Yes books are, and I wholeheartedly support a book thread to the "punk art" of tattoos when it comes to a cultural thread. CS Lewis is awesome in my opinion, other than going from Atheist to Christian Apolgetic.
Last Edit: Dec 8, 2005 15:56:33 GMT -5 by silvanos
i am not really in the pro-cs lewis crowd. i had a teacher that taught him as fact, and can't really get over that. right now, though, i am trying to read:
the subversion of christianity - jacques ellul (really good, so far)
player piano - kurt vonnegut (STILL. augh. we ended up talking about it in my lit class yesterday because i was reading it. according to one girl, "KURT VONNEGUT IS A LIAR. HE BREAKS HIS OWN RULES." metafiction. yes.)
i still haven't gotten to read any vonnegut. a lot of people i have talked to have told me that his books are some of the best out there. is his stuff as good as i hear?
I've currently been reading some dramas by Ibsen and Tennesee Williams.
Haha, you are still reading that Vonnegut? Well, it is best prolonged, 'cause I go through his books like crazy and way too quickly. And, Josh, have you read Bertrand Russel's Why I am Not a Christian? It is a bunch of really good essays. And most of them are amusing in that written-in-1910-but-still-so-fed-up-and-sarcastic-and-funny kind of way. Yeah, I'd reccomend it to anybody, especially Christians because it is always good to read things that make you think about what you believe.
Haha, you are still reading that Vonnegut? Well, it is best prolonged, 'cause I go through his books like crazy and way too quickly. And, Josh, have you read Bertrand Russel's Why I am Not a Christian? It is a bunch of really good essays. And most of them are amusing in that written-in-1910-but-still-so-fed-up-and-sarcastic-and-funny kind of way. Yeah, I'd reccomend it to anybody, especially Christians because it is always good to read things that make you think about what you believe.
it's just taken me forever. i like the story line and the characters and everything, but i just never have time.
i checked on amazon about that book, and it looks okay, and i definately see the argument he is making. you might like this ellul book, maybe, but who knows. he basically makes the argument that christianity is completely diverted from any of its original intent (which seems to be the same argument as this dude, or whatever, minus teh atheism part). who knows. when we hang out, we will talk about books.