Our assignment is simple, although it is not easy. To read the Bible before...What was it?...October 2nd (Yes, that's it.). The Bible! In one month! Quite the request, eh.
It's like being asked/dared to become a vegetarian for one month. This goes without saying, it's harder than it sounds. Your body and mind will have to struggle with the content and adapt to the style. The reading content may be as boring as a leaf of lettuce, and time after time it'll make you want to quit the challenge then and there because you could just as easily be chowing down a cheeseburger (a Good-er book). Yesterday in class, for example, one student spoke about how some words or passages meant nothing. That words were empty, that many-many readings were puzzling, that there was no meat.
So why would anyone want to go vegetarian for a month if their body and mind wasn't recognizing the nutrients that it was extracting? The fact of the matter is that vegetarianism is a healthy practice (although it's fun may be lacking). If your not used to being one then you might not notice as quickly what benefits you're slowly accumulating. Your interest in participating may not spark until later in the game. You may not understand that you don't necessarily need many of the energy-rich proteins in, say, fried chicken or pizzas. But veggies have their own zest too, and the Good Book's, arguably most dynamic and stimulating, content/nutrients might spark a new type of appetite.
Let's just hope that my enjoyment spark commences sometime in Genesis, in the beginning of the game.
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