yitay and OoM thanks for responding. I will focus on what you wrote later. I can’t help but address another point at this juncture. Please forgive me for getting sidetracked away from an interesting conversation.
My orifice disagrees with you.
It was my understanding from the sources you quoted above that the secular book is not assur per se but only because of what’s within it. That makes one count.
As to that one count, once again, please define kfira. Is it defined by writing something that violates the Rambam’s 13 ikrim?
OoM’s quote didn’t do that as far as I was able to see.
Is a silly novel, written by a kofer, kfira? I am not saying it isn’t. Nor am I saying it is.
You are saying it is. From where do you get this knowledge?
Now the question is, is a short neutral quote, of a joke, from a silly novel, written by a kofer, kfira?
You said it exemplifies kfira. Based on your warning.
The problem is that your warning isn’t halacha. Halacha is halacha. Focusing on what you said is self-centered (because it’s really about what God said) and arrogant (because it assuming that we are supposed to care about what you warned).