tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post3139687224609553460..comments2024-03-27T11:16:36.951-07:00Comments on One Cʘsmos: The Story of God and the Prodigal ScientistGagdad Bobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comBlogger32125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-23495822888167780892011-07-15T05:01:18.147-07:002011-07-15T05:01:18.147-07:00River, and family!
Congratulations- this is wonder...River, and family!<br />Congratulations- this is wonderful news.<br />E-mail me for his ritual sweater:<br />sbb19@hotmail.com<br /><br />Hi, Walt!Salhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13201226644704622876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-86910567333472439872011-07-14T12:59:41.635-07:002011-07-14T12:59:41.635-07:00(My comment was in reply to the David Hume paragra...(My comment was in reply to the David Hume paragraphs.)Annahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16900344453710081874noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-69704821815468706492011-07-14T12:48:55.763-07:002011-07-14T12:48:55.763-07:00Hi Walt (bummer about the cheese grater).
Gagdad ...Hi Walt (bummer about the cheese grater).<br /><br />Gagdad said "Don't worry, it'll get worse. But then it gets easier -- in about four years, give or take."<br /><br />For all you beginner's out there 'The eye of the hurricane' should be the term kept firmly in mind there. <br /><br />Just sayin'.<br /><br />Still, ain't nothing like riding the storm out, a better tailwind you'll never find.Van Harveyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08470413719262297062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-18484108499677416452011-07-14T12:44:32.190-07:002011-07-14T12:44:32.190-07:00Run that through a reversal function and it would ...Run that through a reversal function and it would be a nice quotation. If you start at the end and start switching the switches backwards, it will exponentially get more and more corrected as it approaches the beginning. And in the end, isn't it one's tastes and pleasures that judge a person, or at least identify a person? Just musing here. It's a rather eloquent quote, but exactly wrong, so it caught my attention. He used such thorough language to arrive at the wrong kind of nowhere. <br /><br />wv: holess (Dense... blockhead?)Annahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16900344453710081874noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-7925658758798578702011-07-14T12:42:14.196-07:002011-07-14T12:42:14.196-07:00River! Outstanding! Coongratulations to the three ...River! Outstanding! Coongratulations to the three of you!!!Van Harveyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08470413719262297062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-11665992558927137422011-07-14T12:40:41.265-07:002011-07-14T12:40:41.265-07:00willian said "Essentially it doesn't take...willian said "Essentially it doesn't take a genius to realize you can get whatever interpretation you want out of the Bible."<br /><br />No it doesn't. Still stuck on that irony free diet I see. <br /><br />Oh look, your portrait is ready:<br /><br />"When modest science becomes grandiose scientism, it is analogous to an overexposed photograph..."<br /><br />Yep, it's a deadringer.Van Harveyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08470413719262297062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-82226977598970588442011-07-14T12:22:22.342-07:002011-07-14T12:22:22.342-07:00"This wideawake and cutandry stance toward th..."This wideawake and cutandry stance toward the cosmos is necessarily closed, and not just vertically. Rather, it must ignore anything that is not susceptible to abstraction and quantification. It inevitably leads to -- or is founded upon -- a kind of worldly-wise cynicism, which occurs "whenever man no longer has a flair for the central mystery of being, whenever he has unlearned reverence, wonder, and adoration, whenever, having denied God, whose essence is always characterized by the wonderful, man also overlooks the wondrousness of every single created entity." "<br /><br /><br />Or as <a href="http://blogodidact.blogspot.com/2008/03/liberal-fascism-getting-to-root-of.html" rel="nofollow">Hume confessed his over exposedness,</a><br /><br /><i>"Morals and criticism are not so properly objects of the understanding as of taste and sentiment. Beauty, whether moral or natural, is felt, more properly than perceived. Or if we reason concerning it, and endeavour to fix its standard, we regard a new fact, to wit, the general tastes of mankind, or some such fact, which may be the object of reasoning and enquiry.<br /><br />When we run over libraries, persuaded of these principles, what havoc must we make? If we take in our hand any volume; of divinity or school metaphysics, for instance; let us ask, Does it contain any abstract reasoning concerning quantity or number? No. Does it contain any experimental reasoning concerning matter of fact and existence? No. Commit it then to the flames: for it can contain nothing but sophistry and illusion."</i><br /><br />At least Adam & Eve had the decency to recognize their indecency, Dave on the other hand, just let it all hang out.Van Harveyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08470413719262297062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-38992577288366756392011-07-14T08:42:32.984-07:002011-07-14T08:42:32.984-07:00Walt!
:D
I'm glad you piped up. I tried to s...Walt!<br /><br />:D<br /><br />I'm glad you piped up. I tried to send a more private "howdy," but it bounced. You are most definitely never forgotten.juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15975754287030568726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-75564070602702788482011-07-14T07:14:25.773-07:002011-07-14T07:14:25.773-07:00Don't worry, it'll get worse. But then it...Don't worry, it'll get worse. But then it gets easier -- in about four years, give or take.Gagdad Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-82555941644023314972011-07-14T07:02:38.080-07:002011-07-14T07:02:38.080-07:00Waking up thirty minutes too late for a month in a...Waking up thirty minutes too late for a month in a row would do it.<br /><br />:)Ephrem Antony Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00032465992619034619noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-82313414361940145932011-07-14T02:55:38.849-07:002011-07-14T02:55:38.849-07:00Mmmmm . . . kimchee ....<i>Mmmmm</i> . . . kimchee ....walthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01388218390016612051noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-67985684568170128702011-07-14T02:49:27.243-07:002011-07-14T02:49:27.243-07:00Sheesh! Gong, but not forgotten. What's a herm...Sheesh! <i>Gong</i>, but not forgotten. What's a hermit to do!?<br /><br />But The B'ob, apu, came disturbingly close: <i>"silent penance."</i><br /><br />As to Luke, well, he runs an inneresting ship hisself, and just needs to keep working, most likely.<br /><br />Now, Julie, thanks to yer kind Words, I'm already "running late" and must go do my thing.walthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01388218390016612051noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-18321466590224941432011-07-13T22:05:51.170-07:002011-07-13T22:05:51.170-07:00Probably not, but he is sorely missed. I suspect a...Probably not, but he is sorely missed. I suspect a serendipitous mishap involving kimchee and a gong. <br /><br />Now that the subject has come up, I may have to drop him a line to see how he's doing...juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15975754287030568726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-78136909451206498762011-07-13T22:02:16.594-07:002011-07-13T22:02:16.594-07:00No one knows why Walt pulled the plug. Some say i...No one knows why Walt pulled the plug. Some say it was in order to fulfill the Prophecy and trigger the last days. Others imply that he had been indiscreet in disclosing the Secret, and had to enter a period of silent penance. And still others maintain that he received a cease and desist letter from the legal department of one of the publishers. And at least one person says that he completely changed his religious views after an alien abduction involving a rusty cheese grater. I don't think we'll ever know the truth.Gagdad Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-6471493748336311242011-07-13T20:54:37.474-07:002011-07-13T20:54:37.474-07:00Dear Gagdad Bob,
I love this blog.
I also have a...Dear Gagdad Bob,<br /><br />I love this blog.<br /><br />I also have a feeling you once had a blog called "Froth from Walt." <br /><br />This said blog still shows up in my Google Reader and it is filled with the most remarkable passages from most remarkable books. If this is your curating expertise, I would like to know what happened. Was it moved? Did it disappear like a Tibetan sand mandala? I think that material is priceless and needs to be resurfaced, shared and spread like leaves in the wind. <br /><br />warm regards,<br /><br />LukeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-43627268190556244572011-07-13T20:21:38.658-07:002011-07-13T20:21:38.658-07:00That was a cigar?
Congratulations, River. I shou...That was a cigar?<br /><br />Congratulations, River. I should have been paying more attention.mushroomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07651027035577798096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-17420426105103368292011-07-13T17:28:24.927-07:002011-07-13T17:28:24.927-07:00I'll assume my cigar was lost in the mail.I'll assume my cigar was lost in the mail.Cousin Dupreenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-12808717388295206032011-07-13T15:06:12.292-07:002011-07-13T15:06:12.292-07:00I remember that, too! My goodness! And then ther...I remember that, too! My goodness! And then there was a brief mention of a coming change, without a mention of what it was... I wondered if it could be something such as all of these things. :) <br /><br />(Though it could have been unrelated and a coincidence of course!)Annahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16900344453710081874noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-20493998164973149062011-07-13T15:00:01.713-07:002011-07-13T15:00:01.713-07:00Wonderful news! I trust mama and baby are in good ...Wonderful news! I trust mama and baby are in good health, and that you're getting just enough sleep to squeak by ;)<br /><br />It doesn't seem so long ago you were still trying to figure out how to meet the right girl. How quickly things change! Blessings and prayers for you and yours, and give those little niblet toes a kiss for me. They don't stay niblet-sized for very long :)juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15975754287030568726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-48725875168199176112011-07-13T14:58:57.261-07:002011-07-13T14:58:57.261-07:00Congratulations!Congratulations!Annahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16900344453710081874noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-69298704825475703142011-07-13T14:58:25.160-07:002011-07-13T14:58:25.160-07:00Congratulations!
Say goodbye to sleep.Congratulations!<br /><br />Say goodbye to sleep.John Lienhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15607964922479543670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-78986942162274210762011-07-13T14:48:45.692-07:002011-07-13T14:48:45.692-07:00Ahm, last Wednesday. He's 7 days old now! I ju...Ahm, last Wednesday. He's 7 days old now! I just realised I needed to catch up with y'all.Ephrem Antony Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00032465992619034619noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-28531717853241541942011-07-13T14:37:49.358-07:002011-07-13T14:37:49.358-07:00River! :D
You're going to be a father?!!
Coo...River! :D<br /><br />You're going to be a father?!!<br /><br />Coongratulations - this calls for a happy dance! (My boy has just figured out how to do that; you can't help but want to join in). When's the due date?juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15975754287030568726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-53518202564161997352011-07-13T14:24:18.934-07:002011-07-13T14:24:18.934-07:00Folks, good to see you're still chillin'. ...Folks, good to see you're still chillin'. I guess yet one more of us is taking the journey of reincarnation known as 'having kids'. <br /><br />:)Ephrem Antony Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00032465992619034619noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-85691473119521792942011-07-13T13:34:07.723-07:002011-07-13T13:34:07.723-07:00Although Einstein did make one metaphysical commen...Although Einstein did make one metaphysical comment with which we agree wholeheadedly: "One can best feel in dealing with living things how primitive physics still is."Gagdad Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.com