Worst religious books
- Beskrivelse
- Worst books that purport to be revealed scripture, holy, etc. Which do you think is worse reading -- the Koran or the Bible or the Book of Mormon? Which do you think is more awful in its ethics? Have fun deciding.
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100 medlemmer
1 anmeldelse
2.8
Giv stjerner til dine bøger 9.36
Tilføjet 2012-01-31, 01:00 PM
2
af Joseph Smith
7,255 medlemmer
90 anmeldelser
3.2
Giv stjerner til dine bøger 6.4
Tilføjet 2012-01-31, 12:59 PM
- 3 Members
- lquilter, aulsmith, waltzmn, ,
- Forklaringer
- aulsmith: Very tediouswaltzmn: The Bible (both Hebrew and Greek portions) are written in the contemporary language of their people -- that is, contemporary Hebrew and Greek. If Joseph Smith was granted divine inspiration, why didn't God tell him to drop the fake King James English?
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39 medlemmer
1 anmeldelse
½ 1.5
Giv stjerner til dine bøger 6.4
Tilføjet 2012-01-31, 01:06 PM
4
af Ayn Rand
22,410 medlemmer
397 anmeldelser
½ 3.7
Giv stjerner til dine bøger 4
Tilføjet 2012-02-01, 09:20 PM
- Member
- Crypto-Willobie
5
309 medlemmer
2 anmeldelser
½ 3.7
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Tilføjet 2014-08-14, 05:17 AM
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1,010 medlemmer
11 anmeldelser
4
Giv stjerner til dine bøger 3.66
Tilføjet 2012-02-02, 10:56 PM
8
41 medlemmer
2 anmeldelser
3
Giv stjerner til dine bøger 3.04
Tilføjet 2012-02-01, 01:49 PM
- Member
- inkcrow
9
530 medlemmer
10 anmeldelser
½ 3.7
Giv stjerner til dine bøger 2.83
Tilføjet 2012-01-31, 01:02 PM
- Member
- lquilter
10
610 medlemmer
5 anmeldelser
½ 4.3
Giv stjerner til dine bøger 2.46
Tilføjet 2012-01-31, 06:16 PM
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50 medlemmer
1 anmeldelse
0.8
Giv stjerner til dine bøger 2.46
Tilføjet 2012-01-31, 01:02 PM
- Member
- lquilter
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af Erwin Kurth
164 medlemmer
1 anmeldelse
½ 3.4
Giv stjerner til dine bøger 2.38
Tilføjet 2012-01-31, 06:16 PM
13
af al-Qur'an
672 medlemmer
15 anmeldelser
3.8
Giv stjerner til dine bøger 0.56
Tilføjet 2012-01-31, 12:59 PM
- 2 Members
- lquilter, aulsmith, ,waltzmn ,
- Forklaringer
- aulsmith: Repetitive, misogynist, dull and ethically questionable.waltzmn : It is unfair to judge the Quran by English translations; although the Arabic is said to be brilliantly written, I have yet to see an English translation that is anything but wooden (usually so literal as to be meaningless). But I don't read Arabic. I will not condemn a book I cannot read.
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498 medlemmer
19 anmeldelser
3.8
Giv stjerner til dine bøger -0.92
Tilføjet 2012-01-31, 12:58 PM
- 3 Members
- lquilter, aulsmith, waltzmn, ,thorold , , ,
- Forklaringer
- thorold : It might be a bad translation technically, but it's had a huge and generally positive influence on English literatureaulsmith: Bible in general: Too long, contradictory, misogynist and ethically queestionable. KJV: translation made from bad original sourceswaltzmn: Without discussing the merits of the Bible as a religious work, the King James Translation is very poor as a translation (although an excellent piece of prose). The translators' Hebrew was poor, and although their Greek was better, they were translating an incredibly corrupt Greek text. Time to put the King James translation on the shelf as a literary monument and study a translation that is competent.
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af John Milton
13,894 medlemmer
112 anmeldelser
4
Giv stjerner til dine bøger -5.44
Tilføjet 2012-01-31, 06:14 PM
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af John Bunyan
17,475 medlemmer
171 anmeldelser
½ 3.7
Giv stjerner til dine bøger -7.33
Tilføjet 2012-01-31, 06:14 PM