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Phatscotty wrote:Finally, you have the option to pass up reading the book!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DK7B6mAIhU0 New Atlas Shrugged Trailer
I saw it yesterday, I am going to see it again today, and I regret not having read the book earlier. I have always wished there was a book like this available, I guess I just needed to get over the size of it and figure there is a reason why it's the World's #2 best seller behind the Bible.
Phatscotty wrote:there is a reason why it's the World's #2 best seller behind the Bible.
Chariot of Fire wrote:As for GreecePwns.....yeah, what? A massive debt. Get a job you slacker.
Viceroy wrote:[The Biblical creation story] was written in a time when there was no way to confirm this fact and is in fact a statement of the facts.
Symmetry wrote:Phatscotty wrote:Finally, you have the option to pass up reading the book!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DK7B6mAIhU0 New Atlas Shrugged Trailer
I saw it yesterday, I am going to see it again today, and I regret not having read the book earlier. I have always wished there was a book like this available, I guess I just needed to get over the size of it and figure there is a reason why it's the World's #2 best seller behind the Bible.
I was pretty sure you'd never read it, and I guess this confirms it. What confuses me is why you think Atlas Shrugged was never available. Is it banned where you are?
Phatscotty wrote:Symmetry wrote:Phatscotty wrote:Finally, you have the option to pass up reading the book!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DK7B6mAIhU0 New Atlas Shrugged Trailer
I saw it yesterday, I am going to see it again today, and I regret not having read the book earlier. I have always wished there was a book like this available, I guess I just needed to get over the size of it and figure there is a reason why it's the World's #2 best seller behind the Bible.
I was pretty sure you'd never read it, and I guess this confirms it. What confuses me is why you think Atlas Shrugged was never available. Is it banned where you are?
No I havent I am on page 130 something right now. I didnt think it was never available, I was more dissapointed that I had not gotten around to reading the first 20 pages. It's easy to pick up and read the first 5 pages and be bored, but once I got through to about page 20, the light bulb went off in my head.
Phatscotty wrote:there is a reason why it's the World's #2 best seller behind the Bible.
Phatscotty wrote:Finally, you have the option to pass up reading the book!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DK7B6mAIhU0 New Atlas Shrugged Trailer
I saw it yesterday, I am going to see it again today, and I regret not having read the book earlier. I have always wished there was a book like this available, I guess I just needed to get over the size of it and figure there is a reason why it's the World's #2 best seller behind the Bible.
Baron Von PWN wrote:Phatscotty wrote:Finally, you have the option to pass up reading the book!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DK7B6mAIhU0 New Atlas Shrugged Trailer
I saw it yesterday, I am going to see it again today, and I regret not having read the book earlier. I have always wished there was a book like this available, I guess I just needed to get over the size of it and figure there is a reason why it's the World's #2 best seller behind the Bible.
Actually I think the worlds #2 book is the communist manifesto.
Phatscotty wrote:perhaps it is the second most influential. probably because it's written by an Atheist.
Army of GOD wrote:Phatscotty wrote:perhaps it is the second most influential. probably because it's written by an Atheist.
Not even close. I'm not saying I agree with this list, but here's 100 books that are a hell of a lot more influential: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_100_Mo ... %28book%29
But Atlas Shrugged is more point-blank with Rand's philosophy, and it's the second-most-influential book of all time, a distant second to the Bible, according to a survey of 5,000 Book-of-the-Month Club members taken a decade ago for the Library of Congress
Army of GOD wrote:It's a book of the month club, so obviously they're going to lean toward American-y novels.
You can't tell me with a straight face and 100% objectivity that Atlas Shrugged is more influential than the Art of War.
Army of GOD wrote:It's a book of the month club, so obviously they're going to lean toward American-y novels.
You can't tell me with a straight face and 100% objectivity that Atlas Shrugged is more influential than the Art of War.
Phatscotty wrote:Army of GOD wrote:Phatscotty wrote:perhaps it is the second most influential. probably because it's written by an Atheist.
Not even close. I'm not saying I agree with this list, but here's 100 books that are a hell of a lot more influential: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_100_Mo ... %28book%29
USA today
http://www.usatoday.com/money/companies ... rand_x.htmBut Atlas Shrugged is more point-blank with Rand's philosophy, and it's the second-most-influential book of all time, a distant second to the Bible, according to a survey of 5,000 Book-of-the-Month Club members taken a decade ago for the Library of Congress
InkL0sed wrote:Phatscotty wrote:Army of GOD wrote:Phatscotty wrote:perhaps it is the second most influential. probably because it's written by an Atheist.
Not even close. I'm not saying I agree with this list, but here's 100 books that are a hell of a lot more influential: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_100_Mo ... %28book%29
USA today
http://www.usatoday.com/money/companies ... rand_x.htmBut Atlas Shrugged is more point-blank with Rand's philosophy, and it's the second-most-influential book of all time, a distant second to the Bible, according to a survey of 5,000 Book-of-the-Month Club members taken a decade ago for the Library of Congress
Also, Objectivism is just an intellectualization of American values that basically already existed. Just because a lot of conservative Americans like to read a book that reaffirms their beliefs doesn't make the book influential.
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Viceroy wrote:[The Biblical creation story] was written in a time when there was no way to confirm this fact and is in fact a statement of the facts.
GreecePwns wrote:And at least 10% of Democrats are conservatives. Conservative does not = Republican, Liberal certainly does not = Democrat.
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Phatscotty wrote:GreecePwns wrote:And at least 10% of Democrats are conservatives. Conservative does not = Republican, Liberal certainly does not = Democrat.
I have respect for them. They are smart. Mostly this 10% consists of people who are not students and have a career job and pay taxes and have families to care for.
Chariot of Fire wrote:As for GreecePwns.....yeah, what? A massive debt. Get a job you slacker.
Viceroy wrote:[The Biblical creation story] was written in a time when there was no way to confirm this fact and is in fact a statement of the facts.
GreecePwns wrote:Phatscotty wrote:GreecePwns wrote:And at least 10% of Democrats are conservatives. Conservative does not = Republican, Liberal certainly does not = Democrat.
I have respect for them. They are smart. Mostly this 10% consists of people who are not students and have a career job and pay taxes and have families to care for.
I think you missed the point there.
And what of those non-students who have a career job and pay taxes and have families to live for that aren't conservatives?Phatscotty wrote:GreecePwns wrote:Phatscotty wrote:GreecePwns wrote:And at least 10% of Democrats are conservatives. Conservative does not = Republican, Liberal certainly does not = Democrat.
I have respect for them. They are smart. Mostly this 10% consists of people who are not students and have a career job and pay taxes and have families to care for.
I think you missed the point there.
I might have been continuing on my original point, which is what you might have missed.
Chariot of Fire wrote:As for GreecePwns.....yeah, what? A massive debt. Get a job you slacker.
Viceroy wrote:[The Biblical creation story] was written in a time when there was no way to confirm this fact and is in fact a statement of the facts.
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