tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post8417989573137702918..comments2024-03-28T20:04:20.286-07:00Comments on One Cʘsmos: The Vertical Church of Perpetual DelightGagdad Bobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-57320893262341774542015-08-19T16:37:06.398-07:002015-08-19T16:37:06.398-07:00It follows that rejection of the Lord is the begin...<i>It follows that rejection of the Lord is the beginning of folly. </i><br /><br />Folly can at least be harmless. It begins with folly, but potentially ends in pure, unmitigated evil.juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15975754287030568726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-31833969311328104872015-08-19T15:54:06.065-07:002015-08-19T15:54:06.065-07:00Just received McGinn's Theologiae. What a beau...Just received McGinn's Theologiae. What a beautifully crafted little book. Nice to see. I don't know how they can do it for $15.Rickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13720790978632771716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-91274849767814895682015-08-19T10:46:47.651-07:002015-08-19T10:46:47.651-07:00Fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom. It f...Fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom. It follows that rejection of the Lord is the beginning of folly. <br /><br />Even worse than Obama's ignorance is his lack of wisdom. Gagdad Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-86442902910309378592015-08-19T10:42:07.395-07:002015-08-19T10:42:07.395-07:00That Santa Clause bit was pretty good. Bumperstick...That Santa Clause bit was pretty good. Bumperstickerable.Rickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13720790978632771716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-63125399782241630652015-08-19T10:41:54.199-07:002015-08-19T10:41:54.199-07:00Note that any of the three alternatives splits the...<i>Note that any of the three alternatives splits the world and then elevates a part to the whole. Big. Mistake.</i><br /><br />I think you have given me a new understanding of the biblical statement that "the fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom".mushroomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07651027035577798096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-42577694123131597052015-08-19T10:39:51.498-07:002015-08-19T10:39:51.498-07:00On the whole alien bit, I wish I could recall who ...On the whole alien bit, I wish I could recall who I was listening to not that long ago. It may have been Belinski, Stephen Meyer, or Eric Metaxas. One of them was talking about that formula for calculating the odds for life on earth. The fine-tuning thing and the great number of factors required for it to have happened (within the window of time that it apparently needed to have happened). Drake Equation or something. Anyway, it's been quite a while since someone last reviewed the formula and apparently there are more factors to enter into it. I think the chances have approached zero now and even have gone beyond zero. Which means even <i>we</i> shouldn't exist (which sounds just like the God I know). And provided with these facts it would be more reasonable to believe in God than aliens since the odds are obviously worse for aliens.<br /><br />Whateverthecasemaybe, I find the above thinkers to be much more thought provoking than the average bear.Rickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13720790978632771716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-22427128535982532372015-08-19T10:34:36.549-07:002015-08-19T10:34:36.549-07:00"Thus, liberals will be the first to tell you..."Thus, liberals will be the first to tell you that Santa Clause doesn't exist. <i>Yet.</i>"<br /><br />They gave Krugman a Nobel for that.mushroomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07651027035577798096noreply@blogger.com