tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post1092355804042530714..comments2024-03-28T20:04:20.286-07:00Comments on One Cʘsmos: I Ain't Gonna Work On Darwin's Farm No MoreGagdad Bobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comBlogger53125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-35969166924262902192011-07-17T23:48:16.197-07:002011-07-17T23:48:16.197-07:00"The empty and arbitrary world of atheism is ..."The empty and arbitrary world of atheism is far closer to the Muslim universe than the Biblical world, in which God orders the world out of love for humankind, so that we may in freedom return the love that our creator bears for us. Atheism is an alternative to Islam closer to Muslim habits of mind than the love-centered world of Judaism and Christianity."<br /><br />Yea. <br /><br />As it is worth repeating:<br /><br />We are trapped between the Fires of Islam and the Ice of Atheism.<br /><br />Gerard brought to my attention this beautiful poem by Robert Frost:<br /><br />Fire and Ice<br /><br />Some say the world will end in fire,<br />Some say in ice.<br />From what I've tasted of desire<br />I hold with those who favor fire.<br />But if it had to perish twice,<br />I think I know enough of hate<br />To say that for destruction ice<br />Is also great<br />And would suffice.Cond0011https://www.blogger.com/profile/04576204654819543273noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-55535328914722292662011-07-17T21:59:13.174-07:002011-07-17T21:59:13.174-07:00Or a villain in a Roald Dahl story...Or a villain in a Roald Dahl story...juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15975754287030568726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-15740329384089701832011-07-17T21:58:27.098-07:002011-07-17T21:58:27.098-07:00mendoucheous twatwaffle
Love it.
Also, it sound...<i>mendoucheous twatwaffle</i><br /><br />Love it. <br /><br />Also, it sounds like it could be the name of a band...juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15975754287030568726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-11393075938312853202011-07-17T21:17:31.244-07:002011-07-17T21:17:31.244-07:00Best comments at Protein Wisdom:
I’m trying to fi...Best comments at Protein Wisdom:<br /><br />I’m trying to figure out what motivates someone like Willie. I guess it must be overwhelming narcissisim coupled with a very strong sense of entitlement. He thinks the thoughts of others that he agrees with must be shared (cut and paste), and must be accepted as fact by those he deigns to bless with them. He also seems to think the he gets to make the rules on private property, and that private property must somehow obey legal restrictions against the government suppressing speech.<br /><br />His shallowness of understanding is quite remarkable.<br /><br />I still think this is just a desperate cry for attention. He might very well be slipping into madness, but in the least he should consider seeing a professional about his obsession. Most people, when asked to leave, do so. The fact that he refused to do so is telling.<br /><br />Can you imagine what it would be like for a psychiatrist to do an evaluation of a 50+ year old drooling idiot midget that sock puppets people, impersonates others, repeatedly visits places he has been repeatedly banned at, and is otherwise a classic mendoucheous twatwaffle?<br /><br />That’s part of what I really don’t get about him. He has a nice place. He’s probably pretty good at the guitar thing. What the fuck does he have to be so damn angry about?<br /><br />It’s in Nowhere, Tennessee, hence cheaper than dirt. Plus he’s a 50 year old man with no grown up responsibilities like, say, a family, so it’s not a home so much as a monument to what a loser he is.<br /><br />Competent but not inspiring. He gets all the notes right and at the right tempo, and it ain’t easy stuff, but there’s no real life to it. Reminds me of when I used to program Bach 2- 3- and 4- part inventions into the computer because Bach very much lends itself to mechanical perfection (and it was fun to listen to each melody line separately). However, there was no spark to it, no human interpretation to add that subtle little touch that makes the difference between genius and competence.<br /><br />I’ve got some classical guitar on my iTunes, and Yelverton ain’t no Fisk, Yepes, or Parkening. Not even close.Gagdad Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-26314395608966689682011-07-17T21:05:14.124-07:002011-07-17T21:05:14.124-07:00Wow. That's him? Why am I suddenly reminded of...Wow. That's him? Why am I suddenly reminded of the Unabomber?juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15975754287030568726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-14198152938384612622011-07-17T20:01:06.370-07:002011-07-17T20:01:06.370-07:00I hate to admit it, but your old Gagdad might be s...I hate to admit it, but your old Gagdad might be stumped for a caption. That photo is too far beyond parody.Gagdad Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-89793212967636907272011-07-17T19:18:22.389-07:002011-07-17T19:18:22.389-07:00William is a featherweight. Ace wouldn't have ...William is a featherweight. Ace wouldn't have to roll out of bed. The commentariat there would handle his light work. <br /><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_VU11A61FM68/S_PaTliQivI/AAAAAAAAFfs/s5nXtRrlabE/s1600/Scare+Richard+Simmons.jpg" rel="nofollow">Here's our mutual troll</a>, famously serenading a cat. Mike LaRoche supplied the caption.Serr8dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08083811545504469815noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-89316472477295097792011-07-17T18:58:00.293-07:002011-07-17T18:58:00.293-07:00Epic.
Although, I'm a little offended that yo...Epic.<br /><br />Although, I'm a little offended that you think Ace could better eviscerate him! It's just that here, it all goes over his head, so he keeps returning to beclown himself.Gagdad Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-83143575832291294312011-07-17T18:40:40.239-07:002011-07-17T18:40:40.239-07:00Oh, my. Seems you've been infested with the pl...Oh, my. Seems you've been infested with the plagiarizing troll Dr. William Yelverton, known far and wide as an insatiable spam-splattering LeftLibProgg who can't be reasoned with. When he wears out his welcome at one venue, he'll seek out another and start his inane never-varying spiel once again: BOOOOOSH! hatred, Christian-hatred and repeat those same tired memes ad nauseum.<br /><br />He had a run at protein wisdom just a while back; as you can imagine, <a href="http://proteinwisdom.com/?p=21147" rel="nofollow">Jeff Goldstein lit him up</a> and banned his goofy arse forever. Then on to Patterico's; same M.O., same result.<br /><br />The only place he hasn't dared to set foot is Ace's. I'd buy tickets for that one, if he ever works up the nerve!Serr8dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08083811545504469815noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-79495857028424906022011-07-17T13:20:47.959-07:002011-07-17T13:20:47.959-07:00Bob's quotation of Professor Blurb says:
&quo...Bob's quotation of Professor Blurb says:<br /><br />"Beginning with an overview of failed attempts at a sustained science by the ancient cultures of Greece, China, India, and the early Muslim empire, Jaki shows that belief in Christ -- a belief absent in all these cultures -- secured for science its only viable birth starting in the High Middle Ages."<br /><br />Unless you see "science" as part of the rolling out of a High Culture across time and space.<br /><br />Since we are at the peak of Western Culture-Civilization, we get to experience what appears to us to be "sustained science". We need to wait 200-300 years to see if it really is sustained.<br /><br />And Islam is the Protestant version of Orthodox Christianity. They make excellent puritans. The science of Islam has it's roots in the Byzantine empire. <br /><br />I'm unfortunately stuck with Spengler's Civilizational Model unless someone can get me a new one that works better.JPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11126071014909954387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-47916897512034840672011-07-17T10:41:48.962-07:002011-07-17T10:41:48.962-07:00Now now. You were once 18.Now now. You were once 18.Gagdad Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-66585992651671065152011-07-17T10:33:41.143-07:002011-07-17T10:33:41.143-07:00William you define arroganceWilliam you define arroganceAloysiushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13858618410784962169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-80433202331949661552011-07-16T18:39:05.009-07:002011-07-16T18:39:05.009-07:00Bob's worse than Moses -- DON'T lie, DON&#...Bob's worse than Moses -- DON'T lie, DON'T steal, DON'T murder, DON'T envy. What the hell is he <i>for</i>, anyway?Gagdad Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-73943313571748895062011-07-16T18:24:28.808-07:002011-07-16T18:24:28.808-07:00I suppose there is running, but other than that it...I suppose there is running, but other than that it certainly <i>seems</i> so...juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15975754287030568726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-23581159379795503792011-07-16T18:20:42.182-07:002011-07-16T18:20:42.182-07:00Wait -- are you suggesting that Willianon is incap...Wait -- are you suggesting that Willianon is incapable of coming up with something that doesn't revolve around One Cosmos?Gagdad Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-86586218554221568082011-07-16T18:14:18.377-07:002011-07-16T18:14:18.377-07:00Again with the inability to read...
As to BobWatc...Again with the inability to read...<br /><br />As to BobWatch, I don't read it but its very existence is amusing, if a little sad as well. As the purveyor of my own blog, I'd be more than a little ashamed if I couldn't come up with something to post that <i>doesn't</i> revolve around One Cosmos...juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15975754287030568726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-19710646452530553182011-07-16T18:07:22.802-07:002011-07-16T18:07:22.802-07:00Indeed. The cult of Bobism is nearly as debased as...Indeed. The cult of Bobism is nearly as debased as the cult of anti-Bobism.Gagdad Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-42978741115759972932011-07-16T17:54:17.271-07:002011-07-16T17:54:17.271-07:00One of the things that always bugged me about athe...One of the things that always bugged me about atheism is that it is defined wholly negatively, by what it <i>doesn't</i> believe in.<br /><br />However, it seems to me that Bob and the Bobbies have a similar problem. Whatever they do believe in, its apparently not very much, or they wouldn't have to spend 80% of their energy critiquing, mocking, and misunderstanding what they don't believe in, such as the left and Islam, which apparently have blended together in their odd worldview, and the achievements of any culture other than American.<br /><br />It's a pretty weak belief system that only can define itself by what it hates. It's lazy. <br /><br />And to be sure, a good part of the contemporary "left" (not the actual left, but the Democratic half of the electorate) defines itself by what it hates, which is again a weakness.anonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18207020184445548247noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-45247284715204260402011-07-16T16:56:17.740-07:002011-07-16T16:56:17.740-07:00Or to BobWatch. Either one will suffice.Or to BobWatch. Either one will suffice.Gagdad Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-45899746628672116432011-07-16T16:55:54.805-07:002011-07-16T16:55:54.805-07:00willian said " Thanks you for reiterating my ...willian said " Thanks you for reiterating my points"<br />Not to be rude, but as I pointed out, they weren't your your points, you plagiarized them. Not that thats surprising, leftist and all, but as Julie pointed out, you don't read, and apparently you don't write either... So... Don't be surprised by your own ignorance, we're certainly not. <br />Class is on again, see yaVan Harveyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08470413719262297062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-35231648308518171012011-07-16T16:55:40.149-07:002011-07-16T16:55:40.149-07:00And if anyone knows how to edit wiki, they should ...And if anyone knows how to edit wiki, they should definitely link that reference to the blog....Gagdad Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-39797786726501668072011-07-16T16:48:06.042-07:002011-07-16T16:48:06.042-07:00Some people even apparently consider me one of the...Some people even apparently consider me one of the LEADING FIGURES of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Integral_movement#Contemporary_figures" rel="nofollow">evolutionary spirituality</a> -- which, first of all, is untrue, plus the link is to an expert on Led Zeppelin. To be clear, our OLDEN PNEUMAGAIN IMPROVISATIONAL ORTHOPARADOXICAL NEOTRADITIONAL RETROFUTURISM has some overlap with those chumps, but the differences are more striking and less remunerative.Gagdad Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-43657761379919697932011-07-16T16:42:47.475-07:002011-07-16T16:42:47.475-07:00Indeed. I hope my laughter doesn't come across...Indeed. I hope my laughter doesn't come across as malice, it's just that I'm getting a very Python-esque picture of the poor fellow bouncing up and down, crying, "he said <i>Evolution</i>! Stone him!!"<br /><br />It's like he skims the post for some buzz-word that trips a circuit in his brain, and he seizes on just that word while missing <i>the entire context</i>, and proceeds to flog the point with a single-minded mania that would be impressive - if it were in pursuit of anything that reflected <i>reality</i>.<br /><br />Hah - wv says he <i>manglets</i> the ideas beyond all recognition.juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15975754287030568726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-27426625858879584522011-07-16T16:40:24.116-07:002011-07-16T16:40:24.116-07:00I even have this vague recollection of having writ...I even have this vague recollection of having written a book on the subject of cosmic evolution, but I could be wrong about that. I sometimes mix myself up with Deepak.Gagdad Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-22157719185791921362011-07-16T16:33:17.006-07:002011-07-16T16:33:17.006-07:00Indeed, the very fact that we once thought and bel...Indeed, the very fact that we once thought and believed just as our subspiritual troll does, is sufficient proof of evolution.Gagdad Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.com