tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post114321536015879053..comments2024-03-28T20:04:20.286-07:00Comments on One Cʘsmos: Lies and How They beGet that WayGagdad Bobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comBlogger41125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-1143318282410285572006-03-25T12:24:00.000-08:002006-03-25T12:24:00.000-08:00LLH,While not necessarily coming from your Christi...LLH,<BR/><BR/>While not necessarily coming from your Christian view, I've also thought about reincarnation in a similar way. I've changed and grown so much that sometimes my previous selves might as well be past lives. Reincarnation could be a metaphor for our daily rebirth or potential for it. <BR/><BR/>In a practical sense, it's detrimental enough to dwell on one's conscious past - let alone taking on the burdens of some hypothetical previous life! Even if we are reincarnated - or just kinda recycled, given the finite nature of matter - there's probably good reason why we don't remember it (besides, is the crossword any more or less difficult because your newspaper was last a coffee cup as opposed to a log?).<BR/><BR/>Like most of the new age obsessions, overly concerning ourselves with reincarnation just seems like a distraction from living in the present.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-1143317033823695522006-03-25T12:03:00.000-08:002006-03-25T12:03:00.000-08:00Lisa,It's funny how you have to be so disconnected...Lisa,<BR/><BR/><I>It's funny how you have to be so disconnected from reality to fit into the SF scene. Kahn, you are indeed a brave soul to tolerate the daily nonsense of such a beautiful yet insane city. </I><BR/><BR/>Oddly enough, living here keeps a perspective on things, and a sense of humor. I’ve been fortunate to meet quite a few like-minded, artistically inclined neo-con friends, so its something of an ex-pat community. <BR/><BR/>It is a strange, strange place. The people here are otherwise so polite, timid and orderly. The local government is a mess, the public transit system fucks them over repeatedly – they shrug it off, yet build giant puppets and hold support rallies for the terrorists who want to destroy them. Gang violence in on the rise, bums rule the streets, businesses are fleeing high taxes…but the city council spends its time ‘impeaching’ George Bush and the local paper runs a 2 week long, front page series on the epidemic of “When The Police Use [gasp!] Force!” – which was only interrupted for a week of D-Day font screaming headlines about Dick Cheney’s hunting accident.<BR/><BR/>SF is a bizarre world of it’s own - W.H. Auden meets Dr. Suess pretty much sums it up.<BR/><BR/><I>Here's the link to Zombie's photos of the moonbat species! http://www.zombietime.com/hall_of_shame/</I><BR/><BR/>Oh, thanks for the providing Zombie link. I usually have that very one handy for when anyone back home try to tell me <I>I’ve</I> gone off the deep end. My favorite is the moonbat with the Swastika cookies. Anyone who hasn’t been to Zombie be sure to check out her reports on a recent pro-choice /pro-life rally for a fine contrast of how the two sides conduct themselves. Oh, and the last one on the “Anarchist Book Fair” was a howl! Nilism for Kids coloring books! Games for children (and the young at brain) such as Pin the “Molotov Cocktail on the Cop Car.”<BR/><BR/>The key thing to remember is that this stuff is not even self parody – these people take it dead seriously.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-1143310770627445702006-03-25T10:19:00.000-08:002006-03-25T10:19:00.000-08:00Thank you kindly, Liquid. That was a big help and...Thank you kindly, Liquid. That was a big help and it does prove the old saying, "Ask and ye shall receive"...Lisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04969685296436358865noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-1143308282443171942006-03-25T09:38:00.000-08:002006-03-25T09:38:00.000-08:00Hyperlinks are links that take you to another page...Hyperlinks are links that take you to another page or web site. You create them by using the code below and inserting the url and name that you want to give that url into your post here, so go to the link and it will walk you through it<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://www.2createawebsite.com/build/html.html#hyperlinks" REL="nofollow">Name of link</A> <BR/><BR/>The link would appear as, Name of linkLiquidLifeHackerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01949269503629475002noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-1143302486962874582006-03-25T08:01:00.000-08:002006-03-25T08:01:00.000-08:00I have to apologize for a poorly researched post I...I have to apologize for a poorly researched post I left earlier in this thread about the 2500 year old sarcophagus found in Cyprus. Here is the link http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,188602,00.html <BR/>in case anyone is interested in more details. Cyprus also has an interesting history based on lies, at least in the Turkish half! Once again, Muslims must fabricate history and relocate thousands to land they have conquered and then have the nerve to say they have been there all the time...<BR/><BR/>I would also like to ask for some guidance in working the fancy html tags or link thingy-majigy! It looks like you know how to do it right, Liquid!Lisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04969685296436358865noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-1143301942110773812006-03-25T07:52:00.000-08:002006-03-25T07:52:00.000-08:00If you guys want to giggle hard at some "moonbatty...If you guys want to giggle hard at some "moonbatty experiences" check out <A HREF="http://peacemoonbeam.typepad.com/" REL="nofollow">Peace Moonbeam</A> <BR/><BR/>If you leave any comments, tell her that Liquid sent ya! Ha HaLiquidLifeHackerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01949269503629475002noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-1143301550590955402006-03-25T07:45:00.000-08:002006-03-25T07:45:00.000-08:00I believe that the reincarnation mindset is a way ...I believe that the reincarnation mindset is a way that people in the past and also today cope with the overwhelming realisation that life here is short and in that short time, before this body dies, there is much to figure out and much responsibility on our free will. I think that the whole concept of reincarnation is a way to escape that or cope past it. Its a type of denial. Its a way of deception that says, "You don't have to get it right this time" "You dont have to choose 'the way' this time around" "You don't have to repent this time" blah blah, because that voice is promising you a chance to come back again and again till you get it right! But when our bodies die then comes judgement. That reincarnation voice is trying to get you to avoid that reality. We can try to avoid it in every facet of our brain by trying to replace that responsibility with things like reincarnations, but the reality of how much in a blink of an eye things change and how we are wasting it and how we will be accountable for it...it's coming and what's important is going to be how we have prepared for our eternity in this one life that was so preciously given to us! <BR/><BR/>Hebrews 9:27-28 teaches us this<BR/>"Just as man is destined to die once, and after that to face judgment, so Christ was sacrificed once to take away the sins of many people; and he will appear a second time, not to bear sin, but to bring salvation to those who are waiting for him"<BR/><BR/>SoI do believe there is life after death in the resurrection but not reincarnation where one keeps coming back here.LiquidLifeHackerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01949269503629475002noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-1143301480782633752006-03-25T07:44:00.000-08:002006-03-25T07:44:00.000-08:00I actually have some dear old friends up in SF tha...I actually have some dear old friends up in SF that are total moonbats. We just have to stick to talk about family and our past growing up together. We have to be careful if any current events are mentioned because they then begin to shift into bizarro world! He was even bragging a few years ago how he went to one of those protests. He then told me how sick he got, bronchitis, after standing in the cold rain for a whole day. I chuckled to myself and thought that sometimes God or Karma whatever you call this does indeed work fast! It's funny how you have to be so disconnected from reality to fit into the SF scene. Kahn, you are indeed a brave soul to tolerate the daily nonsense of such a beautiful yet insane city. Here's the link to Zombie's photos of the moonbat species! http://www.zombietime.com/hall_of_shame/Lisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04969685296436358865noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-1143300761780718032006-03-25T07:32:00.000-08:002006-03-25T07:32:00.000-08:00Speaking of liars and how dangerous they can be, I...Speaking of liars and how dangerous they can be, I ran across this article from Dhimmi Watch quoting Tony Blair in the Muslim Weekly...brace yourself...<BR/><BR/>"The Prime Minister during his speech "Not a clash between civilisations, but a clash about civilisation" spoke forcefully about the problems of terrorism. <BR/>The talk given to the Foreign Policy Centre and Reuters also included his praise of the Holy Qur’an.<BR/><BR/>"The most remarkable thing about reading the Koran – in so far as it can be truly translated from the original Arabic - is to understand how progressive it is. <BR/><BR/>"I speak with great diffidence and humility as a member of another faith. I am not qualified to make any judgements. But as an outsider, the Koran strikes me as a reforming book, trying to return Judaism and Christianity to their origins, rather as reformers attempted with the Christian Church centuries later. It is inclusive. It extols science and knowledge and abhors superstition. It is practical and way ahead of its time in attitudes to marriage, women and governance," he said.<BR/><BR/>He added that under the guidance of the Qur’an, the spread of Islam and its dominance over previously Christian or pagan lands was "breathtaking". <BR/><BR/>"Over centuries it founded an Empire, leading the world in discovery, art and culture. We look back to the early Middle Ages, the standard bearers of tolerance at that time were far more likely to be found in Muslim lands than in Christian," he declared.<BR/><BR/><BR/>I can't believe what I am reading nor what he is saying. I wonder if he said it with a straight face? I used to have some respect for this courageous leader but now I am only having doubts about him and his intentions. Boy, is Europe doomed! Yes, indeed, the spread of Islam is breathtaking, literally!!!! I would truly rather fight to the death than allow Muslims to take away my breath!Lisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04969685296436358865noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-1143293074971831082006-03-25T05:24:00.000-08:002006-03-25T05:24:00.000-08:00Kahn - I have to say your notes and observations ...Kahn - I have to say your notes and observations on the SF Moonbat scene are really well-described and really funny. I was laughing outloud when reading them. You ought to consider compiling them, either for a blog or a book or something.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-1143288842219693122006-03-25T04:14:00.000-08:002006-03-25T04:14:00.000-08:00Will,Economical. That's the perfect word to descr...Will,<BR/><BR/>Economical. That's the perfect word to describe it ;)<BR/><BR/>Also, like so many spiritual concepts, reincarnation is such cross-cultural notion that it is worth taking into account. Especially when you consider how entire cultures accept it so matter-of-factly.<BR/><BR/>I find it really fascinating, though, to hear the stories they come up with to explain certain phobias or birthmarks. I read a book by some new age hypnotist on past life regressions. A woman would come in to find out why she's fat. <BR/><BR/>"Oh, you're fat because in a previous life you were kidnapped by Indians, beaten, raped, scalped and thrown in a ditch where you starved to death. So, now you overeat to compensate for this fatal food deprivation."<BR/><BR/>It may be hooey, but at least it's creative. ;) <BR/><BR/>Although, if reincarnation does occur perhaps it's pointless to spend time trying to figure out who you might have been and this and that; rather, I suppose, we should focus on the lessons we are directed towards in this life. I went to some new age festival her in SF (oooh, yeah...I could go on all night on this thing) and they had some moonbat who was bragging that he's John Adams. Well, okay, perhaps John Adams decided to take a life time off from the shackles of brainpower.<BR/><BR/>Anyway, I can't help mentioning the highlight of last year's SF New Age Fest (man, Zombie's gotta cover the next one!). <BR/><BR/>Some psychic guy is doling out prophecies to a packed conference room of excitable moonbats. First he gives them the stock picks. They're scribbling notes like crazy. Then he gives his political predictions and tells them that he sees the prez being, well, violently eliminated (don't want Bob to get a visit from the FBI) in 2007. The whole crowd goes nuts!! hooting, cheering, clapping...it was like they'd just won an election!! <BR/><BR/>Honestly, I have never seen such a mixture of bile, hatred and pathetic delusion in my life.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-1143272244940925382006-03-24T23:37:00.000-08:002006-03-24T23:37:00.000-08:00Kahn - I really don't know, of course, if reincarn...Kahn - I really don't know, of course, if reincarnation is a fact, but it does seem economical to me. <BR/><BR/>As you point out, there aren't any shortcuts to paradise; and the only place where you can clean up your mess is where you left it, ie., the earth environs. <BR/><BR/>I dunno about references to reincarnation in the Gnostic gospels; it wouldn't surprise me if there were. But in the Bible, doesn't Christ essentially refer to John the Baptist as being the reincarnation of Elijah? And the people speculated that Jesus was the reincarnation of one of the prophets. The concept of reincarnation surely wasn't unknown at the time.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-1143268429248976262006-03-24T22:33:00.000-08:002006-03-24T22:33:00.000-08:00Will, LLH, etc.Do you guy's take reincarnation/pas...Will, LLH, etc.<BR/><BR/>Do you guy's take reincarnation/past/future lives for granted? <BR/><BR/>I've seen only some matter of fact references to it here (and I don't recall Bob ever touching on the subject).<BR/><BR/>I'd be interested to hear some takes on this. The concept is no less reasonable than other spiritual assumptions; although it seems taboo among the Western religions. Is this a matter of willful exclusion? The Kabalah stuff I've read, again, seems to mention it in passing. Do the Gnostic teachings make reference to it?<BR/><BR/>I tend to think - just my own intuitive, uninformed take - that if our purpose here to know and serve God, this is not something that can be done in one lifetime for most people; in this case there could come a point where a person has past the point of being able to serve God and others in his current capacity and that it's time for that person to be reassigned. <BR/><BR/>On a grand scale, it is uncanny to look at history's modern martyrs - such as a Lincoln or MLK. These to men had really done all they could as living mortals, and the causes they fought for, in the long term - speaking in cold, pragmatic terms here -, were the better for the examples they served as pristine legends. In a just universe they must have been 'rewarded,' and it seems sitting on a cloud would be kind of dull. Maybe Heaven is being reincarnated into a nice, relaxing life once your work is done. Who knows, maybe that's Honest Abe lounging on the beach surrounded by playmates in the next beer commercial you see.<BR/><BR/>And perhaps 'angels' are not otherworldly beings, so to speak, but souls who have reached a point of being put in a special position to serve God. <BR/><BR/>Okay, that's my idle ramble for the night...time to troll the coffee shops for moonbats.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-1143267227831714172006-03-24T22:13:00.000-08:002006-03-24T22:13:00.000-08:00Kahn - I agree mostly but re the Germans: It's my ...Kahn - I agree mostly but re the Germans: It's my impression that the German collective, the volk, really did have a pride, imperialistically so. In some way, Hitler was conjured up out that pride, he was its spirit made flesh. It wasn't completely as if the Germans turned to Hitler in desperation and then got stabbed in the back when he seized power. <BR/><BR/>As for the Russians, I dunno. The original revolution, which was intended to be democratic in nature, got hijacked by Lenin and his goons. Maybe there was some ancient karma at play, going beyond even the spiritual trespasses of the Czars and the whole feudal thing. Or maybe their descent into evil was due to the fact that Russia did have something of a communal spirit going for it, a spirit that was teetering on the edge of either actually realizing the brotherhood of man or perverting the same ideal. Sadly, tragically, it was the latter.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-1143266096972267662006-03-24T21:54:00.000-08:002006-03-24T21:54:00.000-08:00Liquidette - Well, yeah, I do, pretty much. I do t...Liquidette - <BR/><BR/>Well, yeah, I do, pretty much. I do think we all have to pass through a purgatorial period first. After which, we will see a durn sight further than we do in this valley of shadow, fer shore. <BR/><BR/>At very least, I think we will have questions answered about our own lives, you know, why did such and such have to happen, etc. I think the grace and symmetry of Existence will certainly become more clear in this respect. I guess I also believe in "escalating heavens", that is, there might not ever come a total stasis point - we might forever be growing closer and closer to God, in the next life and dimensional existences, infinite in number, to follow.<BR/><BR/>Don't think we'll ever quite have the perfect God's Eye View, however - that's for God alone.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-1143261754056354912006-03-24T20:42:00.000-08:002006-03-24T20:42:00.000-08:00"I think the most seductive of lies are those whic..."I think the most seductive of lies are those which mirror most closely the Truth."<BR/><BR/>I think Bob puts it nicely in the book blurb: "Fascist = Leftist in a Hurry"<BR/><BR/>All of the Grand Lies - from the snake on to communism to the Nazi master race - are enticing because they offer short cuts to The Truth. On a smaller level we have the old snake oil salesman (hmmm, never made the Eden connection to that term) or infomercial diet fads. <BR/><BR/>God has things planned a certain way, but it's too damn slow, so 'evil' tempts us with another way. <BR/><BR/>I suppose what's so frightening about today is the lack of logic involved. Or maybe it's more that people today are frightened and running from the truth. <BR/><BR/>It's an odd luxury to only know how to run away. <BR/><BR/>At least the masses in, say Germany or Russia, were in a more desperate state where they wanted something. Lenin, Stalin, Hitler, etc. all had a forward looking, but deeply flawed vision. They were perfectionists and their broad appeal was grounded in man's most basic longings for community, achievement, advancement. That, I think, is the deepest level of evil - when one lures another based on the purest longings of the human heart. Like the pathology of preying on a child with an offer of candy. <BR/><BR/>Today, what do our enemies and their hapless appeasers want? To desperately cling to the Teddy Bear of the past (or, in the case of the Islamists, keep the rest of the world in their darkness).<BR/><BR/>It's frightening, because we're dealing with people who have nothing to lose - no standards, not even a real ideology. At least those swayed by the dreams of, say, communism, could - conceivably - come to their senses when it is proven to fail, or is defeated in war. But what do the masses want today? Do they even know?<BR/><BR/>I'd rather be chased by a healthy animal - it might get tired, or go for easier prey. On the other hand it's much more dangerous to be up against a desperate, cornered animal. And at least the cornered animal has the instinct for it's own survival, rather than delusions of 72 Virgins.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-1143259285127583532006-03-24T20:01:00.000-08:002006-03-24T20:01:00.000-08:00Hey Will, Do you ever wonder when we pass over to ...Hey Will, <BR/>Do you ever wonder when we pass over to the other side and see God's face, do you think within in all that light that we will see all of everything, you know all the mystery and all the many wonderful things deep in the sea or you know, all things that God has created and more all at once?LiquidLifeHackerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01949269503629475002noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-1143257247739062302006-03-24T19:27:00.000-08:002006-03-24T19:27:00.000-08:00Dilys - Well, it can happen that there comes a nee...Dilys - <BR/><BR/>Well, it can happen that there comes a need to find a guru among them. Or if not among them, then from somewhere. <BR/><BR/>But this is not as much a brain-strain dilemma as it may appear. You know the old shibboleth, "When the student is ready, blah blah". Well, actually that's one of those truisms that happens to be true. On the invisible plane, there really are magnetisms, alignments. Of course, as the student, you have to be ready. And if you are ready, you need not really activily go looking.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-1143256207229339602006-03-24T19:10:00.000-08:002006-03-24T19:10:00.000-08:00You know, Liquidicious - you is right. (and now th...You know, Liquidicious - you is right. <BR/><BR/>(and now that I know you are female, I can play around with your name)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-1143254132348302562006-03-24T18:35:00.000-08:002006-03-24T18:35:00.000-08:00Anyway, I don't think any scripture can replace th...Anyway, I don't think any scripture can replace the Bible - I regard it as the definitive revelation of Truth - but I do wonder sometimes at how much Biblical meaning is lost due to centuries of accrued imagery. <BR/><BR/><BR/>Will,<BR/>I figure we will have an eternity to get caught up on all the mysteries!<BR/>(wink)LiquidLifeHackerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01949269503629475002noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-1143253208758170042006-03-24T18:20:00.000-08:002006-03-24T18:20:00.000-08:00Dilys,thanks. That's what I thought you meant.You ...Dilys,<BR/>thanks. That's what I thought you meant.<BR/>You are smokin' today!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-1143249041182868452006-03-24T17:10:00.000-08:002006-03-24T17:10:00.000-08:00Just scanning the comments . . .Well, as William J...Just scanning the comments . . .<BR/><BR/>Well, as William James once said, there's a bit of truth in every religion. Even the Scientologists, with their thetans, etc., nail down a certain truth, albeit in a rather exotic fashion. <BR/><BR/>The church, the ur-church is, I think, within - one then ideally finds a faith that best corresponds. I belong to no church per se but I would define myself as esoteric Christian. Every time I have sampled a particular faith, I usually find something that doesn't quite sit right - and even if it did, I'm aware that my own perspective is always changing, always, I hope, deepening. <BR/><BR/>The question I have re "getting at the truth" via the ancient texts/scriptures is not so much a matter of "do they convey truth" - I think they obviously did and do - but is rather a matter of "how do we interpret words/phrases that were shaped in such a way as to be comprehended by people of that time"? Biblical phrases, after all, have accrued a certain imagery and meaning of their own down through the centuries. The word "sin", for example. This word at one time must have had a very specific meaning for the people for whom it was originally intended. Today the word "sin" comes barnacled by a whole array of images - we tend to have an emotional reaction to the word, ones that might misguide us as to its original meaning. <BR/><BR/>I read somewhere that the word "sin", cleanly interpreted sans emotional imaging, simply refers to anything that blocks the Light of God from manifesting through us. This, I like. Anyway, I don't think any scripture can replace the Bible - I regard it as the definitive revelation of Truth - but I do wonder sometimes at how much Biblical meaning is lost due to centuries of accrued imagery.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-1143247013307475632006-03-24T16:36:00.000-08:002006-03-24T16:36:00.000-08:00OK, let's take another swing at it and hope to hea...OK, let's take another swing at it and hope to heaven that my short missive is not dashed to atoms . . .<BR/><BR/>And thanks, Liquidinous, for your kind support! (and a shoutout to the teethy thing with the eye stalks)<BR/><BR/>What I was reflecting on before I hit the ice berg, was the Primal Lie, what it is, how it goes about its biz. Would the Primal Lie not be the reversal of the natural order, that being primal fire>> eventual sublimation>>transcendence? The mirror image, in other words. Hence "the ape of God". <BR/><BR/>I think the most seductive of lies are those which mirror most closely the Truth. Communism, eg, had/has legs which Nazism, as evil as it was, never did, because it was more the mirror image of Christianity. It had its Christ (Marx), its saints, (Lenin, Stalin), and its Parousia (the dictatorship of the proles), etc. As mirror image, it had greater power to seduce.<BR/><BR/>Someone once said something to the effect that modern progressive liberalism meant to turn every virtue into a vice and every vice into a virtue. At first glance, I thought this ridiculous. Then I thought about it. In any event, this too is a kind of mirror-imaging. It would seem risible that anyone could fall for it, yet clearly it has a mirror-image seductive lure.<BR/><BR/>I think the old definition of "heresy" was not that which was wildly, outlandishly deviant, but rather was almost, almost, but not quite, a replication of the Original. This too is a kind of mirror-imaging. <BR/><BR/>For what it's worth, the late writer Jorge Luis Borges, a genius and, in many way, founder of the modern "illusion vs reality" approach, had as a recurring motif the mirror, the essence of which he found abominable for reasons he himself was never entirely clear.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-1143244768174688442006-03-24T15:59:00.000-08:002006-03-24T15:59:00.000-08:00Dilys, that last post was magnificent.Anime fans?D...Dilys, that last post was magnificent.<BR/><BR/>Anime fans?<BR/>Does Hayao Miyazaki ring a bell?<BR/>(Spirited Away)<BR/><BR/>How about Hideyaki Anno?<BR/>(Neon Genesis Evangelion)<BR/><BR/>JWMAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-1143244618777561192006-03-24T15:56:00.000-08:002006-03-24T15:56:00.000-08:00traditions and traditions...? I think I get what y...<EM>traditions and traditions...? I think I get what you're driving at, but would like to be sure. I am trained to think of a "big T" Tradition, but not to think that it is seperate from the Bible</EM><BR/><BR/>Dear Sal<BR/><BR/>Since I seem to be in busy-fingers endless-typing mode today:<BR/><BR/><EM>thank you for asking!</EM><BR/><BR/>Big-T Tradition, what the Apostles told the Bishops and what they told their successor Bishops and how they spoke in concert and resolved deathly challenges to the Church, and such; and the Bible, exhibit the earmarks of intertwining with and enriching each other, not in any way at loggerheads and dependent for completeness on each other (which doesn't contradict my conviction, even though I wasn't alive during the Reformation, <EM>:-)</EM> that perhaps some of the customs and strategems of the Church had gotten out of hand. And that the bureaucracy made it difficult to get someone's ear on the subject, without nailing challenges on doors. Hard times. Political entanglements. Wars. Humans love difficulty. It tells us we exist, gets our blood circulating, and pours us a testosterone-laced shot of <EM>[yum]</EM> adrenaline.)<BR/><BR/>"t" traditions -- I mean what I labored already, that every religious approach has a tradition, couldn't speak without it; that ritual plainness (the Quakers have a massive tradition!) and selected Bible verses is not a slam-dunk case for the relative superiority or purity of any given approach. Traditions of men?? We got 'em! We've all got 'em. Filioques and piano choruses and dress codes and "special" verses, and revered leaders, and taboo'd doctrines...<BR/><BR/>Whew. <BR/><BR/>I<BR/>am <BR/>Done for today.<BR/>No matter how vivid the next theological red flag.<BR/><BR/>[slowly leans to the left, topples with increasing momentum out of chair. Supine on floor. Smiles. Affixes to self post-it scribbled note: <EM>Do not attempt to revive before 3.25.06.</EM>]Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com