tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7603965086004625582.post8730852013952192116..comments2023-05-22T08:32:09.454-07:00Comments on A muse; me: Reading about Religionkballhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03023604809590397072noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7603965086004625582.post-74841216800939208402010-02-25T23:24:56.249-08:002010-02-25T23:24:56.249-08:00The Quran! Don't just pick it up and start tho...The Quran! Don't just pick it up and start though, because the way the chapters are ordered doesn't lend it to a cover to cover approach. Get a "reading the Quran" book (preferably one that also has audio of recitations).<br /><br />Also, here is a hilarious joke Julie just told me today:<br /><br />"I'm agnositic.<br /><br /><br />It's a not-for-profit religion."<br /><br />Hugs to Talita!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06499881784156219667noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7603965086004625582.post-42886997593582781272010-02-16T16:56:16.646-08:002010-02-16T16:56:16.646-08:00Life-changing and perspective-shifting books:
* ...Life-changing and perspective-shifting books:<br /><br /> * The Conquest of Happiness (Bertrand Russell)<br /> * Atlas Shrugged (Ayn Rand)<br /> * Zen & The Art of Motorcycle Maintenance (Robert Pirsig)<br /> * Death by Black Hole (Neil deGrasse Tyson)<br /> * The Fountainhead (Ayn Rand)<br /> * Marriage & Morals (Bertrand Russell)Brad Fultshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17926298157337200847noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7603965086004625582.post-38555828618731253822010-02-16T08:18:07.349-08:002010-02-16T08:18:07.349-08:00Oh, and if you want reading about Christianity, in...Oh, and if you want reading <i>about</i> Christianity, instead of readings by Christians, try anything by Bart Ehrman. He also has some good lectures through the Teaching Companysjmalarkeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06502108938156452917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7603965086004625582.post-16776527305983071662010-02-16T08:15:32.683-08:002010-02-16T08:15:32.683-08:00Try Augustine, both "Confessions" and &q...Try Augustine, both "Confessions" and "City of God". He's an early church father, a long way from Tillich and Neihbuhr and he was a good thinker.sjmalarkeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06502108938156452917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7603965086004625582.post-40581831176499722212010-02-15T16:58:51.997-08:002010-02-15T16:58:51.997-08:00C.S. Lewis - particularly Mere Christianity. If y...C.S. Lewis - particularly Mere Christianity. If you want to learn more about the faith, he's a good one to read. :)Larahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04389047861929002263noreply@blogger.com