Just a quick side note-- don't assume the food in the fridge is yours. Otherwise you might find yourself cracking an egg while your roommate yells down the hall that s/he bought those last week.
One of my favorite (I'm not sure what label to place it under) nonfiction book is C. S. Lewis's Mere Christianity. He builds such a strong case for Christianity and the existence of a Creator God. I'm really not sure how one could refute it, but there are probably philosophy professors out there who do. Regardless, I'm even more convinced than I already was. He starts out by simply establishing that there is a moral code in the world. And if there is moral code in the world that every man adheres to and knows about, then there must be something or someone behind that moral code. After that he gets into more of the nitty gritty aspects of Christianity. Definitely worth at least glancing through. Would you like a taste?
"But the most remarkable thing is this. Whenever you find a man who says he does not believe in a real Right and Wrong, you will find the same man going back on this a moment later. He may break his promise to you, but if you try breaking one to him he will be complaining 'It's not fair' before you can say Jack Robinson."
"The truth is, we believe in decency so much--we feel the Rule of Law pressing on us so-- that we cannot bear to face the fact that we are breaking it, and consequently we try to shift the responsibility. For you notice that it is only for our bad behaviour that we find all these explanations. It is only our bad temper that we put down to being tired or worried or hungry; we put our good temper down to ourselves."
"God cannot give us a happiness and a peace apart from Himself, because it is not there. There is no such thing.
'That is the key to history. Terrific energy is expended--civilisations are built up--excellent institutions devised; but each time something goes wrong. Some fatal flaw always brings the selfish and cruel people to the top and it all slides back into misery and ruin. In fact, the machine conks. It seems to start up all right and runs a few yards, and then it breaks down. They are trying to run it on the wrong juice. That is what Satan has done to us humans."
Anyway. How about some more shameless book promoting? Hehe.... Remember that hat I finished over break? Well, even though I'm in the midst of crocheting a blanket, I felt a new knitting project was in order. I own several knitting and crochet project books, but I especially like this one. The projects seem easy and they are so useful. I'm currently working on one of the dishcloths.
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