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<blockquote data-quote="Eric The Awful" data-source="post: 919973" data-attributes="member: 4890">As a Christian, I highly recommend avoiding many of the popular Christian books. I wish Moses had left an 11th commandment that pastors are not allowed to write books. Most Christian authors (pastors especially) have about 5 minutes of material that have to be stretched across 300+ pages, especially in mainstream publishing. They do this the same way they get through an hour long sermon: lots of stories, anecdotes, and repetition.I also believe the majority of Christian books are written for the baby, not the mature Christian. So you pick up a book that you think you'll learn something from, and the book is little more than the basic Gospel. I'm already a believer; why are you preaching the Gospel at me if I've already accepted it? Oh, right, just in case that one person in 300 million who has never heard it before accidentally picks the book up so he can be saved.Likewise, stay away from the majority of Christian marriage and relationship books. I'm not saying there aren't good ones out there; but most of them are regurgitated feminist new age crap. Or just a pastor rambling a page of material into 300.On to better things... I concur on &quot;The Celestrine Prophesy&quot;. The guy wrote a follow up book which is even worse.Kiyosaki wrote a book in 2009 called &quot;Conspiracy of the Rich&quot;. Most of the material concurs with things you'll read in &quot;The Creature From Jekyll Island&quot;. One story in there I thought was utter bullshit. He claims while he was in Vietnam, he flew his helicopter into Cambodia to buy gold. The guy admits to taking a Marine Corps helicopter into enemy territory to buy gold? I thought it was Hollywood bullshit and unlikely. And I'm pretty sure there is no statute of limitations on things like misappropriation of government property, unauthorized missions, and conduct unbecoming an officer.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Eric The Awful, post: 919973, member: 4890"] As a Christian, I highly recommend avoiding many of the popular Christian books. I wish Moses had left an 11th commandment that pastors are not allowed to write books. Most Christian authors (pastors especially) have about 5 minutes of material that have to be stretched across 300+ pages, especially in mainstream publishing. They do this the same way they get through an hour long sermon: lots of stories, anecdotes, and repetition. I also believe the majority of Christian books are written for the baby, not the mature Christian. So you pick up a book that you think you'll learn something from, and the book is little more than the basic Gospel. I'm already a believer; why are you preaching the Gospel at me if I've already accepted it? Oh, right, just in case that one person in 300 million who has never heard it before accidentally picks the book up so he can be saved. Likewise, stay away from the majority of Christian marriage and relationship books. I'm not saying there aren't good ones out there; but most of them are regurgitated feminist new age crap. Or just a pastor rambling a page of material into 300. On to better things... I concur on "The Celestrine Prophesy". The guy wrote a follow up book which is even worse. Kiyosaki wrote a book in 2009 called "Conspiracy of the Rich". Most of the material concurs with things you'll read in "The Creature From Jekyll Island". One story in there I thought was utter bullshit. He claims while he was in Vietnam, he flew his helicopter into Cambodia to buy gold. The guy admits to taking a Marine Corps helicopter into enemy territory to buy gold? I thought it was Hollywood bullshit and unlikely. And I'm pretty sure there is no statute of limitations on things like misappropriation of government property, unauthorized missions, and conduct unbecoming an officer. [/QUOTE]

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