The description of the ark of the covenant is what made me bail out. Reading as far as I did is what started me on the path to atheism. I was very turned off by what I read.
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What's a book you think everyone should read at least once? I feel like the stuff that gets pushed most is what's out now but one of my fave books, Sea Jade by Phyllis Whitney, was published in 1964. I was born in 81.