tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post872326534032168150..comments2024-03-28T20:04:20.286-07:00Comments on One Cʘsmos: Blessed are the Low in Information, For Theirs is the Kingdom of ObamaGagdad Bobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-91395206379727240442013-11-13T06:42:17.596-08:002013-11-13T06:42:17.596-08:00Schuon was a major influence on his life. Schuon was a major influence on his life. Gagdad Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-44767797284469981942013-11-13T06:36:54.797-08:002013-11-13T06:36:54.797-08:00Sir John Tavener has died. In various BBC intervie...Sir John Tavener has died. In various BBC interviews, he spoke peacefully about creating a space for slack, how we are all, even atheists, made in the image of God, and that, consequently, the vertical will always exert a tug and is inescapable, even when the State tries to squash everything flat. <br /><br />About his death, about all one can say is "our loss, his gain." RIP.Tonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00987042455512485699noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-19351156272620250882013-11-12T15:46:39.061-08:002013-11-12T15:46:39.061-08:00Indeed, for the liberal, these impoverished states...<i>Indeed, for the liberal, these impoverished states are mandatory -- sort of an inverted interpretation of Jesus's praise of the poor in spirit. "Blessed are the weakminded, for they shall inherit the state." </i><br /><br />But hey, <a href="https://twitter.com/sarahkliff/status/400318902300708864" rel="nofollow">they got theirs</a>. Although, if the state has its way, how long will there be anyone to inherit? juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15975754287030568726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-37009468138710173542013-11-12T12:02:02.370-08:002013-11-12T12:02:02.370-08:00Mushroom, those slogans are hilarious. Now thry ju...Mushroom, those slogans are hilarious. Now thry just need to train democrat politicians to twerk those messages to the kids and they will be ready to re-re-re-re-re-re-(ad nauseam) invent themselves.USS Ben USN (Ret)https://www.blogger.com/profile/07492369604790651538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-58486251051151592822013-11-12T11:59:40.163-08:002013-11-12T11:59:40.163-08:00Power, fame, promiscuity, consumption, television,...Power, fame, promiscuity, consumption, television, intellectualism, food, what have you -- all are fake exits, i.e., spiritual nul de slacks, like a door painted on a brick wall, giving the illusion of depth."<br /><br />Ha! And like Wile E., they keep trying to follow the Roadrunner through the painted on rock tunnel, with similar results but not as funny.USS Ben USN (Ret)https://www.blogger.com/profile/07492369604790651538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-10136604471173872072013-11-12T11:41:40.442-08:002013-11-12T11:41:40.442-08:00He [Berdyaev] makes the provocative point that God...<i>He [Berdyaev] makes the provocative point that God is located at either end, as source and destiny, whereas the devil is always in the middle, so to speak, where human schemes are elevated to divine ends. Thus, "There is nothing more evil than the determination to create good, no matter what the cost".</i><br /><br />It's like saying the road is paved with good intentions and good ends, but the journey is a bitch!tedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07354048695798015131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-57039291843519079292013-11-12T10:53:55.455-08:002013-11-12T10:53:55.455-08:00I've heard the Democrats are focus-grouping so...I've heard the Democrats are focus-grouping some new slogans.<br /><br />"We only lie so you'll believe us."<br /><br />"The Fifty Shades of Gray Party because black-and-white is racist."<br /><br />"Truth is voter suppression."mushroomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07651027035577798096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-5126170782725899132013-11-12T10:40:49.152-08:002013-11-12T10:40:49.152-08:00Atheist straw gods, building scarecrow idols of wh...Atheist straw gods, building scarecrow idols of which they gleefully proclaim, it has no life, no power!<br /><br />No kidding. Create a god in your image and criticize it for its flaws. <br /><br /><i>... their stoic religion, one transcends the world via a kind of fatalistic negation.</i><br /><br />I'm a little like that. Pessimism does the advantage of never being disappointed. My late father-in-law had this perfected. No matter how bad it was, it could never be as bad as he expected.mushroomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07651027035577798096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-26070004062062313052013-11-12T09:49:25.783-08:002013-11-12T09:49:25.783-08:00But interestingly, if you ask one of these tenured...<i>But interestingly, if you ask one of these tenured primates what makes him embrace such a pessimystic misosophy, he is liable to tell you with great pride that he prefers to confront reality with courage, with integrity, with unflinching realism -- transcendental categories each!</i><br /><br />Heh. Along those lines, apparently <a href="http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_ATHEIST_MEGACHURCH?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2013-11-10-17-03-15" rel="nofollow">atheist mega-churches</a> are now in the works.juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15975754287030568726noreply@blogger.com