Top Ten Most Evil Books Ever Written
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- Ancient cursed manuscripts? Books made from human skin? Witches grimoires? Are these the most evil books ever written, or are they simply number eleven in our list of Top Ten Most Evil Books Ever Written?
Books Mentioned:
1. All religious book EXCEPT the Holy Bible
2. The Feminine Mystique by Betty Friedan
3. The Kinsey Reports by Alfred Kinsey
4. The Future Of AN Illusion by Sigmund Freud
5. The Pivot Of Civilization by Margret Sanger
6. Mein Kampf by Ad*lf H*tler
7. The Origin Of Species | The Decent Of Man by Charles Darwin
8. The Communist Manifesto by Karl Marx
9. Discourse On The Origin And Foundations Of Inequality Of Men by Jean Jacques Rousseau
10. The Prince by Niccolo Machiavelli
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I disagree with listing The Prince in this list. I did not agree with him in every regard, but he did make good points when discussing the conduct of the ruler as a ruler of the state. 1) Do not give free money. It makes the people dependent and you eventually run out. Then you must cut back and the people rebel. 2) Keep you fingers to yourself. Do not touch people's women, their money, or their property. You need taxes, but keep them at a reasonable rate so that you do not provoke a revolution. 3) State secrets are a good thing. 4) Beware standing armies, mercenaries, forts, a lack of forts, and an armed population. Some forts and an armed population is best. 5) Being loved is good, provided you are respected. Being respected is the best option if you need to choose between respect and love. Avoid being hated as hatred will lead to bad things. 6) Practice sound financial planning so you are not destabilizing your economy by inflation of deflation. 7) Stay out of any unnecessary conflict. War is bad for business.
He was attempting to write a book about good governance not private moral virtue. For this reason I disagree that it belongs on this list.
Agreed. Machiavelli was not evil.
I had a similar thought as I work in the field of international relations and of course realist doctrine primarily pushed by Machiavelli's work is my primary theory of understanding. One shouldn't read it as a book of personal morality, but one on governance in an imperfect world. That was the main point, one of which aligns (in my view) with Biblical teaching. Glad to see someone go into good detail as this was one of the only books on this list to disappoint me greatly.
Ive also heard Machievelli was writing his book to protect good people from bad people. He knew that his prince wasnt an evil manipulator and he would be taken advantage of by others so he was teaching him how to deal with those evil people. IDK if this is true though.
Why women on the same list as money or property
Machiavelli didn’t believe or endorse his writings. He meant it more as a satire on Renaissance politics.
I disagree that we should throw these books away. The best way to fight against these movements is to know their origins and principles better than those who use them. Read well, but read with discernment and a biblical lens.
Finally someone understands!
I do too. The church fathers and other evangelists would study many other religious works and the works of heretics and quote them often in their own works promoting and defending Christ's teachings.
As much as I agree, some books need to be erased from society - but that would be suppression of free speech ie; the First Ammendment.
Which begs to question - how did the Holy Bible get banned from schools?
For that is exactly when society threw itself, it's children, into a dark, demented downward spiral as far as morals are concerned.
Nah, you can’t let these sort of works just fester in your society
@@allisvanity...519 What books would you say should be erased? I can't really agree because even with books I find morally bankrupt and completely disagree with that book's content would have to be known for people to form their own objections to it.
Honorable mentions: The DaVinci Code, The Passover Plot.
120 days of sodom 😅
Agreed.. another honorable mention, the satanic bible
'morals and dogma' by Albert Pike
'the book of the law' by Alister Crowley
Don't think it even merits a mention. Far too ridiculous.
@@bradleysmith9431 the secret doctrine by Helena blavatsky and a treatise on white magic by Alice bailey to add to your list lol. The new age isn't necessarily a religion as much as it is an amalgamation of many, with not all in agreement on numerous things...it's on the rise in an epidemic way, far more than a lot realize. It's especially dangerous when it comes to its current effects on the church.
I would have also included "The Fourth Political Theory" by Alexander Dugin, Vladimir Putin's former advisor. Any of Dugin's books promotes the idea that The Eurasian Empire (Russia) are the good guys and "Atlantis" (the US) is the devil. Under the deceitful guise of defending "conservatism," Dugin argues that free societies (ex. US in particular) are the root cause of all the decadence going on around the world...and that the only way to return to traditional values is to go back to despotism. The reason why Dugin's works are dangerous is because he is trying to manipulate conservatives all over the world into thinking that God is on Russia's side, that Russia is a Christian nation, and promotes traditional values. But in fact, this is far from the truth. Dugin comes from a background of occultism, esotericism, nazism, and communism. Russia has unrestricted abortion, and continues to use their security services to assassinate their own people...even outside of their borders.
Another book I would have included is "Catechism of a Revolutionary" by Sergey Nechayev. That book and man would later influence Vladimir Lenin's political ideology.
It should also be noted that Hitler wasn't just influenced by Darwin, but secretly, despite seeing communism as his rival opponent, nonetheless had a great respect for Karl Marx's socialist ideas. He just didn't like the idea of a international socialist world, but a National Socialist utopia. Meaning, he believed that one race should benefit from a socialist society, but everyone else would be destroyed. If you look at the majority of these evil books that Todd talks about, it comes down to one thing: collectivism. All of these books promote the idea that individualism is evil, but collectivism is for the greater good.
I was surprised that Todd mentioned Niccolò Machiavelli's "The Prince" because Brazilian political philosopher Olavo de Carvalho just recently wrote a book warning about the dangers of Machiavelli called "Machiavelli or the Demonic Confusion."
Todd, you should do a top ten dystopian books every Christian should read video.
Haven't read the book by Alexander Dugin. But according to your description, it doesn't sound bad enough to be on this list. Keep in mind that the rest of the world thinks VERY differently from people in the US. On many issues.
The US being the empire of evil is a pretty widespread (and rather obvious) idea.
In 1967 I attended an all women’s college. Feminine Mystique was required reading in P.E. Class. It was starting back then.
Machiavelli gets unfair treatment. He was not an advocate for what he was describing, he was being descriptive not prescriptive. He was the first realist political theorist in a world that had only known political idealism. Anyone who has read The Prince knows that in the preface Nicollo made it clear he wasn't endorsing the modality of rule which he described.
Well said, I'm glad that someone else understands him. Take care.
Machiavelli was a sycophant stumping for a job. The Prince was his cover letter.
Precisely….rather careless effort to place him in this category
I think the problem with it is what it may inspire in others
That’s why he’s so low down on the list.
I remember when the idea of man coming from apes was a big deal. I was absolutely and completely insulted and I could not believe people far more intelligent than me were not just as insulted. I am even more amazed that people would rather think some great great grandparent was an ape than take Jesus Christ as their Savior and Lord of their life.
By the way, Todd, your list of evil books was depressing and I have never heard of most of them and never read any of them.
@Donkey Kong No it's not fact. It's just a theory, ( endorsed by Satan, I might add) but with no proof. But! If you want to believe your ancestors, came from apes, be my guest.What is amazing, you actually believe it?
@Donkey Kong Its more theory than fact
@@RuminantHairdo you know what else is still a theory : germ theory, the theory of gravity 😂🤣
@Donkey Kong It came from a racist Darwin that believed that blacks were a subspecies. How does it feel to embrace racist ideologies??
@Donkey Kong thats not how theories work
I would add La Vey`s Satanic Bible and Crowley`s "Magick in Theory and Practice""
They made Satanism hip and trendy and socially acceptable.
Sort of like pulling the pin on a grenade.
Crowley was one wicked spawn of Satan. Literally showed that the destruction of children through sexual abuse was a source of black magick. His work is still being used today. He taught the law of inversion to gain powers. Speak back words, do things backwards. Oprah’s business is named HARPO for a reason
Good observation.
I've only found out about Crowley and La Vey in recent months. Both were Antichrist wannabes.
I guess you don't understand satanism, at least not La Vey satanism.
@@shad3215Let's see how much I don't understand about the beliefs that have taken over the world and are in the process of destroying it........
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1: Self above all else. It's all about ME. Everything in the universe is secondary to the fulfillment of MY agenda, MY desires, and MY wishes, at the expense of all else. Your basic narcissism.
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2:Moral relativism. What's good or bad is what's good or bad for ME. everything else is irrelevant and immaterial. If it advances ME, it's good, if it does not, it's bad.
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3:Social Darwinism. Since it's all about ME, and since whatever is good for ME is the only thing that's good, then I must advance by any means necessary. Anybody or anything that stands in my way and is destroyed is merely collateral damage and worthy of no more consideration or concern than stepping on an insect, therefore, unrestrained application of "do what thou wilt" is standard procedure for everyday life. I want it all, I want it now, and I don't care who gets hurt or killed in the process.
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4: Eugenics. Once I have clawed my way to the top and established myself as supreme, I now have the right to decide who lives and who dies, according to the extent that they are capable of profiting ME and furthering MY agenda and fulfilling all of MY desires.
........Does that about cover it?
Would any of this help to explain how and why the world has become a demented slaughterhouse with 8 billion little tin gods destroying each other?
Does this explain the total cold blooded lack of empathy or compassion for each other?
Does it explain the depravity of taking pleasure in the suffering of others?
Does it explain why virtue and morality are now considered by many to be defects and signs of weakness, and to be avoided, lest one be considered a chump?
When you claim that I don't understand Satanism, you are partially correct. The part I don't understand is how anybody could see such a belief system as viable or how anybody could practice it and be able to sleep at night.
@@jpalberthoward9 La Vey satanism is similar to pantheism, a velief that god is nature, also it's not about me, that's actually similar to christianity, the difference is it's everything about him, so still a bit similar, and in pantheism there shouldn't be that
Amen! last statement most profound: "Read your BIBLE"
I cannot disagree more. The enemy wants us kept ignorant of their plans. READ THEIR BOOKS but don't adopt their philosophy!
Don't read their books if you can avoid it. You can understand their concepts without reading the book. I wouldn't say reading one of these books is sinful, but unless you need to for a specific assignment or because you are writing a thesis, you can learn the truths so many other ways. If you do read the book this is a good warning to know that what you are going to read is evil and the ideas should be rejected.
In that case I encourage you to read the book of Mormon.
Christian Freedom seeker, finally someone gets it! We're the minority among the worrisome crowd of bigots.
The New Testament says repeatedly to “test everything and hold on to what’s good”
@memphis diplore where is racism justified? Moses married an Ethiopian, Cushite, African, Black woman and was defended by God when his family criticized his decision. And if you are one of those people who claim that his wife was Midianite, not African, Moses sent Zipporah home and took another wife.
Machiavelli wrote his famous book as a straight faced sardonic satire of the mindset of the aristocrats and the elites of his day… he did not actually believe in what he wrote.
Machiavelli: writes a satire, not intending it to be an instruction manual
George Orwell: _sweats_
Honorable mention to Rules for Radicals
Darwin said that if his theory does not line up with the fossil records or there is no proof than forget about it, it's not true.
And yet there's so much evidence, so it is true. His theory has been refined over time, but the evidence is unmistakeable. Just like the evidence for an earth that's older than 6,000 years, just in case you're someone who believes that.
@Donkey Kong Exactly , I"m reminded of Richard Dawkins famous remark about how Christians could be made to believe evolution, and that is to show them the sequencing of DNA of any two animals you like. In the same clip (I hesitate to share the RUclips URL here because some comment sections don't allow embedded URLS), he talked about Kurt Weiss, who has a PhD from Harvard in geology, who nevertheless said: "I am a young age creationist because that is my understanding of the Scripture. As I shared with my professors years ago when I was in college, if all the evidence in the universe turns against creationism, I would be the first to admit it, but I would still be a creationist because that is what the Word of God seems to indicate."
He is like every other Young Earth Creationist - you can provide them with all the proof in the world, but if it contradicts Scripture, they'll just stick up their noses.
Evidence like the tooth from so called Nebraska man which turned out to be from an extinct pig, the monkey skeleton Lucy which turned out to be just a three foot tall chimpanzee, and Neanderthal man which turned out to be an old man suffering from arthritis. Closer examination shows no true evidence of one specific turning into another.
@@arthapeterson5239 “For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who suppress the truth in unrighteousness, because what may be known of God is manifest in them, for God has shown it to them. For since the creation of the world His invisible attributes are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even His eternal power and Godhead, so that they are without excuse,”
Romans 1:18-20
@@shrewdthewise2840 How can invisible attributes be seen?
I'll add two more to the list.
1. The Passion Translation
2. The Message
Thank You for listing The Message. When I first picked it up in a bookstore to check it out, I had a visceral reaction that I was holding evil in my hands. It is an absolutely horrible perversion of the Bible.
The Message is incredibly overrated, but it is not evil. It is a paraphrase that is widely respected by scholars. It is not the best, but it is certainly not evil.
That being said, if you pick up any book and feel a check in your spirit, I would encourage you to trust your conscience.
Queen James bible too.
3. The New World Translation
@@Kblog777 Yes, removing the sin of homosexuality by changing only eight verses. What you may not know is that the New King James Version (NKJV) has done the same thing. The authors of the Queen James Bible (QJB) tell you what verses were changed and why they were changed and there is nothing in the NKJV to warn you. The QJB is a much better bible than the NKJV because there is much more changed in the NKJV than in the QJB.
Don't forget Howard Zinn's, "A People's History of the US", and Fifty Shades of Gray, and the Twilight series.
Honorable mention to Dan Brown and The Da Vinci Code.
“Number 1 worst books, all other religious texts that aren’t the bible” good sir, truly based 🙏🏻✝️❤️
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As a Christian I worry about this inclusion. Just the concept of bias leaves you vulnerable to argument.
You misspelled biased.
Especially the Talmud.
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Nobody ever used "The Prince" as some kind of Evil Genius How-To book. Machiavelli was simply pointing out certain historic trends that led to and reflected the current political situation in first-decades sixteenth century Northern Italy: mid-sized and tiny polities ruled de facto by oligarchic families although technically belonging to another polity like the Holy See. Even Machiavelli's anti-hero Cesare Borgia couldn't live up to the standards required for long-term success (a prince cannot play only the lion nor the fox).
Few people have even read "The Prince", which is more of a history book than a philosophical manifesto.
Also, "Eros and Civilization" by Herbert Marcuse; trust me, relatively unknown but hugely impactful. One of the principle texts for the Sexual Revolution.
And you know this so well because you've read it? LOL
Read it in college...horridly evil tome.
@@lawrencekagan8688 Yes, I read it and wrote a research paper on it. What a silly comment.
@@lawrencekagan8688 I also read Alasdair MacIntyre's scathing critique of Marcuse in his book entitled "Herbert Marcuse." And I read Robert Mark's biography of Marcuse, and currently I am reading Rolf Wiggerhaus' magisterial work on The Frankfurt School called, "The Frankfurt School." So, what is you point?
@@beaupierrebondurant5651 Truly evil
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This was great and so true! I'm familiar with some of these books. What I can't grasp is how many people, who claim to be against racism, embrace Darwin and his theories. Don't they know he was fervently racist? They must not have actually read his work. And it's so clear how the ideas of communism and eugenics have toppled our nation's morality I recommend an awesome two-part documentary called "Agenda: Grinding America Down" and "Agenda 2: Masters of Deceit" produced by former Idaho State Rep. Curtis Bowers. It's a shocking exposure of the Marxist ideology permeating every institution in America. I wish every American could watch it!
Neo-marxists (of the critical theory denominations) make a similar argument about the constitution and bill of rights. They were written by slave owners, racists, and misogynists, therefore we should discard both documents and repudiate what they assert.
After all, "free speech", "freedom of religion" and "liberty" are beliefs widely claimed by unabashed and self described racists.
See how this style of argument is bad yet?
Margaret Sanger was racist too, she was all for eugenics, we know Hitler was racist, and on and on it goes. The left today accuses their opponents of doing what they themselves actually do. They are double standard, hypocrites.
Even if Darwin was a racist (and given his era and class it would be almost shocking if he wasn't) it wouldn't have any effect upon the accuracy of his hypotheses. That's not how science works. The character of the scientist is irrelevant. All that matters is the evidence.
@@ttthttpd A person's beliefs do matter. The evidence is in the effects of what they promote. Because of Darwin's beliefs, scientific AND moral, people were reduced to just evolved animals and thus killing millions was justifiable. The Founders and authors of our nation's great documents, on the other hand, believed the complete opposite. Few, if any, held racist beliefs (though I grant there were some, especially in the Confederacy, who did). They actually saw the discrepancy in the free society they dreamed of and the one of slavery that they were living in. Thomas Jefferson believed that "all men are created equal" in their nature, as image-bearers of God, though they may not share the same status or wealth. The Founders also knew slavery couldn't be eradicated in a second; the entire economy depended on it at the time. But they foresaw a day when it would be done away with. That's why there is nothing about slavery in the Constitution. They wanted that system of oppression and degradation to be erased from our country's existence. The effects of these men's beliefs brought about the free nation of equal opportunity and enterprise that many people, of all skin tones, have long enjoyed. Darwin and Karl Marx brought about Nazi Germany and Soviet Russia. Religious beliefs are part of every ideology. And I must add that Christianity is the most UN-racist belief system ever. The Bible says that we are made in God's image; it says that in Christ there is neither Jew nor Greek, black nor white, male nor female; it says God is no respecter of persons. And if Jesus loved everyone enough to die for them and offer them eternal life, we who have taken the name of Christian can show no less love. I am trying, anyhow! So you can bet that a person who professes Christ and yet is racist is either just misled or is not truly a believer. In God's eyes, there are no races except the human race. I hold to that too. That's why I never term people by race. I always describe them as a people group. My point with all this? Any ideology that is anti-God will always end horribly. No humanist or Communist government ever achieved peace, unity, or freedom. The moral side can never be separated from the political side.
@@annahenderson2155 If satan himself told you a demonstrable fact, with the express intent to harm you with it, does it cease to be a fact?
Obviously not. Neither the beliefs nor intent of those demonstrating empirically verifiable facts has any bearing on the factualness of those facts. Though it does imply need for greater scrutiny for bias and sleight of hand.
Its a bit how some postmodernists and SocJus types are trying to argue that science had outright racists and sexists back in the day, so the very scientific process should be scrapped and replaced with a system that doesn't care about facts but the consequences of asserted beliefs (they dont believe in objective facts).
Also, how does acknowledging humans are animals reduce us to *just* animals? Admitting that humans are mammals is not degrading in the slightest, it's an obvious fact regardless of belief system. Likewise to admit humans are apes, whether made that way or evolved as such.
I hold humans being evolved, or "just an animal" is actual a positive belief in one regard: every species has a nature, a means of survival. Thus we arent simply "socially constructed" souls, disconnected from our biology, as the gender theorists and dialectical schemers want us to be. No amount of mass killing and campaigns of terror will ever be able to transform (via the dialectic) that nature into what utopia demands. No amount of screaming and tears will decouple sex and gender. Just like neither will make humans breathe underwater or subsist off sunlight.
As to what that nature / means of survival is, we are the rational animal, and a tribalistic animal. The means of escaping the dark side of this later trait is revealed both in your last reply and in the core structure of your holy book: universalization of the tribe. The book starts with a couple, then a family, then tribes, a nation, then Jesus opens up the church to all humanity. Likewise, classical liberal (small L, not commie/progressive hijacking of the word) philosophies have pushed universalism via their own approaches to natural law and inalienable rights.
Top 10 books that are awesome:
We have “What Hath Darwin Wrought?” By The Wretch!
Thankfully, I don't have any of those 10 books to trash.
A few of these books seem to prove that helping the weak, and the basic concept of morality can't coexist with evolution
Nihilism is the only thing that coexists with evolution. If we have meaning and if the things we do have meaning, then its because it is given to us by something greater than us. Evolution makes no room for that. Time + Matter + Chance = do whatever you want because you were an accident anyway and not intended by Anyone to exist.
That is wrong.
Listening to this at work. Suddenly a monkey in my ear startles me. Thanks for the extra cup of jo! God bless
lol same here
I thought number one would be "your best life now"
Excellent video, but perhaps we should also give dishonorable mentions to the books, "The Population Bomb", by Paul Ehrlich and, "An Essay on the Principles of Population", by Thomas Malthus.
You can tell he wanted to yell out "Bull****!" when he got to the Kinsey reports
One of the most interesting videos by Todd. I will save this video and search about the books, which I heard of half of them only, thanks.
I wish to have a pastor and mentor like Todd.
I would add somewhere in a list such as this "The Secret Doctrine" by Helena Blavatsky and "Morals and Dogma" by Albert Pike.
Wow! I’m familiar with those two names. Doesn’t seem like either writer should be teaching us morals.
I love the editing! 👏😂
That was a good video. Good work Wretched.
God bless this ministry.
I'm surpised the Marquis de Sade didn't get on this list,
what did he do?
Agree. 'Justine' is a perverse mind-twister. It tries suck you into the mind of a degenerate and if you're capable of self-reflection, it will make you sick after only a few chapters. Never succeeded in finishing this.
I don't think his book was influential enough on society in general to make the list. A top 10 list isn't big enough to include every evil book ever written. Although I think Rules For Radicals and L Ron Hubbard's book should be on the list.
Remember that it's in his opinion
Sanger was a very evil female.
thanks Todd, always a good message, always look forward to your 'show'
Your section on Marx was well done, I’d also like to add to Marx section the fact that Marx never had any ethics or morals, because of the fact he thought it was “bourgeoise ideology” or “bourgeoise moralism” which is why you see that the people who adopted it (famously, Stalin, Lenin, Mao etc.) had no ethics to base off their ideology, although Lenin might not actually be a utilitarian, you can see that’s the way he acted out, it was all “for the greater good of the party”
Marx was a despicable human being. He wouldn't work to take care of his wife and only communicated with his parents to ask them for money. He couldn't even be bothered to go to their funerals.
Glad you included the Koran.
The Quran is as dangerous as it gets
For most evil song I nominate "Imagine", by John Lennon. Imagine there's no Heaven. Why would you want to do that? No Hell below us. Above us only sky? From the lips of Satan. There are people who want to replace the national anthem with it. Unfortunately for Lennon, he will indeed be more popular than Jesus down in Hell, and no amount of imagining will relieve the torment.
Dishonorable mention to "My Sweet Lord" , by another hellbound Beatle, for his deceptive ode to the Hindu god, and false religion of hare Krishna. Everybody thought he was talking about God but in fact, he was very anti-God and antichrist and thought it funny that Americans were praising another god and singing Hindu prayers in the supermarket. George Harrison did more than any other westerner to get eastern religions into our culture going back to 1965 and his obsession with Indian culture. He lectured others and acting enlightened, while completely deceived himself. He used his influence to lead millions astray just like Lennon.
Those two songs are a good start for most evil. I think Beethoven's Ode To Joy belongs there too.
@Donkey Kong Again, what's the point in that except as an exercise in avoiding reality? And what kind of depraved or more likely, childish, mind seriously wants to imagine God out of existence? Where does he think he came from then? Cosmic jibber jabber. There is one who is true and his problem is he didn't distinguish between the true and all the false. He fell for that.
@Donkey Kong It's a fallen world. You can't fix it by imagining things. Imagine there weren't so many gullible and naive people. People who think globalism, technology, and singing vapid songs will fix it. Besides that it's a boring, droning song in general.
What's wrong with Ode to Joy?
I take it satire is intended by all that, just as when I watched this video I thought the guy must be joking except for the bit about Mein Kampf. What exactly is satanic about Beethoven's 'Ode to Joy'?
🎶 "Imagine Chapman had no bullets. It isn't hard to do". 🎵
That Charles Darwin statement inspired the slang "Black African monkey " And as An African I get this slang alot.
Jumpscare 3:46 for you headphone listeners. Jumped right out of my office chair.
I nearly snapped my neck and died whipping my head 180 behind me to see what kind of aberration made that sound.
Rousseau is the spiritual godfather of revolution,especially the jacobin phase thereof.
Even more than Darwin, Hitler was inspired by Marx’s “Das Kapital”.
That's the one I was thinking of. I couldn't quite remember the name. Yes it should have made the list.
Me before watching the video: if the Communist Manifesto isn't on this list, I call shenanigans.
Me at 1:38: Well done, sir.
Marxism is the worst plague ever unleashed on humanity.
Me before realizing that this is a Christian RUclips channel: if the Bible is on this list, I call shenanigans. This is the first video from this channel I’ve ever watched, so I didn’t know it was a Christian channel.
@@christianali5431 same, I was really curious
I figured if the list was legitimate, the Communist Manifesto and Mein Kampf would be on it. But I expected Rules For Radicals to be on the list also. And the Koran. I was pleasantly surprised to see this video was Christian and biblically oriented.
surprised albert pike moral and dogma wasn't on here or anything by madam blvatsky
'Jesus Calling' by Sarah Long should also be put in this list.
That book isn't nearly as bad as the least offensive book featured on this list.
What's wrong with God Calling?
Machiavelli's "The Prince" was supposed to a description of politics not an instruction manual.
You should do the best ten books of all time next. Minus the obvious.
Not minus the obvious.
I enjoy wretched and your Insight and style that you have. And may Elohim continue to bless your ministry YeHoVaH Shalom to you brother.
This was very informative, thank you!
I thought this was going to include "Anything by Marquis de Sade." But I guess this is more about influential books.
Not in the top 10, but I would add Herbert Spencer First Causes. That personally really messed up a relative of mine with the idea that there's no need for a creator.
Origin of species by means of natural selection or the preservation of favoured races in the struggle for life. That is the full title of Darwin's book. Also principles of Geology by Charles Lyell. Sexual Behavior in the human male by Alfred Kinsey. The basis for the modern gender theory.
Basis of the sexual revolution yes, modern gender theory, no. That would be John Money and Queer Theory.
Money's experiments were morally bankrupt, and showed the opposite of the conclusions he drew. For christ's sake, the subject eventually comitted suicide after finding out they were transitioned as a child and made to "role play" sexual roles with his siblings. He identified with his biology, not his medically altered anatomy or social upbringing.
Queer Theory's founding papers advocate "cross generational relationships" and has degerated from sexual marxism to a critical theory against normality in any form. And what is more if a norm than gender? The theory has its roots in Gramsci and all the other dialectical usual subjects, in the usual chain back to before Marx. (James Lindsay has quite a bit of material on all of this)
@Prey R it's not a misunderstanding of Darwin, he even said himself "the civilized races[that is the causations] will exterminates the savage races[ig. the acifrans and Australasians]"
God is appalled by those who hurt children. Except those first born Egyptian males.
Todd, you say, "read your Bible." Do you care to elaborate on which one?
Todd Friel Wretched: Before you reach number 1. I missed aleister Crowley ‘Do what thou wilt.’ Book. Founder of church of satan. And nowadays very wide spread message.
I think generally these kinds of books SHOULD be burned, but they can also be used to expose and educate.
you realize you sound crazy right? Any burning or destroying of any literature sounds like every totalitarian tyranny in history. Let people believe what they want to
If you own any of these and no longer want them then as a free person you can dispense with them however you see fit. I would not advocate book burnings as a salemic solution to society’s ills
@@erl00558 the book burning isn't a solution to societies ills, it's just a solution to a bunch of evil books floating around.
I believe book burning should be reserved for truly evil books, NOT Harry Potter or something.
Like there's absolutely no reason for the Necronomicon to be floating around.
I would also encourage the burning of Ouija boards, but that's a bit different than books, and largely stems from an unpleasant supernatural experience i had.
Never harm any book. Stick with education.
@@sixkicksfightertricks949 even if the book is about how to be a serial rapist and get away with it?
Sorry, but I'd be burning that book. But i guess if you want it, that's your choice...
You forgot a couple: The Protocols of the Elders of Zion, and the S**anic Bible, by Anton LeVey. Vile stuff, and sadly influential.
Alistair Crawley is the spiritual father of Anton LeVey. He helped move the democrat party to the heart of satanism.
Darn the prophetic prosperity on how to stop fire and brimstone wasn't in. If he does one on videos I vote for Al Gores Climapocapyse.
Respectfully, you do not understand Niccolo Machiavelli. Machiavelli teaches how to combat evil by understanding evil.
Great Video!! The Satanist books should have been added!
I was thinking the same! But honestly, they can fall under #1, other "religious" books
@@AJ-ForGodsGlory thats true, but it doesnt clam to be from God but says its from satan
@@peaceman7072 a book doesn't have to claim to be from God to be religious. Satan IS a god to those who follow him. The bible also states that he is the god of this world.
@@AJ-ForGodsGlory Thats true but I think his reason for all other divine books is because they claim to be from god but are not. Im pretty sure he says that in the video
Many will probably disagree with me but I believe the Prince (or even the book The Art of War) is/are not really an evil book it is a self evaluation of how Christians probably could lose in politics by being passive. We already know we are passing through this world to live for Christ. To understand the sacrifices of not living of the world. If a Christian leader/prince is to rule this could be playbook of how evil leaders rule and play the game. Matthew 10:16 “Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves. Be ye therefore wise as serpents and harmless as doves”.
Well done. Learned a few things.
I see a lot of common titles with Benjamin Wiker's list in his book "Ten Books that Screwed Up the World."
A common thread in many of these titles would be the willingness of the authors to continue with their opinion or agenda even in the face of contrary facts. They were not pursuing truth.
I know the authors of all of these books. Such a shame that some of these books weren’t introduced to me in a negative context
thank so much for bringing up the disgusting Kinsey stuff. he is one of the worst people i can think of who didnt do a genocide and his corrupt work is still applauded.... hurts my heart. i do hate this world so much.
Nice Beard and great message!
Psalms Chapter 51
1(To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David, when Nathan the prophet came unto him, after he had gone in to Bathsheba.) Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy lovingkindness: according unto the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my transgressions.
2Wash me throughly from mine iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin.
3For I acknowledge my transgressions: and my sin is ever before me.
4Against thee, thee only, have I sinned, and done this evil in thy sight: that thou mightest be justified when thou speakest, and be clear when thou judgest.
5Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me.
6Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward parts: and in the hidden part thou shalt make me to know wisdom.
7Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean: wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.
8Make me to hear joy and gladness; that the bones which thou hast broken may rejoice.
9Hide thy face from my sins, and blot out all mine iniquities.
10Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me.
11Cast me not away from thy presence; and take not thy holy spirit from me.
12Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation; and uphold me with thy free spirit.
13Then will I teach transgressors thy ways; and sinners shall be converted unto thee.
14Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God, thou God of my salvation: and my tongue shall sing aloud of thy righteousness.
15O Lord, open thou my lips; and my mouth shall shew forth thy praise.
16For thou desirest not sacrifice; else would I give it: thou delightest not in burnt offering.
17The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise.
18Do good in thy good pleasure unto Zion: build thou the walls of Jerusalem.
19Then shalt thou be pleased with the sacrifices of righteousness, with burnt offering and whole burnt offering: then shall they offer bullocks upon thine altar.
Though the content of these books is evil, I could never stand for their destruction. If we burn books we disagree with we are no different than any of the evil societies that did the same.
You have proposed an extremely difficult question. Part of me says - Burn them all; but we have to look at the books being banned right now, under the guise of racism, hatred, or even white privileged and do we want to be like God's enemies. Tough question.
@@Freed98 I understand where you’re coming from, but I truly don’t believe it is Biblical or Christ-like to destroy our opposition. We have to remember that every action we perform is a reflection on Christianity and I don’t think much soul winning would occur if our solution to disagreement is to burn what we disagree with. Just my opinion though.
Agreed. In Acts 19:19, people VOLUNTARILY burned their own magic books. No coercion. No confiscation. Just conviction.
@@braden_kurtz I'm so glad there are at least a handful of people here with some sense. All books are sacred.
@@braden_kurtz Good thing Christ isnt coming back to literally destroy all his enemies by casting them into a pit or anything... oh wait.
Good thing God didnt command the Israelites to destroy their enemies either... oh wait.
Good thing God didnt demand that the Israelites destroy all the idols either... oh wait.
Good thing God didnt destroy the world in a flood... oh wait.
Good thing God didnt destroy the cities of Sodom and Gammorah with heavenly fire... oh wait.
WOOOOO!! I LOVE that outro instrumental!!
the quran is number one of the list of religious books. yo failed to include Dan Brown's books
'Rules for Radicals', by Saul Alinksy. Such a divisive & manipulative work.
Amen to the #1 winner of books the only book worth reading is the Bible. I don't want opinions and platitudes or self help junk. I read a religious book called the 5 love languages in a small group nearly all ended up divorced.
It's pretty showing that Darwin's books made it on the list twice. Once in their own slot and once in the false religion slot.
Wow! Love it. Thanks
I must say, I'm liking the beard Mr. Friel! I also am thankful that we may comment down below! Appreciate the changes and thank you for this list!
That dude L. Ron Hubbard and his dianetics was a real winner NOT...
I laughed out loud at the perfume part I really enjoy your show
Calling The Prince evil is like atheist calling the Bible evil. Just because there is a certain behavior in The Prince doesn’t mean he is telling you to do it. There’s evil behaviors in the Bible doesn’t mean Christians endorse that behavior.
Rats! I was hoping for the complete sadist's manual otherwise known any and all of works of the Marquis de Sade. I was where books should never be burned. I made an exception for one of his after it was assigned reading for one of my college classes.
Yep. 120 Days of Sodom is probably the most revolting thing I've ever read.
Insightful, as always, Todd... THANK YOU for you and Thee One we bow down to.
I f you read your bible ? God said don't bow down to no Man but me the one who begot you.
Rules for Radicals and The Da Vinci Code.
Finally, we can comment on these Wretched videos!👏🏾👍🏾
Anything by Nietzsche or the Marquis De Sade would would rate high on this list.
That being said- we should never burn books! Knowledge is power and it's much better to let people know these things exist (with caution of course) than restrict them.
Obviously we shouldn't have NSFW books in libraries or anything.
But PLEASE guys read other holy books! read your own book too. All of it!
1. The Quran
2. The Tafsir books
3. The Hadith books
4. The Sirat
Was I spot on?
I'll take Islam over the modern secularism any day. Better the mislead than the wantonly anti God. Still, the lesser of two evils is still evil.
Very good, very good my brother!
Your a great preacher brother Todd.
I thought he was going to talk about the Quran, The Book of Mormon, the Watchtower Society books, the Roman Catholic extra books etc etc
Very well done.
Add "How to be Anti-Racist" by Ibram X. Kendi and "White Fragility" by Robin DiAngelo to that list please.
Whoaaa wretched turned their comments on!!! 🤣🤣🙌🏽
Wow, these books gave alot of ideas to the generations that followed 😐
Not sure if anyone commented on this or not, but Freud Dude looks a little like Dr. James White.
Sir, I learn a lot by your channel and take much encouragement of it.
This time, I disagree with the thumbnail and the opinion, that written books exist, which have to be burned. There are of course books to destroy: books, whoose lecture is sin by itself. That's the case with pornography, which harms two of the ten comandments. In every other case, I agree with Umberto Eco: "It begins with burning books an ends up with gas chambers" - a truth, we germans bitterly experienced. The ephesus-case, where the new christians made a statement to the in heathen cults captured people is another exception. It demonstratet an new treasure, which ist far more to gain, than the old lifes pleasures. It ist the real-life example of the new wine in new vessels and the the beautiful pearl for which every other thing had to be sold. It had also the couseling effect, to show the inhabitants of Ephesus, that the "Kosmokratores" have no power over the "Pantokrator" and what it means to mortify the old man.
For the one, who deeply knows the bible, every other book serves as a commentary. It shows him, what colours the rebellion of men an kings in Psalm 2 has or the truth the bible has throuh all the centuries. It satisfies, when scientists come after twothousand years to conclusions, the bible already talked about.
That does not mean, that everyone has to read every book. Of course my children must not read Dawkins until they are strong in biblical teaching. Another grave exception ist an bad conscience.
But that does not condemn books to the flames.
Perhabs in few hundred years people will search for theese books, we wish that would have never been written, to understand which thinking and which conclusions led to the disasters we have produced.
To erase the whitness of a thinking, a philosophical or historical episode does not make it unhappend.
I agree with your judgement on the books and it is fundamental to capture every thinking under the obedience of christ and to destroy these thought-buildings by the truth of God, but I disagree with the destructions of books.
Greetings from Germany and further blessings for your service!
Johannes
All other religious books apart from the Bible are more evil than Mein Kampf? That's bound to offend somebody :D
Just proof the gentleman making this video is a fool. The book of John says that the whole world couldn't contain the books if all the deeds of Jesus were written.
Thanks for a great video!
I got stuck having to read Machiavelli for my freshman year as homework, and it was really awful, completely agree! 0 out of 10 book.
Then you didn't understand what that book is about.
@@masumi158 it’s about how the ends justify the means in a princedom, even in cruelty and deceit.
@@Gen-ZChristian It is a book of satire. Machiavelli didn’t believe anything he wrote it that book.
@@Annatar.Sauron that’s pure speculation
@@Gen-ZChristian it’s pretty well accepted
Excellent presentation. One of the most anti-Christian writers was Voltaire:
THE DEATH OF VOLTAIRE
Francois-Marie Arouet (Voltaire), 1694-1778
Voices from the Edge of Eternity
Compiled by John Myers
Last Hours On Earth Of The Noted French Infidel, Voltaire
Pages 21-22:
“When Voltaire felt the stroke which he realized must terminate in death, he was overpowered with remorse. He at once sent for the priest and wanted to be ‘reconciled to the church.’ His infidel flatterers hastened to his chamber to prevent his incantation, but it was only to witness his ignominy and their own. He cursed them to their faces and, since his distress was increased by their presence, repeatedly and loudly exclaimed, ‘Begone! It is you that have brought me to my present condition. Leave me, I say - begone! What a wretched glory is this which you have produced for me!’
“Hoping to allay his anguish by a written recantation, he had it prepared, signed it, and saw it witnessed. But it was all unavailing. For two months he was tortured with such an agony as led him at times to gnash his teeth in impotent rage against God and man. At other times, in plaintive accents, he would plead, ‘O Christ! O Lord Jesus!’ Then, turning his face he would cry out, ‘I must die - abandoned of God and of men!’
“As his end drew near his condition became so frightful that his infidel associates were afraid to approach his bedside. Still they guarded the door, that others might not know how awfully an infidel was compelled to die. Even his nurse repeatedly said that for all the wealth of Europe she would never see another infidel die. It was a scene of horror that lies beyond all exaggeration.
“Such is the well-attested end of this man who had a natural sovereignty of intellect, excellent education, great wealth and much earthly honor.”
-The Contrast Between Infidelity and Christianity