tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post8321695399839046045..comments2024-03-27T11:16:36.951-07:00Comments on One Cʘsmos: The Ten Commandments of Koslings, Liztards, and GeeksGagdad Bobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comBlogger43125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-89462022647954636262021-04-20T20:28:28.259-07:002021-04-20T20:28:28.259-07:00Very informative article and i would appreciate.
L...Very informative article and i would appreciate.<br /><a href="https://www.jobzpk.net/" rel="nofollow">Latest Jobs in Pakistan</a><br /><a href="https://www.jobzpk.net/jobs/" rel="nofollow">Latest Jobs</a><br /><a href="https://www.jobzpk.net/jobs/?search_category=72" rel="nofollow">Latest Government Jobs in Pakistan</a>Princesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03162205508360237817noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-76238037131468332162008-08-04T07:59:00.000-07:002008-08-04T07:59:00.000-07:00Van - "it isn't the facts, whatever they may be an...Van - <I>"it isn't the facts, whatever they may be and may yet be discovered to be, that we've any disagreement with"</I><BR/><BR/>Tell that to Susannah, with her link saying "Darwinian evolution has not contributed to a single technological or medical advance since it was conjectured 150 years ago." :-/<BR/><BR/>(Still, it's sad to hear about Solzhenitsyn.)Ray Ingleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16290483120987779339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-62524354568672420552008-08-04T07:15:00.000-07:002008-08-04T07:15:00.000-07:00The world has lost a great truth-teller.I read One...The world has lost a great truth-teller.<BR/><BR/>I read One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich a few years ago--a truly horrifying account of secular materialism brought to its ultimate conclusions.Susannahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16381272662339466736noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-83557049900244177272008-08-04T05:36:00.000-07:002008-08-04T05:36:00.000-07:00Bob,Speaking of Divine comedy, freedom and other s...Bob,<BR/>Speaking of Divine comedy, freedom and other stuffin kicked out around here lately…<BR/>Me, Job and the boys were chewin the fat just last night and who do you think walks in? That’s right. God Himself to set the record straight, again.<BR/><BR/>Turn to Job 38.4 and keep going.<BR/><BR/>Punch line if there ever was one, Job 39.5:<BR/><BR/>“Who has let the wild ass go free?”<BR/><BR/>Hmmm?Rickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10589423819039764711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-17203587003039189862008-08-03T18:40:00.000-07:002008-08-03T18:40:00.000-07:00"That which is called humanism, but what would be ..."That which is called humanism, but what would be more correctly called irreligious anthropocentrism, cannot yield answers to the most essential questions of our life." <BR/><BR/>"The calamity of an autonomous, irreligious humanistic consciousness... has made man the measure of all things on earth -- imperfect man, who is never free of pride, self-interest, envy, vanity, and dozens of other defects.... On the way from the Renaissance to our days we have enriched our experience, but we have lost the concept of a Supreme Complete Entity which used to restrain our passions and our irresponsibility." --Solzhenitsyn, Supreme anti-LiztardGagdad Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-52167450926097474422008-08-03T18:31:00.000-07:002008-08-03T18:31:00.000-07:00I notice that Queeg put up a tribute to Alexander ...I notice that Queeg put up a tribute to Alexander Solzhenitsyn. That has to be the pinnacle of unintended irony.Gagdad Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-53730527173334644432008-08-03T18:01:00.000-07:002008-08-03T18:01:00.000-07:00"What do you see when you scry further?"I can't te..."What do you see when you scry further?"<BR/><BR/>I can't tell you but I know it's mine.Gagdad Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-18773812041225611712008-08-03T17:57:00.000-07:002008-08-03T17:57:00.000-07:00One of the reasons for secular materialism is that...One of the reasons for secular materialism is that this age is a time of the Vaishnavas, the mercantile and material class.<BR/><BR/>The raccoon chief seems to be calling for a return to a Brahmic age, where the sacerdotal type dominates and Sattwic sensibility wins over.<BR/><BR/>But, heed this: The Brahmans exemplify the best, but they are relatively powerless over material manifestation. For that you need the mind of the materialist. And always, enough syncophants and sudras to carry out the support work.<BR/><BR/>Such is the make-up of our world today. But ponder this: what is the movement leading to?<BR/><BR/>Brahmins will win out, but not after some sort of stupendous victory on the material plane is brought in solidly. The liztard/vaishyas struggle mightily to manifest it.<BR/><BR/>The internet points the way. What do you see when you scry further? Rite about that.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-25210815752492049992008-08-03T12:41:00.000-07:002008-08-03T12:41:00.000-07:00Underwater jungledepth and height interminglesymme...Underwater jungle<BR/>depth and height intermingle<BR/><A HREF="http://juliecork.wordpress.com/2008/08/03/mamamaya/" REL="nofollow">symmetric logic</A>juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15975754287030568726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-12396702132485038882008-08-03T10:01:00.000-07:002008-08-03T10:01:00.000-07:00Van said... Walt said "...And, in fewer words!"Yea...Van said... <BR/>Walt said "...And, in fewer words!"<BR/><BR/>Yeah. He does that. All the time.<BR/><BR/>Sheesh."<BR/><BR/>Why do you think I didn't reply to walt earlier? I'm saving virtual memory by waiting for Bob to do it.<BR/>Or somethin'. I dunno.<BR/><BR/>It's a blessing...and a curse. <BR/>Probably more of a blessing though. :^)USS Ben USN (Ret)https://www.blogger.com/profile/07492369604790651538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-50986717933205484032008-08-03T09:48:00.000-07:002008-08-03T09:48:00.000-07:00Walt said "...And, in fewer words!"Yeah. He does t...Walt said "...And, in fewer words!"<BR/><BR/>Yeah. He does that. All the time.<BR/><BR/>Sheesh.Van Harveyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08470413719262297062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-13176901806484833322008-08-03T09:28:00.000-07:002008-08-03T09:28:00.000-07:00Bob,In the spirit of housecleaning, I also noticed...Bob,<BR/><BR/>In the spirit of housecleaning, I also noticed while re-reading the post that you had stated the exact same idea as contained in the quote I left yesterday:<BR/><I>"...only in being conditioned by the higher can we actually elevate and liberate ourselves from contingency and relativity...."</I><BR/><BR/>And, in fewer words!walthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01388218390016612051noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-11152329374556994182008-08-03T09:25:00.000-07:002008-08-03T09:25:00.000-07:00Gagdad said "Yes, anyone who claims that their int...Gagdad said "Yes, anyone who claims that their intellect is nourished by Darwinism is simply confessing an absence of intellect. By definition it cannot be true. This is why I say that it is a profoundly anti-intellectual metaphysic, irrespective of how "intelligent" its adherents."<BR/><BR/>Bigtime Cooncur! What Ray and the rest don't get, is it isn't the facts, whatever they may be and may yet be discovered to be, that we've any disagreement with, but the profoundly anti-Intellectual, anti-Reason, anti-Truth metaphysical assumptions behind the darwieinie's theorizing.Van Harveyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08470413719262297062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-36763827288591370342008-08-03T09:21:00.000-07:002008-08-03T09:21:00.000-07:00say no more... A nod's as good as a wink to a blin...say no more... A nod's as good as a wink to a blind bat!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-89340192311189151282008-08-03T09:19:00.000-07:002008-08-03T09:19:00.000-07:00Ah... I see all have been here before me.(catching...Ah... I see all have been here before me.<BR/><BR/>(catching up on all comments now, before jumping in)Van Harveyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08470413719262297062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-29720656792050243332008-08-03T09:17:00.000-07:002008-08-03T09:17:00.000-07:00Walt said "However, I got hung up on one idea, tha...Walt said "However, I got hung up on one idea, that seemed to be obvious to you, but is not yet to me:<BR/><BR/>"...to say that we may know is equally to say that we are free, otherwise it is not knowledge at all. Knowledge proves freedom, freedom proves knowledge..."<BR/><BR/>I found myself struggling to make that "click", as had the rest of the post. I'm likely missing your point. Care to explicate one of these days?"<BR/><BR/>Knowledge involves choice, is inseperable from it. The interior of us, that which separates us from the machine, the living soul that enables recognition of Truth, MUST be non-automatic, non-mechanical, non-deterministic. <BR/><BR/>Free Will is the basis of all our knowledge, and the hinderance of which stops our learning and our ability to fully <I>live</I> - there is a reason why socialism results in a stagnant, grey, lifeless society.<BR/><BR/>One of the unintended consequences of Humes skepticism, the idea that we cannot really know anything, is that it shuts down a portion of your involvement in your life, if you can't know... you also can't choose... choose what? You don't what you do or don't know... know?.... What followed from that (with ROusseau, Godwin, Kant and so on), was a denial of Free Will all together.<BR/><BR/>Knowledge is not only the result of your freedom to re-cognize the Truth about reality, but it is an ever dynamic process, expression and affirmation of your involvement in life - no freedom, no knowledge, no life.<BR/><BR/>You cannot deny our ability to Know, without also denying our ability to Choose, and the existence of Truth, Beauty and the Good. It's a package deal, and the notion that any part of it can be denied without disrupting your ability to recognize an realize the rest, is folly. See the conceptions of 'knowledge, beauty, art, ethics, religion' in the modernity built from Hume, Rousseau, Kant, for reference.Van Harveyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08470413719262297062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-13103029306441752002008-08-03T09:01:00.000-07:002008-08-03T09:01:00.000-07:00Again, this is why a blind Coon is infinitely clos...Again, this is why a blind Coon is infinitely closer to the Truth than a Liztard with perfect vision.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-90451842461258654932008-08-03T08:58:00.000-07:002008-08-03T08:58:00.000-07:00Yes, anyone who claims that their intellect is nou...Yes, anyone who claims that their intellect is nourished by Darwinism is simply confessing an absence of intellect. By definition it cannot be true. This is why I say that it is a profoundly anti-intellectual metaphysic, irrespective of how "intelligent" its adherents.Gagdad Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-31895631305757583752008-08-03T08:48:00.000-07:002008-08-03T08:48:00.000-07:00I can sure tell the difference when I read one of ...I can sure tell the difference when I read one of the LGF evolution threads, which does absolutely nothing to feed me, as oppsed to here at One Cosmos or one of the other Raccoon blogs, where I am edified, and where truth and liberty reigns. :^)USS Ben USN (Ret)https://www.blogger.com/profile/07492369604790651538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-32536103803398230002008-08-03T08:42:00.000-07:002008-08-03T08:42:00.000-07:00Rick:Yes, truth must be anterior to the minds that...Rick:<BR/><BR/>Yes, truth must be anterior to the minds that think it. As Bion said, strictly speaking, the human thinker is only <I>necessary</I> for the Lie.Gagdad Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-49291561507704543872008-08-03T08:41:00.000-07:002008-08-03T08:41:00.000-07:00Good point, Rick!Even if one were thrown in prison...Good point, Rick!<BR/>Even if one were thrown in prison, such as Paul, you would still be free. <BR/>No doubt, one of the reasons Paul rejoiced, as did John and Peter.<BR/>The other being counted worthy to suffer in His name. <BR/><BR/>I hope I could be as cheery after all those guys went through. :^)USS Ben USN (Ret)https://www.blogger.com/profile/07492369604790651538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-61278435168028933602008-08-03T08:40:00.000-07:002008-08-03T08:40:00.000-07:00Ben:Agreed -- It is also why any form of reduction...Ben:<BR/><BR/>Agreed -- It is also why any form of reductionism such as Darwinism condemns man to lies and slavery, or a horizontal pseudo-freedom to know only contingency.Gagdad Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-390914703968791612008-08-03T08:34:00.000-07:002008-08-03T08:34:00.000-07:00RE freedom…and maybe related to what you are talki...RE freedom…and maybe related to what you are talking about, this type of freedom cannot be taken away. Which is the core type Victor Frankl proved can’t be taken away. This type is unaffected. Just as truth persists no matter what you think of it. And yet it doesn’t exist without someone to think it.Rickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10589423819039764711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-74596794225863430782008-08-03T08:25:00.000-07:002008-08-03T08:25:00.000-07:00So basically, we are perpetually learning more tru...So basically, we are perpetually learning more truth, thus becoming more free to seek out and realize more truth to become even more free. <BR/><BR/>The liberty cycle of freedom!USS Ben USN (Ret)https://www.blogger.com/profile/07492369604790651538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-26893291532808888532008-08-03T08:15:00.000-07:002008-08-03T08:15:00.000-07:00As is often the case, I was hung up on the languag...As is often the case, I was hung up on the language. The original phrase -- "Knowledge proves freedom, freedom proves knowledge..." -- just didn't quite equate in my mind. But when you expressed it as "truth ---> freedom" I understood right away.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for the clarification!walthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01388218390016612051noreply@blogger.com