mfbukowski Posted January 3, 2013 Posted January 3, 2013 After writing my latest Worlds Without End post and looking at posts from people like Volgadon, I've decided that I need to start reading fiction again. A Christmas Carol was the first fiction book I've read in about 4 years.I have a real problem making myself read fiction. I can't do it. I start a book but I just can't get into it. I also don't play games. Any games. Weird, huh?I love poetry though.
mfbukowski Posted January 3, 2013 Posted January 3, 2013 oh man! I NEVER read fiction. I am strictly interested in non fiction! to that end I am currently reading the new book on Christ by Robert MilletDo you like games? Or am I the only weird one? Games feel like fiction to me.
WalkerW Posted January 4, 2013 Posted January 4, 2013 Add Daniel Boyarin's The Jewish Gospels: The Story of the Jewish Christ to the list. Checked it out yesterday and have (quite surprisingly) made quite a bit of progress. 2
Duncan Posted January 4, 2013 Posted January 4, 2013 Do you like games? Or am I the only weird one? Games feel like fiction to me.ah, i'll play board games but I haven't for awhile. I was at a friend's house the other night and the majority of guys were talking about all these online games they play and video games and guilds and role playing games, myself and this other guy were like wow... 1
Gillebre Posted January 7, 2013 Posted January 7, 2013 I've been reading an amazing book called Visions of Glory. I definitely recommend it.http://www.amazon.com/Visions-Glory-Mans-Astonishing-Account/dp/1462111181/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1357520693&sr=8-1&keywords=visions+of+glory+one+man%27s+astonishing+account+of+the+last+days 1
Rivers Posted January 7, 2013 Posted January 7, 2013 (edited) Well I just finished reading Brigham Young: Pioneer Prophet and now I need to take it back to the library and pay the 30 cents I owe. I found the book to be quite enjoyable and one that I wouldn't mind owning. All though the book has caused me to view Young as even less infallible than I previously believed. Now I need to get back to that Robert Jordan book. Edited January 7, 2013 by Rivers 1
Duncan Posted January 7, 2013 Posted January 7, 2013 Well I just finished reading Brigham Young: Pioneer Prophet and now I need to take it back to the library and pay the 30 cents I owe. I found the book to be quite enjoyable and one that I wouldn't mind owning. All though the book has caused me to view Young as even less infallible than I previously believed. Now I got to get back to that Robert Jordan book.if there is anyone that I would cut slack to it's Pres. Young, Peter and Moses. Can you imagine that tasks they had to do? Moses-Lead the Children of Israel out of Egypt and all that scene, Peter-follow in the steps of Jesus and preach Jesus to people that didn't want him and Brigham Young-Follow in the steps of Joseph SMith, take the Church out to a deserted place they had never been to before and set up shop, preach the gospel all over the world and bring the saints over to Utah. I think given those kinds of assignments if they make a mistake or what have you, it makes me no nevermind! 2
ronin Posted January 7, 2013 Posted January 7, 2013 I'm reading The Holy Priesthood by Ogden Kraut. So far it has been a great read but I have heard some of his ideas are controversial has anyone else read it? 1
Walden Posted January 7, 2013 Posted January 7, 2013 As an avowed atheist, of course my god is science In that light, I am currently reading Homo Mysterious: Evolutionary Puzzles of Human Nature. I highly recommend this book to those who think that science has answered all of life's riddles.This is the Amazon synopsis.......For all that science knows about the living world, notes David P. Barash, there are even more things that we don't know, genuine evolutionary mysteries that perplex the best minds in biology. Paradoxically, many of these mysteries are very close to home, involving some of the most personal aspects of being human.Homo Mysterious examines a number of these evolutionary mysteries, exploring things that we don't yet know about ourselves, laying out the best current hypotheses, and pointing toward insights that scientists are just beginning to glimpse. Why do women experience orgasm? Why do men have a shorter lifespan than women? Why does homosexuality exist? Why does religion exist in virtually every culture? Why do we have a fondness for the arts? Why do we have such large brains? And why does consciousness exist? Readers are plunged into an ocean of unknowns--the blank spots on the human evolutionary map, the terra incognita of our own species--and are introduced to the major hypotheses that currently occupy scientists who are attempting to unravel each puzzle (including some solutions proposed here for the first time). Throughout the book, readers are invited to share the thrill of science at its cutting edge, a place where we know what we don't know, and, moreover, where we know enough to come up with some compelling and seductive explanations.Homo Mysterious is a guide to creative thought and future explorations, based on the best, most current thinking by evolutionary scientists. It captures the allure of the "not-yet-known" for those interested in stretching their scientific imaginations. 4
mfbukowski Posted January 8, 2013 Posted January 8, 2013 And why does consciousness exist? That one's pretty funny. It's just a tad question-begging, don't ya think?I mean what would it be like if it didn't exist? It's a little hard to think about!
Gervin Posted January 8, 2013 Posted January 8, 2013 (edited) To go along with the other book topics...when I pull myself away from this board, I'm reading about my ancestors that came across the plains, first by boat and then by handcart. My ancestor was in the Martin handcart company. The family that find the freshly baked pie in the road when they're nearing starvation.For Christmas, my son bought me Canada by Richard Ford and I bought the family copies of E. Peterson's The Message (NT). I read, therefore, I am. Edited January 8, 2013 by Gervin 1
savedbygrace Posted January 18, 2013 Posted January 18, 2013 Theology For Beginners by Frank J Sheed 2
Kerry A. Shirts Posted January 19, 2013 Posted January 19, 2013 "Physics" by Cutnell and Johnson, 3rd edition and "Calculus" by Howard Anton.
ERayR Posted January 19, 2013 Posted January 19, 2013 The Second Comforter by Denver Snuffer - The David Story by Robert Alder and US Tax Code updates.
volgadon Posted January 19, 2013 Posted January 19, 2013 "Physics" by Cutnell and Johnson, 3rd edition and "Calculus" by Howard Anton.I'd rather impale myself on a spork. 1
Damien the Leper Posted January 19, 2013 Posted January 19, 2013 For Christmas, my son bought me Canada by Richard Ford and I bought the family copies of E. Peterson's The Message (NT). I read, therefore, I am.I hope that isn't The Message Bible. That version makes me want to carve my eyes out with a plastic baby spoon.
Gohan Posted January 19, 2013 Posted January 19, 2013 Just finished Pioneer Prophet - loved it by the way - and now I'm debating what to read next.I'm getting ready to do a paper for one of my classes on Native American involvement in the Civil War, so it'll probably be something along those lines for the next book on my list. Unfortunately I'm limited solely to primary sources that can be found in the BYU-I library...
Damien the Leper Posted January 19, 2013 Posted January 19, 2013 I'd rather impale myself on a spork.Sweet Jesus, Volg!
Damien the Leper Posted January 19, 2013 Posted January 19, 2013 I just started L. Michael White's "From Jesus to Christianity".
volgadon Posted January 19, 2013 Posted January 19, 2013 Sweet Jesus, Volg!Let my soul perish the math teac... err.. Philistines, as Samson would say. 1
Calm Posted January 19, 2013 Posted January 19, 2013 (edited) I'd rather impale myself on a spork.Heathen.Math is the Adamic language. Edited January 19, 2013 by calmoriah 3
Damien the Leper Posted January 19, 2013 Posted January 19, 2013 Heathen.Math is the Adamic language.Math is one thing. Didn't you know that Outer Darkness is accepting the fathers of physics and accepting applications for other like-minded people? 2
volgadon Posted January 19, 2013 Posted January 19, 2013 Currently I'm reading Lawrence Fine's superb study of Isaac Luria, "Physician of the Soul, Healer of the Cosmos," in English, as well as Hayyim ibn Attar's influential 18th century Torah commentary, "Or ha-Hayyim," and Yehuda Fetaya's "Minhat Yehudah," both in Hebrew. The latter is a particularly fascinating work written in the first half of the 20th century. Not only does Fetaya discuss esoteric interpretations of the Bible, he also includes experiences he has had performing excorcisms, repairing the souls of the dead, and the information he gleaned from departed spirits. Fetaya was one of the premier kabbalists of the 20th century, and a major spiritual leader for Iraqi Jewry. He even organised Kabbalistic prayer groups to wage spiritual warfare against Rommel. 1
volgadon Posted January 19, 2013 Posted January 19, 2013 Heathen.Math is the Adamic language.Here is firewood, here are matches, there but for the grace of God go I. 1
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