tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post6888510862543207216..comments2024-03-29T06:03:45.545-07:00Comments on One Cʘsmos: The Truth Will Set You Free from Your Perverse Understanding of FreedomGagdad Bobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-31337384681121673862015-12-09T20:33:31.792-08:002015-12-09T20:33:31.792-08:00Re. the devastating effects of pornography and sex...Re. <i>the devastating effects of pornography and sex-education</i>, I have often had occasion to think that early exposure to porn and overly explicit sex-ed has the same psychological effect on many kids as if they had actually been molested. Which makes sense, if you consider that a lot of molesters groom their victims by first exposing them to porn.<br /><br />Along those lines, more teenage girls than ever are <a href="http://theothermccain.com/2015/12/08/questioning-feminist-authority-cult-ideology-and-mind-control-tactics/" rel="nofollow">convincing themselves that they are really boys</a>:<br /><br />'Where does the “dysphoric female” on Tumblr learn to speak her “gender-critical” jargon? The Internet, of course. As a result, many parents are being confronted by teenage children who “come out” as transgender. This has become such a fad among some young people that even feminists have begun criticizing it.'juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15975754287030568726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-50889967996970922842015-12-09T12:13:26.907-08:002015-12-09T12:13:26.907-08:00There's a name for the political-cultural pris...There's a name for the political-cultural prison space in which the left tries to confine us: the <a href="http://www.nationalreview.com/article/428200/donald-trump-overton-window-american-political-debate" rel="nofollow">Overton Window</a>Bob at Worknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-28987630832939185842015-12-09T11:26:41.553-08:002015-12-09T11:26:41.553-08:00Speaking of things beautiful (well, people say the...Speaking of things beautiful (well, people say they like it anyway), we interrupt this comment section for a brief commercial message: there is a very nice book about the Magi now available on Amazon and Createspace, links <a href="https://juliecork.wordpress.com/2015/12/09/at-last-2/" rel="nofollow">here</a>. There will be a Kindle version for color devices and apps available soon as well, hopefully by tomorrowjuliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15975754287030568726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-1718240771490566982015-12-09T11:26:03.848-08:002015-12-09T11:26:03.848-08:00This comment has been removed by the author.juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15975754287030568726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-84805154047477521812015-12-09T11:23:58.528-08:002015-12-09T11:23:58.528-08:00This would explain how and why most of the world d...<i>This would explain how and why most of the world doesn't value or long for real freedom.</i><br /><br />Freedom is first a spiritual reality. Slavery was acceptable and accepted until people began to experience spiritual freedom. This was Jesus' point in John 8:31-38. Those who heard argued that they were "...offspring of Abraham and have never been enslaved to anyone." <br /><br />They're view was much like that of the left today. If we can do "what we want", we must be free. This is the case even when "what we want" is driven by addiction, is self-destructive, and at odds with reality. mushroomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07651027035577798096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-48260594718698415082015-12-09T09:46:19.053-08:002015-12-09T09:46:19.053-08:00"For example, I'm reading a book about th..."For example, I'm reading a book about the architect Christopher Alexander, and it seems to me that he is on a quest to identify these transformation functions in the aesthetic realm, i.e., simple rules for explicating beauty -- which is latent everywhere -- in this world."<br /><br />Wo. I can hear the Gong coming from here. Van Harveyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08470413719262297062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-46124790142620091422015-12-09T09:29:58.713-08:002015-12-09T09:29:58.713-08:00God is the home movie of everything that is, filme...God is the home movie of everything that is, filmed from outside.vanderleunhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10296245324443413545noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-34867863756986881412015-12-09T09:07:38.929-08:002015-12-09T09:07:38.929-08:00pathological transformation function = Obama think...pathological transformation function = <a href="http://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2015/12/if-not-overnight-when.php" rel="nofollow">Obama thinks in clichés reflecting his highly ideologized left-wing views. Has he ever expressed a thought in original language or even a clever turn of phrase? His mind seems dead to the world. He is as impervious to experience as the worst men who ever lived</a>. Gagdad Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-21076185971338624932015-12-09T09:01:55.035-08:002015-12-09T09:01:55.035-08:00Anima est quodammodo omnia. -- AristotleAnima est quodammodo omnia. -- AristotleTonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00987042455512485699noreply@blogger.com