tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post2049899869315787171..comments2024-03-18T21:33:35.309-07:00Comments on One Cʘsmos: This Post: Looked Good Before It Was On PaperGagdad Bobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comBlogger27125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-89312576701573888412013-06-25T18:30:49.403-07:002013-06-25T18:30:49.403-07:00Thanks, Bob. All of that is very helpful. I like t...Thanks, Bob. All of that is very helpful. I like that "handrail" concept. There are similar ways in engineering; practical vs theoretical limits re strength of materials, say, and lots of safety factor layers added to calculations just in case we're human. They're a cautious bunch, engineers. Thank God.Rickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13720790978632771716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-40047823402950426952013-06-25T06:52:08.421-07:002013-06-25T06:52:08.421-07:00Also, it is an orthodox idea that (↑) is actually ...Also, it is an orthodox idea that (↑) is actually a disguised form of (↓) -- which is why they say that faith is <i>already</i> gift of the Spirit. Gagdad Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-45043506394310013252013-06-25T06:49:14.822-07:002013-06-25T06:49:14.822-07:00It's fair to say that theology is not math, an...It's fair to say that theology is not math, and that it requires an element of "real-ization" and hence (lower case g) gnosis. Which only emphasizes the need for dogma/doctrine as a "given" handrail -- analogous to how physics reasons about a natural world that is given.<br /><br />Harry strikes me as a psychopath with religious delusions. He has a psychotic form of rationalization, in which his evil impulses are given divine sanction. <br /><br />There's a very funny scene in the beginning, symbolic of his conflicted personality, when he's watching a peep show and the jackknife in his pocket springs open. Someone has to die for "causing" his sexual impulses. Reminds me of the Islamists....Gagdad Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-76022483306992920582013-06-25T05:16:09.219-07:002013-06-25T05:16:09.219-07:00Julie, I thought maybe you made the Rev Powell quo...Julie, I thought maybe you made the Rev Powell quote as a kind of warning about my theory that man co-creates the cosmos with God. As in say, this is an elevation of man to height equal to God or as Powell used it (or seems to mean) that he and God decide what's in Powell's religion, which is to say ultimately its completely up to Powell. A gnostic sort of view or cafeteria Catholic kind of view. A gnoptical allusion. If so, a good warning no doubt. But the two-way street of Grace (down arrow and up arrow) and the good fruit aspect of the theory must be true also on the other hand. (In which case, it's not my theory :-)<br />I've only watched Night of the Hunter one time. I think it's coming on TV in the next week or so. I can't remember, was Powell strictly a con man and knew it; knew all the religious lingo but used it for evil ends? Or did he think he was some kind of holy man? Or was there a split personality?Rickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13720790978632771716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-78679688539747548482013-06-25T05:00:45.583-07:002013-06-25T05:00:45.583-07:00What makes you recall?What makes you recall?Rickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13720790978632771716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-84481693721502091072013-06-25T04:19:59.739-07:002013-06-25T04:19:59.739-07:00-makes me recall the lady writer who filled in ext...-makes me recall the lady writer who filled in extra column spaces in the WHOLE EARTH CATALOG, who noted that on the subject of male organs, she had the revelation that all are different, but all are the same...gehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02015936407999495181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-17838708576923710642013-06-24T22:21:01.157-07:002013-06-24T22:21:01.157-07:00Mushroom said "Whatever built on earth is [al...Mushroom said "Whatever built on earth is [already] built in heaven? It's easy to become a Platonist. But I think, too, that even in heaven some of the work is ongoing. "<br /><br />Mushroom, think Class. It is well designed, the design pattern followed, its properties and behaviors thoroughly understood, in 'heaven', but the object implemented in runtime - unique. <br /><br />For the non-geeks, think snowflakes. There's nothing that isn't known about them... except for the next one.Van Harveyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08470413719262297062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-73633711110069841952013-06-24T21:38:58.866-07:002013-06-24T21:38:58.866-07:00Just read the new heading. Very cool.Just read the new heading. Very cool.Open Trenchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06354412002318534131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-9804868951449424832013-06-24T20:00:31.057-07:002013-06-24T20:00:31.057-07:00Have you noticed how God says the day's creati...Have you noticed how God says the day's creation is good only after He's made it? The timing of these statements means something, I think. In alignment with what James was driving at, maybe. Knowing that God cannot create a bad thing, one wonders if the statement of it being good is necessary. Perhaps the "life of the act" only came into being at the moment that God said it was good. And not alive until it was said. In other words, it's not created until it is good, as if the "good-statement" was the first created thing or the creative act itself.<br />I like the thought provoking nature of this Davie guy.Rickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13720790978632771716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-66308581599995982292013-06-24T19:27:36.179-07:002013-06-24T19:27:36.179-07:00Lol! Remove parentheses and I'ma lost.Lol! Remove parentheses and I'ma lost.Rickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13720790978632771716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-90905333722116859792013-06-24T19:26:18.676-07:002013-06-24T19:26:18.676-07:00(See official club greeting.)(See <a href="http://freemasonry.bcy.ca/fiction/fraternities/raccoons.html%22" rel="nofollow">official club greeting</a>.)Gagdad Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-63807349877747174582013-06-24T19:24:18.519-07:002013-06-24T19:24:18.519-07:00TAIL WAGGLE
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!TAIL WAGGLE <br /><br />WOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!Gagdad Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-40265404220583599852013-06-24T19:22:39.093-07:002013-06-24T19:22:39.093-07:00My eyes work sometimes. It ain't easy.
TW?My eyes work sometimes. It ain't easy.<br /><br />TW?Rickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13720790978632771716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-10548757728419103012013-06-24T19:09:40.192-07:002013-06-24T19:09:40.192-07:00Been there a long time. TW Reverend Harry Powell.Been there a long time. TW Reverend Harry Powell.Gagdad Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-56967694087161956512013-06-24T18:56:40.654-07:002013-06-24T18:56:40.654-07:00Geez I just noticed the heading of Bob's blog....Geez I just noticed the heading of Bob's blog. Was that always there or recently added?Rickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13720790978632771716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-27870511201049331992013-06-24T18:55:07.284-07:002013-06-24T18:55:07.284-07:00Hmmm. I don't see the connection. To do the Lo...Hmmm. I don't see the connection. To do the Lord's will seems to imply co-create. Re quantum world I seem to remember some thing about some tiny thing being here or there (or both) depending on the observer's observation of it.<br />re boats, we just design them. And parts of them. The law constrains the designs, as in, not any ol physics will do, but this or that design will or won't or might according to the law.Rickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13720790978632771716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-7255386534239846172013-06-24T18:09:37.320-07:002013-06-24T18:09:37.320-07:00"... It's The Religion the Almighty &..."... It's The Religion the Almighty & Me Works out Betwixt us..."<br /><br /><br />Rick, does your company make boats?juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15975754287030568726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-19238712282551639372013-06-24T17:39:42.309-07:002013-06-24T17:39:42.309-07:00I have this Eckhoptical theory that we cocreate th...I have this Eckhoptical theory that we cocreate the cosmos with the same bong with which God smokes us.<br /><br />As in, the quantum world seems to weirditate as weird as the observer on who it's weirdy existence seems to depend.Rickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13720790978632771716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-50521972331205742702013-06-24T17:06:59.776-07:002013-06-24T17:06:59.776-07:00But your back yard does not have free will, and ne...But your back yard does not have free will, and new rocks are not born from hot gas, and the pool does not slide around on its foundation creating anew shape every few years. The point being, God can envision the finished work of art without painting every brush stroke or writing every note himself. We can't really imagine what "outside of time" actually means or how a non-time existence is experienced, but I would think God would find it very boring to be "all knowing" (can't spell omnicient!) in the way most people think of it. He put us into Time for a reason...Love is not real if it has been programmed in, nor is salvation. Does this make any sense?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16652102016905951809noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-83284263577757493232013-06-24T16:56:15.554-07:002013-06-24T16:56:15.554-07:00My landlord's boss is a Jewish carpenter. True...My landlord's boss is a Jewish carpenter. True story.<br /><br />He talked me into building our first house. I was reluctant because I just couldn't see the whole thing. So he walked me through it.<br /><br />Then he asked me, "you know how you build a house, Rick?" And before I could answer he said, "one stud at a time."<br /><br />Also related, with vessel design, the design process is called a Design Spiral. In a sense, you begin with the constraints. In other words, you begin with the law. All parts of the ship must work together and are dependent on each other. The design is rough at first and the detail comes as you proceed to refine it through cycles or turns of the spiral.Rickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13720790978632771716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-87143674483270107252013-06-24T16:46:27.182-07:002013-06-24T16:46:27.182-07:00Ge, she's pretty funny. Thanks. I swear her mo...Ge, she's pretty funny. Thanks. I swear her mom lives in the neighborhood next door.Rickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13720790978632771716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-20050826733119650032013-06-24T15:35:33.635-07:002013-06-24T15:35:33.635-07:00Been chuckling pretty much at this new-to-me lady ...Been chuckling pretty much at this new-to-me lady comedian's work:<br />http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/culture/2013/06/maria-bamford-asks-her-mom.html#entry-moregehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02015936407999495181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-22418033333588825412013-06-24T14:41:53.763-07:002013-06-24T14:41:53.763-07:00Interesting too that at every point along the line...<i>Interesting too that at every point along the line there are a thousand little decisions to make -- or, to be perfectly accurate, decisions involving thousands of design choices -- down to the size and color of the rocks. </i><br /><br />Along those lines, we had quite a time getting to closing on our new house. We met the previous owners on closing day. The wife was very anxious about the whole thing, as the place had belonged to her parents, and she had done a lot of the design work. Thousands of different choices made, almost twenty years ago, but they had become symbolic of the life lived in the space ever since. I think she was afraid we'd gut the place and try to erase all its history, but of course that would be almost impossible, even if we wanted to do that. juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15975754287030568726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-19291721991749150662013-06-24T13:26:22.556-07:002013-06-24T13:26:22.556-07:00What ever is bound on earth is bound in heaven; wh...<i>What ever is bound on earth is bound in heaven; whatever is loosed on earth is loosed in heaven. </i> <br /><br /> Some say that there is an "already" implied in that. <br /><br />Whatever built on earth is [already] built in heaven? It's easy to become a Platonist. But I think, too, that even in heaven some of the work is ongoing. <i>I go to prepare a place for you.</i><br /><br />RE: Ford Madox Ford - have they ever made a movie of <i>The Good Soldier</i> or is that just too raw even for Hollyweird? And weird would be Ford's collaboration with Conrad in <i>The Inheritors</i>. I could read that more than once, but not <i>TGS</i>.mushroomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07651027035577798096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-4107932090384169252013-06-24T10:41:30.626-07:002013-06-24T10:41:30.626-07:00What's on the summer playlists around here?What's on the summer playlists around here? Tonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00987042455512485699noreply@blogger.com