A Question About Book Burning

[Atheist-Lite]

Is it OK to burn the various religious texts which have been over-produced and contain dangerous nonsense? Is there just a superstition to prevent burning religious books or a real reason that is credible enough to withstand critical scrutiny?

[charlou]

So long as the books belong to you, go ahead.

[maiforpeace]

So long as the books belong to you, go ahead.

That was easy.

[devogue]

I don't like the idea of books burning.

Hard drives on the other hand...

[Gawdzilla Sama]

A country that starts with burning books will end up burning pirate copies of "Avatar".

[Tero]

Bury them in a land fill. LESS CO2. You might be able to shred them and grow mush rooms on it too.

[Seth]

Bury them in a land fill. LESS CO2. You might be able to shred them and grow mush rooms on it too.

I COMPLETELY disagree. When you bury cellulose in a landfill, it decomposes, creating methane, which is something like 37 times more harmful as a greenhouse gas than the elemental carbon (fine particulates that settle out quickly) and carbon monoxide gas created by burning the book.

This is why I believe it's far better to torch-off the millions of acres of forests in the US and Canada that have been killed by pine bark beetles than it is to allow them to decompose.

I remember asking in a science thread at RDF for some climate scientist to do a bit of bar-napkin calculation on the differing effects of wood-pulp decomposition versus burning on "global warming." Never got an answer, as I recall.

I'd still like some scientifically robust data on that calculation for an article, if anybody has the time and interest and qualifications. PM me.

[Tero]

OK go with the shred and raise mushrooms. Do not smoke them or you will be fillef with holy ghost.

[egbert]

Bury them in a land fill. LESS CO2. You might be able to shred them and grow mush rooms on it too.

Bad advice. Better to stockpile them. In the coming economic collapse and replay of the Great Depression, as your municipality goes bankrupt (already under way) you won't have water for your flush toilet, and will have to revert to the time honoured outhouse. Having been raised on a farm, I can tell you from first hand experience that holy books are by far the best outhouse toilet paper. Those Sears Roebuck catalogs with their glossy pages aren't very absorbent, and are colder than hell in the winter.
Those tissue soft pages in the Bible are SOOOO much better, just like in the Charmin ads.
If you're really bored, you can read 'em, and some folks swear they make really good paper for rolling your own.

[maiforpeace]

Those look like shitakes!

[Seth]

Bury them in a land fill. LESS CO2. You might be able to shred them and grow mush rooms on it too.

Bad advice. Better to stockpile them. In the coming economic collapse and replay of the Great Depression, as your municipality goes bankrupt (already under way) you won't have water for your flush toilet, and will have to revert to the time honoured outhouse. Having been raised on a farm, I can tell you from first hand experience that holy books are by far the best outhouse toilet paper. Those Sears Roebuck catalogs with their glossy pages aren't very absorbent, and are colder than hell in the winter.
Those tissue soft pages in the Bible are SOOOO much better, just like in the Charmin ads.
If you're really bored, you can read 'em, and some folks swear they make really good paper for rolling your own.

Good point.

[Tero]

maiforpeace, thanks
We will market them back to the holy rollers as God blessed mushrooms