tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post8024287922392790589..comments2024-03-28T12:10:26.197-07:00Comments on One Cʘsmos: The Essence and Form of Political TruthGagdad Bobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comBlogger28125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-3606234662502439712017-07-24T09:06:52.165-07:002017-07-24T09:06:52.165-07:00Also, he may appear superficially merciful, but he...Also, he may appear superficially merciful, but he is passive-aggressive in the extreme. And as the Talmud teaches, those who are merciful to the cruel (e.g., Palestinians and Castro brothers) will be cruel to the kind (e.g., Catholic traditionalists). Gagdad Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00911613613759942690noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-84456356276212070782017-07-24T08:32:30.590-07:002017-07-24T08:32:30.590-07:00Nah, Francis is part of a much more longstanding a...Nah, Francis is part of a much more longstanding and diabolical strategy of patient radicals within the "deep church." After reading this book, I'm convinced that he's not even Catholic, strictly speaking. Furthermore, Francis's policies will only cause more abuse. Recall that it was mainly a homosexual hebephile and ephebophile scandal, not a pedophile scandal, and Francis is ardently pro-homosexual. Gagdad Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00911613613759942690noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-58468844054529819832017-07-24T08:21:42.753-07:002017-07-24T08:21:42.753-07:00On Francis: I wonder if he's a needed counterb...On Francis: I wonder if he's a needed counterbalance with his focus on mercy over justice. I can acknowledge some of his moves are disconcerting to the more conservative branch of the Church, but as I understand it so was some of Benedict's moves around the Church's scandal. I believe if the scandal never happened, there would be no need for a Francis. tedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07354048695798015131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-46982361598834729682017-07-23T11:20:34.706-07:002017-07-23T11:20:34.706-07:00It seems we have a coup to have god out of the hum...It seems we have a coup to have god out of the human activities, to let humans do whatever they like,forgetting that god does not allow violations of his code go without severe negative consequences. Tit for tat, irrespective of time space individual or collective. One should not mix the divine setup with human setup.There is no war between forms and essence, between names and named in the divine world. The war takes place in the human realm where misinterpretations and falsifications are rampant. There is no problem in the name horse written or recited with the embodied horse irrespective of color, height or age. Everything has four aspects of existence, save god who is not subjected to the human logic, the linguistic existence in both form of written and oral The mental existence and the physical existence where god departs to the realm of non-physical consciousness,pure awareness that creates and runs everything. The dilemma of the humans resides in his unawareness of the divine awareness that let him or her commits all these ugly violations. The apparent freedom is a disguised freedom for the in-attentive that is why the sages in their spiritual observation know that and look all the time not to abuse that so-called freedom. Religion is one despite its different versions that different time culture and space demand,because it is coming from the same divine source. Spirit, the carrier of knowledge, is in full swing in our time to show humans the truth of the revelation and warn them from falling into the scholastic enslavement den. In the Koran there is a verse that pops up all the time reminding the humans of the day that he or she will be asked about his truthfulness and nothing else. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02180761762279054000noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-18655892369514110852017-07-23T10:34:00.869-07:002017-07-23T10:34:00.869-07:00Your "revolution" is over, Mr. Bergoglio...Your "revolution" is over, Mr. Bergoglio! Condolences! The bums lost! My advice is, do what your parents did! Get a job, sir! The bums will always lose, do you hear me! Mr. Lebowskinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-91795527429980800082017-07-23T10:22:37.419-07:002017-07-23T10:22:37.419-07:00This aggression cannot stand, man!This aggression cannot stand, man!juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15975754287030568726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-19309711473618733512017-07-23T10:19:43.149-07:002017-07-23T10:19:43.149-07:00Okay, Francis has gone too far: he "has give...Okay, Francis has gone too far: he "has given appointments to liberal churchmen from obscure dioceses in developing countries with minuscule Catholic populations," for example, appointing as cardinal a radical environmentalist "from the tiny island of Tonga."Gagdad Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00911613613759942690noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-21715828607120741102017-07-23T09:58:04.543-07:002017-07-23T09:58:04.543-07:00I only buy used books for cheap unless it's im...I only buy used books for cheap unless it's impossible. It's like getting them hot on the street! Gagdad Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00911613613759942690noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-7740799838020228192017-07-23T09:50:50.085-07:002017-07-23T09:50:50.085-07:00Lol - Julie!
I can't imagine living my life li...Lol - Julie!<br />I can't imagine living my life like that -- the simple pleasures I'd be denying myself (head-shake). I am so grateful.Rickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12994306709948231112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-76658965999289057982017-07-23T09:46:46.418-07:002017-07-23T09:46:46.418-07:00Thanks - I'll do that. Was just thinking $13 i...Thanks - I'll do that. Was just thinking $13 is a tad expensive to shell out for a Kindle book.juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15975754287030568726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-34415072790626801012017-07-23T09:45:16.348-07:002017-07-23T09:45:16.348-07:00Just get it at the library. It's a pretty quic...Just get it at the library. It's a pretty quick read. Gagdad Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00911613613759942690noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-4538115350479128002017-07-23T09:43:26.706-07:002017-07-23T09:43:26.706-07:00Ugh. I may have to buy that book now.
If I didn...Ugh. I may have to buy that book now.<br />If I didn't have faith that God has His hand in all this, there would be reason to despair.<br /><br />Re. Dunkirk, I've seen complaints about the fact that the cast is insufficiently pigmented and has too many Y chromosomes. Pretty sure it fails the Bechdel test, too. Therefore, it's a hatefilm.juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15975754287030568726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-38060832272479547402017-07-23T09:40:25.181-07:002017-07-23T09:40:25.181-07:00On Dunkirk: I don't know what the specific com...On Dunkirk: I don't know what the specific complaints are. I saw something about the French claiming they were there. The French are mentioned a little and that part in my opinion showed the English in a unfavorable light. But it was a small part. I don't think it's right to insist things be in movies just because you want them. Make your own movie about those points. This movie was about other points. I wouldn't change a damn thing about it. I don't even care if it didn't exactly happen the way it did in the movie -- it's that good a story.<br />There were visual elements I'd never scene done before (the plane/pilot at the end) - brilliant.<br />The sound track is awesome.<br />And so many other things.Rickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12994306709948231112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-60916718940201158502017-07-23T09:37:35.373-07:002017-07-23T09:37:35.373-07:00The left calls Pius XII "Hitler's pope,&q...The left calls Pius XII "Hitler's pope," a disgusting smear invented by communists. But based on what I've read so far, it can be said without exaggeration that Francis is "Lenin's pope." And proud of it. Gagdad Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00911613613759942690noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-33267573901410964962017-07-23T09:32:40.476-07:002017-07-23T09:32:40.476-07:00Re, Francis, yikes! Had an interesting chat with s...Re, Francis, yikes! Had an interesting chat with some fellow parishioners today; it was good to know we aren't the only ones with serious reservations about him at our parish. They all loved Benedict, though. Good folks.<br /><br />As to the conclusion about Christians, yes. Ironically, the better we understand that about ourselves, the better Christians we are.juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15975754287030568726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-79542874654248006032017-07-23T09:27:48.463-07:002017-07-23T09:27:48.463-07:00If marriage is fluffy, it's because people thi...If marriage is fluffy, it's because people think of it that way. Not the other way around.Rickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12994306709948231112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-42633593308948484502017-07-23T09:23:31.040-07:002017-07-23T09:23:31.040-07:00Julie -- The book on Francis is quite good so far,...Julie -- The book on Francis is quite good so far, which means that Francis is much worse than you think. For balance, might be a good idea to read the so-far outstanding book on Luther, who is also much worse than you think. Bottom line: Christianity would be so great if it weren't for Christians!Gagdad Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00911613613759942690noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-75247955119840590962017-07-23T08:47:47.478-07:002017-07-23T08:47:47.478-07:00Pigeons select a single opposite sex mate, and mat...Pigeons select a single opposite sex mate, and mate for life. They don't call it marriage. They call it "Coo-coo-coo." But look at it: it's a marriage.<br /><br />So there is a natural instinct to be monogamous with one opposite sex partner of the same species for life. I guess you could call it a right, and it is anterior to the state.<br /><br />However, "marriage" is a human word, kind of fluffy and liable to be freighted with a lot of different things. <br /><br />I would say gay marriage "violates" a certain natural instinct to reproduce; but since marriage is kind of malleable, you could tag on to it; but I don't think Mother Nature will be fooled. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-15106404771829517942017-07-22T21:59:38.488-07:002017-07-22T21:59:38.488-07:00Marriage, for example, is a natural right which is...<i>Marriage, for example, is a natural right which is anterior to the state, and which the state can only defend, not create.</i><br /><br />So true. <br />mushroomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07651027035577798096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-78941877916010158082017-07-22T11:41:19.181-07:002017-07-22T11:41:19.181-07:00Is that true?Is that true?Peteynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-37948314012455021342017-07-22T11:26:18.382-07:002017-07-22T11:26:18.382-07:00When the Constitution gets in the way of any lefti...When the Constitution gets in the way of any leftist agenda item, it must flex or give or way.<br /><br />This is because of the principle of the "will to power."<br /><br />The will to power doesn't get the credit it deserves. Indeed, it is very natural and legitimate principle, and trumps or supersedes many other principles, including the "inalienable" rights of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. I assure you these rights are very "alienable." These rights are workable only if some enemy doesn't snatch them away. <br /><br />And this is why we have a military which protects those rights, as long as the budget and leadership of the country are to its satisfaction. If they are not, you will have a coup, a putsch, or whatever you want to call it, to keep the military on top. <br /><br />So we can discuss them as "truths," but all rights really depend on force. Whoever wields more force, has more rights. <br /><br />So, the left realizes that power and control are of the essence, and goes for it. Are they evil, or are they just being practical? <br /><br />The US right wing has long understood force is king, and have made strenuous efforts to make us the most forceful nation, for quite some time. <br /><br />So that's the situation. The Constitution is well and good, depending on who controls it. As long as the right wing controls it, they will want to keep it static (unless they need enhanced surveillance of citizens, etc). The left would like to control it, but to do so they need to tweak it to fit their program. <br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-23343341331455626222017-07-22T08:53:52.367-07:002017-07-22T08:53:52.367-07:00It is angering all the right people. These days th...It is angering all the right people. These days that's often high praise.juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15975754287030568726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-62089452640068951922017-07-22T08:33:53.164-07:002017-07-22T08:33:53.164-07:00OT: Dunkirk is a masterpiece.
People will refer to...OT: Dunkirk is a masterpiece.<br />People will refer to it and watch it forever.Rickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12994306709948231112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-43339009635651394712017-07-22T08:18:57.466-07:002017-07-22T08:18:57.466-07:00Brother Bob,
This is excellent.
Essence and Form...Brother Bob,<br /><br />This is excellent.<br /><br />Essence and Form: "As above, so below"<br /><br />Best<br /><br />common sense bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08126201121910646802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-73856177835025323802017-07-21T20:27:12.093-07:002017-07-21T20:27:12.093-07:00"This leads to another trick of the left: den..."This leads to another trick of the left: deny the absoluteness of the Declaration in order to re-situate it in constitutional law. Indeed, all of their malign constitutional mischief takes this form."<br /><br />Exactly so. Van Harveyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08470413719262297062noreply@blogger.com