tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post5709372881911441647..comments2024-03-27T11:16:36.951-07:00Comments on One Cʘsmos: God is a Giant Disco Ball, and Other TruismsGagdad Bobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-33761806512854622272017-03-23T18:45:56.505-07:002017-03-23T18:45:56.505-07:00WʘWʘChristina Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03026226686936294936noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-51303265145076389782017-03-23T12:02:37.745-07:002017-03-23T12:02:37.745-07:00There are a lot of metaphysical control freaks who...<i>There are a lot of metaphysical control freaks who don't care for contingency, but in truth, if we didn't have it there would be no surprises, so existence would get old very quickly. A surprise is a happy contingency.</i><br /><br />In John 17, the truth of contingency seems to be made explicit - or else why would he bother praying for us? Further, so much of the bible - old and new - is like a dare. We are <i>dared</i> to follow him - even when all signs indicate that we won't. Jeremiah is essentially one long exhortation for people to open their eyes, to the point where the last remnant of holdouts, upon asking for God's advice and swearing up, down and sideways that they'll follow it, are given what they ask, along with the wry acknowledgment that it is unlikely they will in fact listen. They don't of course, deciding that they hate the advice and thus Jeremiah must be a liar. <br /><br />Still the hope is there, the offer of redemption for the worst of us always on the table, even to the last wretched minute. Why bother if there's no hope that we will, in the end, surprise him?juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15975754287030568726noreply@blogger.com