I guess they also need to be reminded that the book is a work of FICTION.

Yeah? That didn't stop them from banning a heck of a lot of other books, including everything by Rousseau.

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Oh, and I considered voting for All Keyed Up because of the skanky be-mulleted guy.

That's the one I voted for. Nothing topped Skanky McMullet in that line up.

The two-part covers, I voted for the one that opened to something OTHER than a man/woman/couple in a state of extreme undress (I went for the chick on the roof looking all master-spyriffic).

The Catholic Church came out with a statement that the faithful should not read or buy The DaVinci Code. I know it's silly and hardly a great work of literature, but you'd think a two-thousand-year-old institution would have figured out the principle of "attractive evil" by now. How many people who had been ignoring it are now going to say, "Huh, I wonder what's got them so het up about this?" Plus the dependable "It must be true or they wouldn't be worried!" crowd.

I don't understand the concept of "don't read this because it goes against your faith". If one's faith is that fragile that one work of fiction is going to topple it the what good is it in the first place?

If one's faith is that fragile that one work of fiction is going to topple it the what good is it in the first place?

I think the idea is more that there is nothing in this book that can aid your faith. It isn't good for you, it could be bad for some people, why take the risk?

I think the idea is more that there is nothing in this book that can aid your faith. It isn't good for you, it could be bad for some people, why take the risk?

I guess I can see that, but I guess I can't see questioning and learning and growing as a bad thing. Nearly every book has something to offer, imho.

I guess I can't see questioning and learning and growing as a bad thing.

Well, you aren't the Catholic church. The original Index of Forbidden Books included *all* translations of the Bible except the Latin Vulgate.

The two-part covers, I voted for the one that opened to something OTHER than a man/woman/couple in a state of extreme undress (I went for the chick on the roof looking all master-spyriffic).

Me too.

I voted for the chick with her legs in the air and the guy diving over the backseat for the worst cover. It made me flinch.

I had to look at it three or four times to figure out what all the body parts were. At first glance, his hand reads like a penis.

A detached penis.

I also voted for the spy chick on the roof in the two-part cover.

And DH also thought the hand was a detached penis.

Spy chick got my vote as well—that cover was visually dynamic and got points for showing something other than a couple in period dress embracing passionately. (Though I did consider picking the Tarzan-alike and listing "prurience" as my reason...)