I'm familiar with philosophical explanations for the beleif in God, and quite honestly, if they help people to beleive then great; but I just could never see myself beleiving that way
Golf I think. I don't think you can ever master it. You play to see who screwed up the least, not who scored the most. Its a game that requires so much; focus, patience, rythym, technique, finesse, perspective, control, planning ahead, and still some luck.
Keep in mind though that sometimes people react worse to the specific book or type of book you are reading than reading in general. Most people wold enjoy a well-written novel, even if it is fiction. I myself would and do occassionally. However, for example, I much prefer history books, specifically reading military history. For me, that means a lot of the primary sources: Xenophon, Herodotus, Caesar, Vegetius, Sun Tzu, Clausewitz and others. To most people these authors are exceedingly boring and at least a little difficult. Add to that the modern dissertations on historical military experience and you have what amounts to a very large waste of time for some people. To me, there is nothing more interesting or worth doing, because these events and themes are some of the most important and pervasive we can study. Plus theyre plain interesting and sometimes entertaining. For some of you who posted here that you like to read, slugging through thousands of pages of primary sources might not e your idea of a good read; the point is people have preferences in their reading choices. You might find that if you ask a little, people will open up to what they like to read and will shed their "reading is uncool" shell (SOMETIMES (like not often...:wink:))
Because it requires us to think for ourselves and not be lazy. It isnt physically stimulating, it appeals to our distinctly human capacity for sedintary abstract thought and activity for enjoyment and leisure's sake.
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