Headbanger, I read a lotta stuff, but not fantasy books. Consider that I'm 55 y/o. But I never actually read much fantasy related stuff.
When I was a teen, my bro and several of my friends raved about "The Lord Of The Rings". I never got around to reading it then. A lot later, when I was about 47, I read the first part. By that time I was way beyond being able to dig it. I saw the movie too, and that gripped me even less.
Not that I don't like movies with great visuals. I was totally enraptured by the movie Avatar - apart from the last ½ hour, that is. All that game warfare, it's not my thing.
I of course read a lotta religious and spiritual literature. One of the books that have formed me most is Gandhi's autobiography, "My Experiments With Truth". After several years of warming up, I started reading it properly when I was about 25. I was spellbound ! I had hardly ever heard about vegetarianism before, and here was a guy who had grown up veg in a completely veg environment. As a kid he didnt quite know why he was veg, but by the time he wrote the book, he sure was convinced.
His love and respect for all living beings, combined with his powerful intellect, have made a deep impression on me. Further, he writes again and again that everything he did was in order to meet God face to face. It never happened, but he was continuously striving - and isnt that the best we can do ?
For six years I was vice-chairman and international secretary of the Danish Vegetarian Society. During that time I wrote a series of articles (in Danish) under the headline "Gandhi and vegetarianism". I consider that one of the best things I'v done, and a tribute to one of my heroes.
Guess I'l soon have to write a biography of Priest 
Nicky. [Show/Hide Quoted Message] (Quoting Message by Head banger from Monday, February 22, 2010 8:50:36 AM)
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Head banger wrote: |
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true, or we might not even be here now.
other than the bible do you read fantasy books?
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Nicky007 wrote: |
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Not necessarily, Headbanger. There's the possibility of reincarnation, and the hope and faith in eternal life .....
Nicky. |
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