tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post1969542796552153223..comments2024-03-29T06:03:45.545-07:00Comments on One Cʘsmos: Boldly Growing Where No Man Has Grown BeforeGagdad Bobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comBlogger31125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-7338764172102147382014-12-30T19:06:46.905-08:002014-12-30T19:06:46.905-08:00It's great having a Princess comment here. Jus...It's great having a Princess comment here. Just sayin'.Skullynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-78345299888382654852014-12-30T18:59:31.374-08:002014-12-30T18:59:31.374-08:00Buttercup said "I do read Bob RELIGIOUSLY! Bu...Buttercup said "I do read Bob RELIGIOUSLY! But seldom the comments...because I'm a slacker and a lurker of the first order and never leave comments, as a general rule."<br /><br />As you wish.<br /><br />:-)<br /><br />Sorry, couldn't resist. Hope you unlurk some more!Van Harveyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08470413719262297062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-82884375642922162012014-12-30T17:28:54.953-08:002014-12-30T17:28:54.953-08:00Buttercup! How nice to see you here! Who knew?!Buttercup! How nice to see you here! Who knew?!Joan of Argghh!https://www.blogger.com/profile/14729682908266300507noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-3504511222520723662014-12-30T16:04:36.033-08:002014-12-30T16:04:36.033-08:00You could be right, Buttercup. Anyway, thanks for ...You could be right, Buttercup. Anyway, thanks for delurking!juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15975754287030568726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-87683947756753003022014-12-30T14:22:01.924-08:002014-12-30T14:22:01.924-08:00Arguing with a leftist is often pointless, since t...Arguing with a leftist is often pointless, since that presupposes a common standard to which you can appeal. Hard to work with when that is the protean party line.katzxyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02271736861541089213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-69009178906947919152014-12-30T13:46:44.225-08:002014-12-30T13:46:44.225-08:00SHEEESH!
That ^^^^ comment was directed to Julie...SHEEESH! <br /><br />That ^^^^ comment was directed to Julie.Buttercuphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10201235659652895050noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-46972238228339047242014-12-30T13:45:49.640-08:002014-12-30T13:45:49.640-08:00I do read Bob RELIGIOUSLY! But seldom the comments...I do read Bob RELIGIOUSLY! But seldom the comments...because I'm a slacker and a lurker of the first order and never leave comments, as a general rule. I have run across John, though, once, on one of my rare trips through a comment threads. My only reason for thinking he was snapping at me today was that I'd flung out the bait with the Islam comment just before him, and Bob hadn't mentioned Islam in today's post. Seemed his animosity toward a "foreign religion" comment was especially directed toward me<br /><br />Then again, maybe not.<br /><br />Either way, I stand my ground.<br /><br />And thanks for comment...I have read you over the years. Always insightful, salient, and often humorous. <br /><br />Buttercuphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10201235659652895050noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-28285877179594813232014-12-30T13:05:30.828-08:002014-12-30T13:05:30.828-08:00Hi Buttercup, (I like the nick, by the way - I ser...Hi Buttercup, (I like the nick, by the way - I seriously wanted to look like her when I was growing up :)<br /><br />It's all your fault!<br /><br />Just kidding.<br /><br />I don't know if you've been a reader here for long, but John's comment was probably directed at Bob in particular. He has a weird obsession with berating Bob for having the audacity to appreciate Schuon while failing to live up to Schuon's standards, particularly in appreciating the finer, deeper spiritual aspects of Islam as applied to most Muslims.<br /><br />Why he doesn't just intone the shahada, go full Sufi, and live in the Alps with four wives, I don't know; instead, he seems to have made it his mission to preach Tolerance because we're making Schuon look bad, or something. I don't even know.<br /><br />You made an excellent point, by the way. juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15975754287030568726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-55586942971444687762014-12-30T12:55:48.906-08:002014-12-30T12:55:48.906-08:00I'm thinking John's comment had more to do...I'm thinking John's comment had more to do with informing me of my gross stupidity, impure zeal, bad faith, and LORDY! even blasphemy, than attacking Bob. But perhaps it's just my unchecked (I)go that makes it seem so.<br /><br />Why is it that if someone actually disagrees with a favored group du jour of the left, their disagreement is characterized as arising entirely from their failings? If this is the case, then there is no way to disagree with anything the left chooses to insist is correct because the act of doing so condemns one instantly. Buttercuphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10201235659652895050noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-27654944890014831782014-12-30T12:00:10.705-08:002014-12-30T12:00:10.705-08:00Hey MizzE! The room lights up when you're here...Hey MizzE! The room lights up when you're here!Joan of Argghh!https://www.blogger.com/profile/14729682908266300507noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-39395845225683145222014-12-30T12:00:02.108-08:002014-12-30T12:00:02.108-08:00This is the same Light "which gives light to ...<i>This is the same Light "which gives light to every man who comes into the world." <b>Every one.</b></i><br /><br />I think this is the error that goes back at least as far as Luther's "Bondage of the Will" on the Reformed side. There is light -- revelation -- in the world. Always has been. Even the pagans picked up on it, which is why <i>The Golden Bough</i> could make the argument it did -- though it was backwards.<br /><br />When you see the light, you have a choice to remain in darkness. Some people like the dark because their deeds are evil. <br /><br />Fallen humanity was in bondage to delusion because things in the dark are unclear.mushroomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07651027035577798096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-66805324816121933062014-12-30T11:55:06.110-08:002014-12-30T11:55:06.110-08:00Reading the Psalms it's easy to see why Jesus ...Reading the Psalms it's easy to see why Jesus was called the Son of David:<br />"Teach me to do thy will; For thou art my God: Thy Spirit is good; Lead me in the land of uprightness."<br /><br />David was a man after God's own heart. He also was an exemplar to the nation inasmuch as his will was drawn to seek the beauty of God's law and holiness, and to acknowledge that even his gravest sins were foremost an offense against that relationship. From David until Christ, not even the Prophets had such a revelation of an individual relationship with God.Joan of Argghh!https://www.blogger.com/profile/14729682908266300507noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-83316229222053611952014-12-30T11:54:09.322-08:002014-12-30T11:54:09.322-08:00"Socrates-Plato said something to the effect ..."Socrates-Plato said something to the effect that a good man, guided by reason, could do no wrong. This is definitely not what Paul or Augustine taught, because man can rationalize just about any mess produced by his wayward will. Or maybe you've never heard Obama speak."<br /><br />They held the dream of perfecting an unerring man through reason, never quite grasping how necessary the possibility of error is to reason, freedom and liberty. <br /><br />Hubris - it'll get you coming and going; all you can do is hope for a Graceful exit strategy. Van Harveyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08470413719262297062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-45175804342037408642014-12-30T11:47:16.416-08:002014-12-30T11:47:16.416-08:00John said "I am merely pointing out that Sch...John said <i> "I am merely pointing out that Schuon's views can't be trusted." </i><br /><br />They can't be <b> blindly </b> trusted, but that is not what Bob does. It is clear to anyone who reads here enough to get a sense of things that Bob does not "follow" any human thought or philosophy, but rather explores any thought that touches on the eternal questions and our relationship with the Creator. Not heretical but not sticking head in sand either. You are too obsessed with Bob's use of FS writings. See the big picture.EbonyRaptorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02483546359869912858noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-51162802776295476792014-12-30T11:46:27.579-08:002014-12-30T11:46:27.579-08:00jawn said "You misunderstand. I am merely poi...jawn said "You misunderstand. I am merely pointing out that Schuon's views can't be trusted"<br /><br />Maybe I'm mistaken, but weren't you recently chiding us for not buying into all Schuon had to say and legitimizing your king worship on top of that to boot? Van Harveyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08470413719262297062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-31441302811822486012014-12-30T11:42:16.775-08:002014-12-30T11:42:16.775-08:00Hey, Mizz E! Happy New Year!Hey, Mizz E! Happy New Year!mushroomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07651027035577798096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-41593857835423010132014-12-30T11:15:11.164-08:002014-12-30T11:15:11.164-08:00"In order to pull out of the downworld attrac...<i> "In order to pull out of the downworld attractor, the will is necessary but not sufficient. Rather, our will must be aligned with a greater will." </i><br /><br />The ultimate summation.EbonyRaptorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02483546359869912858noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-63318638603642474012014-12-30T10:59:08.918-08:002014-12-30T10:59:08.918-08:00Or what the Communists did to Russian Orthodox Chr...Or what the Communists did to Russian Orthodox Christians. Another inconvenient truth.USS Ben USN (Ret)https://www.blogger.com/profile/07492369604790651538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-58929130048420691902014-12-30T10:56:51.479-08:002014-12-30T10:56:51.479-08:00Note that Schuon is talking about the majority of ...Note that Schuon is talking about the majority of polemics irt Divine Truth, How is that untrustworthy? Regardless, the majority of what Schuon says is the truth. Should one ignore that because he was wrong sometimes?<br /><br />Afterall, none of the Saints, mystics and Apostles were perfect, but they have much to contribute irt the truth.<br />What's with the throw the baby out with the bathwater routine?<br /><br />USS Ben USN (Ret)https://www.blogger.com/profile/07492369604790651538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-65644888406564844202014-12-30T10:55:36.374-08:002014-12-30T10:55:36.374-08:00Mentioning the Armenian genocide is an odious sign...Mentioning the Armenian genocide is an odious sign of blasphemy! Cousin Dupreenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-49237018457528087972014-12-30T10:45:56.710-08:002014-12-30T10:45:56.710-08:00John, perhaps you can provide examples of Bob blas...John, perhaps you can provide examples of Bob blaspheming Divine Truth and the sacred.<br />It's become apparent you are nothing more than the common drive-by concern troll since you never go into any depth or attempt to have an actual debate.<br /><br />What are your principles and how does leftism and radical Islam jive with your Orthodoxy?<br />I've never met a serious Orthodox Christian that defends leftism and fundamental Islam as much as you do.<br />Are you unaware of what leftism and Islam has done to Orthodox Christians in the past or do you just choose to ignore it?USS Ben USN (Ret)https://www.blogger.com/profile/07492369604790651538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-29967598326285797202014-12-30T10:43:23.672-08:002014-12-30T10:43:23.672-08:00CC,
You misunderstand. I am merely pointing out th...CC,<br />You misunderstand. I am merely pointing out that Schuon's views can't be trusted. Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08797912120688482383noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-45791142637340986482014-12-30T10:33:03.090-08:002014-12-30T10:33:03.090-08:00Merton references Augustine a lot. In fact, Merton...Merton references Augustine a lot. In fact, Merton, Augustine and Aquinas were the first set of books I read when I began my journey to the center of the Truth.USS Ben USN (Ret)https://www.blogger.com/profile/07492369604790651538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-40133014416890588602014-12-30T10:30:07.193-08:002014-12-30T10:30:07.193-08:00Hi Mizz E!
It's so good to hear from you. :)Hi Mizz E!<br />It's so good to hear from you. :)USS Ben USN (Ret)https://www.blogger.com/profile/07492369604790651538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-86223069133766854822014-12-30T10:28:43.067-08:002014-12-30T10:28:43.067-08:00Without freedom there is no progress, only regress...Without freedom there is no progress, only regression, hence the proregressionists, to coin Van's apt description of leftists.USS Ben USN (Ret)https://www.blogger.com/profile/07492369604790651538noreply@blogger.com