It appears this 'I read the bible with my gay friends' thing isn't doing Prince
many favors. I mean, what are those bible reading parties even like? Are they
like white parties in Miami South Beach in early spring? Does everyone get
together dressed up in white (Prince looks great in white by the way), and
dance in tightly packed groups with their shirts unbuttoned then eventually
off while drag queens tell dirty jokes with references only the gay community
seems to get? Do they slip in a a few verses of biblical code from time to time
between roaring renditions of Steve Lawler and Tiesto mixes?

I just don't think he's liable to gain very much from that other than scoring
some ecstacy and poppers and such.


I recommend Prince sit down and read something else, quietly, with no disturbances, no larry Graham and no Bria Valente begging him for sonic table scraps every minute of his day.




My first book recommendation would be:

The God Delusion - Richard Dawkins

My second would be:

How to Win Friends and Influence People - Dale Carnegie





What would you recommend Prince read?

TheVoid said:[quote]It appears this 'I read the bible with my gay friends' thing isn't doing Prince
many favors. I mean, what are those bible reading parties even like? Are they
like white parties in Miami South Beach in early spring? Does everyone get
together dressed up in white (Prince looks great in white by the way), and
dance in tightly packed groups with their shirts unbuttoned then eventually
off while drag queens tell dirty jokes with references only the gay community
seems to get? Do they slip in a a few verses of biblical code from time to time
between roaring renditions of Steve Lawler and Tiesto mixes?

I just don't think he's liable to gain very much from that other than scoring
some ecstacy and poppers and such.


jesus frist peace love Prince sit down pand read jesus the liveing bible u know books are just books beside the liveing one but the real bible the for ever lasting life it self loves the bible is wrighting things that are still is the only thing that begon every thing

I recommend that Prince needs to read "Possessed-the Rise and fall of Prince"

TheVoid said:[quote]It appears this 'I read the bible with my gay friends' thing isn't doing Prince
many favors. I mean, what are those bible reading parties even like? Are they
like white parties in Miami South Beach in early spring? Does everyone get
together dressed up in white (Prince looks great in white by the way), and
dance in tightly packed groups with their shirts unbuttoned then eventually
off while drag queens tell dirty jokes with references only the gay community
seems to get? Do they slip in a a few verses of biblical code from time to time
between roaring renditions of Steve Lawler and Tiesto mixes?

I just don't think he's liable to gain very much from that other than scoring
some ecstacy and poppers and such.


I recommend Prince sit down and read something else, quietly, with no disturbances, no larry Graham and no Bria Valente begging him for sonic table scraps every minute of his day.

be:

JESUS FRIST LOVE AHGING AND AHGIN LOVE

J. Krishnamurti in Dialogue with Buddhists. By J. Krishnamurti

Thus Spoke Zarathustra By Nietzsche

Secret Origins of the Bible By Tim Callahan

Customer Service For Dummies By Karen Leland

YouOughtaUnderstand said:

i definitely agree.

miexedeyes said:[quote]

TheVoid said:

nuh uh

YouOughtaUnderstand said:

In a nutshell, what is this one about?

^^^^

Don't Pee On My LegA nd Tell Me It's Raining. Judge Judy

The Gospels of Matthew and John.
Romans
Micah, Proverbs, Song of Songs
Wherever my Bible opens to.

Matthew points out the corruption of the current religious and political parties during Jesus' day.

John because of the way it changes our understanding of God.

Micah for the prophecy against government corruption.

Proverbs - We all need as much wisdom as we can find.

Song of Songs recognizes our basic humanity and is a glorious praise for the wisdom of God in His creation.

The Bible is probably the only book that one can open anywhere and pick up the thread easily.

He should read a Prince bio:




^ maybe Prince could learn something - about the old Prince, the dirty one????

thedance said:

That was funny!!!

I wonder if he's already read the John Twelve Hawks trilogy: the traveller/dark river/golden city

also if he's really into exposing things: he (and everyone who cares) should read ian wisharts: Air-Con

"I Put A Spell On You" the autobiography by Nina Simone.

I reckon Prince has much of the same outlook on the world, both tainted by equal measures of arrogance and brilliance, and both (probably) feeling underrated for their work.

In Nina Simone's book I think he'll find out what not to do.

yeah, i agree with the richard dawkins choice. although, not just
The God Delusion but simply all of his books. the selfish gene,
the ancestor's tale etc etc.

damn, i can't even keep a straight face when i think of what prince
would do in his lyrics to "concestor"

IstenSzek said:

I'm trying to remember the title of the one he did on Evolution. I want to start with that one next.

TheVoid said:

there are a few. the most thorough one is "the ancestor's tale" it's about
700 pages and it traces all life back to more and more remote ancestors,
or "concestors" as they're called in the book. it's so crammed full of all
kind of interesting details that it blows your mind. the research that
must have gone into that is just mindblowing.

there's also "the selfish gene", but i don't think that's the one you are
looking for, is it?

No one needs Dawkins if you know the work of Nietzsche, Kant and Feuerbach. Great philosophers.

I'd highly recommend prince to read this book:
http://www.amazon.com/Ess...661&sr=8-1

ludwig said:

why? i've read most of nietzsche and kant, (although nothing of feuerbach
so i don't know what he's all about) and i don't see how reading them is
going to render dawkins obsolete?

at the end of the day, imo, all philosophers merely state an oppinion,
be it more or less informed on science.

dawkins sticks much closer to the side of facts and almost never goes
off trailing thoughts from his own perspective.

Walker, the witch and the striped flying saucer aka The Witch and the Flying Saucer by James Stevenson

IstenSzek said:

There is also the dimension of how lucid Dawkins is, and how
he's able to use imagery and examples in his work to make
a statement.

His skewering of religion and detractors of Evolutionists was
concise, well explained, simple, and irrecoverably damaging.
He's just brilliant.

TheVoid said:

There is a recent Dawkins book on evolution, but the one you are probably thinking about is The Blind Watchmaker. It is highly regarded as one of the best evolution books ever.

I love Dawkins, but I would recommend War and Peace, since that is what I am currently reading (and close to finishing).

ludwig said:

Kant's dualism is terrible, and Nietzsche is a post-modernist (not a good thing, in my book). For me, Dawkins is just fine!

I love the video of Tyson and Dawkins. They are both tremendous. Tyson is possibly the most entertaining person in the scientific world (hence his hosting of Nova). My wife can't stand Tyson, however. She thinks he is too arrogant.

http://www.mississippisissy.com/

The American South of the 1960s was no place to be different, much less a freak. Back then, boys grew up to become football heroes and marry girls who were taught to be perfect Southern belles. Segregation ruled, and you never voted for a Democrat in a national election, especially not a Kennedy. As far as music was concerned, you never sang anything in public other than a hymn. But Kevin Sessums knew he was different. His hero wasn't Mickey Mantle. It was Arlene Francis. He knew the lyrics to Broadway show tunes as well as he knew the Baptist hymnal, and his grandmother's African American maid, Matty May, taught him that the color of a person's skin was not as important as what was underneath.

In his growing up, Kevin Sessums was a decidedly different resident of Forest, Mississippi, a solitary little boy whose parents died by the time he was eight years old. But he learned how to survive by drawing his family close to him, keeping dark secrets others feared to tell, and learning how to turn the word sissy on its head, just as his mama had taught him.

In a memoir set in Mississippi's small towns, as well as the wider world of Jackson, Mississippi Sissy is a memoir of Southern voices now gone that mixes the tart tongued, race-conscious patter of Kevin's Aunt Lola with the artistic, politically liberal musings of one of his early mentors, the great American writer Eudora Welty. It remembers the literary and theatrical lessons of journalist Frank Hains as well as the opportunistic and sinister preaching of a traveling evangelist who taught other, darker lessons. And, finally, it looks clear-eyed at the bittersweet truth of a Southern life touched by a violent and brutal act, an act that brings home the lessons America's South can teach to those who are different.

In Mississippi Sissy, Kevin Sessums, one of our best-known celebrity journalists, creates a great panorama of the American South at mid-century as seen through the eyes of an odd little boy who took one small word—sissy—and made it bigger and stronger than anyone ever knew it could be.
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I think he'd enjoy Arthur Schopenhauwers "The world as Will and Representation"
The Prophet - Kahil Gibran is a nice quick read.
I'd also throw in Obama's Audacity of Hope. I think Obama's view on faith are very well explained.

TheVoid said:

from http://www.amazon.com/Sec...0965504786

Product Description
• Clearly written and easily understandable by the lay reader.
• Thoroughly researched: author's points are backed by references in the writings of acknowledged scholars.
• Special features of the book: lavishly illustrated with multiple images in each illustration that show at a glance the mythic themes paralleling the bible.

This book demonstrates that the stories and themes of the Bible were part of the great mythic systems of the ancient world by u sing comparative mythology, tell tale verses in the Bible and archaeology. The abstract God of modern monotheistic Judaism, Christianity and Islam is a comparatively recent creation. In later times the myth of a messianic deliverer was combined with that of the pagan god-man who suffered a horrible, excruciating death but was physically resurrected to produce the Christ myth.
About the Author
Tim Callahan has written numerous articles on religion and mythic themes in popular belief, as well as book reviews, for Skeptic Magazine.

He has also had articles published in the Humanist. For many years he has studied the myths of the Mesopotmians, Egyptians, Canaanites and Greeks as well as those of the Celtic, Teutonic and Slavic peoples.

in a nutshell,it's a history book