Veli Voipio: Recently my friend bought some forest and found a 1935 Ford in it, honestly in quite bad shape. Now he is considering restoring it. Nobody blames him if he'll spend a lot of money. Of course it came into my mind if some people are spending a lot of money to bring old cars to shiny condition, then could I spend as well when I am trying to reconstruct a sort of ancient Christianity in its glory on my desktop?
Recently my friend bought some forest and found a 1935 Ford in it, honestly in quite bad shape. Now he is considering restoring it. Nobody blames him if he'll spend a lot of money.
Of course it came into my mind if some people are spending a lot of money to bring old cars to shiny condition, then could I spend as well when I am trying to reconstruct a sort of ancient Christianity in its glory on my desktop?
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Veli Voipio:Of course it came into my mind if some people are spending a lot of money to bring old cars to shiny condition, then could I spend as well when I am trying to reconstruct a sort of ancient Christianity in its glory on my desktop?
Several years back I decided to give up all my other hobbies and invest in Logos. I think I made a good choice.
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Charles McNeil: Logos Users, With thousands of books, Bibles, Collection Sets, maps, data sets, dictionaries, commentaries, etc., with no end in sight and many more books to come; is it possible for a “Holy man” or person to become a bookaholic? Can one become addicted to (religious) books? I speak namely of when a person racks up huge debts (borrows/credit), reads all the time, purchase books over food, hardly eats the food available, and don’t sleep for studying and reading. Is this possible? Is this the average Pastor, a seminarian, or an anomaly? No, I am not describing myself-- Just a thought. If this is wrong forum, Oops!
Logos Users,
With thousands of books, Bibles, Collection Sets, maps, data sets, dictionaries, commentaries, etc., with no end in sight and many more books to come; is it possible for a “Holy man” or person to become a bookaholic? Can one become addicted to (religious) books? I speak namely of when a person racks up huge debts (borrows/credit), reads all the time, purchase books over food, hardly eats the food available, and don’t sleep for studying and reading. Is this possible? Is this the average Pastor, a seminarian, or an anomaly? No, I am not describing myself-- Just a thought.
If this is wrong forum, Oops!
Isn't this what everyone does? Why would you spend money on groceries which last only a few days when you can buy books that will last a lifetime? There is no such thing as a bookaholic, just readers and nonreaders. Ok back to my books now.
Michael Kinch:Isn't this what everyone does?
No, not everyone. Enjoy your books!
Michael Kinch: Isn't this what everyone does? Why would you spend money on groceries which last only a few days when you can buy books that will last a lifetime? There is no such thing as a bookaholic, just readers and nonreaders. Ok back to my books now.
That's hilarious. But there's always part of me that dreads becoming Henry Bemis.
I just wanted to add a picture
The personal library of retired John Hopkins University Humanities professor Richard A. Macksey, housed in his home in Maryland, USA.
http://robaroundbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/Personal-library-of-Richard-A-Macksey.jpg
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Impressive!
When we were in our previous house one of our smaller book cases was in an alcove next to the fire. One day I realized that it had shrunk a little, the floor joists were giving way underneath it.In our current house, when we moved in we put up our largest floor supported shelving system in the front room which went the full length of the longest wall. It also depended on the wall for some leaning support. After a week or so I noticed cracks were appearing on the other side of the wall. Sadly the library is now scattered over the house. Another reason for going for e-books - real books can be dangerous to your house's health
Veli Voipio: I just wanted to add a picture The personal library of retired John Hopkins University Humanities professor Richard A. Macksey, housed in his home in Maryland, USA. http://robaroundbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/Personal-library-of-Richard-A-Macksey.jpg
That certainly is impressive. It also looks a little dangerous. I can imagine that it could be a bit precarious to try to access the higher books.
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There was a time when I planned on having bookshelves that went from the floor to the ceiling all the way around my office. Now that I have made the switch to electronic books, I cringe to think about having a physical library as large at the one in that picture, let alone having to ever move it from one location to another!
even with my logos titles, as long as there wasn't a lot of overlap, I would love to have the library - or even the shelves - from that picture. That would be a tremendous blessing.
Lew Worthington:That's hilarious. But there's always part of me that dreads becoming Henry Bemis.
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bibliomania does not deserve the name of bibliomania until it is exhibited in the second stage. For secondary bibliomania there is no known cure
Field, E. (1996). The love affairs of a bibliomaniac. Oak Harbor, WA: Logos Research Systems, Inc
Veli Voipio: bibliomania does not deserve the name of bibliomania until it is exhibited in the second stage. For secondary bibliomania there is no known cure Field, E. (1996). The love affairs of a bibliomaniac. Oak Harbor, WA: Logos Research Systems, Inc
Thanks for sharing.
Maybe for bookaholic is possible. But, as for me this concept is not exactly applicable. Even when I was a student and until now that I'm working. I make sure to get enough sleep, relaxation and eat healthy foods.
Just adding to this old thread, a good place for a book addict:
http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2017/11/13/17/464EB7C500000578-5078055-image-m-45_1510592502653.jpg
Is this the world's ULTIMATE library? From last November, new library in China.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/travel_news/article-5078055/Is-world-s-ULTIMATE-library.html
Cool! Maybe they should do a Logos Ultimate Base Package 👍😁👌
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Veli Voipio: Just adding to this old thread, a good place for a book addict: http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2017/11/13/17/464EB7C500000578-5078055-image-m-45_1510592502653.jpg
That is pretty amazing.
Just wondering what a library of 20,000ish volumes would look like on a wall.
We could call it the Leaning Tower of Biblio-Babel Base Package .
I am humbly grateful for this post. I feel so much more righteous with my mere 7,500 resource library. O, Lord, I thank Thee that I am not like other men! (or women, too.)
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