You're kind of a racist. Why is the child's race relevant? Are we supposed to be pleasantly surprised that the child was black?

About three or four years ago I read the first two books at which point I kind of lost interest. Six months or so ago I decided to read the series through (starting over). I'm not sure how detailed my recollections will be since I was not expecting at first for the books to develop the depth they ha...

if one chooses to label oneself as something (as opposed to the label being imposed from the outside) doesn't that add to his/her sense of identity and self? Didn't the founder of Christianity - talk about dying to 'the self'? Didn't he advocate seeing/accepting all men as ones brother? Don't you t...

Why do you all want to label yourselves??? These listed here are all 'Christian' denominations. What about the Muslims, the Hindus, The Jews, The Shintos, The Laoists? There are good, Godly people in all of these 'religions' and there are others, in all of them, who make one wonder....were the heck...

I can understand how the Christian influences may not speak to you as much as the pagan ones, but it would be a bit shortsighted to completely disregard them. Obviously both had a great impact on J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis and they felt that those elements could be reconciled in their respective ...

Part of what made Tolkien's work beautiful was his clever use of white space. ;-) I hope you don't forget to take into account that his work (at least those works dealing with Middle Earth) was influenced by his devout Catholicism besides his interest in mythology and ancient history. I love how he ...

Some suggestions in no particular order: The Narnia books (Lion, Witch, and the Wardrobe, et al.) The Time Quartet (A Wrinkle in Time, et al.) The Harry Potter series These two may be too advanced for him, but they would be worth remembering: The Hobbit, Lord of the Rings, etc from J.R.R. Tolkien Th...

Most people in the world do not believe the Bible is the inspired word of a deity. They don't believe in the God, heaven or hell of the Bible. So hell exists in your opinion. And you base it on the Bible. What do you say to the 2/3 of the world that thinks you're wrong? I think you misunderstood my...

Hello Moon Knight, It's always a good idea to ask people what they are reading, and it's quite allright for a new member not to know where those threads are. This goes under "General Discussion." I personally am reading "Possession", by A.S Byatt, and "After Empire" (n...

There is a "Currently Reading" thread in the non-fiction section but not one in the fiction section it seems. Maybe someone could move this to the fiction section since this would be a nice topic to have. Could you expound on what makes Snow edgy and not your usual kind of novel, without g...