tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post6209248226628977520..comments2024-03-28T20:04:20.286-07:00Comments on One Cʘsmos: Wait a Minute, What Kind of Christian Are You, Anyway?Gagdad Bobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comBlogger49125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-12023563603273210672008-06-05T07:35:00.000-07:002008-06-05T07:35:00.000-07:00Hmm, Christian rock is an example of what happens ...Hmm, Christian rock is an example of what happens when people forget what 'worship' means. If we say the creation glorifies God, does it not do so by simply being? Likewise, those who proclaim that a Christian service without drums or guitar is 'dead' or 'not worshipping with stringed instruments (Ps.)' fail to also notice that Paul calls us to pray unceasingly. The 'rational worship' of the church is done without instruments, but the rest of the worship of the church inevitably includes them. If a pianist plays 'Hungarian Rhapsody', does he not glorify God, who created the mind which birthed both the piano and the composition? How then could we be doing anything other than worship when we do what God made us for? All that remains is to meditate on him in your heart while doing these things. If you can do that, you won't be led astray.<BR/><BR/>On the other hand, the rational worship - which is to correct and realign the lower mind - needs to be difficult and demanding but able to be done by all. <BR/><BR/>Every good prayer has a verse, a chorus, a bridge and a solo, just like any song. When you pray, do you think you will make a new song completely out of whole cloth every time, or maybe its good to start by covering <A HREF="http://orthodoxwiki.org/Trisagion#Trisagion_Prayer" REL="nofollow">some standards</A>?Ephrem Antony Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00032465992619034619noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-39836923946519658142008-06-05T05:52:00.000-07:002008-06-05T05:52:00.000-07:00Or this one with Victor Davis Hanson who nails one...Or this one with <A HREF="http://fora.tv/2008/04/29/Victor_Davis_Hanson_Where_the_University_Went_Wrong" REL="nofollow">Victor Davis Hanson</A> who nails one of the big issues (and first motivations & smuggling points for corrupting) behind the destruction of Education in the USA, 'vocationalism', and others.<BR/><BR/>Gotta go, time for another 12 hr day. woo-hoo.Van Harveyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08470413719262297062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-14148184973000173642008-06-05T05:44:00.000-07:002008-06-05T05:44:00.000-07:00Ximeze, Yes I did, thanks. A good use of screen re...Ximeze, <BR/>Yes I did, thanks. A good use of screen real estate, and I like the ability to select chapters, view related material, links, etc. Fora.tv makes a similar usage, though with banners and advertising... check this one out, with an interview with <BR/><A HREF="http://fora.tv/2008/02/21/Uncommon_Knowledge_Thomas_Sowell" REL="nofollow">Thomas Sowell</A> (if for no other reason, than it's an interview with Thomas Sowell!).Van Harveyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08470413719262297062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-79002961189056538982008-06-05T02:03:00.000-07:002008-06-05T02:03:00.000-07:00Transcendental Language, Scripture, Music, Stories...Transcendental Language, Scripture, Music, Stories, Poetry, Haiku's, HumOr, Rebuke, In-struction, Art...the Constitution (and there is more)...all point and are derived from, and in fact are...Truth.<BR/><BR/>How do we gno? 'Cause it's...are you listening? Are you lOOking?<BR/><BR/>BeCause it's SELF EVIDENT!!!<BR/><BR/>If you don't "get" that, then you need Grace.<BR/>But you must be Open to Grace.<BR/>You must be...BROKEN...to receive Grace!!!<BR/><BR/>Are you lOOking?<BR/>Are you listening?<BR/>Are you WILLing to sacrifice and carry your own Cross, no matter what?<BR/>Are you WILLing to give Him your burdens?<BR/><BR/>Mere science...mere facts...mere horizontal exspamsion won't give you what you need to grow, expand your gnoledge, and transcend. <BR/><BR/>Only the vertical, the most High can inspire you and motivate you to humble your soph.<BR/><BR/>Then, and Only then, will you be ready to Be Gin to Be HuMan.<BR/><BR/>You wanna gno what kinda Christian I Am? Read my stories.<BR/><BR/>You wanna gno what kinda Christian/Jew/Hindu any racoon is?<BR/>Read, listen, lOOk, perceive n' receive the many facets of Truth channeled and cOntained by the Truth in the haikus, photos, paintings, lessons, in-sights, music, Art, Goodness, questyons, coontemplations, revelations, testimOnies, comments, humor, links, etc...freely coonveyed by all the racoons here.<BR/><BR/>But beware. Unless you experience, realize and actualize the Truth for your soph, you won't "get" it.<BR/><BR/>Slack, silence, patience, and ObjectIvity is Ossential before you can begin to cOmprehend, and your pride, your rebelliousness must be broken and Obliterated. <BR/><BR/>You must unknow before you can begin to gno.<BR/><BR/>Thanks Bob, for another great imprOvisionation!!!<BR/>You got some great chOps there!!! :^)USS Ben USN (Ret)https://www.blogger.com/profile/07492369604790651538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-84509004264205573772008-06-04T21:24:00.000-07:002008-06-04T21:24:00.000-07:00Music had to be included when Paul wrote, "...what...Music had to be included when Paul wrote, "...whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is of good repute - if there is any excellence and if anything worthy of praise, dwell on these things." (Phil 4:8)<BR/><BR/>Hmmm...sounds like something Petey said earlier.<BR/><BR/>:)NoMohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01100042056270224683noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-89004881806692997692008-06-04T21:14:00.000-07:002008-06-04T21:14:00.000-07:00Van, did you check out that link to Knowledge Publ...Van, did you check out that link to Knowledge Publisher in the PJM article?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-66065326314678374392008-06-04T20:19:00.000-07:002008-06-04T20:19:00.000-07:00Smoov,Hey sorry I missed your comment to me this m...Smoov,<BR/>Hey sorry I missed your comment to me this morning (yesterday's post), slipped right by me in between comments.<BR/><BR/>I've made several rough prototypes of the app I have in mind over the years, from vb 5 & 6 windows apps, to xsl, asp.net, and even with some gaming features etc - enough for me to see different ideas in action, not enough to prototype a complete picture to investors... mainly because the hardware and web infrastructure hasn't been there to fully carry it out.<BR/><BR/>But seeing that the pieces are starting to come together out there, I've been reconceiving previous ideas and rewriting pieces into SqlServer2005 & C#, the idea being that core features would be able to interface out to either web, windows, multi-user... even X-Box (I've got a bit more to grasp and prove on that front) - I'm pretty excited about it, but given the little free time I've got available, I wouldn't want to give anyone the idea that I'll have a respectable proof of concept prototype ready in the near future.<BR/><BR/>Smoov, I appreciate your comments, and I'll definitely let you and the 'Coon Den know when I've got the vaporware condensed out of the Ozone and into actualware!<BR/><BR/>(I now return the comments to their regularly scheduled tOpics)Van Harveyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08470413719262297062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-13271886463398570102008-06-04T20:05:00.000-07:002008-06-04T20:05:00.000-07:00Doh!Slack; got it right as I hit preview.Doh!<BR/><I>Slack</I>; got it right as I hit preview.juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15975754287030568726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-69710512952283949832008-06-04T20:04:00.000-07:002008-06-04T20:04:00.000-07:00Nice Bo Diddley memorial, by the way, but R.I.S?It...Nice Bo Diddley memorial, by the way, but R.I.<I>S</I>?<BR/><BR/>It's probably really obvious, but I have to ask.juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15975754287030568726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-22732937826543552482008-06-04T19:30:00.000-07:002008-06-04T19:30:00.000-07:00Beauty tips? Talk - talk - talk. Empirical evide...Beauty tips? Talk - talk - talk. Empirical evidence is required in the horizontal realm please!<BR/><BR/>O-tay?QPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15827536245376441948noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-60341086543951327532008-06-04T19:10:00.000-07:002008-06-04T19:10:00.000-07:00Petey says, "entirely derivative".Perfect descript...Petey says, "entirely derivative".<BR/><BR/>Perfect description. It's like we have to have a "Christian" alternative to the good stuff. Just give me the good stuff. <BR/><BR/>And I don't mean to offend anyone who likes John Tesh. <BR/><BR/>(But, hell, if you like John Tesh, what <I>could</I> offend you?)mushroomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07651027035577798096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-31701329490374589922008-06-04T18:49:00.000-07:002008-06-04T18:49:00.000-07:00The problem is, any rock that is good is already C...The problem is, any rock that is good is already Christian, otherwise it wouldn't be good, just as any truth that is true is Christian truth, so it is redundant to say "Christian music" or "Christian truth." In the end, most "Christian rock" musicians strike me losers who would like to make it in secular music, but can't, so they invented this format called "Christian rock," in which they pathetically ape secular musicians but throw in a few pedantic lyrics. I certainly don't see any innovation. It's entirely derivative. <BR/><BR/>There was a time that it was the other way around, e.g., the way in which soul music was totally rooted in, and nourished by, gospel music. The further away soul music has gotten from its sacred roots, the more disposable it has become.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-42264967682765126512008-06-04T18:39:00.000-07:002008-06-04T18:39:00.000-07:00Hey: the beauty tips have come in handy.O-kay?Hey: the beauty tips have come in handy.<BR/><BR/><I>O-kay?</I>walthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01388218390016612051noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-31377713286721045212008-06-04T18:37:00.000-07:002008-06-04T18:37:00.000-07:00Christian rock seems to me to be an absolute train...Christian rock seems to me to be an absolute train-wreck clash of esthetic, emotional and spiritual sensibilities. Rock is a very visceral Dionysian mode whereas Christianity seems to be about transcending that. The two modes seem to be at war with each other to me. I must admit that I haven't delved very deeply into the genre but the only Christian pop/rock that works for me is ''Sixpence None the Richer'' They have had some commercial success and are pretty good craftsmen.Sibylline Zipperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13600791817701381657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-74555542138236333032008-06-04T18:35:00.000-07:002008-06-04T18:35:00.000-07:00Ahem. The esteemed station manager at Radio KROK ...Ahem. The esteemed station manager at Radio KROK takes his bizness <I>seriously</I> - knows his competition.QPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15827536245376441948noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-29194889749189720922008-06-04T17:51:00.000-07:002008-06-04T17:51:00.000-07:00Walt -I love that program. I never miss it...can'...Walt -I love that program. I never miss it...can't you tell?NoMohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01100042056270224683noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-59090110132087868352008-06-04T17:38:00.000-07:002008-06-04T17:38:00.000-07:00John Tesh now hosts a syndicated radio program. In...John Tesh now hosts a syndicated radio program. In between music selections, he reads bits and bytes of cultural info, about relationships, work "issues," health/exercise/beauty tips, etc. The program's slogan says that listening to it will make you more "intelligent."walthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01388218390016612051noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-53849674820027348412008-06-04T17:17:00.000-07:002008-06-04T17:17:00.000-07:00John Tesh is good if you find Liberace a little to...John Tesh is good if you find Liberace a little too "edgy."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-14621533731585449492008-06-04T16:40:00.000-07:002008-06-04T16:40:00.000-07:00That said, I'll gladly take John Tesh over most Ch...That said, I'll gladly take John Tesh over most Christian Pop any day.juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15975754287030568726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-14571243006029700452008-06-04T16:38:00.000-07:002008-06-04T16:38:00.000-07:00Nomo - now that's weird!Mushroom, "John Tesh seems...Nomo - now that's weird!<BR/><BR/>Mushroom, "John Tesh seems like an awfully nice, sincere dumb guy. There are worse things to be."<BR/><BR/>I don't disagree, I just find his music (and admittedly, I haven't heard much of it, as what small portions I've heard made me want to change the channel) rather tepid. It's deep, imo, in the sense that it might impart a deep state of snooziness or agitation, depending upon the listener's sensibilities. Which to some people may be a good thing, but it just doesn't work for me.<BR/><BR/>I am 100% certain that some raccoons would feel the same way about many of my own favorites (which is why I usually keep mum during musical discussions).juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15975754287030568726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-62153735689064329572008-06-04T15:30:00.000-07:002008-06-04T15:30:00.000-07:00In re the sound. Some years ago I got involved in...In re the sound. Some years ago I got involved in Sanskrit Mantra. My teacher, Thomas Ashley-Farrand (has books on this stuff) asserts that the kind of Hinduism he knows is based on sacred sound, which he likened to the Gospel of John's "in the beginning was the Word". In other words, first comes the utterance, the sound. What is truly spooky is the remnant of the Big Bang can is a really low frequency radio wave that can still be heard!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-66401942281816799772008-06-04T15:18:00.000-07:002008-06-04T15:18:00.000-07:00John Tesh seems like an awfully nice, sincere dumb...John Tesh seems like an awfully nice, sincere dumb guy. There are worse things to be. <BR/><BR/>I like some jazz. Christian pop/rock just makes me ill. Except a few songs by Switchfoot who almost seem to get it. I think most Christian music takes itself way too seriously, is joyless and beats you over the head with its often trivial treatment of ideas it doesn't understand.mushroomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07651027035577798096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-11160902930863508092008-06-04T15:12:00.000-07:002008-06-04T15:12:00.000-07:00OK, Julie, I didn't read your comment before posti...OK, Julie, I didn't read your comment before posting mine. That's just scary.NoMohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01100042056270224683noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-3314072729040865472008-06-04T15:11:00.000-07:002008-06-04T15:11:00.000-07:00The Man definitely riffed.The Man definitely <A HREF="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John%202:1-11;&version=72" REL="nofollow">riffed</A>.NoMohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01100042056270224683noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-490304318995154242008-06-04T15:06:00.000-07:002008-06-04T15:06:00.000-07:00Unrelated to anything that's been said lately, you...Unrelated to anything that's been said lately, you should consider drinking <A HREF="http://www.reuters.com/article/healthNews/idUSN0337151520080604?pageNumber=1&virtualBrandChannel=0" REL="nofollow">red wine</A> on a regular basis. (via Insty)juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15975754287030568726noreply@blogger.com