Books that changed your life

The Protocols of the Elders of Zion

The Holy Bible

See Spot Run changed everyones' life.

For good or ill, Atlas Shrugged changed mine. Stereotypical but true.

George H. Smith's Atheism: The Case Against God had an impact, but much less.

Those two are probably it.

I guess you're no Einstein.

For me it was a toss-up between Lay's Analysis with an Introduction to Proof or Chiang's Fundamental Methods of Mathematical Economics.

I guess you're a sheep.

I wasn't talking to you. Try to keep up, retard.

BY FAR !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

None Dare Call it Conspiracy (1972)

by Gary Allen

This best selling book offers insights into the politics and economics surrounding events such as the Bolshevik Revolution, the Great Depression, WWII, and more.

“I wish that every citizen of every country in the free world and every slave behind the Iron Curtain might read this book.”

— Ezra Taft Benson

Former Secretary of Agriculture

http://www.thestorageroom.com/ndcc.htm

ALSO....

Propaganda by Edward Bernays (1928) - History Is A Weapon

www.historyisaweapon.com/defcon1/bernprop.htm

[The] American business community was also very impressed with the propaganda effort. They had a problem at that time. The country was becoming formally more democratic

Edward Bernays

Edward Louis Bernays was an Austrian-American pioneer in the field of public relations and propaganda, referred to in his obituary as "the father of public relations". He combined the ideas of Gustave Le Bon and Wilfred Trotter on crowd psychology with the psychoanalytical ideas of his uncle, Sigmund Freud.

BigDaddyWooWoo wrote:

BY FAR !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

None Dare Call it Conspiracy (1972)

by Gary Allen

This best selling book offers insights into the politics and economics surrounding events such as the Bolshevik Revolution, the Great Depression, WWII, and more.

“I wish that every citizen of every country in the free world and every slave behind the Iron Curtain might read this book.”

— Ezra Taft Benson

Former Secretary of Agriculture

http://www.thestorageroom.com/ndcc.htm

Someone earlier posted about this book. Based on their recommendation I purchased it and read it.

Verdict: Unbelievably sophomoric nonsense. I came away absolutely amazed that anyone could be so intellectually lacking that they could be influenced by such drivel.

Johannes Climacus wrote:

What are the books that permanently and profoundly altered your way of looking at life or how you perceive reality? I respectfully suggest that we not include the Bible, the Quran, The Book of Mormon or any work that forms the basic text of a particular religion since these answers would be more indicative of a person's religious persuasion than how his or her life has been affected by engagement with the world of books and ideas.

For me, these two choices come immediately to mind:

Pedagogy of the Oppressed by Paulo Freiere

The Nature and Destiny of Man (volumes I and II) by Reinhold Niebuhr

The Construction of Social Reality

by John Searle

"the selfish gene" by Richard Dawkins.

Written late 70's. still revolutionary. changed how i think about what "alive" even means, and hence death. Also introduced me to game theory, which the older I get explains more and more about the world and the humans which populate it.

"The Alchemist" by Paolo Coelho.

Inspired me to quit my job 8 years ago and pursue my dream career which I am doing right now and love. I am an agnostic and Coelho is a catholic, and I find that I inherently agree with the spiritual message of the book.

"Body by Science" by Doug McGuff, MD opened my eyes to the truth about proper exercise.

Once a runner, hands down. Not only about running, but about life.

"His smile was sad indeed."

At least I don't wear prissy pants. Kudos to you for coming out on a public forum. Yiur mother must be so proud.

"The Stranger" by Albert Camus. I read it at 18. I'd had a very repressed Catholic upbringing and I'd somehow never read anything with a protagonist who refused to live up to others expectations because why should he? It was pretty liberating.

I thought this said Brooks... so I was gonna say Launch

but life changing book = The Holy Bible

Albert E. wrote:

"I believe in Spinoza's God who reveals himself in the orderly harmony of what exists, not in a God who concerns himself with the fates and actions of human beings." (Albert Einstein)

Your quote supports Einstein's belief in a God. Einstein simply didn't believe in a personal God, so, to that extent, he wasn't a strict believer in any major monotheistic religion. However, he also was NOT an atheist, as he believed in a supernatural creative mind, and this was his 'God.' Albert Einstein was neither an atheist nor a Christian nor a religious Jew.