[stylist] Looking for ideas on good children's books- Left Behind

[Bridgit Kuenning-Pollpeter]

I read one through two of adult series and book one of children's out of the
same curiosity, and I knew quite a few people reading them. I was not
impressed. My parents, my dad being a pastor, and my mom being a teacher,
agree with me.

But to play Devil's Advocate, I have my guilty pleasure reads, often books
not that well-written, Can we say para-normal romances anyone? LOL! so hey,
to each his own.

Bridgit

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Bridgit,
What do you know? 
You  are well-educated in both basic writing skills and biblical studies.
For me, after reading the 1-5 first books, mostly out of curiosity and the
need to always balance my intake of everything, I felt almost physically
ill. So I never read the rest.

Jackie Lee

Time is the school in which we learn.
Time is the fire in which we burn.
Delmore Schwartz	 


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I mean, if that's what you're into, what you believe, great, but I
personally am against them, and not even for the subject matter, but they
are just not well-written, but hey, they have sold millions, so what do I
know?

Bridgit

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I never read the "Left Behind" books.  I heard about them and decided they
were worth avoiding.

Shawn

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Bridgit,
Amen! Amen! Amen!

Jackie Lee

Time is the school in which we learn.
Time is the fire in which we burn.
Delmore Schwartz	 

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Not to rock the boat, but the Left Behind series, both adult and children's,
are some of the biggest propaganda-driven books I've ever read. And not all
that Biblically sound either. Doctrinally, though espousing popular beliefs,
the theology is not well-grounded, much of the Bible it's based on taken way
out of context, and based on beliefs that are only about 100 years old or
so, interpreting Revelations in a way not previously interpreted as such.
The first university I attended was a Bible college, and all students,
regardless of major, had to minor in Biblical studies, plus, I've done a lot
of independent research on this, so I'm not just blowing smoke. I know I'm
being controversial, but I'm by far not the first to make these comments.

And I don't even find Left Behind to be a good series. The movies are
equally bad. This is a perfect example of pushing an agenda in literature,
and focusing on the agenda more than the characters, or even, to be frank,
the plot.

Bridgit 


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