Irish Girl asked:


That’s all i heard and saw when visiting india , never ending tales about how people get reborn after death and even monuments erected by some to prove its authenticity. come to think of it its not much different in the west with lots of people believing in reincarnation. Bookshops are filled with stories written by people about rebirth.

I find it very sad to think that most people are still holding onto this survival mentality , even by means of myths such as rebirth.

Why cant we come to terms that every life that begins must end?

Random Panther Kitteh’sLover asked:


I’ve been to the bookshop today and bought Supersense(From Superstition to Religion-The Brain Science of Belief)-Bruce Hood

A brief synopsis:
http://search.barnesandnoble.com/SuperSense/Bruce-M-Hood/e/9780061452642

Which book would you most like to read next?

premika asked:


Hi,

I have been searching and searching for a copy of the Holy Bible in German, in the Toronto / GTA area. All the Christian bookshops I have visited do not have it.

Any Canadian citizens / Canadians of German descent can point me in the right direction, PLEASE ?

Thank you so very much for your time and effort.

God bless you and your loved ones.

Danke.

Purple Jesus asked:


The reason I ask is that I went to a bookshop in town and I found the bible - right there between Ancient Egypt and Rome - in the history section. Wow, I was really amazed, what makes people think stories of talking snakes actually happened and should be thought of as history? To answer my own question I would put it somewhere between Paranormal and Fiction.

BadBeast asked:


is the most often shoplifted book ever. Does this mean that a disproportionate amount of Christians, are thieves? Or does it not count as a Sin, when it concerns stealing the word of God?

What if someone Plagarised the plot of the Bible, changed the names, and the title, and claimed to have written it entirely themselves?
Would it be a Sin to steal this Book?
Paulcyp, why the hell would a Non Christian
even want to steal a Bible?
And If he was that keen to desecrate a Bible,
the chances are he has already got one, and read it.

If he (or she) really wanted to make a statement of this nature, the stolen, and desecrated Bibles would be placed where Christians would find them, and become outraged, therefore putting them in danger of Sinning. Otherwise what would be the point?
BTW, my Bible is not stolen, it is over a Century old, and has never, to my knowledge, been desecrated.

(Just in case anyone thought I was a “Bible Abuser”)

Thrasymachus asked:


They’re sold in plenty of bookshops and websites. But in response to another question, several people said one must be given a tarot deck as a gift, not buy it for oneself. But no reasons were given.

I’m not a tarot reader, just curious.

Gen•X•er (I love zombies!) asked:


Ok, this is kind of hard for me to describe, but, I was raised Catholic and I never liked the look of Christian things, or the sound of Christian music… like, being in a Christian bookshop would really creep me out and I didn’t enjoy the images of people in sandals and white angels and white lambs, and all the pastel colors, etc. Does this make any sense? Do (or did) any of you feel the same way?
I’m not talking about architecture, I’m talking about printed materials and that kind of thing.

LiamG asked:


i live in Bromley (really SE London) and im just wandering if there were any Christian shops that i could go to to buy a crucifix, rasaries etc..
I am really really really high Church of England so Catholic stores dont bother me.
Can i have some addresses and websites please?
Thanks

dead_elves asked:


I understand that these are religious commandments, but sometimes it seems an almost manic need for validation - I’m sure that’s not the case across the board, but I’ve been cornered by more than a few “believers” with this really scary gleam in their eye, only you can’t run, ’cause they really do corner you.

Contrast this to the other religions out there. None of my experience with Wicca and the other Neo-Pagan religions, Buddhism, Hinduism or any of the native religions in South Africa (where I’m from) do this. In fact, if you want to find out from a source other than the “new age” section in the bookshop, you have to go looking for somebody to tell you, and even then they make you work for it.

So what’s the difference? Why do the “older” religions seem to be more pluralistic and open to different paths, while the young religions seem to act like the Borg sometimes?
I realise that there are some modern sects of Hinduism and other religions that are also taking to the missionary thing, but it seems more a reaction to the efforts of Christianity and Islam than intrinsic to their religions. Just what I’ve observed, anyway.
jesussaves: Yeah, but if I when I start teeling people how great The Fountain was and they get that glazed look in their eyes, I realise it’s maybe not their cup of tea and we talk about Die Hard 4.0 instead. I don’t try to MAKE them like it, because I realise different things work for different people.
Sincere-Advisor: I lived as a carer to a disabled Muslim man for four months. Islam is every bit as expansionist as Christianity.