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The Bible, boring? I mean, it drones on with boring passages sometimes, but the stories are far from boring. I'd say terrifying, sickening, tragic at times. I'

The Bible, boring? I mean, it drones on with boring passages sometimes, but the stories are far from boring. I'd say terrifying, sickening, tragic at times. I'll bump your Feynman Lectures (watch the videos), and add everything else (his books). Even laypersons can understand him. Feynman wrote some lectures on computation too which has some gems in it. http://books.google.com/books/about/Feynman_Lectures_On_Computation.html?id=HAitoCyzAXIC http://books.google.com/books/about/Feynman_Lectures_On_Comp... I will try your William James The Varieties of Religious Experience. I feel it is one of the problems that works against a wider adoption or acceptance of atheism that there is no "community" I keep trying to finish Pepy's Diary, but so far I've failed. http://www.pepysdiary.com/ http://www.pepysdiary.com/ With regard to The Prince, I was advised that there are many translations and most are not done well. YMMV. Unfortunately, I can't remember which one my philosopher friend recommended.

Lambdanaut 14y ago
The "x begat y, and y begat z" chronologies that go on for hundreds of years can get pretty tedious. The sub-books that involve lists of Jewish laws can be a little dull too, though some of the laws I'll admit are pretty funny.
pavel_lishin 14y ago
> The Bible, boring? I mean, it drones on with boring passages sometimes, but the stories are far from boring. I'd say terrifying, sickening, tragic at times. It's like reading a Shakespearean play for me. The stories might be interesting, but a lot of the time it's hard to understand what is actually going on, and what's going through the actors' heads.
derrida 14y ago
Hey, It's a week later, I think I will give the KJV bible a try again sometime. Have you gotten onto The Varieties of Religious Experience yet? Do you think I was warranted to recommend it to the audience I did?

Lambdanaut 14y ago

The "x begat y, and y begat z" chronologies that go on for hundreds of years can get pretty tedious. The sub-books that involve lists of Jewish laws can be a little dull too, though some of the laws I'll admit are pretty funny.

pavel_lishin 14y ago

> The Bible, boring? I mean, it drones on with boring passages sometimes, but the stories are far from boring. I'd say terrifying, sickening, tragic at times. It's like reading a Shakespearean play for me. The stories might be interesting, but a lot of the time it's hard to understand what is actually going on, and what's going through the actors' heads.

derrida 14y ago

Hey, It's a week later, I think I will give the KJV bible a try again sometime. Have you gotten onto The Varieties of Religious Experience yet? Do you think I was warranted to recommend it to the audience I did?