tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post438774148538348051..comments2024-03-27T11:16:36.951-07:00Comments on One Cʘsmos: A Real God Can Handle the Truth, or There are No Speech Codes in HeavenGagdad Bobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-66021461146808603992015-10-03T18:25:51.849-07:002015-10-03T18:25:51.849-07:00"Authority flows from truth. Otherwise there ..."Authority flows from truth. Otherwise there is no difference between the mugger with a piece of pipe and the righteous king with his scepter."<br /><br />Good stuff, 'shroom.<br /><br />Anony, if you're new to the blog you likely haven't met Petey or Dupree yet...<br /><br />Joan of Argghh!https://www.blogger.com/profile/14729682908266300507noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-59348905854769499302015-10-03T11:35:59.497-07:002015-10-03T11:35:59.497-07:00You don't choose the Raccoons. The Raccoons c...You don't choose the Raccoons. <a href="http://freemasonry.bcy.ca/fiction/fraternities/raccoons.html" rel="nofollow">The Raccoons</a> choose you. If you meet the requirements.Gagdad Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-46471325258594166582015-10-03T10:23:18.352-07:002015-10-03T10:23:18.352-07:00Raccoon sighting! One morning earlier this week I ...Raccoon sighting! One morning earlier this week I spotted in the pre-dawn twilight a mother raccoon and her two tiny coo lets ambling across the pool deck. What a delightful sight!<br /><br />I'm fairly new to this blog, and I am curious why Bob appointed the raccoon, of all creatures, his rep.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-47296230614361375382015-10-03T05:53:49.130-07:002015-10-03T05:53:49.130-07:00Okay, so Ben's story checks out.Okay, so Ben's story checks out.Gagdad Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-34831839867917614882015-10-02T21:31:09.010-07:002015-10-02T21:31:09.010-07:00Hate to be the party pooper Coonrades, but that ra...Hate to be the party pooper Coonrades, but that raccoon story was on the wrong side of truth.<br /><br />http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2015/09/30/Camp-Pendleton-raccoon-drunk-sailor-story-too-good-to-be-true/3791443644543/<br /><br />Oh well, the world isn't quite as wonderful as I thought it to be there for a minute.John Lienhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02302615225311776021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-5626843262443278592015-10-02T16:13:21.108-07:002015-10-02T16:13:21.108-07:00Julie, speaking of Anthony, I don't know if th...Julie, speaking of Anthony, I don't know if the director intended it, but it took someone who had conquered their fears and who had the necessary wisdom to actually get through to him. It would have been more fascinating if Anthony lost his "omnipotence" after that, I think. USS Ben USN (Ret)https://www.blogger.com/profile/07492369604790651538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-66478491048357843022015-10-02T15:57:30.110-07:002015-10-02T15:57:30.110-07:00If you could consciously express what is going on ...<i>If you could consciously express what is going on in the mind of a typical liberal college student, it would be something like this: I know everything, and you'd better not tell me I don't, or I'll report you to the dean!</i><br /><br />Inside their heads, they are all <a href="http://twilightzone.wikia.com/wiki/It's_a_Good_Life" rel="nofollow">Anthony</a>. juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15975754287030568726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-42457796599675502672015-10-02T15:46:34.650-07:002015-10-02T15:46:34.650-07:00this man has such a grand vision, such godlike mor...<i>this man has such a grand vision, such godlike moral authority, such magnificent wisdom, that we must stop quarreling with the infidels -- who knows, perhaps even stop murdering them for the sake of our own omnipotent vision. Obama's omnipotence is better than ours!</i><br /><br />I'll bet that's exactly what the Nobel committee was expecting to happen when they gave him that prize.<br /><br />Oops.juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15975754287030568726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-22244353778954302842015-10-02T14:25:10.319-07:002015-10-02T14:25:10.319-07:00"Now obviously there can be no right or wrong..."Now obviously there can be no right or wrong side of history. Rather, right and wrong apply only to 1) truth, and 2) by extension, virtue.<br /><br />In other words, truth is what we ought to think, while virtue is what we ought to do. Of the two, the first is primary, because we won't know what to do unless we know what to think: human action is a prolongation of thought (whereas animal action is simply a prolongation of instinct)."<br /><br />That is a priceless truth, USS Ben USN (Ret)https://www.blogger.com/profile/07492369604790651538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-60755170368831409632015-10-02T14:23:39.987-07:002015-10-02T14:23:39.987-07:00Ha ha! It wasn't me, I was no where near the v...Ha ha! It wasn't me, I was no where near the vicinity (as far as I know). Besides, I would never do that to a fellow raccoon. Now cats OTOH....USS Ben USN (Ret)https://www.blogger.com/profile/07492369604790651538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-22116038313347260702015-10-02T12:11:49.691-07:002015-10-02T12:11:49.691-07:00But truth doesn't need to resort to brittle th...<i>But truth doesn't need to resort to brittle threats of violence. </i><br /><br />I think we could safely turn that around and say that brittle threats of violence are generally indicative of the absence of truth. <br /><br />Power and truth go together -- authority might be a better word than power. Authority flows from truth. Otherwise there is no difference between the mugger with a piece of pipe and the righteous king with his scepter. mushroomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07651027035577798096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-27325144752293811122015-10-02T11:32:48.622-07:002015-10-02T11:32:48.622-07:00Ben?<a href="http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/2015/sep/30/navy-marine-racoon-breathalyzer-camp-pendleton/" rel="nofollow">Ben</a>?Gagdad Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-9560569500889936122015-10-02T11:26:24.096-07:002015-10-02T11:26:24.096-07:00Yes, that commandment is almost a prophylactic aga...Yes, that commandment is almost a prophylactic against the temptation to turn the omnipotence toward oneself.Gagdad Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-69912016073506893352015-10-02T11:18:42.600-07:002015-10-02T11:18:42.600-07:00"...For example, without that reservoir of om..."...For example, without that reservoir of omnipotence, it would be impossible to conceive of or intuit God..."<br /><br />Hmmm... what does that remind me of... 'Thou shalt have no other gods before me. ..' or something. Van Harveyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08470413719262297062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-30035311846367451002015-10-02T08:53:22.271-07:002015-10-02T08:53:22.271-07:00"So when contemporary progressives make their..."So when contemporary progressives make their crass appeals to the right side of history, we know they're making an even crasser appeal to <b>the naked violence which will come your way if you are on the wrong side of the state</b> -- the state embodying the mystical Will of the People."<br /><br />Nothing to add but emphasis. Van Harveyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08470413719262297062noreply@blogger.com