tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post6620874065161527831..comments2024-03-27T11:16:36.951-07:00Comments on One Cʘsmos: Theology vs. Theophagy: Shut Up and Let's Eat!Gagdad Bobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comBlogger27125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-83143153322476205622014-01-24T05:23:03.420-08:002014-01-24T05:23:03.420-08:00Yes; in a secular world, the self is elevated to g...Yes; in a secular world, the self is elevated to god (or more accurately, god is diminished to the self), and so one need only worry about appeasing oneself.<br /><br />Though I would note that as a whole, institutionalized abortion did begin as a means to serve a greater "good," that of eugenics. And still serves that purpose, I might add. <br /><br />Either way, it's pure evil.juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15975754287030568726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-66662893002599377682014-01-24T04:15:04.343-08:002014-01-24T04:15:04.343-08:00What just struck me about abortion as a modern for...What just struck me about abortion as a modern form of human sacrifice after reading this is that at least in ancient pagan ritual there was a greater community purpose of human/child sacrifice to settle conflict or appease a god. Abortion on the other hand is an incredibly selfish act of pure convenience where murdering the baby prevents mother and father from having to sacrifice their current life to the demands of raising another human. There is no larger purpose. Pure evil.phil ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15486481489355451711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-70045526823112536782014-01-15T07:09:45.525-08:002014-01-15T07:09:45.525-08:00it is a truly "holographic" act
Stimula...<i>it is a truly "holographic" act</i><br /><br />Stimulating way to put it. How about "wholographic"? <br /><br /><i>he used the word "gendered" one too many times</i><br /><br />There's a lot of pressure at places like ND to say things in terms secularists can accept. This usually results in a lot of gadding after the cool kids and ends up looking ridiculous. <br /><br />For contrast, see David Bentley Hart.<br /><br />John<br /><br /><i>I don't really crave it. Maybe I don't know what I'm missing</i><br /><br />I married a Baptist who converted to RC. When we attend her home church during holiday visits to her parents, she misses the Eucharist. I'll tell you, the sermons at that church are amazing and memorable. The people are all warm and charitable. It does feel to me however more like a meeting than anything else.<br /><br />A cradle but vagrant sort of RC, I experience the Eucharist like a physical re-orientation, a weekly calibration to true north. First, the thing is really *there*, and second, I had nothing to do with it's coming -- it came to me, on its own initiative, in an incredibly humble way. So I'd miss, and do miss, that specific physical thing.<br /><br />It's not a mountain-top experience every time. I have musical skills, so the music at Mass usually makes me cringe. Priests can be mediocre and even illegible speakers. The congregation is a shuffling mass, babies cry, people sing off-key, and it can all feel a bit mundane. But in the midst of all this, there's that Eucharist thing which is a blatant and outrageous claim that God comes to us and wants us to be intimately in communion with Him. Us? It makes me shake my head sometime, that sense of distance from Transcendent to Mundane. The distance is infinite. It makes me feel profoundly grateful. I wonder at it, too.<br /><br />That's my sense, anyway. Tonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00987042455512485699noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-2939957377622470842014-01-14T18:40:16.180-08:002014-01-14T18:40:16.180-08:00Hardest part of a flood is watching the water rise...Hardest part of a flood is watching the water rise. Once it's inside, all the stress seems to abate... you admit the pureness of utter defeat and watch the cat try to navigate the living room while lifting each paw in cross-gait succession and shaking it as though to dry it. Great fun... until the water starts to recede and you see the damage.<br /><br />So many things really are beyond our control. Once we realize this, things get better. ;)Joan of Argghh!https://www.blogger.com/profile/14729682908266300507noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-37538407233233819902014-01-14T18:34:59.361-08:002014-01-14T18:34:59.361-08:00The solution is to just go deeper, lay back, and f...<i>The solution is to just go deeper, lay back, and float.<br /></i><br /><br />Yes, just so. I'm reminded of a summer about six or seven years ago, when my niece was out visiting. I took her to a water park where we floated in the wave pool for a while, after struggling through the shallows and crashing into some body surfers to get to the deep end, and I had a thought very much like that, along with a sense that "interesting" times may be ahead. Sure enough, before the end of her visit we had a rainstorm that was so heavy, my house was partially flooded. We hired some people to help us dry out, and only after they had ripped up the bedroom did we learn our insurance didn't cover flooding.<br /><br />I learned how to seal up a foundation after that.juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15975754287030568726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-44774018770282377202014-01-14T18:28:37.202-08:002014-01-14T18:28:37.202-08:00As long as your toes can touch the bottom of the t...As long as your toes can touch the bottom of the torrent all around you, you're gonna struggle to hold against the current. The solution is to just go deeper, lay back, and float. <br /><br />An old preacher used to say that the secret to staying afloat is to not let the water in.Joan of Argghh!https://www.blogger.com/profile/14729682908266300507noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-77892370967667241432014-01-14T18:23:12.546-08:002014-01-14T18:23:12.546-08:00I'm in over my head and I feel fine!
Ha - I l...<i>I'm in over my head and I feel fine!</i><br /><br />Ha - I love that.juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15975754287030568726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-81530178616985826472014-01-14T18:21:03.121-08:002014-01-14T18:21:03.121-08:00One's own "mind object" becomes &quo...<i> One's own "mind object" becomes "an object of intense attachment," and is "turned to for security, solace, and gratification." It "provides an aura of omnipotence," but "is basically an illusion, vulnerable to breakdown and the anxieties associated with breakdown."</i><br /><br />Before I had done my "homework" as a grownup, I was fiercely fighting panic attacks by the time I reached age 30. They continued for almost three or four years until God woke me up one fine Mexican morning and basically showed me the "control" problem I had was just me attempting to be my own judge, arbiter, and punisher-- the god of myself. My own "governor." I got it. I got His lesson profoundly and perfectly because I needed it in order to move forward.<br /><br />Instantly cured. Haven't had one panic attack since that morning, almost 20 years ago. Doesn't mean I haven't been tempted to it, but it means it has no more real power to "panic" me. I'm in over my head and I feel fine!Joan of Argghh!https://www.blogger.com/profile/14729682908266300507noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-19522528065568609032014-01-14T17:50:13.978-08:002014-01-14T17:50:13.978-08:00Yes, if the Law and the Prophets had been entirely...Yes, if the Law and the Prophets had been entirely sufficient, those who "searched the Scriptures" would have recognized Jesus for Who He was and understood what He came to do. It was only after the Resurrection and especially after Pentecost that the pieces began to fall into place for them. Most were like the Ethiopian eunuch who, when Philip asked if he understood what he read (in Isaiah), replied, How can I if I no one to instruct me?mushroomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07651027035577798096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-18500778285843129402014-01-14T17:21:34.666-08:002014-01-14T17:21:34.666-08:00The first 3 chapters of Genesis must be the most m...The first 3 chapters of Genesis must be the most meaningful text ever assembled.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16652102016905951809noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-66487010117607901772014-01-14T16:11:16.956-08:002014-01-14T16:11:16.956-08:00It would seem that Jesus' validation of the sc...It would seem that Jesus' validation of the scriptures in existence at the time means that natural revelation is not sufficient (versus special revelation):<br /><br />Luke 24<br />25-27 And He (the risen Christ, as yet unrecognizable to them) said to them, “O foolish men and slow of heart to believe in all that the prophets have spoken! Was it not necessary for the Christ to suffer these things and to enter into His glory?” Then beginning with Moses and with all the prophets, He explained to them the things concerning Himself in all the Scriptures.<br /><br />44-47 Now He said to them, “These are My words which I spoke to you while I was still with you, that all things which are written about Me in the Law of Moses and the Prophets and the Psalms must be fulfilled.” Then He opened their minds to understand the Scriptures, and He said to them, “Thus it is written, that the Christ would suffer and rise again from the dead the third day, and that repentance for forgiveness of sins would be proclaimed in His name to all the nations, beginning from Jerusalem.<br /><br />He also seemed to refer to further special revelation to come:<br /><br />John 14:25-26<br />These things I have spoken to you while abiding with you. But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, He will teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance all that I said to you.<br /><br />Food for thought: Is the Bible as it exists today deficient or sufficient?NoMohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01100042056270224683noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-33728714658730332392014-01-14T14:44:48.725-08:002014-01-14T14:44:48.725-08:00Of course, Mushroom has already more or less answe...Of course, Mushroom has already more or less answered that question...juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15975754287030568726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-51615050610089611972014-01-14T14:41:57.411-08:002014-01-14T14:41:57.411-08:00Re. the informal Communion, I have often wondered:...Re. the informal Communion, I have often wondered: if people are gathered, and there's bread and wine, and they "do in remembrance," as it were, does that not meet the requirements?juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15975754287030568726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-54511370284402748102014-01-14T14:14:16.180-08:002014-01-14T14:14:16.180-08:00Good grief, ge, that thing is freaky. The best re...Good grief, ge, that thing is freaky. The best reaction, though, is the street sweeper at 1:00. And the dog.mushroomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07651027035577798096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-57038951304434188592014-01-14T14:08:04.862-08:002014-01-14T14:08:04.862-08:00It was originally written in Coloradan.It was originally written in Coloradan.mushroomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07651027035577798096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-83258049253687477652014-01-14T14:01:33.155-08:002014-01-14T14:01:33.155-08:00free chills & myrrth<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PUKMUZ4tlJg" rel="nofollow">free chills & myrrth</a> <br />gehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02015936407999495181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-9064259975736757192014-01-14T14:00:54.816-08:002014-01-14T14:00:54.816-08:00Neal's comment no doubt made more sense before...Neal's comment no doubt made more sense before being translated from English.Gagdad Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-11854737820863088962014-01-14T13:59:27.696-08:002014-01-14T13:59:27.696-08:00"Mutant hillbillies" -- I resemble that ..."Mutant hillbillies" -- I resemble that remark.mushroomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07651027035577798096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-64669742159706980882014-01-14T13:59:24.329-08:002014-01-14T13:59:24.329-08:00Yes, but it quickly became more formalized, if mem...Yes, but it quickly became more formalized, if memory serves, perhaps in order to draw a distinction between horizontal and vertical meals...Gagdad Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-65934553503728287412014-01-14T13:56:37.682-08:002014-01-14T13:56:37.682-08:00If you read 1 Cor. 11, Paul has some interesting t...<a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1+Corinthians+11%3A17-34&version=ESV" rel="nofollow">If you read 1 Cor. 11, Paul has some interesting things to say about how to conduct communion</a>. <br /><br />The Early Church, at least there in Corinth, didn't have much formal structure. They would gather for bread and wine, and everybody brought their own fixin's. Paul had to tell them not to start until everybody was there and ready.<br /><br />It almost sounds like anytime, anywhere two or three gather to eat, they ought to "discern" or recognize the Body and the Blood.mushroomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07651027035577798096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-65669440545254438622014-01-14T13:40:36.152-08:002014-01-14T13:40:36.152-08:00Just you had a human mother, in time, and a father...Just you had a human mother, in time, and a father who was not exactly from around here. Add in extras, digits, teeth, what not, would you be the next bestest thing or live like an animal, and try to stay out of it? <br /><br />And if the family told you that staying out of certain destiny is not evil, would you still long for home when that advised landed to prove a lesson learned from a small disagreement?<br /><br />Sometimes to save the lost becomes irrational, and unbalanced. That is crazy, not the mentation, the genetics, so much for coexistent forms that rest.<br /><br />So is Christ is real, and sneaks through mutant hillbillies, try the ones in the hills, or the south of France. The real part is not lacking in theatrics, even cats and ottters worship with a certain sense of humor, do not even get started on cryptoids.nealhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10632021240126981592noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-91515976652813970632014-01-14T11:18:02.228-08:002014-01-14T11:18:02.228-08:00Thanks for the almost custom-written post.
Inte...Thanks for the almost custom-written post. <br /><br />Interesting thing about Communion -the Sacrament and the interpersonal interaction as experienced through a Church.<br /><br />I'm told I need it, and I understand why from a theological standpoint. But yet, I don't really crave it.<br /><br />Maybe I don't know what I'm missing.<br /><br />However, I do rather enjoy raccoomunion.John Lienhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02302615225311776021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-4626027226278661322014-01-14T10:32:36.672-08:002014-01-14T10:32:36.672-08:00You know what they say: reality is not only weird...You know what they say: reality is not only weirder than we suppose, but weirder than we <i>can</i> suppose. Thus, all we can do is try.Gagdad Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-4865253394656771042014-01-14T10:23:50.971-08:002014-01-14T10:23:50.971-08:00Mushroom, lol. It's probably a good thing for ...Mushroom, lol. It's probably a good thing for me the boy can't quite read yet, or he'd be laughing the rest of the day...<br /><br /><i>I cannot help but think of how the infant first experiences "love," in such a way that the experience of love is inseparable from the experience of milk. Thus, food is the first love, and vice versa. </i><br /><br />I'm reminded that one of the Hebrew names for god is something like "the many-breasted one." I forget the reference, but the point isn't "boobs," of course, but rather "milk."<br /><br />Incidentally, the many Biblical references to milk and bread are part of the reason I have doubts about the Paleo aversion to all things grain, and most things dairy. And alcohol, for that matter. Jesus may have been a carpenter, but the man knew a thing or two about farming, and I'm pretty sure that if bread was as awful as many people say, it would have made the Hebrew restricted list, much less earning a place as a primary component of Communion.juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15975754287030568726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-78590929344101907242014-01-14T10:20:35.933-08:002014-01-14T10:20:35.933-08:00To Bob:
I double-dog dare ya to make this subject ...To Bob:<br />I double-dog dare ya to make this subject weirder.Rickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13720790978632771716noreply@blogger.com