Anyone who reads the Rukhnama three times will find spiritual wealth, will become more intelligent, will recognise the divine being and will go straight to heaven
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Rukhnama! Rukhnama! Rukhnama!
"I tell you once, I tell you twice, what I tell you three times is true..." - Lewis Carroll (as the Bellman) The Hunting of the Snarkhttp://www.iidb.org/vbb/showthread.php?t=156969
"Anyone who reads the Rukhnama three times will find spiritual wealth, will become more intelligent, will recognise the divine being and will go straight to heaven"
Hey! It's true! I read the Rukhnama three times, and I got spiritual wealth to the tune of 5,000 gp, +2 Intelligence, and a Pendant of the Gods! I tried to go to heaven, but only made it as far as the Astral Plane before I had to return to fight a dragon and get the +25 Scale Armor.
Quoting Wikipedia:
Ruhnama (The Book of the Soul), is a book written by Saparmurat Niyazov, late President for Life of Turkmenistan, combining spiritual/moral guidance, autobiography and revisionist history, much of it of dubious or disputed factuality and accuracy.
By 2004, the teaching of algebra, physics, and physical education had effectively ended in Turkmenistan. In place, students are encouraged to memorize the Ruhnama and chant slogans praising Niyazov.
I also see that between 1998 and 2004, the population of the country dropped by ~15% (it has since rebounded), and while the economy was growing, it was growing at one-third the rate that Niyazov's government claimed (there is a similar disagreement in currency exchange rates).
Right now, unemployment is ~60%, but "unemployment does not exist officially". On the other hand, literacy is as high as it is anywhere and economic growth has accelerated since Niyazov's death.
So Yeah.
Confused?
So were we! You can find all of this, and more, on Fundies Say the Darndest Things!
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