A discussion touching on religion need only turn into a debate should those dicussing it become antagonistic. ^^
As a side note, I've come from only four books ever in my life utterly changed by the time I've finished reading them. Lord of the Rings is one that, admittedly, has been shaping my perceptions of human truths--virtues, whatever you want to call them--since I was too young to care about much more than what was "fair" and what wasn't.
His Dark Materials was the second, The Witches' Goddess the third and The Fionavar Tapestry the last. No other book, no matter how much I enjoyed them or learned from them, has ever prompted me to close it at the end and simply . . .think, and reflect.
The same happens with some few pieces of music, and it's by this feeling I've come to identify an element that has some sort of "eternal truth" to it. :: shrugs:: But then again, I'm odd. ^^
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