Hi, I'm new here. Hope this is the right group.

I read a book in the 90s and cannot remember the title or author.
It's about a man who can always tell if someone is lying. He is broken out of an asylum or prison (can't recall) by a nurse (?) to help prevent an assassination of the president.

A ...

Hi, thank you for the welcome and an interesting reply.

Dennis and Lyric, I do appreciate this conversation. If you look through the booktalk archives you will find there have been many good discussions of religion here. I find the format and the people at booktalk provide an excellent basis ...

it's more based on "agree with us and you're free to do, think, believe whatever you want.. Oh and everyone else is wrong. " nowadays... At least, that's what I see, all these people eagerly choosing "teams" for the sole purpose of feeling themselves superior and perhaps to gain excuses for ...

The "freedoms" we should respect no longer include: just because someone does not agree with your views does not pose a threat to your perspective.


Yeah, that's exactly what me and my Dad were talking about just earlier. Even the Catholic Church is wildly corrupt, along with lots of other ...

Berserk (Idk the author) and an assortment of bl manga.
Cheers

It's just another useless construct nowadays that serves mainly to create conflict where none existed before.

In times long gone, at the very least it was useful in bringing together a community.

The "freedoms" we should respect no longer include: just because someone does not agree with your ...

I might have missed it, but I didn't see any recommendations for The Sin War trilogy by Richard A. Knaak, or any other titles set in the Diablo universe, such as Moon of The Spider, Demon's Bane, Legacy of Blood etc

They're dark fantasy, worth a read.

Metal.
The more extreme, the better. Especially like pure instrumentals. :-D :RockOn: :RockOn:


Wow! I'm too easily distracted to be able to write or focus with anything but classical playing lightly. I play the drums and even music with percussion is distracting. I cannot iamgine listening to ...

Metal.
The more extreme, the better. Especially like pure instrumentals.

Because maybe we've realised along the way, that such debates are equivalent to debating which lie better constructed than another?

Yes, yes, I tend to simplify things too much, but when it all comes crashing down... The only thing religion really is... It's just a fear based system to keep people ...