Poll: Dilemma Time, would you burn a book ?

[magicmonkeybars]

I know this is already a thread but it got me to think.
Would you burn the last copy of a holy book to save your own life or die knowing that you saved a part of human culture and history from being lost forever ?

It shouldn't matter which religion you save, one religion has just as much right to endure as the next.

 

[TimeLord]

Is this a Book of Eli discussion?

It really depends on the book. I would quite happily burn the Twilight books because..... well because.

But I wouldn't burn the Lord of the Rings.

 

[Alon Shechter]

Well....
Yeah.
Doesn't religion itself say that violation of its laws is allowed if one is in a risk of death?
The rule exists in Judaism, I don't know about Christianity and Islam..

 

[D.J. D.J.]

I wouldn't burn a RELIGIOUS book unless I was about to die but other than that I could burn a book without a second thought.

 

[Kakujin]

Yes I would, books can be rewritten by those that know and uphold its traditions

 

[Drummie666]

Well, apologies for being me, but it's the last copy of a religious text. Of course I'd burn it to save my own life. Or anyone else's life.

 

[magicmonkeybars]

Is this a Book of Eli discussion?

It really depends on the book. I would quite happily burn the Twilight books because..... well because.

But I wouldn't burn the Lord of the Rings.

No, this is not a "Book of Eli" discussion.

Interesting how you would be willing to die to save something you'd love and destroy something you hate to live.

Wouldn't you be able to just retell the LoTR so the story can be saved even if you burned the book ?

 

[Phlakes]

I wouldn't even have to think about it. First, just because the book is gone doesn't mean the culture is, and second, I really don't care that it's a religious book. That doesn't give it any more cultural value to me than The Hungry Caterpillar.

 

[Tulks]

Easy. Preservation of life wins.

 

[QuantumWalker]

Even if I held the Necronomicon and Great Cthulhu was about to rise, I don't think I could burn a book. I've worked in libraries far to long to even think about it.

 

[magicmonkeybars]

Yes I would, books can be rewritten by those that know and uphold its traditions

Wouldn't that leave the rewrite open to changes both subtle and dramatic ?
The core of the beliefs might be preserved but the whole is always lost.

 

[Mr.Squishy]

Seeing as how I've already exploded a bible...sure

 

[MetalDooley]

Yup no problem.Religious texts hold absolutely no value to me

 

[masher]

I'm going to say the same thing I did yesterday in the thread titled, "Poll: Would you ever burn a book?" not even twelve hours ago.

I value books in general too much to destroy them, no matter how much I detest the subject.

Why is it people are so ready and willing to burn text?

 

[Ham_authority95]

A thread about that topic already exists here -> http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/read/18.285395-Poll-Would-you-ever-burn-a-book

 

[magicmonkeybars]

A thread about that topic already exists here -> http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/read/18.285395-Poll-Would-you-ever-burn-a-book

I am aware of this as I mention, what I'm asking is more specific, this is not a "millions of copies still exist" book burning thread.

 

[MetalDooley]

Why is it people are so ready and willing to burn text?

Well the question in this thread was "Would you burn it to save your own life?".I love books,in fact I consider my book collection to be my most valuable possession,but if it's a choice between me and a collection of pages then onto the fire you go paper

If I was asked to just randomly burn a book for no reason then I'd refuse no matter what that book was

 

[barash]

Books are just strings of words and no religions have been proven to be correct so I don't consider any so-called 'Holy' books more deserving of preservation than any other strings of text.

I'd burn them all in a heartbeat to be a bit blunt, and maybe then, when all the fundamentalists from all religions have lost their oh-so-handy books of 'irrefutable proof' and they start writing their own stuff to try and maintain some authority over others; Perhaps then the sheeple that blindly follow their preaching and outdated morals would stop and think for themselves.


Hey, it's a nice thought innit

 

[magicmonkeybars]

Books are just strings of words and no religions have been proven to be correct so I don't consider any so-called 'Holy' books more deserving of preservation than any other strings of text.

I'd burn them all in a heartbeat to be a bit blunt, and maybe then, when all the fundamentalists from all religions have lost their oh-so-handy books of 'irrefutable proof' and they start writing their own stuff to try and maintain some authority over others; Perhaps then the sheeple that blindly follow their preaching and outdated morals would stop and think for themselves.


Hey, it's a nice thought innit

Trust me burning the books to free people doesn't help, religion doesn't kill, religious people kill.
Having people actually read their holy books has created more atheist than true believers.