turtle777rescuer · 36-40, MNew
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CurrentName · 51-55, MNew
@MyMonstersAreReal I'm sure s lot my friend.
turtle777rescuer · 36-40, MNew
@MyMonstersAreReal the comment wasn't meant for you it was meant for people who actually read it and know they are changed by it but always say some other lame book to try and sound cool and not offend anyone...
" Who is this man , that even the wind and the waves obey Him?!!?"
Spoiler: It's Jesus. Son of God.
" Who is this man , that even the wind and the waves obey Him?!!?"
Spoiler: It's Jesus. Son of God.
bijouxbroussard · F
@turtle777rescuer It is actually possible to have read it without necessarily taking it personally. Same with the Torah, the Koran, and other “holy” texts.
Especially so if one has also observed that it rarely makes its devotees any kinder to others. To paraphrase a quote attributed to Gandhi, Christians (for example) seem so rarely "Christlike". 🥺
Especially so if one has also observed that it rarely makes its devotees any kinder to others. To paraphrase a quote attributed to Gandhi, Christians (for example) seem so rarely "Christlike". 🥺
4meAndyou · F
Yes. I had JUST turned 18 and my then husband handed me a book by Roberl L. Heinlein called "Stranger in a Strange Land". To say that it blew my mind was an understatement. From that day on, I began to READ science fiction voraciously by every author I could find. It caused a major change in my world view.
ChipmunkErnie · 70-79, M
SleepingWithGhosts · 46-50, M
@SleepingWithGhosts same the night trilogy
bijouxbroussard · F
@SleepingWithGhosts I read the Diary of Anne Frank when I was ten years old, after seeing the movie. It moved me deeply.
SleepingWithGhosts · 46-50, M
@bijouxbroussard Same here.
bijouxbroussard · F
Justmeraeagain · 56-60, F
Alyosha · 36-40, M
On the Genealogy of Morality by Friedrich Nietzsche. Led me down the wrong path for a long time. It was liberating though. My horizon expanded.
BiasForAction · M
CurrentName · 51-55, MNew
@BiasForAction same
nobodyishome · 31-35, F
My.own book
hunkalove · 70-79, M
Autobiography of a Yogi, by Paramahansa Yogananda when I was 15 in 1965. I had read The Bible and knew what a load of crap Christianity was and I was happy to find there was something spiritual in this mean old world that made sense.
Several books.
xbandoleerx · 61-69, M
CurrentName · 51-55, MNew
I have read many that have influenced the way I think, but I can't say there's one in particular that changed my life.
Well maybe the Driving License Manual.
Well maybe the Driving License Manual.
dirge · M
I like to think all of them have. usually in mostly to very small ways.
