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J. J. Lodder wrote:
> 
> Hibou <vpaereru-unmonitored@yahoo.com.invalid> wrote:
> 
> > Le 18/10/2026 à 07:07, BobbieSellers a écrit :
> > > On 10/17/26 22:38, The Starmaker wrote:
> > >>
> > >> I never read a fiction book
> > >> and I certaintly never read
> > >> a science fiction book
> > >
> > >      Nor do ever appear to even cracked
> > > any book especially not even one on classical
> > > physicw. [...]
> >
> >
> > I plonked The Starmaker a while back, but it seems hard to believe that
> > someone has never read a work of fiction, not even as a youthful experiment.
> >
> > I came across some interesting material yesterday in 'L'Express' about
> > the history of reading and its present decline. I had time only to scan
> > it, and mean to return to it for a closer look. The argument, in several
> > articles over many pages, was that reading fiction and non-fiction is
> > fundamental to enlightenment and human development, allows one to escape
> > oneself and see the world from other points of view. In politics, the
> > book is detached from face-to-face immediacy and emotion. It is
> > infinitely patient, allows time for reflection and checking, and is the
> > antidote to, for example, Trump's unstable superficiality. Reading
> > fiction for thirty minutes a day was even correlated with two years'
> > increase in life expectancy (there may be mention of a causal link, but
> > I didn't see it; must look again).
> 
> Ah, yes, and it has been proven scientifically as well
> that going to church every sunday inproves your life expectancy
> by several years,
> 
> Jan

I don't understand why people who go to church haven't read the
bible?....is it fiction????


You as a church goer, "Do you believe the bible is the word of God?"
...they say "Yes!"

You say, "Have you read it?"

I mean, who cares what God has to say, right?


The greatest story ever told that nobody has ever read????


is there a comic book version?


 





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to think the unthinkable, mention the unmentionable, say the unsayable, 
and challenge the unchallengeable.