tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post8033727857846986746..comments2024-03-27T11:16:36.951-07:00Comments on One Cʘsmos: Magical Mystery & Tragical HistoryGagdad Bobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-21663626224998528712014-08-19T20:44:48.630-07:002014-08-19T20:44:48.630-07:00In other words, it can be so painful for flat-eart...In other words, it can be so painful for flat-earthers to come a-round.NoMohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01100042056270224683noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-24462920393755467412014-08-19T16:48:45.211-07:002014-08-19T16:48:45.211-07:00"Hey, it works, or it wouldn't have persi..."Hey, it works, or it wouldn't have persisted since Genesis 3. "Leftism dulls the mental acuity. That is its purpose." In other words, it diminishes the pain of the demystification."<br /><br />What could be more satisfying than taking what you really wish reality was, for what reality actually is? Who's gonna rock that boat? And those who'll reinforce your preferences? Good buddies. And hey, took God six days to create the world, and leftists recreate all of reality and rewrite history too, every news cycle - heady stuff.<br /><br />Ditto on the preceding comments.Van Harveyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08470413719262297062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-46168666432398521202014-08-19T15:58:31.611-07:002014-08-19T15:58:31.611-07:00"But for the Raccoon, it is precisely the opp..."But for the Raccoon, it is precisely the opposite: science is always necessarily perspectival, whereas metaphysics and theology provide the best and most objective view possible. Nor would I ever place metaphysics after theology, for to do so denies the very reason for theology, which is to communicate the ultimate transhuman truth of things -- the truth that sets us free (into slack), among other benefits."<br /><br />Right on and right in! USS Ben USN (Ret)https://www.blogger.com/profile/07492369604790651538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-21097728191366237072014-08-19T10:27:49.958-07:002014-08-19T10:27:49.958-07:00Mysterious attraction, as in attraction to the mys...Mysterious attraction, as in attraction to the mysterious such as my wife. I know her well and yet she is still a mystery to me and I'm very attracted. Sometimes I can see the wheels turning in my granddaughter's three year old mind and yet quite often the mystery of who she is surprises me. The mysteries of those "little things", the things in our daily lives, are the source of great joy.<br /><br />It seems the connection between the joy those little mysteries provide and the mystery of the big things is lost on so many. It's not that we shouldn't try to solve the mystery, but I think for many the beauty in the mystery is missed.EbonyRaptorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02483546359869912858noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-10626813514416115372014-08-19T10:24:28.972-07:002014-08-19T10:24:28.972-07:00Should any of us ever meet Wright, we definitely o...Should any of us ever meet Wright, we definitely owe him a cup of coffee for "pervertarianism". That's just beautiful.mushroomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07651027035577798096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-4837776622032121622014-08-19T10:24:13.310-07:002014-08-19T10:24:13.310-07:00I recently heard someone in the integral scene giv...I recently heard someone in the integral scene give a talk about "demystifying mysticism." Right there, I knew they had nothing to offer me. tedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07354048695798015131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-26168270806159263532014-08-19T10:20:06.613-07:002014-08-19T10:20:06.613-07:00Nor would I ever place metaphysics after theology,...<i>Nor would I ever place metaphysics after theology, for to do so denies the very reason for theology ...</i><br /><br />Right. What did they think we went looking for?mushroomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07651027035577798096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-14895242404198672332014-08-19T10:11:41.640-07:002014-08-19T10:11:41.640-07:00"Leftism dulls the mental acuity. That is its...<i>"Leftism dulls the mental acuity. That is its purpose."</i><br /><br />Apropos, <a href="http://americandigest.org/mt-archives/5minute_arguments/the_struggle_for_stupidit.php" rel="nofollow">The Struggle For Stupidity</a>.juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15975754287030568726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-40463305864405548012014-08-19T10:07:39.842-07:002014-08-19T10:07:39.842-07:00Thus, we should all welcome the new Light, but at ...<i>Thus, we should all welcome the new Light, but at the same time retain our humility and awe before the infinite mystery of the expanding Darkness.</i><br /><br />It occurs to me, part of the problem with scientism is quite similar to one of the foundational problems of leftist economics. That is, leftists tend to think of the economy as a zero-sum game; one guy has more, ergo he must have shorted some other guy who now must suffer with less. In the scientistic realm, it's more as if they think of the universe, in macro or micro, as a sort of closed quantity. Or like an enclosed space. So that as the light of knowledge increases, the amount of space remaining in the dark must decrease. False, of course, but the idea must be comforting, especially for those who believe that there is no god.juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15975754287030568726noreply@blogger.com