Reading that challenges

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I have finally come to understand QAnon. For now I'll just say it is about change. Not being a conspiracy fan - I feel so called conspiracy is right in the open and understandable. Q was a bit of a puzzle though. More readings for those who want to know and understand the whys.


"Trump's rise to power was no aberration in American history and that the political project of Trumpism is still very much alive. The full title is "The Cruelty Is The Point: The Past, Present And Future Of Trump's America.""

'Adam Serwer On New Book: 'The Cruelty Is The Point' In Trump's America'

https://www.npr.org/2021/06/27/1010...ook-the-cruelty-is-the-point-in-trump-america


'The Storm Is Upon Us: How QAnon Became a Movement, Cult, and Conspiracy Theory of Everything' Mike Rothschild - great read

https://howtoacademy.com/podcasts/mike-rothschild-the-rise-of-qanon/

And: https://www.britannica.com/topic/QAnon


'QAnon: What is it and where did it come from?'


https://www.bbc.com/news/53498434


"Three can keep a secret, if two of them are dead." Benjamin Franklin
 
Religion in America today is not Christlike, it seems too concerned with politics and control of the other. Think only of how they cry over the unborn but care nada for the born. Interesting read below.

'Testimony: Inside the evangelical movement that failed a generation'

'Jon Ward’s life is divided in half: two decades inside the evangelical Christian bubble and two decades outside of it.

“A work of raw honesty and deep insight.” Kristin Kobes Du Mez, New York Times best-selling author of Jesus and John Wayne

https://www.jonwardwrites.org/book/testimony

"Jon Ward’s honest, meditative, and beautifully written memoir shines a bright light on the often-obscured links between religion and politics in America." Yuval Levin
 
midcan5 said:
Some suggestions for reading in the new year, please be aware should you accept the challenge of reading a few of the books listed below you will be changed. Proceed with caution .
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I don't think this is for everybody, but here is a pick list of what I have covered in the couple years.

The Master and Margarita - Mikhail Bulgakov
The Republic - Plato
Nicomachean Ethics - Aristotle
Meditations - Marcus Aurelius
The Master and Margarita - Mikhail Bulgakov
Beyond Good and Evil - Frederich Nietzsche
The Analects - Confucious
The Dhammapada - Sidartha Gautama
The Story of a Life - Konstantin Pautovsky
Dao de Jing - Lao Tzu
The Zhuangzi - Zhuangzi
Ready Player One - Ernest Cline
Bhagavad-Gita - Vyasa
Nervous People and Other Satires - Mikhail Zoshchenko
Brothers Karamazov - Fyodor Dostoevsky
 
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