tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post295872455359607292..comments2024-03-27T11:16:36.951-07:00Comments on One Cʘsmos: Evolving Under the Banyan Tree with the Holy Spirit Dangling DownGagdad Bobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comBlogger113125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-26645107008563270302010-02-25T06:45:48.004-08:002010-02-25T06:45:48.004-08:00Thanks, Van. I'll check that out.Thanks, Van. I'll check that out.Rickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10589423819039764711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-84970037024653524822010-02-25T06:02:03.527-08:002010-02-25T06:02:03.527-08:00"Man -- insofar as he is distinct from other ..."Man -- insofar as he is distinct from other creatures on earth -- is intelligence; and intelligence -- in its principle and its plenitude -- is knowledge of the Absolute; the Absolute is the fundamental content of the intelligence and determines its nature and functions. What distinguishes man from animals is not knowledge of a tree, but the concept -- whether explicit or implicit -- of the Absolute; it is from this that the whole hierarchy of values is derived, and hence all notion of a homogeneous world. God is the 'motionless mover' of every operation of the mind, even when man -- reason -- makes himself out to be the measure of God." <br /><br />I finally had a quiet moment to sit and read <i>this</i> post... talk about a welcome, resolving, message.<br /><br />Thanks Gagdad, I needed that.Van Harveyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08470413719262297062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-51086330514500647642010-02-25T05:57:07.656-08:002010-02-25T05:57:07.656-08:00Speaking of Show Me, regarding the issue I linked ...Speaking of Show Me, regarding the issue I <a href="http://blogodidact.blogspot.com/2010/02/breath-of-beast-race-to-top.html" rel="nofollow">linked to in my first comment yesterday</a>... everybody out there had better be checking if this 'Race To The Top' program is being implemented in their state - 40 out of 50 (or 57) are getting involved. I met with a couple of our local teachers last night who have been trying to raise the alarm around our state (MO)... this thing is big bad news folks.<br /><br />And you Homeschooler's out there... if you think they won't be coming for you after they've finished 'consolidating' all local school boards into multi-state consortiums... you're dreaming dangerous dreams.Van Harveyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08470413719262297062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-67445537375071328332010-02-25T05:57:00.428-08:002010-02-25T05:57:00.428-08:00Dear anonymous…(AKA as ”Legion”)…I have been occas...Dear anonymous…(AKA as ”Legion”)…I have been occasionally posting on this site since 2006, and I can assure you, that if you want to be taken seriously, given a little (very little) respect, or not have your posting skipped over….. GIVE YOURSELF A FREAKIN’ NAME!!!! One of the heretofore unwritten rules of “Post a Comment On: One Cosmos” is that ‘anonymous” is a code word meaning clueless, irrelevant, smelly troll, arrogantly and condescendingly wrong, or…all of the above. If you can’t even think up a Non De Plume (such as I choose to use), at least assign yourself a number. Anonymous#666 has a nice ring to it. Otherwise… remain anonymous, and gratefully accept the mass quantities of steaming poo that will be deservedly flung at you.♠lurker uncloakingnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-13321113814231859492010-02-25T05:38:00.800-08:002010-02-25T05:38:00.800-08:00He reminds me of a stalker from Gil Bailie’s place...He reminds me of a stalker from Gil Bailie’s place.<br />No there there.<br />Show me the there.Rickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10589423819039764711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-84231158832287250472010-02-25T05:31:52.641-08:002010-02-25T05:31:52.641-08:00Hey meth queen and anon - we're laughing at yo...Hey meth queen and anon - we're laughing at your superior intellect.<br /><br />Hee-Haw.<br />(BTW - what with being lefties and all, you're the one with the donkey's, doofus)Van Harveyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08470413719262297062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-58427896642772158162010-02-25T04:38:06.292-08:002010-02-25T04:38:06.292-08:00Correction:
In this case, it's a math problem...Correction: <br />In this case, it's a math problem <i>and</i> an ego problem.math, the queen of scienceshttp://k12sense.com/forum/messages.aspx?TopicID=14noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-9804320681758867602010-02-25T04:34:21.641-08:002010-02-25T04:34:21.641-08:00Whoosh.
Woof.
U hafta talk to RR bout that. It&...Whoosh. <br /><br />Woof.<br /><br />U hafta talk to RR bout that. It's a math problem, not an ego problem.<br /><br />If U dandy lions were half as far up the cosmic flagpole as you think you are you sure wouldn't be here brayin bout your <i>reading list</i>. <br /><br />I know why I'm here: I just stop in to kick the donkeys.<br /><br />Heeeeeeeeeee Haw.math, the queen of scienceshttp://k12sense.com/forum/messages.aspx?TopicID=14noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-15298954316877489182010-02-24T22:08:20.066-08:002010-02-24T22:08:20.066-08:00meth queen said "Nuff Said. Pleez."
eh....meth queen said "Nuff Said. Pleez."<br /><br />eh. Now if you could have arranged it to come out to where the balance or difference came to 33... now <i>that</i> would have been nuff said.Van Harveyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08470413719262297062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-14358318113258608142010-02-24T21:48:01.110-08:002010-02-24T21:48:01.110-08:00104-RR=78.
Nuff Said. Pleez.104-RR=78.<br /><br />Nuff Said. Pleez.math, the queen of scienceshttp://k12sense.com/forum/messages.aspx?TopicID=14noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-83545512967597028242010-02-24T21:29:08.878-08:002010-02-24T21:29:08.878-08:00Trolls to OC:
Whazzup wit what yer sayin don'...Trolls to OC:<br /><br />Whazzup wit what yer sayin don' make no sense. Splain please?<br /><br />NB to Trolls:<br />We don' gotta splain. We read da book! We smart enough already! <br /><br />Anon:<br />Don' youse guys evolve or sumpin?<br /><br />RR to Anons:<br />NB, Van, etc, DON' ANSWER DAT! LEMME DO IT! No douchebag. We done evolved aready! You otta try it sometime, caveman. We so evolved we won't even splain it! <br /><br />NB:<br />Yeah, uh, dumb guys. Read the same books we did! Then you won't be wantin to talk about the same things we don't be wantin to talk about. Together! It'll be GREAT! THEN we can LOVE you cause we'll all be...evolved! Till then, screw you wannabes! We be 2 evoluted 4 U.Thank you sir may I have...http://forums.penny-arcade.com/showthread.php?t=113006&page=21noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-11479484415522433252010-02-24T20:57:19.497-08:002010-02-24T20:57:19.497-08:00Anon - I observe that you're missing one small...Anon - I observe that you're missing one small realization here. That is, your sin nature and it's adverse impact on your ability to think or reason. Get that cleaned up and we can talk.<br /><br />wv: You "didin" jes say dat.<br /><br />Yes, I did.NoMohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01100042056270224683noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-20087751498859066052010-02-24T20:03:22.759-08:002010-02-24T20:03:22.759-08:00Damn it Van, you beat me to the punch!Damn it Van, you beat me to the punch!Warrenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13623170987747998335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-23342024361555400532010-02-24T20:02:17.825-08:002010-02-24T20:02:17.825-08:00>> It is the height of silly arrogance to ma...>> It is the height of silly arrogance to make all sorts of incorrect and slanderous assertions and then when called on it, claim that your opponents do not have sufficient depth of intellect to comprehend your profoundities.<br /><br />Agreed. So cut it out.Warrenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13623170987747998335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-11631159613307480822010-02-24T19:21:47.394-08:002010-02-24T19:21:47.394-08:00And that's 100.
(the crowd goes wild)And <i>that's</i> 100.<br /><br />(the crowd goes wild)Van Harveyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08470413719262297062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-80190234294156242010-02-24T19:21:15.838-08:002010-02-24T19:21:15.838-08:00aninnymouse said "The last Anonymous to post ...aninnymouse said "The last Anonymous to post was not me (the Anonymous who has posted most of these comments)"<br /><br />Wrong. Every aninnymouse, past, present and future, using the nic 'Anonymous' said it and is responsible for it. If you don't like the guilt of your associations, get a nic of your own, or shaddup already.<br /><br />aninnymouse said "It is the height of silly arrogance to make all sorts of incorrect and slanderous assertions and then when called on it, claim that your opponents do not have sufficient depth of intellect to comprehend your profoundities."<br /><br />Correct, so stop saying such things and shaddup already.<br /><br />aninnymouse said "Another Sagan quote:<br />"You can't convince a believer of anything; for their belief is not based on evidence, it's based on a deep seated need to believe.""<br /><br />This would be the same Carl Sagan (a childhood favorite of mine... read all of his books - Broca's Brain and Dragons of Eden mucho many times over) who said if the oil wells in Iraq were lit on fire, we'd be plunged into something akin to a 'Nuclear Winter'.<br /><br />Apparently his belief's were not based on the best of evidence... if any. So shaddup already.<br /><br />aninnymouse said "Whatever makes you happy...but I'm the one who has evidence and science on my side, regardless of what you claim is "Truth"."<br /><br />I believe that that's the same thing the head of the UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change shouted into the phone as India hung up on them and pulled out of the panel.<br /><br />Shaddup already.Van Harveyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08470413719262297062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-82993962462238427282010-02-24T18:14:46.440-08:002010-02-24T18:14:46.440-08:00D'oh!D'oh!LaFayettenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-16876578475013261232010-02-24T18:14:27.295-08:002010-02-24T18:14:27.295-08:00100!100!LaFayettenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-44155190210862231162010-02-24T16:44:03.600-08:002010-02-24T16:44:03.600-08:00""You can't convince a believer of a...""You can't convince a believer of anything; for their belief is not based on evidence, it's based on a deep seated need to believe."<br /><br />If Sagan actually said, I am no longer a fan.<br />of that quote.Rickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10589423819039764711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-26322359577579671742010-02-24T15:58:25.590-08:002010-02-24T15:58:25.590-08:00"But the heart of religion is not altered sta..."But the heart of religion is not altered states but altered traits of character." -Huston SmithJackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06708393262849661076noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-7327908612136697852010-02-24T15:53:37.844-08:002010-02-24T15:53:37.844-08:00The dividing line in this dust-up has to be the &q...The dividing line in this dust-up has to be the "conversion experience." <br /><br />All raccoons have had one; ask any. <br /><br />The non raccoon will not have had one. <br /><br />And this is why we get talk about depth and profundities that are undefined.<br /><br />The conversion experience is an encounter with the legendary "O". It is the evidence that flips the lay person into raccoon territory and forever after runs her life.<br /><br />A single five second encounter is all it takes.<br /><br />To help anon understand the raccoon, he will have to hear some conversion stories. <br /><br />Even then, he will not believe.<br /><br />Then, when his date with "O" rolls around, he will believe, and he will be a raccoon.<br /><br />That is how it is, anon. For real.<br />So who wants to testify on behalf of anon?Open Trenchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06354412002318534131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-44269048882008683032010-02-24T15:41:19.941-08:002010-02-24T15:41:19.941-08:00The last Anonymous to post was not me (the Anonymo...The last Anonymous to post was not me (the Anonymous who has posted most of these comments)<br /><br />Not that I disagree with his thoughts...also not that I disagree with the statement that things would be easier if we chose other names...I'm just saying, really.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-62964346084339678592010-02-24T15:32:12.964-08:002010-02-24T15:32:12.964-08:00Anon:
Given that "the actual universe" ...Anon:<br /><br />Given that "the actual universe" is "[your] territory", isn't there somewhere else you should be?<br /><br />wv: ovelis<br />(Like maybe on planet Ovelis?)Stephen Macdonaldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13474300559219020772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-88375593277240138372010-02-24T15:20:57.302-08:002010-02-24T15:20:57.302-08:00Moving along...
Via Instapundit, the progressives...Moving along...<br /><br />Via Instapundit, the progressives have <a href="http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2010/02/15/atlanta-progressive-news-fires-reporter-for-trying-to-be-objective/" rel="nofollow">rejected one of their own</a> for being too real, man.<br /><br />FTA:<br /><br /><i>Atlanta Progressive News has parted ways with long-serving senior staff writer Jonathan Springston. Apparently, Springston’s affinity for fact-based reporting clashed with Cardinale’s vision.<br />And, no, that’s not sarcasm.<br />In an e-mail statement, editor Matthew Cardinale says Springston was asked to leave APN last week “because he held on to the notion that there was an objective reality that could be reported objectively, despite the fact that that was not our editorial policy at Atlanta Progressive News.”</i><br /><br />Can't make this stuff up, as Glenn says.Stephen Macdonaldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13474300559219020772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-43051613662705733472010-02-24T15:17:51.731-08:002010-02-24T15:17:51.731-08:00hoo boy.
I think I'd rather be forced to wat...hoo boy. <br /><br />I think I'd rather be forced to watch Carrot Top video's a la "A Clockwork Orange" than continue with this guy.<br /><br />Good Luck!Jackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06708393262849661076noreply@blogger.com