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Originally Posted by desertgrandma
The books aren' so bad..........its the freakin' idiots who choose to translate them to fit their own political agenda who are bad!  |
I didn't find either of them terribly well written, actually, and both have a lot of inconsistencies (which I find annoying), but I really can't separate the literary work from it's impact on society. And by "society" I mean the broader society of humankind. Since so many people have been tortured and murdered in the name of these two books, and I don't see either as having the literary merit they are often afforded (divine inspiration and all that) .... and before I forget, I would also have to add the Book of Morman to the list (also read that - deadly dull - and people have been killed in the name of that book as well) they will remain on the top of my list of worst books.
Books have been banned that have caused less deaths ... just sayin.
