I was very lucky…I learned to read at three, & libraries quickly became my happy places…there was even one in the church, where I discovered Heinlein, Asimov, Clarke in addition to the juvenile SF (back when mainline Christianity was comparatively sane and normal (if fiercely racist))
this is a thread about what it would be like living in a religious run country, we may not be laser focused, but it seems some discussion of religion would be required in a religious themed political thread?
i had trouble reading through first and second grade. in the summer between second and third, i discovered comic books, and wanted to know what they were saying so bad that i taught myself to read, and never looked back. from unable to read at age 7 to reading at a highschool level by age 8...thank you Batman and Ghost Rider.
It sounds like you took to it once you were ‘in’ - well done, you! Did your teachers brag to each other about how well they’d done ‘helping you read’? I was trotted out to perform for a visiting school-board somebody once, 7 or 8; handed me a book, serious textbook, asked me to read out loud. When I finished, they asked if I understood it & to summarize in my own words. They took the book back with an air of satisfaction, the S-BS shook hands with the principal, made congratulatory noises, he left & I went back to class.
My mom bought me the illustrated classic comics, knowing it would be a lot easier than trying to get me to read the actual books, but once she gave me Ivanhoe, the man in the iron mask, the three musketeers, Moby Dick, war of the worlds, and Frankenstein, i started to read those books. i think i've had a book open ever since then.
Larry Niven was my gateway drug.
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i'm about to reread the ringworld series, never got around to the last book, finally saw it at the used book store, so i'm rereading the entire series before i even open the cover.
I really liked the collabs with Pournelle. Footfall and the Mote duo are among the best sf I’ve read.
Grrr….
De gustibus and all that …
whats ridiculas is someone who is looking tiring to add up piles of cow shit to prove god doesn't exist
It’s not so much about god existing, as it is about scripture being right. Narrower claim.
i've never denied that a man named jesus existed at the time he was supposed to have existed...i'm denying that he was in any way a devine being, anything more than a man who had a cult, albeit a benign one.
I’m satisfied he isn’t.That isn't how it works though man
Prove you aren't God.
