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Atheists & Agnostics

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2. If you want a really good religious scifi/postapocalyptic book, try

Wed Nov 16, 2022, 01:15 PM

Nov 2022

"A Canticle for Liebowitz." https://www.amazon.com/Canticle-Leibowitz-LEIBOWITZ-May-09-2006-Paperback/dp/B0059EE0H6/ref=sr_1_6?crid=1W7MW9GR4VLLI&keywords=a+canticle+for+liebowitz&qid=1668622324&sprefix=a+canticle+for+liebowitz%2Caps%2C179&sr=8-6

It's not easy reading, it's stick to your ribs reading. Some of it will get you laughing, some will make you want to cry, and it's got a lot to say about theocracy. There is next to no preaching. It's a classic of post apocalyptic fiction, which is why it's still in print.

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Left Behind and the Translation of God Renegade Cut [View all] Warpy Nov 2022 OP

I read the first few books of the Left Behind series Farmer-Rick Nov 2022 #1

OMG I read that when I was a kid Farmer-Rick Nov 2022 #4

I think Jenkins got bored with the whole thing Warpy Nov 2022 #3

Oh, well that would explain the long, boring, dragged out Farmer-Rick Nov 2022 #5