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3 Reddit comments about The Harlot by the Side of the Road: Forbidden Tales of the Bible:

u/tanglisha · 4 pointsr/FCJbookclub

The Harlot By the Side of the Road: Really good read about sexuality, feminism, and power in the bible. Highly recommended and quite entertaining. The author translates stories like what happened with Lot's daughters into modern language, then gives as much historical context as possible. He then talks about similar themes in other biblical books and talks about current and old interpretations and sometimes translations.

Starship Troopers: Loved it! I'd heard it was different than the movie, and it really is. Most of the themes are the same, and you get a ton more context and history on the world/society. This is the first Heinlein book I've read that didn't require mindset adjustment time to deal with the way women are portrayed and treated.

Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs: A bunch of random essays. Some I've liked, some I thought were dumb. I like the book of essays format, I don't feel as completionist with each one as I do with a normal book.

Conflict Communication (ConCom): A New Paradigm in Conscious Communication: I picked this up after the safety pin discussion came out. The discussions I had at the time made me realize that I have no deescalation skills, and I realized that I'd feel more secure in general if I learned some. I'm still on the theory of the book and am really enjoying how it's making me look at things differently.

Example: When you call someone a racist and ignore everything they have to say about anything, even unrelated stuff, are you then using the same mindset as a racist that does the same thing with a slur? Both are actions that other a person via name calling, and reduce that person's entire being down to a single trait.

He does talk about lizard and monkey brain, which maybe isn't super scientific, but I find the logic pretty easy to follow.

u/rbaltimore · 4 pointsr/facepalm

Genesis 19:1-28

This book is an AMAZING discussion of some of the more fucked up parts of the Old Testament, like Levirite marriage/Onanism (aka why you can't masturbate), the Rape of Dinah, and Tamar and Judah. I met the author, and he is a smart, funny guy. Like me, he's a practicing Jew, and he can also see how ridiculous and fucked up some of our stories are. I learned a lot from him/his book.

u/MarmadukeHammerhead · 1 pointr/atheism