Shawn tagged me with the 123 meme. Basically, the meme requires me to grab the book closest to me and punch out an excerpt based on a few rules. The rules of this meme are as follows:
1. Pick up the nearest book of 123 pages or more. No cheating! 2. Find page 123. 3. Find the first 5 sentences. 4. Post the next 3 sentences. 5. Tag 5 people.
So here’s mine:
“The Christian needs to be reminded that there is no loss on earth more deadly than the loss of religious conviction. It is not enough that truth be held in the head. It must be held in the heart and in the soul.” —The Thought Of God
To be transparent, this is the first time I’ve ever even seen this book. It just happened to be the closest book to me at the moment. Also, I don’t read paper books too often. I do most of my reading online and digitally via pdfs.
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Ohh ,, your\’s is spooky, bro. Is it a message to you? You know, like a fortune cookie?
Yeah, I really think it might be. Reading that one excerpt though kinda makes me want to read the whole thing.
Even more interesting are the lines following the above quote:
Looks like the author is somewhat conservative in his beliefs
Thanks for the tag yo. I imagine these could get pretty out there. I like this meme.
Hey Ben - Thanks for the tag but I\’ve already done one! I tagged Shawn! http://gatheringinlight.com/2008/02/13/book-reading-meme-zizek-and-123/
haha…it\’s a small blog world after all.
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