I’ve been reading a lot of entries from people who I knew back when I was in college and with whom I participated in various ministries.  The general theme through all of these is a heavy religiosity which at times is very familiar to me but which also repulses me.  I say this because I feel that people around me generally reject religion and while I am still staff at my church, I sympathise with them.  While I am interested in what is going on in their lives, I feel that the CFC alumni who keep blogs are in a competition to show how holy they are by sharing their devotional times and their observations.  While I say this partly from a bitterness at being left out at times, I know this to be the case.  I can see former CFC’ers who are now actively serving as pastors and missionaries sharing these types of things, but generally my feelings are that these are the rantings of the religiously narcissistic.

I am sure that I am not 100% correct in my assessment, but I know that people write these things because they know they have audiences.  It’s no better than when others will write to get comments and eprops.  I saw this while a student at the UofI and while I served as a “co-leader” (nowadays they call them co-servants.)

So having a contrarian streak within me (though nothing like the derfman‘s contrarian streak) I am declaring that I will only write about things which are “frivolous” and geeky.  Chess, Dr.Who, Mochi, the heck with spiritual insights, I’d rather share them with people in my small groups.

f:  “It’s sort of like being drunk.”

a:  “What’s wrong with being drunk?”

f:  “Just ask a glass of water.”

1. Name the book in which this takes exchange place.
2. Who are the participants in this conversation.
3. What is f describing.
4. Bonus points if you can give me the exact quotes from the book instead of my summary from memory.