To answer the question in the title of the thread and not having read any posts within it: Almost exclusively by recommendations from friends. They're almost always a miss as far as what they and I will commonly find enjoyable, but I at least give them a chance. Occasionally it'll spark me reading an entire series.
Religions were invented to impress and dupe illiterate, superstitious stone-age peasants. So in this modern, enlightened age of information, what's your excuse? Or are you saying with all your advantages, you were still tricked as easily as those early humans?
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There is no better way to convey the least amount of information in the greatest amount of words than to try explaining your religious views.
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There is no better way to convey the least amount of information in the greatest amount of words than to try explaining your religious views.