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more about #tonimorrison more comments → sciencerules: Again, I'm going to defer here to someone who's said it way better than me a long time ago: "Question with boldness even the existence of a God; beca... more » asylum: I can't think of any passage in the bible that is negative about knowledge. But I can think of several religions that discourage knowledge. Throughout... more » Gumbina80: My mother decided to attribute my atheism to my grad school education. She totally buys into that "Two Trees" crap, and thinks that too much knowledge... more » Diziet_Sma: "'Knowledge Is Bad,' Is The Bible's Message" Amen to that. more » stacyinbean: Oy, it was banned in the town next to the one I grew up in, in Michigan. more » EkaterinaBallerina: Honestly, the whole idea of banning books is just ridiculous. It's like the people that want certain content on tv, even cable tv, banned. Just becaus... more » tscheese: I never understood the idea behind banning books. I grew up in an extremely religious environment. There were some older, set-in-their-ways folks who ... more » stacyinbean: This is a slap in the face to Obama, it's one of his favorite books! more » TheFormerJuneBronson: There's an argument to be made, but not where evangelicals are making it. They'd keep people in ignorance to control them, and to protect their "doctr... more » ♥AntiSocialSocialite♥: whaaaaaaaaa? i have song of solomon on my shelf alongside the work of updike, yates, and steinbeck - AMERICAN CLASSIC - that AND beloved. where is th... more » greengrey: Isn't banning a book guaranteeing people will read it? Oh, and can religious busy bodies (and well, busy bodies in general) fuck off already? We don't... more » shorty63136: I cannot tell you the number of times I've been told that I got "too smart for my own good" or "let my college education get in the way of my faith" b... more » SomeAuthorGirl: Truth, simply and beautifully stated. more » HistoricUpstart: "Knowledge is bad." Yes, I think this is what bothers me most about the big three world religions. The tendency to believe that everything is just a ... more » dreamweave: I'm neither a biblical scholar nor a religious person, but isn't there an Old Testament/New Testament distinction to be made her about the danger of k... more » -
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"'Knowledge Is Bad,' Is The Bible's Message"
In response to the banning of her novel, Song of Solomon, Toni Morrison helped launch the Free Speech Leadership Council yesterday. Of literacy, she said: "[it is] the route out of any oppression, any limitation." [AP & Mediabistro] -
