Comments on: Reading Versus Television: Which Is Better? http://www.hieropraxis.com/2010/01/reading-versus-television-which-is-better/ Literature and faith, truth and beauty Thu, 09 Feb 2012 04:23:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Nick http://www.hieropraxis.com/2010/01/reading-versus-television-which-is-better/#comment-334 Nick Fri, 30 Dec 2011 14:48:02 +0000 http://www.hieropraxis.com/?p=335#comment-334 Books enrich one's life, has long lasting even life changing impact. Books allow one to read, pause, make neural connections across synapses that would never by bridged otherwise. Books spark imagination which leads to action which often lead to solutions. Books provide motivation to go and do something with newfound knowledge. Even in the most technologically advanced universities, books (reading materials) are still the primary means of conveying complex thought. Television motivates the desire to own a snuggie. Books enrich one’s life, has long lasting even life changing impact.
Books allow one to read, pause, make neural connections across synapses that would never
by bridged otherwise. Books spark imagination which leads to action which often lead to solutions.
Books provide motivation to go and do something with newfound knowledge.
Even in the most technologically advanced universities, books (reading materials) are still the primary means of conveying complex thought.

Television motivates the desire to own a snuggie.

]]> By: Jean Mattson http://www.hieropraxis.com/2010/01/reading-versus-television-which-is-better/#comment-241 Jean Mattson Thu, 15 Sep 2011 15:13:04 +0000 http://www.hieropraxis.com/?p=335#comment-241 I have a friend who finds T.V. very educational. When someone turns on the television, he goes into another room and reads!! I have a friend who finds T.V. very educational. When someone turns on the television, he goes into another room and reads!!

]]> By: Ali http://www.hieropraxis.com/2010/01/reading-versus-television-which-is-better/#comment-59 Ali Tue, 19 Jan 2010 16:43:00 +0000 http://www.hieropraxis.com/?p=335#comment-59 This is a great post, Holly. I, too, prefer to read over watching the television. I only watch television on Sunday nights with my friends. Once I graduated from law school, I started to read many of the classics that I never read--or read thoroughly--in school. I gave up reading junk several years ago. I always have one classic work going (I am now reading Anna Karenina), one work of theology or nonfiction, and an easier read for when I don't want to think as much. In addition, I try to devote some time every day, or almost every day, to some portion of reading the Bible. And my reading life is much richer and more rewarding now. I do get caught up in surfing the internet in my free time, and I fear that is a bad habit of mine. I need to work on giving up that habit. This is a great post, Holly. I, too, prefer to read over watching the television. I only watch television on Sunday nights with my friends.

Once I graduated from law school, I started to read many of the classics that I never read–or read thoroughly–in school. I gave up reading junk several years ago. I always have one classic work going (I am now reading Anna Karenina), one work of theology or nonfiction, and an easier read for when I don’t want to think as much. In addition, I try to devote some time every day, or almost every day, to some portion of reading the Bible. And my reading life is much richer and more rewarding now.

I do get caught up in surfing the internet in my free time, and I fear that is a bad habit of mine. I need to work on giving up that habit.

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