tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post116766710491303763..comments2024-03-28T20:04:20.286-07:00Comments on One Cʘsmos: Bounders and LuminautsGagdad Bobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comBlogger112125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-1167778835800459682007-01-02T15:00:00.000-08:002007-01-02T15:00:00.000-08:00Dang LUKE! You surpassed even me in length this ye...Dang LUKE! You surpassed even me in length this year so far! :D<BR/><BR/>Least you put it out there for him to consider. They were my same first comments given directly to him as well - he completely skips answering or applying them. (Hmmm...wonder where you heard them before? Wink.)<BR/><BR/>RIVER-C: Thanks for the Links! Got em!<BR/><BR/>Heartening to see Guy/Girl Raccoons consistently stepping up to the plate defending our beliefs, instead of doubting or compromising them. No need for me to add more. :D<BR/><BR/>- PrincessSpirit -Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-1167778093642517492007-01-02T14:48:00.000-08:002007-01-02T14:48:00.000-08:00Inty: For pete's sake: Do your HOMEWORK so thou ma...Inty: For pete's sake: Do your HOMEWORK so thou may knowest thy subject and not speaketh out of thy "behind" anymore! You're always so woefully behind...<BR/><BR/>KETCHUP! ! ! ! <BR/><BR/><BR/>INTY Said:..."As for Good + Evil, You still leave out one of the most crucial points: ascertaining what is good and what is evil. For you, they seem clear-cut, set in stone, static. But are they really? Can we scientifically measure evil in a fail-proof way?"<BR/><BR/>You asked, I'm answering here:<BR/><BR/>http://depravityscale.org<BR/><BR/>I'm an advisory member on the panel evaluating this Forensic Measurement Depravity Standard/Scale that will soon become the standard measurement in use in Criminal Justice Systems nation-wide.<BR/><BR/>Read up. You might get a clue for once. Clearly, your flimsy assertions that "Evil cant be measured" is shown to be pointless & just your lowly opinion - its not Truth, not founded on scholarly research & facts.<BR/><BR/>Know The Subject before you Blow. Get Ye A Clue & Get Ye a Brain so you don't continue to deceive yourself and attempt to deceive others & make your sappy lies look like "truth" when they are nothing of the sort.<BR/><BR/>- PrincessSpirit -<BR/><BR/>SMOOV, LUKE, RIVER: Open Invite: Have lots of great friends in Montreal if anyone needs to learn French & a place to hang out for a few weeks or 6 months. They'll gladly feed you, shelter you & are eager for stimulating conversations. They will consider themselves Honored if you stay with them. I'll hook you uip if you need. They're truly Great peeps! You'll love em.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-1167771848105294472007-01-02T13:04:00.000-08:002007-01-02T13:04:00.000-08:00Integralist,If I've wrongly accused you of calling...Integralist,<BR/><BR/>If I've wrongly accused you of calling Bob, Bobby, I apologize.<BR/>It actually could have been Peace and Namaste Bill (aka Batman) who did that. At this point the resident trolls have become a conflated mass due to their recurring theme of, "you're wrong", mainly on political matters.<BR/>Many here may have shared the same views at a less enlightened time in our lives but have come to realize that while spiritual enlightenment is great, we also have to live in THIS world while attaining it, and that there are certain conditions here on earth which are of a greater complement in acheiving that goal. Since (political)ideas, when implemented, have consequences, we have separated the wheat from the chaff as far as political philosophies and their consequences are concerned. It is predictable, knowable and discernable when each begins to know his own corrupted nature. When that epiphany occurs, a healthy position will then be established and the courage of those convictions will appear. I believe that is what you are seeing here, appearing in your mind as hate or intolerance.<BR/>It is possible to judge conditions here on earth through the lens of Absolute Truth relative to life on earth. A seeker, desiring to follow goodness, with the willingness to drop their own agenda when it gets in the way of finding that goodness will ultimately get where they're heading. <BR/>The Rules have already been established, it is our job to find and follow those rules to the best of each of our abilities.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-1167766507443305062007-01-02T11:35:00.000-08:002007-01-02T11:35:00.000-08:00Gagdad, I'm with you on the Integralist matter. ...Gagdad, I'm with you on the Integralist matter. He just doesn't get it, and the poster who said Int was projecting is spot on. His behavior on here is exactly what he's accusing you of.<BR/><BR/>Of course you know by now that trying to reason with or get any of these kinds of jokers to understand what you're saying (or what anyone else is saying if he doesn't already agree with it)is useless. It's hard for some people to admit to themselves that they may not already know everything there is to know.<BR/><BR/>I appreciate your candor without apologies and the time you take to share your POV with us.<BR/><BR/>Happy New Year to all of you. I'm proud to be a raccoon. :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-1167753803490500662007-01-02T08:03:00.000-08:002007-01-02T08:03:00.000-08:00Not to worry, RC. Dang wooden handles.Not to worry, RC. Dang wooden handles.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-1167748094924176722007-01-02T06:28:00.000-08:002007-01-02T06:28:00.000-08:00Lukeblogwalker said..."I mean after all, Einstien ...Lukeblogwalker said..."I mean after all, Einstien was able to reduce a lot of math to E=mc2 -this shows reduction / simplicity at the end, not complexity. So, perhaps a Rube Goldberg Unified theory is not the answer, simply due to the fact that it must be continually band-aided to continue to exist?"<BR/><BR/>The reduced complexity of E=Mc2 is what a proper system of concepts do for us. Increased complexity is what we get by misapplying concepts, or attempting to works something out without key information. Like epicycles.<BR/><BR/>I think our convoluted unified theories are reflections of what Irving Babbit called our temporal parochialism; the tendency of we 'moderns' to think that this is the end point of history and not simply another brief stop on a long line. We miss the fact that it's earlier in history than we want to believe.<BR/><BR/>Ptolemy was a very intelligent guy. He tried to work out the odd thing mars does in the night sky now and then - seeming to stop and loop backwards, by coming up with epicycles. Others with more information and data improved on it with many more epicycle calculations. None of them could make it work completly because they weren't yet aware that it was the earth rolving within the solar system, rather than the solar system revolving around us. <BR/><BR/>It's true that some people did propose a heliocentric system, but it was essentially an arbitrary proposition, they didn't have the data to back it up. Ptolemy and the rest worked with what they had.<BR/><BR/>That's all we can do. Our attempts at a unified system are so Rube Goldberg, because we're flat out missing some (probably huge amounts) of data. All we can do is keep going. I'd bet that a unified system of physics is doable - but not with the information we have at the moment. <BR/><BR/>And even when it is finally worked out, I too have the sneaking suspicion that isn't going to provide a way to scientifically calculate evil either. Or good. There will never be such a handy crutch to live our lives for us, we will always have to work it out longhand and show our work.Van Harveyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08470413719262297062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-1167743946271263342007-01-02T05:19:00.000-08:002007-01-02T05:19:00.000-08:00Bob,I offer you my sincere gratitude. We are The F...Bob,<BR/><BR/>I offer you my sincere gratitude. <BR/><BR/>We are The Few, The Prideless, The Raccoons. <BR/><BR/>Thank you for bringing us together once again in this lifetime.<BR/><BR/>We are getting close to the Telos, the Eschaton, to Revelation, to Awe, to Realization, to Mashiach. <BR/><BR/>And your daily infusion of Spirit propels us ever closer.<BR/><BR/>All the glory belongs to God. Who, by His Grace alone, radiates forth from your words.<BR/><BR/>Happy New Year.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-1167726083645375972007-01-02T00:21:00.000-08:002007-01-02T00:21:00.000-08:00Integralist wrote --I "best serve the Lord" by evo...Integralist wrote <BR/><BR/>--I "best serve the Lord" by evolving myself and embodying my highest vision of Truth, which is what I intuit of "God's Truth"--and forever deepening (hopefully!). The specifics depend upon the context.---<BR/><BR/>My curiosity is piqued. What is the usual context? What is your occupation? What kind of hobbies do you have? Children? <BR/><BR/>I intuit that you are here at One Cosmos to firm up your life, to obtain some certainty and solidity. You would do well to stick around and take some more abuse. It will do you good. And, our site benefits greatly from your continued presence here, that is the truth.<BR/><BR/>The denizens here become dejected if there is no one to push against. Think of them; is this part of your service? Be there for them.<BR/><BR/>Bob attacks the Greens because they needs to be attacked; unchecked their ideology will overgrow and become monstrous (the infamous PC, for example) Bob and others like him ensure that the herd of Green Ideas stays healthy by culling out the unfit. In an arcane way, he is a genuine asset to the Green cause.<BR/><BR/>Bob is no egoist and he is not narrow-minded; he just appears that way in the course of doing his job. Don't let the patter fool you.<BR/><BR/>One the other hand, one may not become friends with Bob; he must keep some distance to remain effective. Observe him in his role and don't take anything he says personally.<BR/><BR/>I've been on this site for a year and I've cross-examined Bob exhaustively; I can spot narcissists and egoists and he does not match the profile. <BR/><BR/>The Bobble heads are good eggs but very reactive; forgive them, please.<BR/><BR/>Come back, Inty. You'll be glad you did.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-1167724800331632772007-01-02T00:00:00.000-08:002007-01-02T00:00:00.000-08:00Is Coon-Tang orange?Is Coon-Tang orange?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-1167722965566948462007-01-01T23:29:00.000-08:002007-01-01T23:29:00.000-08:00lukegroundwalker,Here's another facet of truth: th...lukegroundwalker,<BR/><BR/>Here's another facet of truth: the relative truth of our words and intentions, versus the absolute truth of our actions. Then of course interpreting those truths involves layering yet another skin of absolute/relative beliefs and values onto the picture.<BR/><BR/>So you "know" some of the people around here? Well ain't you sumpin'. I know exactly what "we" sit around here dis-cussing. If you are so busy polishing your trapeze act that you forget to appreciate the ladies riding bareback, that's your business. But please don't suddenly feign interest in how they keep their poise. Stick to what you know. And here's a clue: it isn't me. I read here, I don't write here. Mostly. That's <I>my</I> act. <BR/><BR/>What I am beginning to like more and more about Bobbleheads is that those who stick around (excepting the Grand PooDad himself) drop the sanctimony after a time. They come to recognize and respect a diversity of values, while adhering to some mysterious "core" that even <I>they</I> can't agree on. Those who stick around for the wrong reasons are easily recognized as the ankle-biters who rush out and nip at any passing stranger who stinks of a land not Gagdadian in origin, protecting some vague idea of "turf". The big, scary dogs stay in their own yards and watch. Mostly.<BR/><BR/>Each dog, little or big, has private reasons for their behavior; I certainly have mine. And while the reasons are open for debate and critique in whatever manner is deemed legal at the moment, the worth of our separate behaviors are not. For we each ultimately affect only Self. I am deeply affected by this site, even though I have slight <I>inter</I>action compared to...you, for example. But it is that affect that matters. Only.<BR/><BR/>For your own reasons, you have extended my single comment out to draw a very personal judgment on me: <BR/><BR/><I>you love darkness, and yourself, a blind man could see that.</I><BR/><BR/>You, my book-learned traveling companion, are behaving the fool. Even I can see that. Why don't you practice a little Princessation of your own, and try breathing without speaking (or writing...)<BR/><BR/>As for my "assisting" young inty "back into the darkness", my how you flatter. As if young inty has shown him/herself easily swayed by anything other than her own inner voice. No matter the politics, s/he strikes me as someone who isn't afraid to let the world wash over him from time to time and simply lie still, taking it all in. He was here, discussing his philosophy among overt hostiles, while you were peddling your job credentials at a company picnic.You might try venturing out into that kind of darkness yourself. Then judge whether it is worthy of your ridicule.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-1167722645015527942007-01-01T23:24:00.000-08:002007-01-01T23:24:00.000-08:00Ken Wiber,I could use a little coon-tang myself.Ken Wiber,<BR/>I could use a little coon-tang myself.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-1167722012804580982007-01-01T23:13:00.000-08:002007-01-01T23:13:00.000-08:00Bob,Does there exist an Occam's Razor for theroret...Bob,<BR/><BR/>Does there exist an Occam's Razor for theroretical truth evaluation sequences?<BR/><BR/>I mean after all, Einstien was able to reduce a lot of math to E=mc2 -this shows reduction / simplicity at the end, not complexity.<BR/><BR/>So, perhaps a Rube Goldberg Unified theory is not the answer, simply due to the fact that it must be continually band-aided to continue to exist?<BR/><BR/>I am sure there are occasional exceptions to this, or perhaps what seems to be an exception -as the end solution is not apparent at the moment.<BR/><BR/>-Just thinking out loud.<BR/><BR/>-LukeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-1167721241667268592007-01-01T23:00:00.000-08:002007-01-01T23:00:00.000-08:00Smoov,I have "paper" not dreamed of in some philos...Smoov,<BR/><BR/>I have "paper" not dreamed of in some philosophies. ;)<BR/><BR/>But we can discuss that on another venue.<BR/><BR/>I sure as heck would not post it here, or I'd have to kill you all.<BR/><BR/>;)<BR/><BR/>-LukeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-1167720048343915012007-01-01T22:40:00.000-08:002007-01-01T22:40:00.000-08:00Oh, its gonna be a long night..[I'm not asking you...Oh, its gonna be a long night..<BR/><BR/>[I'm not asking you to "give me the light" (?).]<BR/><BR/>Thats good, I can't! <BR/><BR/>[In other words you are a monologue, only taking in what agrees with you, trashing what disagrees with you. What does this sound like? You're a pyschologist, you should know: EGO.]<BR/><BR/>OH PUHLEAZE! The only monologue you hear is your own.<BR/><BR/>Dood, seriously, you gotta get help if you don't see this is you.<BR/><BR/>[Or to put it another way, a cult of personality.]<BR/><BR/>I come here because it is interesting, and so are most of the people doing commentary. Follow Bob? Hardly. Be appreciative of his wit and understanding? You bet.<BR/><BR/>[I do admit that I have had an "adversarial relationship" with the folks on this board, but not simply for the sake of being adversarial, as you would have it.]<BR/><BR/>Thats interesting, as I noticed you seem to vaunt your tit-for-tat methodology of discussion as well.<BR/><BR/>[However, I do think I could have been more skillful, more diplomatic, and perhaps not "shit the bed" before sleeping in it, so to speak. My bad.]<BR/><BR/>So stick around? Whats up with running away? SISSY! ;) <BR/><BR/>I personally could care less about that, just get into the information more. "Quaid, open your mind.."<BR/><BR/>[But also understand that I only disagree when I actually disagree.]<BR/><BR/>Then perhaps a discussion of where you agree, along with your disagreement is what is needed? <BR/><BR/>[I don't like being a fox in a henhouse--or a hen in a fox den--but I do enjoy discussion, sharing and arguing viewpoints, and "fighting for" my own highest vision of truth.]<BR/><BR/>Dude, you've got to be kidding me?<BR/><BR/>Your own vision of the truth? Ack! Gasp! The truth changes you, one does not go about deciding that individual truth is absolute truth.<BR/><BR/>Take note: This is a product of the NEA and modern educational crap produced by John Dewey's Progressivism. Notice how poisonous and pervasive it is too. If he ever returns, he will insist upon his position voraciously.<BR/><BR/>-SIGH-<BR/><BR/>Poor manipulated bastard.<BR/><BR/>[I started posting here because I was surprised between the contrast between Bob's more public presentation (his book and WIE interview) and some of what he writes here.]<BR/><BR/>Started by screaming "hypocrite" instead of reading more and talking more.. great solution! ;)<BR/> <BR/>[But again, yes, I could have been more skillful, more diplomatic, and probably more friendly.]<BR/><BR/>So, knowing this, WHY WUSS OUT?<BR/><BR/>[As for the rest, I don't feel that you understand my approach,]<BR/><BR/>It is your job to communicate for you. Using an "approach" is just a BS excuse -again.<BR/><BR/>[One of my handful of main points has been to point this out, and that the major blindspot here is in seeing all leftism as pathological, and thus effectively throwing the baby out with the bathwater.]<BR/><BR/>Dude, it is a moot point. Leftism is crap. It is delusion. It is murderous. Separate the issues of (for example) environment (like Dixy Lee Ray has done) from the politics (something you can't seem to fathom) and you will see more clearly why I say this.<BR/><BR/>[What I personally advocate is a synthesis of healthy polarities, in this case conservative rightism and liberal leftism.] <BR/><BR/>Your opinion of the truth, does not change the truth. In that, Hoarhey was on the money by saying nobody gives a rat's ass about your opinion. The same goes for the rest of us.<BR/><BR/>Get it yet?<BR/><BR/>The truth is distinct from your opinions and wants having to do with the truth.<BR/><BR/>I also question two aspects of your idea. One, that they are polar opposites, and two, that there exists a "healthy" synthesis between these two things.<BR/><BR/>Who the hell is going to define "healthy"? -That is crappy ass reasoning. No wonder you are confuzzed.<BR/><BR/>[Where you see me as taking a lesser antithesis to your thesis; I am trying to point to a synthesis of your thesis and the leftist/postmodern antithesis.]<BR/><BR/>Dude, life and these things are not binary Aristotlean systems. They are not Von Neumann's Game Theory either.<BR/><BR/>Nor are they solvable with stacks of IF THEN ELSE statements. They are more like complex parallel equations.<BR/><BR/>[Finally, you ask whether I find myself in similar scenarios. The answer is no, hardly ever. Except if I run into a tight group with a shared worldview that I have disagreements with. And usually I turn and run the other way ;)]<BR/><BR/>You turn the other way, because your liberal self-view is a very closed system, despite what you might insist. You go to them because you want to figure it out, but you prevent this and toss on the cloak of superiority and run like a scared rabbit.<BR/><BR/>Read The Bible, CS Lewis, GK Chesterton, Josh McDowell, Hayek and Von Mises, Horowitz and Collier, there is so much you ignore, while standing on your teeter totter of worshipping at the altar of the crap they gave you in college. <BR/> <BR/>[Because I differentiate between worldview/perspective and gnosis.]<BR/><BR/>You would like to believe this, but it is only within the envelope of the crap you believe that you have this capacity. Push the envelope a bit man.<BR/><BR/>[This is where the "gift" of postmodern is not acknowledged here: that genuine spiritual intuition and even realization can be interpreted in different ways, framed in different worldviews.]<BR/><BR/>Dude, that is such nonsense, and I've heard it all before. I probably heard it when you were in your diapers.<BR/><BR/>DON'T MAKE THE MISTAKE of seeing different interpretations as talking about the same thing, just because they both say they are truth. <BR/><BR/>[It seems a common misconception here is that anyone who had "genuine gnosis" will inherently think and believe the same way folks here think and believe. This is an enormous error.]<BR/><BR/>It is a larger error to insist that the "fairness" and "synthesis" would rule any truth. How self-defining can you be?<BR/><BR/>Read: "Eternity in their Hearts", then tell me this. Also, stop standing behind this as an excuse for not looking at God or Christ or truth you don't wish to know. You learned that arrogant / ignorant position from a professor. It is not intelligent, and it does not impress those of us who have seen it many times before.<BR/><BR/>[Joan, physical laws are not Absolute Truth. They are not something that is always the case, in every situation.]<BR/><BR/>Flunked your Audit of the Introduction to Science did we? <BR/><BR/>They may not have the meaning that God does, but I guarantee you, put some plutonium down your pants, and you will know it -even if you don't believe it. Dang man, I was arguing this junk in High School Philosophy class!<BR/><BR/>[And no, I am not a relativist.]<BR/><BR/>Idealist. Get it right.<BR/><BR/>[Suffice it to say, I believe and perceive truth as hierarchical--or Ken Wilber says, holarchical.]<BR/><BR/>(Luke reaches for his air sickness bag)<BR/><BR/>Dude, on the one hand you toss scientific laws to the wind and say they are not always that way, then you insist truth is some Ken Wilburized "holarchical" system?<BR/><BR/>TIME TO SMELL THE COFFEE, KEN WILBER IS NOT THE TRUTH.<BR/><BR/>Can't you see your own logic is hunt-and-peck, choosing what you will or won't accept based upon things you've never really thought about much?<BR/><BR/>Your cart is before your horse.<BR/><BR/>You don't decide what truth is and how it behaves then go looking for that. Nor do you try to make truth what you think it should be.<BR/><BR/>DUDE, THIS IS SO BASIC, HOW DID YOU MISS THAT YOU DO THIS?<BR/><BR/>Reminds me of Paul's remark to Timothy, warning of people with itching ears -always looking for the truth, but never grasping it.<BR/><BR/>[But Absolute Truth is...well, non-codifiable.]<BR/><BR/>Pblfffftttt!<BR/><BR/>Oh, so why do you bother being an Integralist? I mean, any of your polar opposites are also non codifiable. Your whole system is corrupted if you have no reference points!<BR/><BR/>Moreover, if the only absolute truth, is that truth is not absolute, then why bother at all?<BR/><BR/>[Anything that can be codified--or spoken--is not Absolute.]<BR/><BR/>So, every wise word, every poem, reflection, physics book, math formula, COLLEGE TEXTBOOK OR SOMETHING YOUR PROFESSORS TOLD YOU is meaningless.<BR/><BR/>As I said in High School Philosophy lecture, you might as well do yourself now and avoid the obvious later. Good God man, can't you see how crazy making this is for you?<BR/><BR/>Moreover, this is so Eastern -that speech is the original sin, as it tries to describe reality.<BR/><BR/>A fallout mix of Eastern thoughts into Western minds from the 60's and 70's. AGAIN. <BR/><BR/>As an A-priori, you miss so much truth by looking at it this way. SO VERY MUCH. Like most of it.<BR/><BR/>Stuck in "mystery" and ego, you are blind, and encouraged to be a narcissist or nihlist. And you have no vision of this at all, nor of the freedom you could have if you lay it down.<BR/><BR/>[Again, I recommend consulting the Tao te Ching.]<BR/><BR/>Been there, done that.<BR/><BR/>I recommend you print the historical aspects of the ressurrection of Christ from my blog. Go to the library and check them out -thats what it is for.<BR/><BR/>Then read the Gospel of John, Psalms, Ecclesiastes and Proverbs.<BR/><BR/>Then tell me what you think.<BR/><BR/>[And finally, No longer green...that is probably the best advice I've read on this blog.]<BR/><BR/>Identification with such bad advice is very telling.<BR/><BR/>You both have ego problems. Big ones. Frosted over with the sweetness of liberalism and integralism.<BR/><BR/>[I think you are right. Thanks. "No mirror" zone, LOL.]<BR/><BR/>Did it ever occur to you, that you operate on a level where we've already been in the mirror and have not looked back since we grew passed it?<BR/><BR/>I didn't think so.<BR/><BR/>[Love and blessings to all,<BR/>"Integralist."]<BR/><BR/>--a legend in his own mind...<BR/><BR/>-LukeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-1167718251773451812007-01-01T22:10:00.000-08:002007-01-01T22:10:00.000-08:00Whoa, thought I had wandered into monster.com for ...Whoa, thought I had wandered into monster.com for a moment.<BR/><BR/>integralist - just remember as you lay your head on your pillow and close your eyes to sleep tonight, that GOD is there -- in your head with you. You've only to ask, and He might also join you in your heart.NoMohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01100042056270224683noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-1167717144492400342007-01-01T21:52:00.000-08:002007-01-01T21:52:00.000-08:00hoarhey, about your comment of 1/01/2007 02:55:06 ...hoarhey, about your comment of 1/01/2007 02:55:06 PM?<BR/><BR/>I'm in the middle of the country, which way should I face to bow down in your direction?<BR/><BR/>llLovvVVED it!Van Harveyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08470413719262297062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-1167716632796414032007-01-01T21:43:00.000-08:002007-01-01T21:43:00.000-08:00You'd also see a lot more coon-tang around here, i...You'd also see a lot more coon-tang around here, if you catch my drift...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-1167716498461030052007-01-01T21:41:00.000-08:002007-01-01T21:41:00.000-08:00Joan of Arrgghh!!! The good news is I finally put ...Joan of Arrgghh!!! <BR/>The good news is I finally put up a new post. The bad news is I took it down again.<BR/><BR/>The simple truth is I tried to cram too much in, it's gonna take longer, and Gagdad is so amazingly good at doing this daily that I want to set fire to his armchair.<BR/><BR/>Well, not really. Well... yeah really, but only relatively so.Van Harveyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08470413719262297062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-1167716444807984512007-01-01T21:40:00.001-08:002007-01-01T21:40:00.001-08:00That should have read: our blessingsThat should have read: our blessingsximezehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09969724903834433405noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-1167716403142789222007-01-01T21:40:00.000-08:002007-01-01T21:40:00.000-08:00Pssst, Bob -- if you want to keep the cult of pers...Pssst, Bob -- if you want to keep the cult of personality thing going and string along addle-brained kids like that Integralist clone, take it from me -- you gotta snazz up your website with tasteful beefcake shots of yourself, like I do. I don't know why it works, but it does.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-1167716356077239802007-01-01T21:39:00.000-08:002007-01-01T21:39:00.000-08:00Luke:Shut up & count your blessings.Luke:<BR/><BR/>Shut up & count your blessings.ximezehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09969724903834433405noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-1167716205735288672007-01-01T21:36:00.000-08:002007-01-01T21:36:00.000-08:00Integralist said... Van, I would've thought you be...Integralist said... <BR/>Van, I would've thought you beyond such reactive regurgitations. You, like Bob, are merely saying "I'm rubber and you're glue..."<BR/><BR/>First off I only had one beer last night, so no regurgitations. I say your comment and thought "Oh lighten up, your studied obtuseness is giving you a sour puss".<BR/><BR/>I'm not saying I'm rubber and your glue (though that would have been fun), I'm saying that Bob said something that most regulars here could read quite clearly right through the word play, in many ways clearer because of the word play - and you somehow missed it completely. How is that? <BR/><BR/>Perhaps your "...own search for Truth" by way of attempting to differentiate between truth and Truth is "... not finding rock-solid Absolute Truth" not "because that is Unfindable" but because all your attempts to differentiate between Truth and truth has disabled your ability to recognize it at all.<BR/><BR/>There's no Absolute Truth and relative truth - there is Truth, and it is always contextual. And what you studiously blind yourself to seeing is that your attempt to split Truth, kills it. Your attempt to ignore principles by pragmatically adopting this and that based on their surface appeal, declares your views and intent to be clearly at odds to even them most casual of regulars here.<BR/><BR/>We don't want a part of it. We fully understand what you are proposing, and we don't want anything to do with it. I don't mind arguing some of the points on my site, because I'm a flogger and within bounds I enjoy the process. <BR/><BR/>But here it's just plain tedious, and really buggers up the works. If you've somehow missed the overall message from grandstands here - stop! Truth isn't that complicated, your attempts to twist it like taffy is blinding you to the obvious. Quit it. If you insist on persisting, persist elsewhere.<BR/><BR/>Sheesh!Van Harveyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08470413719262297062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-1167715935292376862007-01-01T21:32:00.000-08:002007-01-01T21:32:00.000-08:00I have an amazing time reading the Boblog, and the...I have an amazing time reading the Boblog, and the racooments therein. You don't hear from me much, since I don't usually feel like I can add to the conversation. <EM>(Int. anyone?)</EM><BR/><BR/>Smoov,<BR/><BR/>I understand that Luke doesn't have the paper, but my gut hunch is that you should put his name in, just the same. Most teams need a fixer; a crafty fellow who ignores conventional approach patterns when solving problems. Most teams can really use one of those, and Luke might fit the bill.PSGInfinityhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09778921507090905909noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-1167715148422139122007-01-01T21:19:00.000-08:002007-01-01T21:19:00.000-08:00I say! What is this I hear of "eating our young?"...I say! What is this I hear of "eating our young?" You have no doubt heard of the ancient code of the Beagleholes, and I can assure you that it doesn't sanction cannibalism. Bad business, don't you know. Very Hawaiian.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-1167715105321944732007-01-01T21:18:00.000-08:002007-01-01T21:18:00.000-08:00Integralist:Too bad there bubba, I had hope for yo...Integralist:<BR/><BR/>Too bad there bubba, I had hope for you to cross the line, instead of jump ship and run away. Giving up means it will take longer. Lets hope you have more life in you, than giving up.<BR/><BR/>No Longer Green,<BR/><BR/>I do know some of the people here, and we do sit about chatting about reality, the Cosmos, econimics, archaeolgy, astronomy, history, ancient history, the Bible, God, philosophy, and good places to eat or find great coffee. (NOT FourBuck's)<BR/><BR/>So your snide, sarcastic, and bitter remarks have only assisted to swerve young Integralist back into the darkness.<BR/><BR/>But, you love darkness, and yourself, a blind man could see that.<BR/><BR/>-LukeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com