Reading is a skill a lot of us take for granted.
I mean anyone on this forum presumably knows how to read...but what are the real-life consequences for people who DON'T read?
And more so, people who don't take time to READ and THINK about what they read?
I once applied for work as a librarian in a prison. It is well known that a lot of prisoners have ended up there precisely because they either didn't know how to read, or never read, and therefore remained ignorant of many things a person who CAN read takes for granted.
Associated with reading is also WRITING. Imagine if you couldn't write a sentence. How do you cope with life and remember to do all the things that you need to remember? Writing is as much for our own memory as its to make a record for someone else.
In church, would you not be able to progress as much in your spiritual life if all you ever did was hear a sermon once a week and never actually picked up the Bible to read it through? How can you live on just a preacher's scriptural soundbites?
When we hear the news on radio or tv, do we process it the same way that we do if we read a newspaper that can go in depth into current affairs?
What role do books play in reading, and would you realistically be able to get by without any books?
I mean anyone on this forum presumably knows how to read...but what are the real-life consequences for people who DON'T read?
And more so, people who don't take time to READ and THINK about what they read?
I once applied for work as a librarian in a prison. It is well known that a lot of prisoners have ended up there precisely because they either didn't know how to read, or never read, and therefore remained ignorant of many things a person who CAN read takes for granted.
Associated with reading is also WRITING. Imagine if you couldn't write a sentence. How do you cope with life and remember to do all the things that you need to remember? Writing is as much for our own memory as its to make a record for someone else.
In church, would you not be able to progress as much in your spiritual life if all you ever did was hear a sermon once a week and never actually picked up the Bible to read it through? How can you live on just a preacher's scriptural soundbites?
When we hear the news on radio or tv, do we process it the same way that we do if we read a newspaper that can go in depth into current affairs?
What role do books play in reading, and would you realistically be able to get by without any books?