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<blockquote data-quote="Bedrockgames" data-source="post: 9580833" data-attributes="member: 85555">For me it is pretty easy. I grew up in a household with a lot of books covering a wide variety of topics and we were meant to read them without necessarily agreeing with them. This applied to anything from science fiction to philosophy or religious books. So I always see the point of reading a book as being enriching my life, occasionally being challenged, engaging with an authors argument and perhaps wrestling with their argument. I also want to grade a book on its overall quality, not how hard I agree with the author's views. Someone could easily write a very terrible book, that has characters affirming my values and beliefs from beginning to end but that wouldn't be a rewarding read. Also I like history and I find if you read old books, old sources, you get used to the idea that mindsets change a lot over time and you can enjoy something written in an age that didn't have the benefit of our social advancements and comforts.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Bedrockgames, post: 9580833, member: 85555"] For me it is pretty easy. I grew up in a household with a lot of books covering a wide variety of topics and we were meant to read them without necessarily agreeing with them. This applied to anything from science fiction to philosophy or religious books. So I always see the point of reading a book as being enriching my life, occasionally being challenged, engaging with an authors argument and perhaps wrestling with their argument. I also want to grade a book on its overall quality, not how hard I agree with the author's views. Someone could easily write a very terrible book, that has characters affirming my values and beliefs from beginning to end but that wouldn't be a rewarding read. Also I like history and I find if you read old books, old sources, you get used to the idea that mindsets change a lot over time and you can enjoy something written in an age that didn't have the benefit of our social advancements and comforts. [/QUOTE]

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