Surface response: under no circumstances should anyone be obligated to read that book (or any religious text that I know of).
Deeper response: you made a foolish promise. Skimming the thread, I conclude that you escaped, this time. Your interlocutor hardly confronted your characterization of his “evidence”; he or she just dug up more cached apologia.
I’d have recommended breaking your commitment if I’d judged you’d failed, so I have no ulterior motive.
Surface response: under no circumstances should anyone be obligated to read that book (or any religious text that I know of).
Deeper response: you made a foolish promise. Skimming the thread, I conclude that you escaped, this time. Your interlocutor hardly confronted your characterization of his “evidence”; he or she just dug up more cached apologia.
I’d have recommended breaking your commitment if I’d judged you’d failed, so I have no ulterior motive.
I mostly agree with this comment, but breaking commitments is bad. I used a coin flip to give you an expected one-half downvotes.