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The monopoly manual and holy books.
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RE: The monopoly manual and holy books.
This idea also reminds me of the Bible vs. Harry Potter. Both contain magical tales, scientific impossibilities, fantastic characters, passages about good vs. evil, and commentary on morality in general. The difference is that Harry Potter unarguably points towards the power of love; the value in doing right in all situations; the moral fortitude of treating those different from you with respect and dignity; and the condemnation of murder (in all situations) and slavery. No one can read HP and come to the conclusion that JK Rowling thinks its ok to own slaves (or House Elves). Harry Potter contains an unequivocal condemnation owning other sentient, intelligent beings.

This is just one example, but there are many fictional books that contain much more meaningful moral commentaries than the bible does. Hell, even Harry's sacrifice would have been more meaningful than Jesus' Sacrifice; Harry didn't require that everyone tell him what an awesome guy he was in order to lay down his life for them. He was willing to die in order to save the lives of his enemies as well as his friends with no promises or guarantees or even a thank you.

I've learned a lot more from fictional books like this about morality than I ever did from reading scripture, and these books have the benefit of actually being fun to read.
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The monopoly manual and holy books. - by Lemonvariable72 - November 16, 2014 at 10:08 pm
RE: The monopoly manual and holy books. - by Chad32 - November 16, 2014 at 10:31 pm
RE: The monopoly manual and holy books. - by Brian37 - November 16, 2014 at 10:39 pm
RE: The monopoly manual and holy books. - by Lemonvariable72 - November 17, 2014 at 12:37 am
RE: The monopoly manual and holy books. - by Minimalist - November 16, 2014 at 11:09 pm
RE: The monopoly manual and holy books. - by Astrogod07 - November 17, 2014 at 3:29 am
RE: The monopoly manual and holy books. - by dyresand - November 17, 2014 at 10:35 am
RE: The monopoly manual and holy books. - by The Grand Nudger - November 17, 2014 at 1:12 pm
RE: The monopoly manual and holy books. - by abaris - November 17, 2014 at 1:24 pm
RE: The monopoly manual and holy books. - by John V - November 17, 2014 at 1:43 pm
RE: The monopoly manual and holy books. - by vorlon13 - November 17, 2014 at 2:02 pm
RE: The monopoly manual and holy books. - by The Grand Nudger - November 17, 2014 at 4:01 pm
RE: The monopoly manual and holy books. - by John V - November 18, 2014 at 9:31 am
RE: The monopoly manual and holy books. - by vorlon13 - November 17, 2014 at 6:13 pm
RE: The monopoly manual and holy books. - by Lemonvariable72 - November 17, 2014 at 8:40 pm
RE: The monopoly manual and holy books. - by vorlon13 - November 17, 2014 at 9:14 pm
RE: The monopoly manual and holy books. - by The Grand Nudger - November 17, 2014 at 8:44 pm
RE: The monopoly manual and holy books. - by Lemonvariable72 - November 17, 2014 at 8:49 pm
RE: The monopoly manual and holy books. - by MysticKnight - November 17, 2014 at 8:48 pm
RE: The monopoly manual and holy books. - by The Grand Nudger - November 17, 2014 at 8:54 pm
RE: The monopoly manual and holy books. - by Lemonvariable72 - November 18, 2014 at 9:41 am
RE: The monopoly manual and holy books. - by John V - November 18, 2014 at 9:52 am
RE: The monopoly manual and holy books. - by Drich - November 18, 2014 at 9:58 am
RE: The monopoly manual and holy books. - by JonDarbyXIII - November 18, 2014 at 10:00 am

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