tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post114499912937341983..comments2024-03-27T11:16:36.951-07:00Comments on One Cʘsmos: The Cosmic Rebel Without a First CauseGagdad Bobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-85715150305883898402012-12-12T13:46:06.668-08:002012-12-12T13:46:06.668-08:00No doubt. Today I just read this crack by him:
&...No doubt. Today I just read this crack by him:<br /><br />"I strangle the Strangler, who bears the name of Sin!"<br /><br />Gagdad Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-72574550426687067902012-12-12T13:36:34.608-08:002012-12-12T13:36:34.608-08:00Still, of all the Ø-philes, Nietzche is my favorit...Still, of all the Ø-philes, Nietzche is my favorite.mushroomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07651027035577798096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-48194316909962241052012-12-12T13:29:46.579-08:002012-12-12T13:29:46.579-08:00There's so much here, and I keep getting sidet...There's so much here, and I keep getting sidetracked.<br /><br /><i> ... the diminution of the human spirit to fit the ideology, rather than expanding it in order to conform to reality ...</i><br /><br />This seems to be a stumbling block for Christians and conservatives in the sense that a lot us seem to think that by being more "accepting" of fantasy-based and deviant ideologies, we can win "groups" over to our side. Tell them the truth, and let it set them free if they are willing. If they aren't, they'll find out. <br /><br />Thinking you can fly like Superman doesn't change what happens when you hit the ground. Some believe the reason I couldn't fly was because I only tried it off the back of the chicken coop. If I had jumped off a skyscraper, I would have been OK. It's true that the illusion might have lasted longer.mushroomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07651027035577798096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-79100454656991999992012-12-12T12:55:58.848-08:002012-12-12T12:55:58.848-08:00... paradigms can quickly become procrustean beds ...<i>... paradigms can quickly become procrustean beds ... </i> <br /><br />They call them mathematical models now. It sounds less mythical. Mythematical.mushroomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07651027035577798096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-64882049191230681722012-12-12T12:45:33.079-08:002012-12-12T12:45:33.079-08:00Yes, I found his use of "reasonable" to ...Yes, I found his use of "reasonable" to be helpful as well. And in that context, it is amazing just how deeply unreasonable mankind is prone to be.juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15975754287030568726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-56840159565371808432012-12-12T11:03:50.849-08:002012-12-12T11:03:50.849-08:00I share Giussani's preference of the word &quo...I share Giussani's preference of the word "reasonable" to "reason." The former is more realistic than the latter because it includes trust/faith. As anyone who approaches a four-way stop knows (at least where I live in the midwest), trusting that other drivers will take turns is -- mirabile dictu! -- reasonable. Giussani:<br /><br /><i>What is faith? It is an adhesion to what another affirms. This may be unreasonable, if there are no adequate reasons; if there are, it is reasonable. ... Without this cognitive method of faith, there would be no human development ... man could no longer move forward because each of us would have to go through all of the processes again</i><br /><br />With intimacy, faith leads to moral certainty. With moral certainty comes intuition.Tonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00987042455512485699noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-26634302935887386162012-12-12T10:09:09.403-08:002012-12-12T10:09:09.403-08:00"Ideology quickly devolves -- or mutates -- i..."Ideology quickly devolves -- or mutates -- into ideolatry, a word I apparently just coined, combining ideology and idolatry."<br /><br />Thanks!<br /><br />I've been looking for this word.JPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11126071014909954387noreply@blogger.com