Why is it funny when people say a book changed their lives?
sunshine Wrote:
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> A writer on another board shared this link:
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> [www.religiondispatches.org]
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> I'm creeped out by the number of EPL fans. It's
> weird when women -- especially people who are
> middle aged or older, educated and intelligent --
> say that Gilbert's book changed their lives.
>
> Then again, I don't get why people are big on Gary
> Zukav, Eckhart Tolle, or Byron Katie to name just
> a few. I couldn't read more than a few pages of
> either one without rolling my eyes. Reading these
> books is like the equivalent of eating cotton
> candy, as in I know my eyes are traveling across
> the page, but I'm left feeling empty.
>
> I definitely won't be seeing the movie.
sunshine Wrote:
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> A writer on another board shared this link:
>
> [www.religiondispatches.org]
>
> I'm creeped out by the number of EPL fans. It's
> weird when women -- especially people who are
> middle aged or older, educated and intelligent --
> say that Gilbert's book changed their lives.
>
> Then again, I don't get why people are big on Gary
> Zukav, Eckhart Tolle, or Byron Katie to name just
> a few. I couldn't read more than a few pages of
> either one without rolling my eyes. Reading these
> books is like the equivalent of eating cotton
> candy, as in I know my eyes are traveling across
> the page, but I'm left feeling empty.
>
> I definitely won't be seeing the movie.