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Can books have a negative effect on society?
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Of course.
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Are they always worth their paper because ideas will always need to be critically examined?
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Double of course. If nothing else, one should always endeavor to know one's enemies in their own words.
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And if so, do you consider that others who aren't quite so into critical examination might be won over by some loony, illogical cult work?
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They might be, and frequently are. However, their inability to exercise the faculties God gave them does not mean that the work or works which influenced them should be banned. The virtuous many should not suffer for the mistakes or idiocies of the vicious few.