Though Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn are considered classics, but I wouldn't call those God-honoring...
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Good point! Some books are, unfortunately, not God-honoring and are still considered among the best works in literature. Why? I think, personally, that is because they give us universal questions to think over. We apply our worldviews, Christian or not, to what we see, hear, think about and read. The best books really make us question what we are evaluating, they get us to ask ourselves things like: What does this mean to me? Why is this important to the character, and should it be important to me? True, some books are for pure entertainment and that's fine. Nothing wrong with that. But fame is gained in many ways, and thought-provoking material is a good tagline. Indeed, some of the most famous books in our literary world are evidently non-Christian, which is why we should be careful, obviously, about what we allow to impact us. If we are strong in our faith, really knowing what we believe, then anti-God or God dishonoring books may help us to ask some questions about what our priorities should be. Thank you, Sarah, for bringing up that good point!
"You can never get a cup of tea large enough or a book long enough to suit me." ~C.S. LewisPosted 2 years ago # -
You're welcome.
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Pinnochio was strange, I think I like the movie better!
"You can never get a cup of tea large enough or a book long enough to suit me." ~C.S. LewisPosted 2 years ago # -
Pip here again; yay! My copy of the REAL "Hunchback of Notre Dame" came from PBS this evening!
Off-Topic: *after hiding behind something solid* Who pronounces it "no-truh dom" *lapses into molespeech* loiks oi doos it?
And, is it just me, or has Alyosha been readin' too many high-falutin' books lately? Her vocabulary has rapidly and suspiciously expanded. (Not that that's a bad thing, mind ye...)
"You can never get a cup of tea large enough or a book long enough to suit me." ~C.S. LewisPosted 2 years ago # -
*runs behind the solid object that Pip is hiding behind*
I don't pronounce it that way. I say "No-ter dom".
*un-hides*
Congrats on getting the real thing. How is it?
No violence, gentlemen, no violence–I beg of you! Consider the furniture! - Sherlock HolmesPosted 2 years ago # -
We'll haveta see, I haven't started it yet. I have been immersing meself in decidedly un-classic books as of late. *ahem*
"You can never get a cup of tea large enough or a book long enough to suit me." ~C.S. LewisPosted 2 years ago # -
The classics I've read...
The War of the Worlds
Aesop's Fables
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
The Picture of Dorian Gray
Night
Anthem
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Pip - 1 day ago »
And, is it just me, or has Alyosha been readin' too many high-falutin' books lately? Her vocabulary has rapidly and suspiciously expanded. (Not that that's a bad thing, mind ye...) 
I didn't notice it expanding, but I'll take that as a compliment.
"Bonapartist democrat."
"Grey shades of a quiet mouse colour."Posted 2 years ago # -
what are everyones favorite classics? I've been wanting to read some, but I don't know where to start! Theres sooo many
HAS FINALLY POSTED MORE THAN 100 TIMES!!!!Posted 2 years ago # -
Let me see, favorite classics...
Not Moby Dick. Skip that one.
A Christmas Carol is good.
Treasure Island.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. (Any, though as with all serials, there are better ones and worse ones. Plus, some of them have some 19th century drug abuse, so be careful.)
Nothing else comes to mind right now. I'll browse my shelves later and come back.
No violence, gentlemen, no violence–I beg of you! Consider the furniture! - Sherlock HolmesPosted 2 years ago # -
Little Women rocked, gotta read that 'un! Anne of Green Gables, The Count of Monte Cristo and A Little Princess were all verra good...funny, I didn't like The Seceret Garden nearly as much!
Lost Horizon (except for the ending) was boring; Heart of Darkness stank, The Illiad was ok but The Odyssey, ugh! I couldn't even finish it; Green Mansions was sad but pretty, The Hound of the Baskervilles was spooky and delicious, The Wind in the Willows was so dreadfully eleborate that we almost stopped reading it aloud but are now quite glad we didn't, and Around the World in 80 Days is like that and much better then 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, which I am now working on. Ben-Hur wasn't as good as The Robe, Great Expectations was meloncholy but worth the effort to read, A Christmas Carol should be read by everyone, and I'll post back later when I have consulted my Archives!!!!!!"You can never get a cup of tea large enough or a book long enough to suit me." ~C.S. LewisPosted 2 years ago # -
Pip here again; I just remembered, Frankenstien is a lot better than Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.
"You can never get a cup of tea large enough or a book long enough to suit me." ~C.S. LewisPosted 2 years ago # -
Really?!? I thought Frankenstein was b-o-r-i-n-g and just plain weird. While I enjoyed Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. Go figure. (disclaimer: I had to read them for school)
No violence, gentlemen, no violence–I beg of you! Consider the furniture! - Sherlock HolmesPosted 2 years ago # -
no wonder you finished them!
HAS FINALLY POSTED MORE THAN 100 TIMES!!!!Posted 2 years ago #
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