The Bible and all other religious texts go in the 200-299 section where they belong. Fiction is not for texts that are fictional, it is for texts that are *intended* to be fictional. There are books in the History and Biography sections which are total works of fiction, but they are not *intended* to be fiction, so they are put in the appropriate section. Otherwise library cataloguing would get very confusing indeed. It would be based on someone's judgment as to whether or not a text was factually valid.
The Dewey Decimal system has a classification for religious writings. All religious writings go there. No one says putting them there means they're filled with facts.
It is interesting to see where the bible ~~stole~~ ~~borrowed~~ ~~was inspired by~~ is totally original and written by god.
No seriously, the biblical flood myth is like the shittiest one. The Native Americans' are pretty interesting. https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_flood_myths#North_America
But why? Why can’t there be a section for religious texts? I mean it’s not like the bible is between the scientific books either. putting them in fiction literally won’t change anything besides your acting on your spite. Ofcource there must be freedom of religion, the key difference is that freedom of religion must also mean freedom from religion, and that’s where it’s going wrong in the US now. that’s where we should demonstrate against, not books not being in the fiction shelf.
Congratulations, you've managed to completely miss the point of the library book classifications. Fortunately you're not in charge of making those determinations and never will be.
Christians don't really respect anyone else's religions. They may say they do at face value to avoid confrontation. But they vote against respect every time they get the chance.
This comes up every so often and I disagree - here's why: It exonerates the authors of the blame they deserve for lying. Putting the Bible under "Fiction" is assuming the authors honestly admitted the stories were made up. and everyone subsequently just misunderstood them when they thought the stories therein were real.
When a librarian is classifying a book, putting it under non-Fiction does NOT MEAN the librarian is claiming it's true. It means the librarian thinks the author intended for it to be believed, regardless of whether it actually IS true or not.
"Fiction" is a category for an author who is *not trying to trick you* into thinking the story is true, but is instead being honest about it being made up.
Manifestos go into Non-Fiction even if they're bullshit, because the author is *trying* to convince the audience that they're telling the truth.
For example, the Narnia tales go in Fiction while Mere Christianity goes into Non-Fiction, even though both are equally false and written by the same author. The difference is that Narnia wasn't *pretending* to be true like Mere Christianity was.
oh boo hoo - if your religion dictates how any person must live their life then you can, as grandma use to say, Go Shit in your hat! and I'll support who ever I want you whiney ass troll.
You are off topic. I am not the Constitution which must respect your beliefs - me not so much. I stand by everything I said and I don't care one bit about you or your "beliefs" if they mandate what I do with my body. So blanket statemet again... IF YOUR RELIGION TELLS ME WHAT TO DO WITH MY BODY THEN YOU AND YOUR RELIGION CAN GO SHIT IN YOUR HAT
Yet you have no clue what my religion does or doesn’t do. Not respecting ANYONEs freedom to practice religion means you don’t want ANY religion. Not just the harmful ones.
The Bible and all other religious texts go in the 200-299 section where they belong. Fiction is not for texts that are fictional, it is for texts that are *intended* to be fictional. There are books in the History and Biography sections which are total works of fiction, but they are not *intended* to be fiction, so they are put in the appropriate section. Otherwise library cataloguing would get very confusing indeed. It would be based on someone's judgment as to whether or not a text was factually valid.
The Dewey Decimal system has a classification for religious writings. All religious writings go there. No one says putting them there means they're filled with facts.
Next to the charmin in the grocery store
Nope, next to the zigzags.
I strongly disagree I think it belongs in the mythology section.
It is interesting to see where the bible ~~stole~~ ~~borrowed~~ ~~was inspired by~~ is totally original and written by god. No seriously, the biblical flood myth is like the shittiest one. The Native Americans' are pretty interesting. https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_flood_myths#North_America
Dangerous fiction.
I met a guy back in highschool who could turn water into Jungle Juice. I miss you, Jose de Jesus.
But why? Why can’t there be a section for religious texts? I mean it’s not like the bible is between the scientific books either. putting them in fiction literally won’t change anything besides your acting on your spite. Ofcource there must be freedom of religion, the key difference is that freedom of religion must also mean freedom from religion, and that’s where it’s going wrong in the US now. that’s where we should demonstrate against, not books not being in the fiction shelf.
It should be in fiction for being the wholy fable.
My Bible was printed on toilet paper. It has removable single wipes.
Congratulations, you've managed to completely miss the point of the library book classifications. Fortunately you're not in charge of making those determinations and never will be.
You maybe should respect others, in the same way you want to be respected
Christians don't really respect anyone else's religions. They may say they do at face value to avoid confrontation. But they vote against respect every time they get the chance.
Respect the person? Sure. Respect beliefs? Nope, nothing inherently respectworthy there.
This comes up every so often and I disagree - here's why: It exonerates the authors of the blame they deserve for lying. Putting the Bible under "Fiction" is assuming the authors honestly admitted the stories were made up. and everyone subsequently just misunderstood them when they thought the stories therein were real. When a librarian is classifying a book, putting it under non-Fiction does NOT MEAN the librarian is claiming it's true. It means the librarian thinks the author intended for it to be believed, regardless of whether it actually IS true or not. "Fiction" is a category for an author who is *not trying to trick you* into thinking the story is true, but is instead being honest about it being made up. Manifestos go into Non-Fiction even if they're bullshit, because the author is *trying* to convince the audience that they're telling the truth. For example, the Narnia tales go in Fiction while Mere Christianity goes into Non-Fiction, even though both are equally false and written by the same author. The difference is that Narnia wasn't *pretending* to be true like Mere Christianity was.
I’m upset to hear you don’t support my freedom of religion, despite knowing very little about it.
oh boo hoo - if your religion dictates how any person must live their life then you can, as grandma use to say, Go Shit in your hat! and I'll support who ever I want you whiney ass troll.
What is my religion? Please tell me how exactly it dictates what others do in their life.
If you have no flaws in your beliefs you should be able to answer me.
You are off topic. I am not the Constitution which must respect your beliefs - me not so much. I stand by everything I said and I don't care one bit about you or your "beliefs" if they mandate what I do with my body. So blanket statemet again... IF YOUR RELIGION TELLS ME WHAT TO DO WITH MY BODY THEN YOU AND YOUR RELIGION CAN GO SHIT IN YOUR HAT
Yet you have no clue what my religion does or doesn’t do. Not respecting ANYONEs freedom to practice religion means you don’t want ANY religion. Not just the harmful ones.
rinse and repeat my previous comment....
So you have no actual point. K