tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post556153963618035607..comments2024-03-28T20:04:20.286-07:00Comments on One Cʘsmos: What Does the Left Want? Freedom! From What? Reality!Gagdad Bobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-66188120426162325362017-12-12T09:38:22.975-08:002017-12-12T09:38:22.975-08:00See p. 265: A huge mythunderstanding. The word ma...See p. 265: <i>A huge mythunderstanding. The word made fresh. Non-friction. Telos when it's over. Now. It is accomplished.</i> Etc.Peteynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-76744080501168001272017-12-12T09:16:03.011-08:002017-12-12T09:16:03.011-08:00What exactly are you trying to telos? I don't ...What exactly are you trying to telos? I don't get it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-75244720623927419742017-12-11T18:54:57.988-08:002017-12-11T18:54:57.988-08:00Re. freedom from reality, a good observation here ...Re. freedom from reality, a good observation here on <a href="http://captaincapitalism.blogspot.com/2017/11/the-left-punishes-itselfmercilessly-and.html" rel="nofollow">the life of the average leftist</a>. Deny it all they want, there are consequences.juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15975754287030568726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-29287184781561149852017-12-10T17:14:14.238-08:002017-12-10T17:14:14.238-08:00Saw Lady Bird last night. Such a joy of a film, an...Saw Lady Bird last night. Such a joy of a film, and surprisingly <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/24254/review-lady-bird-brutally-honest-christian-michael-j-knowles#" rel="nofollow">positive Catholic</a> themes done in an authentic way. Highly recommend!tedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07354048695798015131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-24037285755539402712017-12-09T15:43:29.578-08:002017-12-09T15:43:29.578-08:00Time and place are the divine platforms for human ...Time and place are the divine platforms for human actions. Actions meaningful and meaningless, malignant or benign are the outcomes by which we are judged by the One that has placed nothing in this cosmos in vain. Life is a testing ground to see who go with the diabolic or the antagonistic forces of good, The crappy countries of the middle earth are the creation of those who have set the motion of our world in the wrong direction, the direction of the white man burden mission that launched its people in an intrusive motion of aggression through out, the earth as it is well known blundering killing and stealing all that under the false adage of civilizing the primitive world. I do not want to be oppressive in my assessment. Let us be honest with ourselves and not forget the teleological causality of this cosmos that leaves nothing without restraint in the due time. As all the prophets said, there is the permitted and the forbidden but they are not without limits even excess in the permitted has its limit and it will fire back when it reaches the limit. If you read Whitehead or R.M, Adams they say far worse things about the trajectory of the west than what I said despite I am one of those who tasted the oppression. Zooming across time it will show us clearly that the left we are decrying are the offspring of that tradition. Faith is the abode where the self focuses on itself before looking on the faults of others. There is no collective responsibility but only individual accountability. Religion is a statement of truth all rituals are supplementary if they do not pour in the river of truth they are useless. People of the west should stop working for themselves only but share their knowledge and abundance with others. I hope you saw the Jews of New york In their dissenting voice against Zionism and their refusal to the concept of non-coexistence the Zionists propagate. Do you thick, it is a wise strategy to build a high wall around the people you highly favored. Unconditional position run contrary to the dictate of the divine code that have asked the humans to bear witness for Him even against themselves or their closest relatives. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02180761762279054000noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-91125353028704130722017-12-09T13:38:18.799-08:002017-12-09T13:38:18.799-08:00Seconds sounds interesting. Will have to add to th...Seconds sounds interesting. Will have to add to the watchlist.<br /><br />Speaking of Dirty Harvey and the outing of the sleazebags, it dawned on me yesterday that while current events aren't <i>the</i> Apocalypse, they are most definitely <i>an</i> apocalypse on a national level. Further, it elucidates something I don't think had ever occurred to me: that in a time of unveiling, all who have lived their lives in accordance with truth will seem essentially the same, both before and after, though perhaps some unrecognized saints will be revealed for who they are. Conversely, all who have been living according to the lie will also be revealed for what they are, and as we have seen the truth for many, and many who seemed "decent," will be very ugly.<br /><br />In that light, it is really amazing to see current world events playing out: no matter how much the left tries to accuse others of their own crimes, the true are largely shown to be true while the false are being outed and taken out. <br /><br />Interesting times...juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15975754287030568726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-47864101869691808652017-12-09T10:26:37.944-08:002017-12-09T10:26:37.944-08:00Looks like the youtube version is both cropped and...Looks like the youtube version is both cropped and sped up. We rented it on amazon.Gagdad Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00911613613759942690noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-77189621009540929602017-12-09T10:24:29.112-08:002017-12-09T10:24:29.112-08:00Last night I watched a cult classic from 1966 call...Last night I watched a cult classic from 1966 called <i>Seconds</i>, which is all about diabolical freedom. I'd never even heard of it before, but it is quite good. Strange and provocative -- similar vibe to <i>The Swimmer</i>. <br /><br />They have it on <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1&v=Wlq635bJcW4" rel="nofollow">youtube</a>, but with a slightly reduced screen. I would be curious to know what others think. It's like a sci fi version of the fall of man.Gagdad Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00911613613759942690noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-61575462007484916972017-12-08T15:41:12.159-08:002017-12-08T15:41:12.159-08:00"the power to do good can be as evil as the p...<i> "the power to do good can be as evil as the power to do bad, if it is power only." Boom. That is what you call a knockout blow.</i><br /><br />Tolkien wrote a whole series of stories about that.<br /><br />Gandalf: "Don't tempt me, Frodo. I dare not take<br /> it, not even to keep it safe.<br /><br />Understand, Frodo...I would use this Ring<br /> from a desire to do good...but through<br /> me, it would wield a power too great and<br /> terrible to imagine."juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15975754287030568726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-86360511087273241542017-12-08T15:30:08.636-08:002017-12-08T15:30:08.636-08:00For example, if you are a cokehead and win the lot...<i>For example, if you are a cokehead and win the lottery, things are not going to end well.</i><br /><br />A family member dated a guy, many years back, who was a recovering heroin addict. She asked him what he would do if he ever won millions the lottery (herself dreaming of All the Things). Without hesitation, he said he'd give every penny of it away; he knew that if it was in his hands for more than a minute, he'd destroy himself with drugs. I gained a lot of respect for him for understanding that about himself; she was aghast that he wouldn't keep even a little bit.<br /><br />They didn't date for very long.juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15975754287030568726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-54856357360943356892017-12-08T12:23:34.571-08:002017-12-08T12:23:34.571-08:00A very thoughtful post on a fascinating topic. Tha...A very thoughtful post on a fascinating topic. Thank you. <br /><br />I would like to introduce a new variable into the equation, which I will call "agency" or "agenda."<br /><br />The newly minted human being arrives on earth, slipping out of the birth canal (or incision) with a body laden with pre-loaded programming. The body has obviously been well thought-out prior to its construction, and has all manner of time-stamped, pre-programmed cellular activities and milestones, and behavioural tactics like the suck reflex, etc. We all know this, nothing new.<br /><br />The spiritual component, the soul, arrives as well. We sometime think of the soul as a "tabula rasa" as it comes to Earth. However, it stands to reason the soul is also laden, at birth, with pre-programmed goals and milestones it wants to achieve. These are probably punched into the soul's memory prior to birth. <br /><br />Therefore, the view of people as being despoiled by freedom without telos, seems shaky. All souls have telos, and it is present at birth. There is probably a natural limitation to evil, as for plenty of souls evil just won't be on the "agenda." The soul will not waste time on things which are not on it's list of "things to do." For others, evil might very well be on the agenda. Therefore life will present a moral spectrum which seems to be environmentally induced. This conclusion may well be spurious.<br /><br />My two cents, Das Philosoph, Pomona CA Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com