harming these men, this counselor, and the accomplice(s) while in their presences but prayed hard, in order to further learn unanswered questions, like who else knew, who had allowed them to harm me? They also have women, acting on their behalf, who are just as ill and I suspect have also murdered unsuspecting people, who like myself were “Set-Up!” I do pray for my enemy, my ill family and their associates but now I must keep my distance, I do NOT trust them and have advised my adult sons, one married with children, to stay clear of my Mom, her brother and his wife, who works for a judge and they had people misuse their power and connections in order that I be harmed! The problem is, this operation has been in progress for some time! The most vulnerable people will be targeted, if they can be of some value or manipulated into harming others, used as patsy and these individuals are found through their privately funded institutions, counseling facilities and alike and some people are very susceptible, easily mislead by subtly persuasions and the corrupt use of psycho*****ysis along with hypnosis that is aligned with brainwashing techniques as I also had witnessed, an updated version of the “Manchurian Candidate” the screwball *****yst gives directives, in order that the already vulnerable individual will do their dirty work, will harm people and or committee murders, shoot people at political rallies and alike, as had happened and the counselors/psychologist, are rarely if ever scrutinized! I strongly suspect, that the individuals who had been murdered, found on Long Island New York in April of 2011 which was said to be a dumping ground, for one or more killers, are the men I met and or associated to them! A young girl Celina Cass, 11 yrs. old in Stewartstown New Hampshire in July of 2011, disappeared and about two weeks later she was found dead, in a nearby hydro electric dam with a blanket still wrapped around her which has similarities to the Ramsey case. Jonbenet Ramsey was found slain with a blanket wrapped around her and I believe the counselor I met, wrote the Ramsey note and he along with his associates had murdered this child, Jonbenet; no innocent child should be murdered regardless of the crimes the parents may have committed, if any at all! And yes, I realize that children are murdered everyday globally, as well as unsuspecting innocent people and I pray but I’m now discussing, in-part my story about a specific group of people that I had crossed paths with! The duct tape found on the Ramsey child, baffled the authorities, beaver hair was found on the tape that was removed from Jonbenet’s lifeless body, as well as, an unaccounted for pocket knife! In the nonfictional book “Into The Wild” the said author, as well as Chris, who the story is written about (who years later, reemerges here in Mass. as a counselor) had to slosh through standing beaver ponds, during the Alaska thaw to arrive at the abandon bus-142 where Chris had supposedly died, a body was found, identified by the dental X-rays that were sent to Alaska, whose body was really found? Beaver hair was found on the duct tape, beaver hair as well as duct tape and some, plural as is stated, pocket knives were given to Chris, who had staged his death with the assistance of others, who had written in his journal the day he arrived at Stampede Trail, the Alaska bush and headed into the woods, as being “Rabbit Day” and my interpretation of this cryptic note knowing that Chris J. McCandless did not die “Rabbit Day” means to burrow in bus-142, to symbolically die and symbolically resurrect to do as Chris had stated, to understand things fully, you must actually experience them fully, by doing them and in this case, because Chris had staged his death, he’s assumed to be dead and free to acted-out “Evil Extremes!” Was Chris know by Al and his associates to be ill, found out by people having access to medical data, who had later befriended Chris and subtly brained washed him into joining them, committing crimes, murders, well yeah that too is a very real possibly because the people Chris is associated too, I suspect, are part of a subversive group, which may have something to do with, world war 2 and the families of the soldiers who fought in this war, possibly those soldiers who were a-part of certain missions, such as the “Asianic Campaign” as was my Dad’s brother, my Uncle, who was on a destroyer ship, for three years, the USS Halligan and part of the Okinawan battle that took over the Island from the empire of Japan before being blown up! This may be a valid connection, Asians & German-NAZIs in, World War 2, NAZI multiples, Chris had, to describe more accurately which is not meant to describe an entire group of people in a negative way! Chris had, Asian Mannerism, Characteristics, hmmm? May be Indo-Aryan? There may be a connection between myself and other individuals, who, the said author, Jon Krakauer of “Into The Wild” and of other books, tells stories about people, who had been murdered, met an un fortunate demise, supposedly in Chris case, staged his death or had, what appeared to be, a fatal accident, is there a connection between, World War two and the families of the soldiers who fought in that war, possibly? Two young children, toddlers were also recently abducted over the past several months, from their homes, one child in Missouri another in New Hampshire, which may also be related to these men and or their organized group that of course is a possibility but remains unknown! I suspect that some these individuals, *****ual deviates, perverts, pedophiles, ritualistically murders of children, snuff killings, as had happened to the Ramsey child, are part of a *****ographic ring which makes ill movies of adults having ***** with children! I strongly suspect that many of these children, for whatever reason, poverty, a bad home life, who are institutionalized before being placed in foster homes, MAY fall victim to pedophiles in some instances, are drugged and a setting staged, in order to further confuse the children when they later begin to recall these events, have delayed reactions that later reemerges! Such is the case, I strongly suspect in the book “Magic Castle” the author, Carol Smith, a foster parent, who later adopted a boy named Alex, who the nonfictional story is about which takes place in and around Massachusetts and Alex in my opinion was led to believe that his own family was part of a cult and they along with others had molested him! Alex may have been *****ual molested, as a child by family members but they would do so while in the privacy of their own homes, not wanting to be exposed but Alex recalled, most often, as is stated, being taken from his home to other locations where there were other children and a Halloweenish atmosphere, people wearing robes with cultish props, candles, upside down crosses and worm like crap strewed all over the floor, babies being murdered and at another location there was an indoor arena, animals being mutilated etcetera! Now I do believe there are satanic cults but this nonfictional story, in many instants does not make logical sense within the bizarre content that has supposed to have happened! Alex family is poor and may have been intellectually challenged and that is why Alex was exploited. Alex’s family had few to no resources, little money and were supposedly, as is stated, also alcoholics! Why would they take their child, Alex out of their home to be *****ual victimized when they could stay at home and act out their deviate acts privately! Poor people who have addictions and then having the wear with all, to go to such elaborate extremes, does not make sense, even if Alex’s parents and or family members were ill-minded and were paid by others to additionally *****ually molest Alex, they would do so, it seems, inside Alex’s own home! The photographed picture shown on the back inside cover of this book “Magic Castle” shows Alex as a handsome adult resembling very much an actor with the author, his adopted Mom Carol Smith; Alex looks just like Al the man who had befriended me, he was an actor and a good writer, who claimed to also be, a part-time thumb-traveler, who took risk looking for stories to write! Oh but that too is just a coincidence, as well Hugh? I strongly suspect that the people my family had solicited to harm me and were possibly, unaware (Wishful thinking, it’s just difficult to fathom, even in face of all that had happened, the evidence that tells me otherwise!) of what other crimes they have committed but that is unknown, but “Deals” were made with unscrupulous people, who write stories, befriend people who are in the process of being set- up, who are mislead into believing otherwise initially, as I was, given false information comparable to their intent which is really to harm and or murder the chosen victim; in a way that appears to be far removed, from all previous events and or those involved, an accident or a sudden illness that brings about their death because they can, they have connections within the medical community here in Massachusetts, as I’ve learned! And these people are not muslin terrorist, they are a mixed bag of screwballs period, who pose as being people they aren’t and have professional positions and the men I met had a white collar position and were working within the health-care field! Yes forgiveness is a process, in the meantime though these men are “ F#ckers” who were allowed to do as they had; now did they borrow the name they had used along with the identity they had, in order to harm me, possibly but it still stands, people in positions had allowed it to happen! I’m not a gangster, a NAZI or a terrorist, I have no affiliation to any hate group, I’m a poor artist, mother and grandmother, I believe in God, Jesus and believe there are good people in every race and religion but I have difficulty maintaining my balance when it comes to sick perverts harming, murdering innocent people.. “Children!” My Mom is ill and I love her and she is not just her illness but unfortunately it has taken over a great deal of her thinking but her disorder does not rule other people, who were already ill-minded and chose to misuse their power and connections, due to their own inner ugliness and they had adopt a cause that gave them an opportunity to show who they really are to act-out their hidden agenda’s “Rearranged Truths” to collaborate with what may now be said and these ding-a-lings, have a propensity for altering, changing, rearranging and tweaking the truth.. Chris did not “Drop Dead” in 1992 he reemerged and or never left Massachusetts! These books and their authors are connected to these men that I met, I believe the author of “Magic Castle” Carol Smith, was possibly jerked around, lied to by the people who played a role in Alex’s life, the counselors and social-workers involved in Alex’s case, some were possibly actors, playing real life roles; which had multi purposes (pun intended) staging events in order that children can be *****ually molested, filmed, a book written and the counselors and alike benefit from the reading public, who is impressed to believe that Alex had multiple personalities (When Alex’s symptoms were possibly all a result of being molested possibly further by ill-mined professionals who took advantage because they can!) that can be controlled, managed with the help of counselors and alike, as well as drugs, the pharmaceutical industry benefits; the health-care facility where these psychopaths had worked, may still, possibly at one of Arbour’s other, privately funded institutions, extending facilities, possibly disguised as being someone else, the head of pediatrics or possibly a plant in an office, well hey they are lunatics, and this “Caring Business” also owns a pharmaceutical lab in Cambridge Mass., it’s about the money at whatever extreme cost to others, regardless of innocence! I have valid reasons to strongly also suspect that these individuals here in Massachusetts are connected to wealthy individuals, possibly related to royalty across the pond, in England, wealthy Wiccans ( allegedly, thus far unsubstantiated! Oh yeah and this book “The Last Madam” is also in some way connected to this same, associated group and my reasons for believing this is, some of the picture shown in this book, the last madam, were altered, I believe my aunt, my uncle’s wife is posing as being the madam in one of the many pictures shown in this book of that era and one of the man shown pictured in the vice squad, is my uncle Dan, posing as being one of the policemen during that era, as well; now were they simply mislead into posing for these pictures, possibly but based on my uncle’s attitude along with other unfolding events, I don’t believe so. This past February of 2012, my aunt and uncle called and wanted to see me, they acted like they cared, phonies, their real concern was for themselves, they told me that my uncle Dan was going to be in a Hollywood movie! That’s nice I said, they then advised me not to write about my experience, my lived through nightmare! I later called them, to inform them that I am writing about my experience and my ill Mom, along with your ill-minded associates! My Mom’s ill-minded siblings, who for whatever reason thought it okay to harm me when I have done nothing to harm them, we’ve had no battles, no lingering disputes that would caused them to make such a “Deal” have me set up! Envy about my artwork, artwork that I haven’t been able to do, thus far hmmm’’ why is that, well for one, things haven’t been very conducive, inspiring for creativity! One of my youngest son’s friends is muslin, my son often stays at house with his family, they cook, play games and interact in harmony and I’m a white woman, who is Catholic and live in a state that has many hospitals & schools “Caring Businesses” and freedoms that I’ve always been grateful for; but I have little trust now about some relatives in my family, counselors, institutions and people in positions of power, who may, at a moment’s notice misuse their power, in order to harm people, set them up, stage events, write books that are public hoaxes, people who have done nothing to them! Evil goes where it is welcomed, regardless of your skin color or religion, evil wants the good and how the good is obtained, is through the evil-act committed to get the good, the glory, the *****, the acclaim, control, power, money……and at some point the shame, regret, prison, misery absence of God! My health has been compromised; do to all that has happened, my nonfictional book, one day, soon! Peace.. Ocellus 7 < my pseudonym name, never thought I’d need to shield my identity!
P. S. The Counselor spoke Spanish, Portuguese and English that I know of, possibly more, posibly second generation NAZI’s that fled to Brazil after World war 2 and later taught the Spanish soldiers how to murder people and dispose of their bodies, as in the dirty wars and or Indo-Aryan? Why the Catholic Church not only hide Jewish folks but hide NAZIs l also heard possibly here in Massachusetts, may be my uncle Dan and Linda are a-part of that group, they for sure knew these men, my uncle made a slip, telling me the very same story that Al Bliss, Smith, had told me years earlier when Al had befriended me, a rather unusual story that both men did, exactly the same way; when lying and scheming, it is difficult to remember who said what or did what when, Dan proved that to be, the truth!
You are a cretin!
Nice List!
Why salman rushdie’s book – The Satanic Verses is not on the list?
Marx and Engels didn’t state in The Communist Manifesto that everybody, regardless of what work they do, should get paid the same. I’m also pretty sure that Marx didn’t say we should have the same car. That hypocrite drove a delorean all over London when he penned wrote this thing after all. Also, anybody that calls the Manifesto the most boring book in history clearly has not f*cking read Moby Dick. Or Critique of Pure Reason. Or take any number of German books in the intellectual tradition Marx was educated in. Whatever.
Cool list ! I didn’t know that about Finn because as a kid i read it translated into my language :S
About the quran thing. I was raised as a muslim but i don’t believe in that thing anymore and my point is i have never heard about the 72 virgins deal.
It might be also because I am from Bosnia and Herzegovina and muslims in Bosnia are not extreme so therefore no 72 virgins hahahahahha
And also i was working in Afghanistan 3 years ago and i met couple of Afghanis and they firmly believe in the promise of 72
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I never knew about the OJ book – what made him think that was a good idea?! Can you still get hold of it or is it out of print?
@Russ – maybe it’s not here because it’s not that controversial, 99.9% of people are in agreement that it’s total *****e
Back @Tarachowski Absolutely agree, but there’s no denying that the ideas contained within it’s pages are responsible not only for the untold millions of deaths while the Nazi’s were in ‘power’ but also a good proportion of hate and race crimes over the last 80 years or so. Idiots following idiots.. Yeah thats right neo nazis and skin heads, I called you idiots!
And who could forget the notorious “Go Dog Go” by Dr. Seuss.
The very thought of it chills me to the bone. A blue dog in a tree indeed.
*shiver*
the prince is fckin creepy
@DONdon [7]: Not only do I believe, but I expect to be awarded.
Some more books could be added :
1. Lolita
2. Mein Kampf.@Russ [6]: Its way of writing isn’t bad because afterall, it is a piece of biography and personal opinion.
3. Protocol of the Elders of Zion.
4. The Satanic verses.
5. On the origin of Species.
6. Darwin’s Black Box.
7. Brave New World
8. 1984
9. Slaughterhouse Five
10. Lord of the Flies.
???? over half these books are far from controversial just like catcher in the Rye isn't controversial, its crap, it is possibly the slowest moving, boring book I have ever read.
@7raul7 [13]: but why 72 virgins
If i believed I would have wanted 72 hookers or ***** actresses or girls that know what they are doing
hahahha
And thank you FlameHorse for telling the world that The Quran is quite a peaceful book. Also, we muslims not only revere Jesus, we hold him divine & according to our beliefs, he will return on the day of judgement to save the muslims from the ‘infidels’.
ironically infidel is taken to mean someone who doesn't believe in Islam, so Jesus will save you from Christians and jews lol
infidels is used in reference to the the idolators of the dark arab ages.. people who buried their daughters just because they seemed a liability.. islam changed that..more accurately we believe that jesus will return to fight against dajjal or antichrist and his followers
@DONdon [14]: Lol. Here are the other links on LV about controversial books.
http://listverse.com/2008/05/14/10-books-that-screwed-up-the-world/
http://listverse.com/2008/06/11/top-10-most-controversial-non-fiction-books/
http://listverse.com/2007/12/03/top-10-politically-incorrect-kids-books/
http://listverse.com/2008/09/29/top-10-most-disturbing-novels/
http://listverse.com/2007/08/13/top-15-banned-literary-classics/
Its a good list but it would have been better if half the books listed weren’t about religion. Surely there are other controversial books out there.
hmm ive read most of these books, well except fro holy blood, the oj one and the book of mormon, and i haven’t had a chance to read the quran yet, ive read the communist manifesto a few times great list
I understand that the Q’uran isn’t as violent as the American media portrays it, but isn’t there a bit of bias in this whole article with regards to Christianity?
In the entry for the Q’uran, it is mentioned that it is a peaceful book after all. But it is not immune to human fallacies and corruption. The Q’uran, as with the Bible, has been misinterpreted as much. With this knowledge, one seems to wonder why the entry for the Bible ends on such a sour note?
As for The Satanic Verses, it is not as violent as people seem to think. It promotes self-thought and self-dependence, above all things material. The Satanic Verses promote the worship of self. This idea is, as far as my knowledge goes, accepted by Modern-day Satanists.
mein kampf….seriously?
mein kampf should have been in here.
I mean, as for “Satanism.”
Isn’t it fair to include ALL religions in this list if the big 3 (Atheism, Islam, Christianity) are gonna be mentioned?
@Nazreel [21]: hahahaha LOL
@photosystem [23]: correct me if i am wrong but how is atheism a religion ?
DONdon, in at least some schools of philosophy, one can choose A, one can choose B, or one can refuse/decline to make a choice, and those schools regard the third as itself a choice ("choosing not to choose"). In that sense, atheism can be considered a religion.
“Calling Atheism a religion is like calling bald a hair color.” – Don Hirschberg
Atheism is the belief that there is no afterlife and religion is simply a set of beliefs
Atheism is the *rejection* of belief in the existence of God (or Gods), and takes the position that there is no God (or Gods).
Where`s “On the Jews and their Lies.” by Martin Luther?
@DONdon [25]:
I don’t know man. Based on an online dictionary:
Religion – a set of beliefs concerning the cause, nature, and purpose of the universe, esp. when considered as the creation of a superhuman agency or agencies ….. etc
I’d say atheism is a religion. That’s my opinion though, and I appreciate its irony.
@photosystem [27]: we would probably get into whole different argument here so i’ll just drop it hahaha
i would say atheism isn’t a religion but an absence of one
@DONdon [28]:
LOL good call. It’s mere semantics anyway.
Hope I didn’t offend anyone though.
Wait, how can the Bible and the Q’uran be controversial???? I think Hitler’s “Mein Kampf” should be on top of the list.
Also I remember another list which has a similar theme with this one, except much better, but I don’t know if that particular list is in the archives.
Oh, I forgot, this list is lame. It’s too biased.
Hmmm…I have something to say but i won’t cuz’ then all sensitive american flowers will jump on me again. I’ll try to behave.
@Karl [31]: how can they not be? everyone is debating about em, so that makes them controversial… BTW stop kicking a dead horse…. nmein kampf has been written a few decades ago and clearly you havent read or youd know what it contained….
DID YOU KNOW: most germans never read mein kampf when it was first published, they just kept it in the house for its symbolic worth. Also racism is something everyone has in them it doesnt take a book to bring it up….
@photosystem [27]:
if atheism was a religion, then atheists would pray, go to atheist church, read strictly atheist books (just like theists do) and also there would be some sort of holy book written about a magical atheist who could save the world but didnt…. a nod to JC
@doctor SS [34]:
Hahaha fair enough. But,
Religion : a specific fundamental set of beliefs and practices generally agreed upon by a number of persons or sects
- Dictionary.com
It could be debated that since atheists believe there is no god and practice this belief, it could be argued that atheism is a religion.
But to be honest, I just don’t want to surrender that atheism-religion irony. Even if deep down, I know it does not make sense whatsoever. Stubbornness is a virtue indeed. Haha! =)
@doctor SS [33]:
Interesting bit about the Mein Kampf.
This list is controversial and it is aptly-titled. “Notoriously” controversial” could also mean it is general public opinion that one must stay away from these books, with or without knowledge of its contents.
If that was FlameHorse’s intent, then well done.
atheism isnt a religion
Grrrreat list. Loved it. Keep em coming! =]
I’d have thought John Lennon and his murder would be mentioned with The Catcher in the Rye, the person who murdered Lennon read the book and tried to emulate the main character.
I was suprised to see that Mein Kampf wasn’t on the list.
Twilight should be on here , it was full of crap
Haha, I’ve read 7 of them^^
@@#$! [5]: He didn’t write the manifesto in London, he wrote it in Brussels and then moved to London. Also I doubt he drove a Delorean or any car for that matter seeing that the first car with a combustion engine was built 3 years after his death.
@Karl [30]: Have you actually read Mein Kampf? anyone with half a brain will know it’s bull*****.
@Karl [30]: Have you actually read the bible? Cover to cover? Some of its content is contradicting also, look how many things were, historically speaking, inspired by the bible (Crusades, Inquistion, a lot of civil wars etc.)
@photosystem [35]: Atheism is not the belief in nothing, it is the rejection of believing in deities or the absence of belief if you will.
@James [39]: The Catcher in the Rye was also associated with the attempted murder on Ronald Reagan and the murder of Rebecca Schaefer as both murderers read it frequently.
Interesting list….a bit biased though.
I agree with each on how controversial they are and glad none of them are in my home.
As for atheism being a religion….it doesn’t qualify. Lack of belief doesn’t count as a belief.
“Atheism is to religion as bald is to hair color”
Enough said.
I’d read the Bible if it weren’t so damn ambivalent.
i agree with 7raul7. Lolita (which i am currently reading) can be a part of controversial fiction. And well, so will work by Orwell and Huxley.
Superb list FlameHorse. You are the best!
#1 — I’m sure the Chinese will be surprised to find out that the Japanese invaded because the Bible told them to do it. I am also sure that the indigenous peoples of the Western Hemisphere who were killing each other long before Columbus left the first permanent European mark would be just as surprised. (Unless, of course, Joseph Smith was right!)
Actually, when you read the Bible (old and new testaments together) you read a story about a long-suffering parent trying to help the kids to grow up by allowing them to screw up and see for themselves that he was right all along. Does he give them every chance to change? Yes. Does he let them do as they wish in order to allow them to see the consequences of their wrong actions? Yes. Does he, when he feels it appropriate, choose to directly punish them or simply refuse to spare them the harm they bring upon themselves when they stray? Yes. Does he delight in any of this? If you mean, does he wring his hands and chuckle, nopers. Will he continue this sort of parenting until EVERYONE finally gets the idea that “doing as you will” actually DOES harm everyone else, to the point where everyone will die? Read Revelations! (Hint: we all win in the end!)
I enjoyed the list very much, thank you!
Though as for the Communist Manifesto, keywords like “money”, “government” and all the “same food/cars…” don’t go well with the idea of communism.
Same goes for democracy as the opposite of communism.
Democracy is a form of government. Communism is a form of society. So the opposite of communism is capitalism.
But then again, propaganda works best when you can make it striking. (“OMG, if the commies take over, we will all have to wear grey and exchange our humvees to small grey cars, too!”)
@7raul7 [11]: whats so notoriously controversial about 1984 and a brave new world?
This list is terrible. It is written poorly and much of what is written doesn’t make any sense.
Just because some twit shcool board bans a book doesn’t make it controversial This is a pretty tame list of books
Carole, I'm a teacher (though at university level, so I'm spared any idiotic school board), and I might agree with you if it were just one or some negligible number. But it's not — it's widespread. Since I'm from Texas, I'll pick on my own state, and point to the lunacies the state school board imposed a few months ago. They're damned and determined to dress up religion — specifically, Christianity — in such a way as they can fool people into believing they, the members of the school board, are just ensuring that our school children are getting "the whole story." But try suggesting to them those lessons be taught in, say, a history or comparative religion class — they won't have anything to do with that.
Much to my dismay, Texas school boards are indeed "exceptional" in this regard.
Of course, banning something such as "Huckleberry Finn comes from "across the aisle," so to speak — it's not politically correct, a favorite whipping horse of the liberals that every bit as stupid, IMO.
“Their arguments typically center on Smith’s (and Brigham Young’s) desire for multiple wives. Smith was not allowed by U. S. law to marry more than one, so he invented a new religion and got it accepted into the mainstream in order to marry more than one woman.”
seriously? polygamy came along after the development of the LDS religion. please keep lists and information contained therein based on facts. and for the record, brigham young was initially opposed to having multiple wives. they didn’t need to create a new religion at the time just to practice polygamy- all they needed to do was move further west.
“Today, the Mormons believe some bizarre things, in terms of fundamental Christianity, namely that God has physical ***** with angels”
that i have never heard of. ever. just where is your source for this? i admit that mormons believe plenty that might be considered outside of the norm of typical christian beliefs, and many might find it ‘bizarre’, but at least keep the information true.
like this:
“that when a Mormon dies, he or she becomes God in another universe”
and this: “and that God took care of the ancient Native Americans, perhaps from as long ago as 2,500 BC, in much the same way that he took care of the Israelites”
and this: “and that during the forty days between Resurrection and Ascension, Jesus appeared and preached to the native American tribes.”
keep everything above the belt!
FlameHorse, you have such a funny, loopy way of writing
Take this line: “establish a system of government in which there are no betters or worses.”
What a list! I’m just cringing waiting for the “*****e” to hit the fan. Any one of your picks could inspire all kinds of debate and flame wars. Religion, politics, social philosophies, … Take the OJ book. My own brother, who’s normally very intelligent is convinced that OJ’s innocent. He goes ballistic if any one implies otherwise. I love what the Goldman’s did with the title where you can’t even see the word, “If”
As to the 72 virgins; in the past I’ve worked with all woman (at a group home) and also at other times with all men. Let me be the one to tell them, either way life is miserable. 72 woman? Or 72 men. Shudder. If I wasn’t already dead at that point, I’d have to suck on a tail pipe.
“Smith was not allowed by U. S. law to marry more than one, so he invented a new religion and got it accepted into the mainstream in order to marry more than one woman.”
This is nonsense.
When the Mormons finally reached Salt Lake, there was a lack of men due to the perils of the trip.
Every woman needed to be married in order to be supported and to make as many new Mormons as possible. Many women who married into an already existing relationship were widows.
So a new plan was enacted to make sure all the women were taken care of in one way or another.
what? no turner diaries
“It also asserts that the Roman Catholic Church has completely corrupted the truth of Judeo-Christian history in order to control people. You can see how this might upset a few Catholics (and Jews).”
Yeah, but that’s true though. They have. Plus, they are custodians of a system which retards *****ual development of children and processes them into *****ual deviants. They don’t do this deliberately, but they are aware of the problem and do nothing about it. The Catholic church is run by scum.
I read Catcher In The Rye when I was in high school. It is one of the most over-rated books ever.
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In the past I’ve brushed off your anti Mormon comments but now you have gone too far. I don’t know where you heard these rumors and lies but they really make you look bad. You remind me of rednecks who spread rumors about Islam but have no real facts to dispute.
You can find many of these "rumors and lies" in the Doctrines and Covenant.
I’m a mormon and it was a pleasant relief to see that most of the comments regarding my religion denounced this lister’s “facts.”
@robfl [56]: Your religion (I’m assuming you’re a mormon) is quite possibly the least-plausible “serious” belief system existing in the world today.
Great List! It bothers me that all religions can’t just get along, including athesists. Buddhists seem to get it, but not very many others do. I wish athesists would stop denouncing other religions, and that religions would stop denouncing eachother and atheisim.
I've lived in Thailand for over 16 years, where about 95% of the population is Buddhist.
Buddhism is quite confusing because Buddha himself seems to have been teaching a philosophy as opposed to preaching a gospel — but his adherents have made it into at least a quasi-religion.
For instance, Buddha said not to waste the time and money to make any sort of image of him. Statues, paintings, and amulets of him are everywhere. Any self-respecting business, home, school etc. has at least one. Heck, *I* do — and I'm a Texan who was raised Christian. But when I moved into my present apartment, my best friend insisted I get a statue of Buddha and have it properly blessed or she would be embarrassed to come see me.
Don't misunderstand me; I'm not claiming to be a scholar. But I have read a reasonable amount about it, and live smack dab in the middle of it every day. I think I'm right that it's a philosophy, or was intended to be. (Thais complicate matters by mixing in nativism, animism, etc., and do so without seeing the slightest contradiction or irony.)
Completely agree, HInduism is also well aware of this. If we look at the core of every religion, it is all about peace.
@author: The communist manifesto is not particularly boring. Not any more boring than any other philosophical treaty that I remember reading…
@someone [2]: hardly controversial. more harm was done by a couple of danish comics…
@Russ [4]: that particular book isn’t the most hateful book ever written. far from it really. the fact seems to be that many just hold it for aesthetic purposes and very few people have actually read it.
@dagger1967 [43]: before columbus was born there where already several wars caused by the bible and the texts that originated it.. You do know that Jerusalem isn’t anywhere close to the Vatican, right?
@dagger1967 [43]: Actually, I need to make a separate comment just for you… If you read the bible, old and new testaments, you will read ***** loads of stories on murder, persecution, *****dom, punishment, cruelty, betrayal… There are actually very few stories on raising family or any good values coming out of it on a literal interpretation.
(Note: I am not claiming that there are no good messages in the Bible. There are. I particularly like the last chapters more than any other war novel I can remember right now)