The book of Ephesians says that God has given us teachers to equip the saints for the works of the ministry. Many teachers write books and we can learn what they have to say. Also if you do not like books, then why go to church and hear a sermon? Many sermons have been transcribed to books.
I
DIDN'T say I "do not like books."
I said, "I
quit reading books."
But, then it was a tongue in cheek post as a reflection upon those who have great library's of books sitting needing dusting.
It isn't like the BB hasn't got more than a one poster who has said, "I read that book, and have it in my collection if I can find it." Really?
I
quit reading books.
The reason:
There is not enough time to
finish them all, so I wanted to spend my time doing something that
could be completed before I shuffle off this earth.
Missing out on humor?
Warning!!!!!!!
There is an addiction to reading and collecting books.
A bit of history:
Michael Ridley quotes Polster who quotes Hoche:
"As Arnim Polster (“On the Abuse of Reading”, 1993) notes “by the 1780s, the phenomenon of children reading had come to be viewed by many German pedagogues with anxiety, if not outright alarm”. Polster quotes Johann Gottfried Hoche (1762-1836):
“compulsive reading is a foolish and harmful abuse of an otherwise good thing, truly a great evil, as contagious as the yellow fever in Philadelphia.”"
Bibliophilia is a love of books and reading.
As with anything one loves, it can lead to obsession, and which is a form of addiction.
Not Warning!!!!!
To
quit reading books because one acknowledges there is never an end to reading books and therefore considering it a waste of the time left doing what
cannot be completed and to devote that time to other pursuits that
can be completed is called "common sense."
"Common sense" is a sense that is generally held by the masses as to what is logical.
When I acquired skills of reading, I did not leave behind "common sense."
Jefferson wrote to John Adams that, ""I cannot live without books; but fewer will suffice where amusement, and not use, is the only future object."
There is both humor and common sense in that statement.
But then some respondents to my first post obviously can read, but perhaps lack either common sense or discernment of humor.
And such will be the respondents to this post, too, if they think that I object to either reading or books.
