Quote:
Originally Posted by AprilHare
It makes me hesitate to download the Koran just in case someone decides I'm evil for deleting it later on to make space for something more readable - for instance, just to ensure that it is not publicly known that I'm reading a religious text that attracts negative attention here. (Think about how many times one has handed a liseuse to a stranger to demonstrate it.)
It doesn't sound like an especially good read and I feel ambivalence towards religious texts in general, so your opinions are of interest to me!
I once had a great satirical novel written from God and Satan's perspective respectively and that got negative attention once upon a time - people mistook it for the Bible!  |
I have trouble picturing a situation where someone would know that you had a Koran on your reader and deleted it, and feel offended by it. But of course if you don't want to read it in the first place, it's simpler not to put in on your reader or your hard drive.
I have several books on my reader I feel mildly ashamed for reading, or that might lead to misconceptions about my beliefs. I would not choose these books to demonstrate my reader, but I wouldn't hide the fact that they are there. I have created folders, one is called "religion" and has the Bible and other texts in it (not the Koran I think but it may end up there at some point, though I don't really plan on reading it). Another is called "romance" and has all the trashy stuff, and some not trashy at all but still romance. If someone wants to see my reader, I will just navigate to another folder and a book I'm not reading (don't want to lose my place), and show it to them.