Balpin Posted February 25, 2012 Share Posted February 25, 2012 All the books in the world arent worth a single human life. No you are wrong there. I meant when books were originals. Someone burnt the Great Library in Alexandria, many hundreds of years ago. Aparantly there was information in there that explained the strange storys in The Bible. Apparantly the bible is only an appendix, you know brief notes, to the whole thing, that was in there. You would not say that was woth one persons life? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrMoran Posted February 25, 2012 Author Share Posted February 25, 2012 No you are wrong there. I meant when books were originals. Someone burnt the Great Library in Alexandria, many hundreds of years ago. Aparantly there was information in there that explained the strange storys in The Bible. Apparantly the bible is only an appendix, you know brief notes, to the whole thing, that was in there. You would not say that was woth one persons life? Im sorry but i cant take anyone seriously who values paper and ink over a human life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JFKvsNixon Posted February 25, 2012 Share Posted February 25, 2012 No you are wrong there. I meant when books were originals. Someone burnt the Great Library in Alexandria, many hundreds of years ago. Aparantly there was information in there that explained the strange storys in The Bible. Apparantly the bible is only an appendix, you know brief notes, to the whole thing, that was in there. You would not say that was woth one persons life? This book in the Great Library in Alexandria, was it the only copy, and hadn't any respected academics of the not studied it intensively? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaimani Posted February 25, 2012 Share Posted February 25, 2012 come on guys. t's got very little to do with 'the books'. surely we all see that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balpin Posted February 25, 2012 Share Posted February 25, 2012 This book in the Great Library in Alexandria, was it the only copy, and hadn't any respected academics of the not studied it intensively? As far as I know many volumes of books were kept there. If you are interested look it up, research can be intersting you know. it may broaden your mind or even educate you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RootsBooster Posted February 25, 2012 Share Posted February 25, 2012 No you are wrong there. I meant when books were originals. Someone burnt the Great Library in Alexandria, many hundreds of years ago. Aparantly there was information in there that explained the strange storys in The Bible. Apparantly the bible is only an appendix, you know brief notes, to the whole thing, that was in there. You would not say that was woth one persons life? No, definitely not. ADDED: Would you sacrifice your life so that this book may survive? And why on Earth would there be so many copies of an appendix (the bible) knocking about, but only one copy of the main thing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rubydazzler Posted February 25, 2012 Share Posted February 25, 2012 ... And why on Earth would there be so many copies of an appendix (the bible) knocking about, but only one copy of the main thing?You are aware of the epoch that Balpin is referring to? Until the invention of the printing press, there were very few copies of any book 'knocking about'. And at the time of the burning of the Great Library at Alexandria they all had to be written out and the medium on which they were written made, by hand. Apparently there are books and papers in the Vatican of which there is only one copy in existence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeMaquis Posted February 25, 2012 Share Posted February 25, 2012 Ahhh, so its more about racist attitudes towards the Amercians? But if that wasthe case, why arent the Amrecian soldiers getting killed, Why is it innocent civilians? Two US soldiers were killed on Thursday, something you should have known. And another 2 high-ranking US officers were killed today. The Nazis burned books and now the US military is burning books. The Taleban are just taking the view that US soldiers, like the Nazis, have to be killed. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/afghanistan/9105802/Two-senior-American-soldiers-shot-dead-in-Kabul.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ferno Posted February 25, 2012 Share Posted February 25, 2012 Would you sacrifice your life so that this book may survive? Of course. The book could contain knowledge that could save millions. The Alexandria fire may have been the erasing of humans' net knowledge thus far, it may have set us back centuries. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balpin Posted February 25, 2012 Share Posted February 25, 2012 You are aware of the epoch that Balpin is referring to? Until the invention of the printing press, there were very few copies of any book 'knocking about'. And at the time of the burning of the Great Library at Alexandria they all had to be written out and the medium on which they were written made, by hand. Apparently there are books and papers in the Vatican of which there is only one copy in existence. Just think, if it were not for people like RootsBooster we could be living on the Stars by now. God help us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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