Various.

[elisi]

Changed my layout. Partly the pink was getting a bit much, and partly I really needed a Doctor banner... This is not the one I'd ideally use (because my favourite one is rather spoilery), but this one is v. lovely all the same. (It is so incredible to have a shiny new show to delve into... it took three years, but suddenly it started hitting all the buttons that BtVS/AtS used to - in its very own way of course. I never thought that would ever happen again, so I am very grateful. Only now I have 26 seasons to catch up on... Oh and did I mention the breaking of my heart? 'Cause damn!)

Re. LJ de-friending people at random - if I de-friended anyone, just e-mail me and I'll friend you right back, OK? :)

And I need some help. *looks hopeful* Our copy of 'Mere Christianity' has disappeared. Just vanished. So I was wondering if there was anyone out there with a copy who'd be willing to look up a quote for me?

I was sure there was something else, but I'm drawing a blank...

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[ezagaaikwe.livejournal.com]

I love that book. It's page 55 in the softcover edition, where he's talking about how incredible Christ's claim (to be the Son of God) is, if he's merely a man:

One part of the claim tends to slip past us unnoticed because we have heard it so often that we no longer see what it amounts to. I mean the claim to forgive sins: any sin. Now unless the speaker is God, this is really so preposterous as to be comic. We can all understand how a man forgives offences against himself. You tread on my toe and I forgive you, you steal my money and I forgive you. But what should we make of a man, himself unrobbed and untrodden on, who announced that he forgave you for treading on other men's toes and stealing other men's money? Asinine fatuity is the kindest description we should give of his conduct. Yet this is what Jesus did.

[elisi]

I love that book.
Oh me too! I think I'll have to buy it again if I can't find it - I'm all lost without it.

And yes, that was the *exact* quote I wanted! Thank you thank you thank you! Esp because I know how busy you are! *BIG HUGS* (I'm writing an essay about Doctor Who, and the latest season taps into a LOT of religious themes... I love it very much. :) )

[ezagaaikwe.livejournal.com]

You're entirely welcome. I'm glad I could be of help.

I need to buy it again, too. My copy is all marked up with pen. I hate buying used books, only to get them home and discover that the previous reader couldn't read without underlining and circling every other word.

[elisi]

You're entirely welcome. I'm glad I could be of help.
I often wonder how I coped before LJ. Having this huge network of friends, with such wide knowledge and wonderful helpfulness is truly great! *hugs*

I need to buy it again, too. My copy is all marked up with pen.
Oh dear. Our copy was a cheap and cheerful paperback, but it really has vanished. And I can never find interesting used books... which might of course have something to do with the sorts of bookshops/markets we have around here.

[ezagaaikwe.livejournal.com]

Re: I never find interesting used books...

All I can say is http://www.abebooks.com. One Christmas, papa_sierra got nothing but out-of-print books he'd been yearning for. I'm sure my family thought I was an incredible cheapskate, but Papa was thrilled.

[elisi]

Ooooooh! Shiny! That looks perfect! Thank you SO much. :)

[ezagaaikwe.livejournal.com]

I strive for shinyness.