HATE is not a strong enough word for this stuff.
934619
This stuff is DISGUSTING. I went to the market to grab ingredients for chicken soup because my whole family was sick. They were out of chicken broth, so I got a bunch of this instead. I figured, "stock is supposed to be thicker and MORE flavorful, right"? WRONG. After adding salt and pepper and bringing to a boil, I took a taste before adding in the chicken and veggies. Not thick or creamy at all. Absolutely no chicken flavor whatsoever. It tasted like dirty water. There would be no point in adding this to anything.
2263438
This book is homophobic and hateful.  There is a reason 60 people want to sell it for a dollar.
3111963
The book gets a lot of hate simply because of the Authors personal views. Honestly I don't know what is worth, the fact that the people who oppose the book and its Author are acting like children resorting to hate mail and threats (which if you google, you can find no end to on more left-wing pagan pages) or the ideal that someone would go this far to make a fake (though lets all be honest, the vast majority of books the left put out are also nothing but fakes in attempt to make paganism etched out to be some kind of ancient reincarnation of the hippy movement)

The book has a rather extraordinary circumstance of how it landed into Stevens hands, that if true would be wonderful if any of the story could be proven, which maybe someone else look into or provide records for. The story is doubtful, though more unlikely things have happened, and its not unlike the Nazis to have been collecting anything at all to have dealt with esoteric or ancient origins, and one of the parts of the smear campaign the left wing half of the Pagan community likes to use is that Steven won't give up the original German Translation out of respect for privacy, which given how poorly some people seem to be able to handle honest discussion and resort to threats of violence, I do not blame him.

As for the content.
The book itself contains myths and legends that Celts previously lost, destroyed through centuries of Roman war on Druidry, and Christian war on paganism, some of these stories are similar to what christians wrote down about it, and others draw very large parallels to other IE faiths, one of the early most notable of which linking Tuireann/Taranis to Zeus (Already something the Romans did), Cerna/Cernunnos to Hades and Brighid to Persephone. This In this story, it also points out to Cernunnos being the creator of Humanity, and then being put down to be a god of the dead/underworld, making him effectively the god Dis Pater, which according to roman writings was the God the celts said created them. This connection isn't something that many many pagans haven't drawn themselves before.
You can decide yourself if this is the lost story of our creation, or an elaborate hoax, though even if it is just a fake, it at the very least takes a little bit of effort to stay within the lines of what Celts believed, something rather rare now with the addition of Wiccas dual deity claiming to be the true ancient faiths, to Neo-druids who act like Native American Faiths or hippies. The book doesn't cater to the idea that Celts ran around in a peace and love fest akin to that of Woodstock.

In reality, even if Steven didn't fake this, its more then likely it would be very different through the years its journeyed around, landing in the hands of people who could have easily added or taken things out to fit their needs, and then translated at least 2-3 times. So either way it needs to be taken with many grains of salt.

Still though this is a pretty decent read, and though it took me a number of years to actually decide to buy it or not, it is a nice addition to the collection.
570742
I would rate this worse, but would not want to give the author the satisfaction of being hated. Good points, smart man, but thin gruel served over many pages here. Gives a few anti fragile examples, half of which are mythical creatures (seriously); repeats himself, contradicts himself, calls names like a five year old (I know you are but what am I), and all in all seems very unpleasant to be around - since this is a family newspaper, I'll call it ego instead of master debating. Glad it's a book I can put down instead of being at a cocktail party with him, being put down. Perhaps some editor should have put this book down (but humanely). Seems like a good editor would have helped. Btb, I like his aphorisms web link; that is about the right style and dose for this guy's medicine.
3076863
You know, I'm not very fond of the state of the world right now, but I don't throw trite little temper tantrums like Slipknot does. I mean really, there are people out there that suck and yes, we've all felt depressed, but I've never once felt the desire to write a bad diary entry about killing everyone. And that's what this album is. A dismal, inane, angsty mess wrapped-up in a blanket of fake death metal.
I mean, I'm all for songs about emotional strife, but I prefer something a little more mature or challenging. Serious, powerful music this is not. Come on, if you want extreme metal, you may as well buy a Napalm Death record. Want noise? Listen to The Boredoms, early Sonic Youth, or Lightning Bolt. Slipknot is one of those bands that might be appealing in those angsty teenage years (I don't really see how though), but really, it's quite ridiculous. Trust me, this is stuff you'll grow out of. If gimmicky, "please look at how shocking we are" nonsense if your cup of tea, dive right in.
859065
That so many people find this confronting is more of a reflection of their own ignorance than anything else. It's funny that one line about homosexuality can be taken so literally and yet so much is often glossed over and ignored. Let this book be a timely reminder of how awful and barbaric this bronze age cult really is.
Oh and if you're too lazy to spend 2 minutes checking the content of what you give to your child, that's your own fault.
1295173
Bigotry, hatred, and a disgusting platform of homophobia. This should be condemned as hate speech and revoked on Amazon.
2805052
From the first page there is an underlying hostility towards the South.  It is a Northern propaganda hit piece and little more.
456324
This DVD succinctly points out that those who take the Bible as the absolute word of God are largely responsible for the fear and hatred of homosexuals. They interpret the Bible literally, refusing to understand or even acknowledge that it was written by man, for man, and that if they take the passages regarding homosexuality literally they are being hypocritical -- would they stone their daughter to death if she was not a virgin before marriage or would they sell her into slavery, for instance? -- two things that the Bible instructs them to do. In other words, these literalists pick out what they agree with and ignore that which they do not agree with. If they love God so much that they want to follow what they interpret as His absolute word then whatever happened to love thy neighbor as thyself? Don't they understand that God made man and that God would never have made an entire group of people and put them on this earth for the sole purpose of being targets for discrimination and hatred? I wish this DVD could be aired publicly, on a humongous screen and at high volume, at every anti-Gay/Lesbian/Bisexual/Transgender(GLBT)demonstration. It would expose the haters for what they really are -- hypocrites.
3866735
We were given this book as a party favor after a taco party (seemed like a cute idea at first).  But my wife and I were reading this book for our 4.5 year old and 3 year old, and we're ok not over sheltering our kids from real life, but holy crap this book's frequent use of the word HATE is insane for a children's book.  It's not that HATE is a bad word, but when you have 2 kids who are picky eaters and you're also trying to teach them manners, this book does the opposite.  I don't want my kids to think it's ok to just "hate" everything because they don't like it, plus if we're guests eating somewhere and they don't like the food, they shouldn't be telling people they hate it.  I just don't see what good comes from pushing this love/hate agenda..it's the polarizing theme that we've become inundated with all the politics, now trickling into a kids book.  Based on other reviewers we're not alone here.
3169051
Wow... after reading this I struggled for breath. I have never read anything packed with so much red-glowing hatred. There is enough poison in this book to wipe out the world's entire German population (thank God for that, the author would have probably said). In particularly distasteful I found the comparison of a crowd of Germans to flies as the author lets the letter writer muse that whether it is a fountain or a statue she cannot make out but whatever it is it is `encrusted with them just like one of those sticky fly-sticks is black with flies'. It says a lot about the world we live in that such an abusive piece of writing is deemed as valuable as to be put on `gutenberg' and also to be re-published in present day Germany and the realm of the English-speaking dominions. Not only that, most reviews on both American and German amazon praise this book.  It just shows how desensitised and brain-washed we have become.
4256158
A vitriolic, hyperbolic polemic, guaranteed to please those who can only see the world in black and white, and who think  everyone who fails to believe as they do is a treasonous, evil, brainless idiot.  This book is a screed, a shrill hate-fest riddled with errors and outright falsehoods.....which Coulter simply shrugs off when confronted.
It's particularly amusing to see complaints about the uncivility of those who dislike President Bush when folks like Ms. Coulter make money publishing such uncivil and hate-driven efforts.  Perhaps they've forgotten (all too conveniently) the amount of nastiness they've been unleashing for more than a decade?  Seems, in the mind of Ms. Coulter and her syncophantic fans that there is only room for one point of view in this country.  Theirs.  Anything else is "treasonous."
As for the book's content, there's not much to say.  Anyone can pull together a one-sided, accusatory list of alledged evil-doings and present them to the public (and conservatives hardly have a monopoly on this sort of thing).  There's no effort or intent to be balanced, nuanced, objective or intelligent here.  That's not the point.  This is angry, destructive, devisive propaganda at its worst.
And having written such a critical commentary about Ms. Coulter's broadside, I will no doubt be dismissed as one of the vast legion of evil, treasonous, liberal-leftist, wimp, socialist America-haters.  So be it.  It should be an honor to reject this kind of divisive, angry politics, no matter what names one is called.
3104734
Sorry, but if the main character spent 1% of her efforts resisting the rape versus the 100% of her efforts documenting how mistreated she felt this might make me not hate her.  I truly fear for a world where my sons have to deal with crazy, narcissistic girls like this.  This is a terrible indulgence for self-pitying girls dying to call attention to themselves.  It's a grotesque endorsement of today's PC culture.
141948
I really struggle to understand how anyone can read this man's account of his life-long personal torment and say his application of the biblical text i good. The mental gymnastics he has to do in order to justify his life experiences with the non-affirming interpretation of the biblical narrative and especially 7 specific passages is heart-wrenching. It seems to have produced the anger that seeps out of so much of his writing. When there are arguments supporting the biblical affirmation of same-sex marriages that come from Evangelical scholars with a high view of Scripture and provide solid exegetical support, how could anyone think the experiences he describes is a good thing, or remotely what God would want for anyone.

There is little in this book that supports its subtitle - the author even acknowledges on multiple occasions that he doesn't think many non-Christian LGBTQ people will find his suggestions remotely appealing.

His critique of LGBTQ-affirming biblical scholars failed to engage the authors' main arguments, and instead portrayed their weaker points as central to their case. There's no excuse for IVP's editors allowing that type of engagement. But there's also no excuse for them publishing this damaging material in the first place.
107265
Though a helpful resource for parents and schools struggleing with Youth Hate, it looks and reads like an elementary reader on issues not G rated.  Supposedly aimed at creating a "vivid example and careful historical analysis" the book is to "show the deep and painful ways in which prejudice has been expressed". Even a perfunctory reading would conclude it is neither careful nor vivid, showing only a cursory view of the painfulness of prejudice.  The unsubstantiated generalities are bothersome to read.

  The book is riddled with contradictions: she writes: "the largest percentage of hate crimes are committed by young white men--looking for excitement, so called thrill seekers don't belong to a group" and spends endless pages pointing out leaders of the movements.  She mistakenly combines the Christian Identity with the ideology of the Aryan Nations, and claims both to be affiliates of the skinheads with very little if any cited support.  She points to leaders of the movement and then incorporates militia cells which are traditionally leaderless.  She compares others crimes with elements of open-burning to cross burnings claiming the only distinctions are the hate motivation.  Not that notion is theoretically wrong, it is too simple: other arson not involved with prejudice occurs out of hate as well and them some occur for financial gain or pure drunken recklessness.  The book ends will 11 unhelpful pages discussing local and globalized efforts to combat hate.

  This book missed its mark; it could have been a real tool for parents and teachers dealing with youth subculture of Hate instead of putting itself as an academic composition.  Reading like a public service pamphlet supplied by the federal government I am sure many troubled parents, peers and primary schools could utilize the work if it were coupled with a section on coping with white hate in you children, family or school section. In fact I, writing from rural Ohio, will donate my copy to the local library on the chance that a less-academic parent needs it for that very purpose.

  As it stands now, the book it is too simplistic to be of worth to anyone else.  It does, however, prove to be a good source of photographic depictions of hate which seems to reinforce my point.
4539209
I was appalled at the things that were being said in this book, and only in the first couple chapters too! Only one person that was involved in the Columbine massacre was asked about her faith, and she SURVIVED. Bob Larson is just another person who was trying to make the tragedy into something it wasn't...an attack on the Christian faith. If you've done any research into Columbine at all, you would know that the two perpetuators, Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold, were filled with hatred, not just for Christians and Evangelicals, but for anyone of any race, religion, or sexual orientation. Who they decided to kill was random and sporadic, because when it comes down to it - they hated everyone equally. Their goal was to have the highest death count as possible and inflict massive amounts of pain on the surrounding community. So Bob Larson, why don't you quit with all the bigotry and stop trying to capitalize off a situation that you obviously know nothing about, because all you've done is produced a piece of work that spread hate and lies.
1710124
It seems to me that Art Williams is nothing more then a hateful and angry person. He started A.L Williams to known as Primerica as a way to get back at other insurance companies. The book seems to repeat itself time and time again. He tells of his hate and wanting to beat every other insurance company so he'll be #1. Seems to me that all they truly care about is money and not people. Wanna good read of greed and hate then this book is for you.