Jude 2

Lots of people read books constantly. I used to read alot. I find myself lacking in this area. I want to read but just don't have the initiative.

I do watch lots of TV. Mostly news, History channel, military channel, discovery channel, etc. Does this count as if I were reading?

Full Quiver wrote:Lots of people read books constantly. I used to read alot. I find myself lacking in this area. I want to read but just don't have the initiative.

I do watch lots of TV. Mostly news, History channel, military channel, discovery channel, etc. Does this count as if I were reading?

NO!


TW

I love the channels you mention too, but an hour show just can't give you the depth and complexity on any topic that a book can.

I am a visual learner and love TV for exposure to new ideas, but information acquired by viewing TV is not processed the same as information acquired by reading... completely different thing.

(I'll spare you having to read it, because it is really thick, but "How to Read a Book" by Adler & Van Doren explores this concept in more detail than you can imagine. Yes, I read it, but only because it was a seminary requirement. )

I am not a very good reader, and so I don't read as much as I would like. My challenge is that I can't read very fast. only get in a couple books a week.

TV is a whole different genre as has been mentioned. it is more relaxing and unlike books, at least for me, does not stimulate my brain to "think".

I found myself starting to slack off in my reading. Then I started back to school and it helped me get back into the groove.

Alot of my sermons come to me when I'm reading something.

RamboPreacher wrote:My challenge is that I can't read very fast. only get in a couple books a week.

You don't read very fast, but you read a couple of books a week I

would be very happy if I could read half a book a week.

I think it depends if you are a visual or audio learner, but reading does give you the ability to stop re-read again and again to really contemplate the study at hand

I have a DVR.

Mole_J wrote:

RamboPreacher wrote:My challenge is that I can't read very fast. only get in a couple books a week.

You don't read very fast, but you read a couple of books a week I

would be very happy if I could read half a book a week.

Same here.

RamboPreacher wrote:I am not a very good reader, and so I don't read as much as I would like. My challenge is that I can't read very fast. only get in a couple books a week.

TV is a whole different genre as has been mentioned. it is more relaxing and unlike books, at least for me, does not stimulate my brain to "think".

If you really completely read a "couple" of books a week....that is fast reading....unless you're talking about "See Spot Run" type of stuff.

Could you clarify? Two books a week would be more and better than average.....

The problem, which is not fixed even with a DVR, is that TV programs, no matter how well written, because of their relatively short length cannot contain all of the material contained within a book. At best they cover the high points. Even then you are viewing what someone else feels are the important sections.

A great example of this would be the award winning documentary series from the early 1950s "Victory At Sea." It aired as 26 half hour shows, making a total of 13 hours of programing. The production team amassed 60 million feet of film the warring navies compiled, this was edited down to around 61000 feet for actual viewing. That's only about 1% of the possible material. While the series was excellent television it only scratched the surface of the subject.


TW

PastorDaniel wrote:

RamboPreacher wrote:I am not a very good reader, and so I don't read as much as I would like. My challenge is that I can't read very fast. only get in a couple books a week.

TV is a whole different genre as has been mentioned. it is more relaxing and unlike books, at least for me, does not stimulate my brain to "think".

If you really completely read a "couple" of books a week....that is fast reading....unless you're talking about "See Spot Run" type of stuff.

Could you clarify? Two books a week would be more and better than average.....

interesting.
Most of my books are electronic, in my Logos library. and I am usually reading a couple at a time. at home and at work. I do have a couple other books that are paper-based that I am currently reading, that do take a month or so to read. - and it may be less than 2 a week, I just finished 2 last week, but I suppose 4-8 a month is about right. (including the paper books) finishing up climax of prophecy and www.urim and thummim . God (again), in paper. the electronic titles I just finished are ABC's of evolution and foundations for creationism.

do magazines count? I also read Biblical Archaeology review and Christian History and Bibliography.

Jude 2 counts! I read daily. Plus.. I write a new chapter in my personal story AKA Blog every week... sometimes several times a week. Shoot... I read 22 blogs! I am currently reading a LOT. I get into Biography and reality.

There is not enough time in the day for me to read as much as I would like to.

My problem is I read too many at one time...read a chapter here....a few pages there...skip over to a different one.

Currently I am in the progress of reading an Eschatology book, a Book on God and Suffering, a horror novel, a computer graphics textbook, AND a Doctor Who book (Zygons!!)

And my TO READ pile...I hope it dosent fall......I could be pinned for days.