{"id":313,"date":"2023-12-16T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-12-16T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/re-faith.org\/?p=313"},"modified":"2023-12-16T11:05:21","modified_gmt":"2023-12-16T17:05:21","slug":"fire-can-never-burn-it-down-banned-book-qotd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/re-faith.org\/index.php\/2023\/12\/16\/fire-can-never-burn-it-down-banned-book-qotd\/","title":{"rendered":"Fire can never burn it down \u2013 banned book QOTD"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div id=\"banned-book-QoTD\" class=\"wp-block-group is-style-default\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p>&#8220;A word to the unwise. \/ Torch every book. \/ Char every page. \/ Burn every word to ash. \/ Ideas are incombustible. \/ And therein lies your real fear.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"single-item-list\" style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:200\">from <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.simonandschuster.com\/books\/Crank\/Ellen-Hopkins\/The-Crank-Trilogy\/9781442471818\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Publisher's book listing\">Crank<\/a><\/em> by <a href=\"https:\/\/y.y\" title=\"\">Ellen Hopkins<\/a>, a frequently banned book<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\".single-item-list\" id=\"hitlist\"><strong>#10 (tie)<\/strong> on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ala.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">American Library Association&#8217;s<\/a> list of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ala.org\/advocacy\/bbooks\/frequentlychallengedbooks\/top10\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Top 13 Most Challenged Books of 2022<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/re-faith.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/230403-oif-bbw23-CHALLENGEDBOOK-twittershare-10.2.png?resize=1024%2C576&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-314\" style=\"width:369px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/re-faith.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/230403-oif-bbw23-CHALLENGEDBOOK-twittershare-10.2.png?resize=1024%2C576&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/re-faith.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/230403-oif-bbw23-CHALLENGEDBOOK-twittershare-10.2.png?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/re-faith.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/230403-oif-bbw23-CHALLENGEDBOOK-twittershare-10.2.png?resize=768%2C432&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/re-faith.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/230403-oif-bbw23-CHALLENGEDBOOK-twittershare-10.2.png?resize=1%2C1&amp;ssl=1 1w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/re-faith.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/230403-oif-bbw23-CHALLENGEDBOOK-twittershare-10.2.png?resize=600%2C338&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/re-faith.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/230403-oif-bbw23-CHALLENGEDBOOK-twittershare-10.2.png?w=1200&amp;ssl=1 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>And that is exactly the fear of the parents working to ban this book and others like it&#8230; They fear that being exposed to these ideas could somehow give their child &#8220;ideas.&#8221; Maybe exposure to LGBTQ+ culture could &#8220;turn them gay&#8221; or some such. It&#8217;s not rational. But then, fear isn&#8217;t rational. It exists in a primal space in the brain. We should approach it with empathy, but firm resolve.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Though ideas are &#8220;incombustible,&#8221; as Hopkins writes, the destructive forces of censorship and book banning isolate LGBTQ+ youth. Even if pulling books off of shelves can&#8217;t stem the tide of ideas, it can reduce it to a trickle, leaving today&#8217;s kids stranded. We firmly believe that we cannot wait for progress, cannot wait for eventually. So <a title=\"Learn about Re:faith\" href=\"https:\/\/re-faith.org\/index.php\/about-us\/\">we work together<\/a> to break the dam.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Learn about our <a href=\"https:\/\/re-faith.org\/index.php\/theology-faith-fellowship-and-focus\/\" title=\"\">theology and philosophy<\/a>. Or maybe a <a href=\"https:\/\/re-faith.org\/index.php\/members-ministers-daring-to-choose-a-servant-life\/\" title=\"\">leadership role<\/a> would interest you. Go to a school board meeting. Attend your local PTA. Whatever your passion, whatever your gifts, we welcome you to join us in our work together. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We need your help. C&#8217;mon, let&#8217;s go.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;A word to the unwise. \/ Torch every book. \/ Char every page. \/ Burn every word to ash. \/ Ideas are incombustible. \/ And therein lies your real fear.&#8221; #10 (tie) on the American Library Association&#8217;s list of Top 13 Most Challenged Books of 2022. 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