tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post6598609326639671018..comments2024-03-27T11:16:36.951-07:00Comments on One Cʘsmos: Leftist Faith, Ecstatic Moral Inversion, and the Substance of NothingGagdad Bobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comBlogger26125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-70789199646360358032008-12-17T23:00:00.000-08:002008-12-17T23:00:00.000-08:00I found some of your essay to be pretty interestin...I found some of your essay to be pretty interesting, and I'm going to quote you (later.)<BR/><BR/>Your commentators seem like a good lot, too. Lucky fellow.<BR/><BR/>Yalla, Dag.Daghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10664271893389366772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-73867189605629222712007-08-24T09:59:00.000-07:002007-08-24T09:59:00.000-07:00Aaah Julie, you're a better woman than I, who's cr...Aaah Julie, you're a better woman than I, who's cross to bear in this life is a male mind presented in a female body. I do seem to have been built without the 'feminine sweetness' gene included. My Mamina was convinced she was carrying a boy & had only male names picked out. Surprise!<BR/><BR/>The tendancy to vector in & let'um have it has earned me the nic of Cruise Missile Ximeze. Oh well.<BR/><BR/>I would never kick a dog, cat or parrot, gno'ing how rotten I'd feel for doing so. Humans, who should know better, are a different matter entirely.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-89905979748270459522007-08-24T08:37:00.000-07:002007-08-24T08:37:00.000-07:00"Comm'on Julie, don't get all Rodney King on us: w..."Comm'on Julie, don't get all Rodney King on us: we can't all just get along, not if we care deeply about Truth, anyway."<BR/><BR/>I know, Ximeze. It's just that I usually tend to lean (I hope) more towards genteel disagreement than outright use of the Cluebat. And yes, I realize that's not always the best route. (I grew up with a strong dose of "If you don't have anything nice to say...," combined with experiencing close up just how crushed people could be on the rare occasions when I hit 'em with both barrels. They never expected it, and I always felt like I kicked their dog in front of them, or something.)<BR/><BR/>Of course, some days, I just can't help myself, and some people are just so stupid there isn't much of an alternative.juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15975754287030568726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-15118626666382318092007-08-24T07:48:00.000-07:002007-08-24T07:48:00.000-07:00I want myYOUR ENVYYOUR PROBLEMt-shirt.I want my<BR/>YOUR ENVY<BR/>YOUR PROBLEM<BR/>t-shirt.Magnus Itlandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18445902788427523461noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-72285527639524579912007-08-24T06:20:00.000-07:002007-08-24T06:20:00.000-07:00Cousin Dupree...Now you've left me hanging with th...Cousin Dupree...<BR/>Now you've left me hanging with that comment!<BR/>Good news I know how to handle... don't get puffed up.<BR/>Bad news, well, I've probally been dealing with bad news longer than you've been alive. Hee Hee!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-24843467118146446132007-08-24T05:28:00.000-07:002007-08-24T05:28:00.000-07:00". . . they truly do not care about the world so l...". . . they truly do not care about the world so long as the world does not comport with their fantasies of how it ought to be."<BR/><BR/>Speaking of Hitler's approach to retreat, what worries me is that a scorched earth policy is pretty much what we've been seeing from one of our two major political parties in recent years. And I think we can expect it possibly to get worse, now that said party has been taken over by a cult, as it dawns on many of them that the US political landscape is deviating from their expectations, a realization that has to occur sooner or later.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-89678556413770164632007-08-24T05:00:00.000-07:002007-08-24T05:00:00.000-07:00Ximeze said... "Comm'on Julie, don't get all Rodne...Ximeze said... "Comm'on Julie, don't get all Rodney King on us: we can't all just get along, not if we care deeply about Truth, anyway."<BR/><BR/>Did I miss something?<BR/><BR/>(psst! JulieC - do a couple of 'pffft!' comments - drives Ximeze nuts)<BR/><BR/>;-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-79238376266266362252007-08-24T04:56:00.000-07:002007-08-24T04:56:00.000-07:00insufferable boob-joob said "Well, I want to take ...insufferable boob-joob said "Well, I want to take over the world. I want absolute power. I want to indulge every whim that I have until they are all exhausted."<BR/><BR/>Hey there Big Bob Albrite (longtime locals will get it), your first problem is that you're living in the only sin free city in Nevada. Step 1 in your 3 Step plan to rule the world has gotta be to get outta there. At least move to Henderson, then you can move on to Step 2.<BR/><BR/>Sorry, that's all the steps I'll give Pro Bonno.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-23196600002084065472007-08-24T04:21:00.000-07:002007-08-24T04:21:00.000-07:00What Walt Said (TM)!<I>What Walt Said</I> (TM)!Mizz Ehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02325435271880036807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-18859826568512002612007-08-24T03:37:00.000-07:002007-08-24T03:37:00.000-07:00"...with all your umph squeezed out."Thanks Ximeze..."...with all your umph squeezed out."<BR/><BR/>Thanks Ximeze! I'm swiping that one!walthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01388218390016612051noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-32547569361499829162007-08-23T23:28:00.000-07:002007-08-23T23:28:00.000-07:00Comm'on Julie, don't get all Rodney King on us: we...Comm'on Julie, don't get all Rodney King on us: we can't all just get along, not if we care deeply about Truth, anyway.<BR/><BR/>Perhaps Smoov has been spending too many hours at the negotiatiating table. If memory serves, he's often one of the first to check a troll's site & pronounce judgement on their motives & agenda in hardhitting uncomplimentary words. I find it very helpful, since then I can save myself the task of slogging thru their dreck.<BR/><BR/>Bob is perfectly capable of issuing reproofs to Raccoons when he deems it necessary. Tinfoil-hatters, idiots, bozos, etal, deserve to be tagged for what they write. <BR/><BR/>So, too, should those who write in the service of the Forces of Darkness, be tagged. Not very many minutes on Allo's site, with Coonvision switched to the ON positions, told me about as much as I wanted to know. Other Coons smelled the rot there too: nothing healthy to eat in here.<BR/><BR/>Don't fall for 'ya gotta play nice' social-grooming tactics, even if they come from siblings-under-the-pelt. You'll end up on tiptoes in an eggshell minefield, with all your umph squeezed out.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-50254280346351279952007-08-23T22:13:00.000-07:002007-08-23T22:13:00.000-07:00Well, I want to take over the world. I want absol...Well, I want to take over the world. I want absolute power. I want to indulge every whim that I have until they are all exhausted. Then I shall retire to a couch with ample food, drink and entertainment and veg away the remainder of my allotted time.<BR/><BR/>That would be a life well spent. <BR/><BR/>But, I manage an auto-parts store in Boulder City, Nevada. How do I get there from here?<BR/><BR/>What would be my first move in a global takeover?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-9645093610207405752007-08-23T21:22:00.000-07:002007-08-23T21:22:00.000-07:00Speaking of which, Hey! Will! Wake Up!. Ok, going ...Speaking of which, <I><B>Hey! Will! Wake Up!</B></I>. Ok, going to sleep now.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-90481500013522719212007-08-23T21:17:00.000-07:002007-08-23T21:17:00.000-07:00"The Grand Inquisitor said... "World dominant ideo..."The Grand Inquisitor said... "World dominant ideology of exoteric scientism blah...blah...blah... mind control blah...blah...blah... and collectives by means ofblah...blah...blah... technologies, practical and consumer oriented blah...blah...blah...power-alliances blah...blah...blah... broad-scale ritual propagandizing of scientific blah...blah...blah...propgandizing of IRREDUCIBLY oblah...blah...blah...materiality, objective certainty, progress, analyticblah...blah...blah...blah."<BR/>"<BR/>I suspect that GI's blahther has more to do with his hatred of tv, washing machines and video games - and the hours he wastes upon them, while scientism is but a convenient rationalization recently discovered. The real problem comes before that, with scientism being just one obvious expression of it. <BR/><BR/>I reject the idea that there is knowledge (ok, I'd better specify, proper non deranged or perverted knowledge) which has no right to exist. Knowledge is grasping and integrating reality and truth into your mind and soul. What is the problem, is its being 'factualized' and pursued and applied by people with no moral knowledge or understanding. I mean moral not in the tsk-tsk sense, but moral in the sense of respecting reality, of recognizing the primacy of Truth, not expedience. <BR/><BR/>The person who respects reality, implicitly reveres Truth, and will be internally motivated, seeking to understand and harmonize with Truth. The person who does not respect reality, who puts what they want to be real above what IS real; they prefer and revere what <I>is not True </I>- They seek to overthrow Heaven in spirit and deed. <BR/><BR/>To them, truth is inconvenient, it interferes with what they wish to be real, what they strain to fool others into thinking is real about them, in order to collect the envy from other peoples eyes. Their sense of self is excised from their soul and placed into the clouded eyes of others - with the accompanying fear that it will be blinked away at any moment. For others to see the Truth, is for them to be discarded. To the extent that this view is adopted, to that extent your very soul is reduced, tossed out to be a welcome mat at the front of a home you no longer own. <BR/><BR/>That mindset, that vision, inevitably turns all knowledge to corruption - how can it not? <BR/><BR/>At the very least, the influence of this point of view will make one live shallowly, restless, bored, fickle, without depth, and in the extremes, a person may descend the scale to a dailyKos/Soros level or further on down to a Napoleon or Hitler. There is no knowledge which can not be corrupted to evil purposes, Economic, Philosophical, Spiritual or Scientific - and no knowledge that can not be redeemed by a proper understanding and respect for Reality and Truth, by whatever name you choose to regard them.<BR/><BR/>Sorry for the rant, the last 48 hrs has been a very long day. Thanks for the beam in the darknes.<BR/><BR/>wv:onbodfwa... hmmm, not sure, but Lisa probably has a Pilates angle on it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-39871565622238145472007-08-23T21:07:00.000-07:002007-08-23T21:07:00.000-07:00I jes luv messin wit WIKI.I jes luv messin wit WIKI.NoMohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01100042056270224683noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-20790083298078776062007-08-23T20:55:00.000-07:002007-08-23T20:55:00.000-07:00Kind of good news/bad news for Biker Lady.Kind of good news/bad news for Biker Lady.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-89791682806025042482007-08-23T20:37:00.000-07:002007-08-23T20:37:00.000-07:00OT:Something is amiss over at Wiki. I found this ...OT:<BR/><BR/>Something is amiss over at Wiki. I found this in the article about Epicurus.<BR/><BR/>"He enjoyed eating cheese and fine women, he also hated motorbikes."<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epicurus" REL="nofollow">Look and See</A> for yourself.Mizz Ehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02325435271880036807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-66285566646160603182007-08-23T20:10:00.000-07:002007-08-23T20:10:00.000-07:00Might miracles simply be God acting within one of ...Might miracles simply be God acting within one of the many natural laws which we have not yet discovered?NoMohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01100042056270224683noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-45203554811741541782007-08-23T19:57:00.000-07:002007-08-23T19:57:00.000-07:00Anon 7:00PM - Welcome to the gnuthouse! You'll fit...Anon 7:00PM - Welcome to the gnuthouse! You'll fit right in!<BR/><BR/>{;0)>NoMohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01100042056270224683noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-10364603077431603532007-08-23T19:00:00.000-07:002007-08-23T19:00:00.000-07:00Dude or should I say "Comrade"May I begin by sayin...Dude or should I say "Comrade"<BR/><BR/>May I begin by saying that despite (perhaps because of) the fact that I often (not that often) disagree with you, your posts have been a source of illuminification during the long tea time of my wandering soul<BR/><BR/><BR/>Pray for Zimbabwe, the new Rwanda, I beg you.<BR/><BR/>Know that the United States of Africa shall arise from the ashes and take its place alongside America and India in the reformed Grand Alliance to confront Tyranny and banish it from the face of God's own planet<BR/><BR/>EARTH<BR/><BR/>Yours etc.<BR/><BR/>PR "Daisy Cutter" O' Braonain<BR/>Soldier of Mandela<BR/><BR/>Officer Commanding<BR/>Jedi Special Forces (Wildebeest Battallion)<BR/>Somewhere in AfricaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-1394134394207901902007-08-23T18:21:00.000-07:002007-08-23T18:21:00.000-07:00Well, GI is in interesting company. In the same bo...Well, GI is in interesting company. In the same book, Schuon, as the <I>echt</I> traditionalist, says that in the excessive claims of scientism:<BR/><BR/>"the useless coincides with the pernicious, as is shown by the myths of Prometheus, Icarus, the Titans, and Lucifer, and as is proved to excess by the experiences of the last two centuries. <BR/>(fn): It should not be forgotten in this context that modern science operates with instruments -- in the broadest sense -- that in a traditional civilization could not exist; <I>this means that there are kinds of knowledge that, strictly speaking, have no right to exist.</I> (My emphasis.)<BR/><BR/>An interesting category -- kinds of knowledge that have no right to exist. It will not prove persuasive in discussion at large, but for the purposes of one's own thinking, consideration of that category may be what provides traction within the currents of Vitalism even we reflective moderns absorb along with our with Diet Cokes, ipods, <I>technologically produced, material-object-designed-specifically<BR/>for-production-of-propaganda keyboards</I>, etc....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-20141660747342371212007-08-23T17:19:00.000-07:002007-08-23T17:19:00.000-07:00Gosh, GI, you'd better step away from that mind-co...Gosh, GI, you'd better step away from that mind-controlling, technologically produced, material-object-designed-specifically<BR/>for-production-of-propaganda keyboard before the scientific myths take hold of your brain!<BR/><BR/>By the way, Joan totally has you beaten on the skill of writing really long sentences. You've got quite a ways to go before you hit 500 words.<BR/>(I know, Smoov, I know. I'll stop now, I swear!)juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15975754287030568726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-84581063090753409392007-08-23T17:10:00.000-07:002007-08-23T17:10:00.000-07:00World dominant ideology of exoteric scientism achi...World dominant ideology of exoteric scientism achieves physically effective mind control pver human individuals and collectives by means of physically effective technologies, practical and consumer oriented inventions, power-alliances with social and political institutions, the broad-scale ritual propagandizing of scientific myths, and the broad-scale persistent propgandizing of IRREDUCIBLY objectified beliefs in such ideas as rationality, materiality, objective certainty, progress, analytical reason as an exercise superior to all other human efforsts, the necessary mortality of nature, mind, and being, and both the authority and the ultimate sufficiency of science itself.<BR/><BR/>The culture produced in the image of scientism is identified with a fundamental,and, in its implications, cultural devastating, misunderstanding of the nature of reality altogether.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-90167946316430096962007-08-23T14:20:00.000-07:002007-08-23T14:20:00.000-07:00I notice here a sizable excerpt from Schuon's Root...I notice <A HREF="http://books.google.com/books?id=Bd8LFsgK6LUC&pg=PA8&lpg=PA8&dq=%22persist+in+error+out+of+passion+is+diabolical%22&source=web&ots=g0WtaV4jWR&sig=dGn35zgPQ9V_1UTU4soM5F4XUyE" REL="nofollow">here</A> a sizable excerpt from Schuon's <I>Roots of the Human Condition</I> which includes <EM>"to err is human" says St. Jerome and St. Augustine adds "to persist in error is diabolical."</EM> Passion/pride annuls the virtues, error the intelligence.<BR/><BR/>Thus the longer this envy and victim-identity goes on, the more degraded the existential allegiance. The longer people cling to the not-good spiral, motivated by passion, utopian idealism, the adrenaline rush, whatever, the more the window of choice narrows. Partly, as Bob notices, because initially the no-conscience latitude seems appealing. If one gets used to blaming, (s)he can't necessarily turn on a dime and become responsible as easily as early in the process.<BR/><BR/>This is one of the faulty aspects of expecting the opportunity for a deathbed conversion to what one already suspects just might be true....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-21789845714925287092007-08-23T10:16:00.000-07:002007-08-23T10:16:00.000-07:00You write of the value that, "early on you interna...You write of the value that, "early on you internalize the value that your problems are largely your own fault..."<BR/><BR/>I missed the religious grounding part, but managed to get the understanding of this principle from my father, first, and considerable reading later. And indeed, that value has proven <I>pivotal</I> in my approach to things.<BR/><BR/>Later in the post, you wrote,"...once victim status is secured, then you are no longer burdened by a conscience...because the order of the cosmos is unfair and illegitimate, so anything you do to set things right is inherently moral, no matter how immoral."<BR/><BR/>And I see this theme run rampant through every day's news stories, and hear it in the conversations around me. So distressing to see people all twisted up around envy!walthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01388218390016612051noreply@blogger.com