Nah more like whiskey and cigars
Same! Bought that and Meditations by Marcus Aurelius
Or “those trumpers don’t even have two brain cells to rub together” 😂
Hahaha this is the most tactful insult I’ve ever seen. Love you, anon
Hahaha nope unfortunately
Nice! We will give it a few days and let everyone’s book orders get to them and then we can start
Yeah it seemed like it was dragging on and on at times 😂
I honestly don’t know much about Aurelius as of now, but I had seen that book mentioned a lot of places as a “must read.” I started reading it last night but didn’t make it very far yet
I wasted time on Nietzsche in high school… unfortunately lol
Ok that’s good to know- I will read that one this week then
How did I miss the point when I didn’t finish it?
Thank you, I’ll add it to my list! I have always tried to be the least selfish person I can be, so I don’t think the book will be a bad influence on me lol
You’re going to love it
I learned my lesson with Atlas Shrugged. Got 80% through, then work and life got busy and I didn’t have time anymore. By the time I had free time again, I had forgotten what was going on in the story and just never picked it back up. I will one of these days
Bc it’s already hard to find time to read as it is
That’s awesome! I was at the bookstore and saw that the unabridged was 3 books’ worth 😂 I had heard that the abridged is still perfectly good though, so I figured let’s go with that. Already hard enough to find time to read
Awesome!
Either patriots are in control or they’re not. If they are, moass happens. If they aren’t, then we are all fucked regardless so might as well buy some
Yay! Ok we will figure it out
Yes let’s do it! Should we read the whole thing by a certain date? Or set a chapter goal for each week and discuss weekly? I’ve never done a book club lol
A book club would be amazing with all of the smart people on this site!! I’ve been meaning to read gulag for a long time
So true
We are lucky to be living through a time where we can PROVE our faith with concrete actions
I’ve been a Christian my whole life, and what I used to always REALLY struggle with was the fact that no matter how hard I TRIED to be “good,” I would always mess up. Going to church and reading the Bible can sometimes highlight the many ways in which we sin every single day. The many ways we aren’t worthy. The many ways we don’t deserve anything good. It used to get me so discouraged, and I would kinda give up for awhile bc I couldn’t do things “right.” I felt like I must be such a disappointment to God- I cuss sometimes, I lie sometimes, I get drunk sometimes, I’m selfish sometimes, I’m lustful sometimes. I thought I should quit trying, bc even when I tried my hardest, I still failed miserably. What is IMPERATIVE to understand is that God knows how bad we mess up and loves us no matter what. All of the heroes in the Bible were extremely flawed people - I think God did that on purpose. You don’t need to be perfect in order to be loved and accepted by Him or to do amazing work in the world for Him. The more broken you are, the more he can work through you. I think of it like this- if my mom, dad, friends, and family can love me to pieces knowing all the mistakes I’ve made and bad habits I have- then God surely can and does. My advice is keep the focus on Jesus, on how you can help and love others, and focus less on being mad at yourself for your own shortcomings. Just wanted to share that bc it was a huge stumbling block for me for YEARS
This will get shut down in the courts pretty quick