Precicely why I find it mystifying that church leaders expect all the members to love the Book of Mormon enough to read it every single day their whole life. For some people it might work, but certainly not everyone.
That would be like saying, "Ok, I want you all to listen to Justin Beiber songs for 10 minutes every morning."
Oh for shame, how the mortals put the blame on us gods, for they say evils come from us, but it is they, rather, who by their own recklessness win sorrow beyond what is given... Zeus (1178 BC)
Doctor CamNC4Me wrote:Save the Males: Why Men Matter, Why Women Should Care by Kathleen Parker
Can't say I'm surprised, Cam.
I'm sure you're not. I was gifted that by a woman who thought I was too pro-Feminist. But don't let the propaganda stop ya, brother.
- VRDRC
In the face of madness, rationality has no power - Xiao Wang, US historiographer, 2287 AD.
Every record...falsified, every book rewritten...every statue...has been renamed or torn down, every date...altered...the process is continuing...minute by minute. History has stopped. Nothing exists except an endless present in which the Ideology is always right.
I'm sure you're not. I was gifted that by a woman who thought I was too pro-Feminist. But don't let the propaganda stop ya, brother.
- VRDRC
If you're looking for something in that vein, The War Against Boys by Christina Hoff Sommers has a little more meat to it than Parker's book. For what it's worth, Cam.
Morley wrote:The book I give to someone, almost every year at Christmas, is The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho.
I'll shut up now and stopping hogging this thread.
I love and respect you, Morley. But I absolutely hated The Alchemist. It is the only book that I felt like throwing out the window immediately after I had read it.
H.
"Others cannot endure their own littleness unless they can translate it into meaningfulness on the largest possible level." ~ Ernest Becker "Whether you think of it as heavenly or as earthly, if you love life immortality is no consolation for death." ~ Simone de Beauvoir
If you're looking for something in that vein, The War Against Boys by Christina Hoff Sommers has a little more meat to it than Parker's book. For what it's worth, Cam.
I appreciate the head's up, but this thread is for someone else looking for something to read (I assume post-Mormon?). I'm kinda over the gender-war thing. I read a lot of Steinem, Dworkin, De Beauvoir, and a few others when I exited Mormonism. I found a lot of their ideas were very credible. It brought me to a more centered place reference the human condition. I reject extreme Feminism just like I reject a Patriarchy.
- VRDRC
In the face of madness, rationality has no power - Xiao Wang, US historiographer, 2287 AD.
Every record...falsified, every book rewritten...every statue...has been renamed or torn down, every date...altered...the process is continuing...minute by minute. History has stopped. Nothing exists except an endless present in which the Ideology is always right.
Oh for shame, how the mortals put the blame on us gods, for they say evils come from us, but it is they, rather, who by their own recklessness win sorrow beyond what is given... Zeus (1178 BC)
Morley wrote:The book I give to someone, almost every year at Christmas, is The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho.
I'll shut up now and stopping hogging this thread.
I love and respect you, Morley. But I absolutely hated The Alchemist. It is the only book that I felt like throwing out the window immediately after I had read it.
H.
Ha! Laughing to hard to type. I do know what you mean. There are certain people who loooove it though.
LDSToronto wrote:I love and respect you, Morley. But I absolutely hated The Alchemist. It is the only book that I felt like throwing out the window immediately after I had read it.
H.
Well, then you ought to read The Secret Agent by Joseph Conrad.
Way back when USA Today published a list of the Top 100 English Language Novels of All Time. I attempted to read all 100. I got through about 40 before I was like, "“F” this noise... I'm listening to some Pennywise."
I made the right choice.
- VRDRC
In the face of madness, rationality has no power - Xiao Wang, US historiographer, 2287 AD.
Every record...falsified, every book rewritten...every statue...has been renamed or torn down, every date...altered...the process is continuing...minute by minute. History has stopped. Nothing exists except an endless present in which the Ideology is always right.
LDSToronto wrote:I love and respect you, Morley. But I absolutely hated The Alchemist. It is the only book that I felt like throwing out the window immediately after I had read it.
H.
Well, then you ought to read The Secret Agent by Joseph Conrad.
Way back when USA Today published a list of the Top 100 English Language Novels of All Time. I attempted to read all 100. I got through about 40 before I was like, "f*** this noise... I'm listening to some Pennywise."