tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7007958.post111300193184286706..comments2023-11-03T09:15:35.699-04:00Comments on Into Good and Evil: Science Fictionmynymhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07095211421748579139noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7007958.post-1113367753904661562005-04-13T00:49:00.000-04:002005-04-13T00:49:00.000-04:00the robots have arrivedthe robots have arrivedDanieruhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16544381941863949761noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7007958.post-1113256278365849392005-04-11T17:51:00.000-04:002005-04-11T17:51:00.000-04:00"Okay, what are you saying about the Holy Spirit? ..."<I>Okay, what are you saying about the Holy Spirit? About the 'changes'?</I>"<BR/><BR/>I would say that the feminine part of the original genesis, "In our image..." or after our own pattern let us create man, is lost in translation or hidden away. It is a pattern that can be traced through Scriptures though, including things that Jesus said about wisdom, the unforgivable sin, and sending the Comforter in this age. <BR/><BR/>Ultimately, it probably has something to do with the feminization of Christianity in this age. The mysts of mystery surround some knowledge...I am speculating, casting about for wisdom. Sometimes you have to take a chance, to have a chance.<BR/><BR/>"In Philosophy where truth seemes double-faced, there is no man more paradoxicall then my self; but in Divinity I love to keepe the road...." --Thomas Browne<BR/><BR/>"<I> I beat all seven people playing and ended up with all the money.</I>"<BR/><BR/>Huh...well, I wouldn't say it is impious. I suspect that if you kept winning again and again, then they might wonder exactly what you're up to. On a tangent...seven vs. 666, the first has long been symbolic of being complete, so the second is incomplete, incomplete and incomplete. A trinity of incompleteness.... <BR/><BR/>"<I>Surely you found my "metaphysical plumber" comment funny? yes?</I>"<BR/><BR/>Sure, surely!<BR/><BR/>"<I>I have never seen even one minute of the Contender.</I>"<BR/><BR/>I only saw that one. But I may watch it again if I happen to be watching TV when it is on. I don't watch that much TV. Come to think of it, I don't know what night it is on either.mynymhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07095211421748579139noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7007958.post-1113185720128894342005-04-10T22:15:00.000-04:002005-04-10T22:15:00.000-04:00Couple more things:1.) The comment about cards and...Couple more things:<BR/><BR/>1.) The comment about cards and prayers was brought about from my reading, yet again, part one of Thomas Browne's <I>Religio Medici</I>.<BR/><BR/>2.) Continuing with the 'cards' theme, I did in fact win, and that in a way that I have not yet done, viz. I beat all seven people playing and ended up with all the money.<BR/><BR/>3.) Surely you found my "metaphysical plumber" comment funny? yes?<BR/><BR/>4.) I have never seen even one minute of the Contender. Not my 'cup of tea.'<BR/><BR/>CarlAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7007958.post-1113185281457754662005-04-10T22:08:00.000-04:002005-04-10T22:08:00.000-04:00Why did someone change the last translation, do yo...<I>Why did someone change the last translation, do you suppose? (So many mistakes can be made on such dicey matters...in the French Revolution they made shrines to the goddess of reason.)<BR/><BR/>Perhaps an older text and translation of the same verse on the gist and the mystical myst of moving in mysterious ways would be comforting, so comforting!<BR/>"But She -the Spirit - the<BR/>Paraclete whom He-will-send to you-my Father - in my name - She will teach you every-thing; She will remind you of that which I have told you."<BR/>(the most ancient of the Old Syriac texts, Siniatic Palimpsest, from the 4th or 5th century)<BR/><BR/>Perhaps...perhaps when a benevolent femininity is excluded, it is easier for a malevolent sort to be included. I am still speculating, musing about more than just the feminization of Christianity. You might say that all my ducks are not in a row!</I><BR/><BR/><BR/>Finally! I can comment on topic. <BR/><BR/>Okay, what are you saying about the Holy Spirit? About the 'changes'?<BR/><BR/>CarlAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7007958.post-1113159376759280232005-04-10T14:56:00.000-04:002005-04-10T14:56:00.000-04:00"I really doubt there are millions of men who were..."<I>I really doubt there are millions of men who were watching the Contender who had always thought Christianity is weak and for women.</I>"<BR/><BR/>You're probably right. In the sense that most American men probably do not think about Christianity enough to come to a <I>thought</I> through conclusion about it. I am putting words to feelings, feelings that I'm fairly certain are there for a number of reasons, including demographic shifts and the like. (See mainstream American Protestantism and its churches.)<BR/><BR/>In short, I'd say they may not be "thinking" it, yet they're probably feeling it. And some do wrap their mind around their feelings so that they can think it and say it.<BR/><BR/>"<I>I doubt there are even millions of men who think that christianity is weak and (just) for women at all. But perhaps you have some sources I have overlooked.</I>"<BR/><BR/>A good summary of the demographic evidence is: (The Church Impotent: The Feminization of Christianity, By Leon J. Podles)<BR/><BR/>He chose a controversial title to sell books. You can have a theory about it, yet the empirical evidence is what it is.<BR/><BR/>He does not go that far into the psychological and basic biosocial reasons for it. I think I could write a little theory, maybe. <BR/><BR/>Say, this calls for wisdom!<BR/><BR/>Proverbs:<BR/>Do not forsake wisdom, and she will protect you; love her, and she will watch over you. <BR/><BR/>Does not wisdom call out? Does not understanding raise her voice? <BR/><BR/>....for wisdom is more precious than rubies, and nothing you desire can compare with her. <BR/><BR/>Wisdom has built her house; she has hewn out its seven pillars. <BR/><BR/>Matthew 11:19<BR/>The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, ‘Here is a glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and “sinners.” ’ But wisdom is proved right by her actions.” <BR/><BR/>But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, [s]he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.<BR/>John 14:26 (King James Version)<BR/>King James Version (KJV)<BR/><BR/>Why did someone change the last translation, do you suppose? (So many mistakes can be made on such dicey matters...in the French Revolution they made shrines to the goddess of reason.)<BR/><BR/>Perhaps an older text and translation of the same verse on the gist and the mystical myst of moving in mysterious ways would be comforting, so comforting!<BR/>"But She -the Spirit - the<BR/>Paraclete whom He-will-send to you-my Father - in my name - She will teach you every-thing; She will remind you of that which I have told you."<BR/>(the most ancient of the Old Syriac texts, Siniatic Palimpsest, from the 4th or 5th century)<BR/><BR/>Perhaps...perhaps when a benevolent femininity is excluded, it is easier for a malevolent sort to be included. I am still speculating, musing about more than just the feminization of Christianity. You might say that all my ducks are not in a row!<BR/><BR/>For the empirical reality and the demographics, see that book I cited.<BR/><BR/>Hmmm....one would think that the feminization of Christianity would make it more attractive to men, since they are attracted to the feminine. As far as the basic physical and biological reality of it, single men would be drawn to the church because there would be fine young women there. But the reality of it is probably more like feminism and a pseudo-feminization. Feminists often dislike the feminine, there is a not so well hidden hatred of it. They are more like masculinists instead. If that's the pattern of the mainstream churches then they will be filled more and more with feminists and gays. That is, that which is <I>not</I> attractive to most men. (Not to mention that such a pattern goes against the Romantic scripts of Scriptures...but anyway, enough speculation.)mynymhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07095211421748579139noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7007958.post-1113022595420519032005-04-09T00:56:00.000-04:002005-04-09T00:56:00.000-04:00"Perhaps he should have taken Christ's advice and ...<I>"Perhaps he should have taken Christ's advice and prayed in the closet."</I><BR/><BR/>Brilliant. I say this not mockingly.<BR/><BR/>CarlAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7007958.post-1113014143120278422005-04-08T22:35:00.000-04:002005-04-08T22:35:00.000-04:00No. You say, "maybe I'll finish this later."That i...<I>No. You say, "maybe I'll finish this later."</I><BR/><BR/>That is better, so much wriggle room! <BR/><BR/>Maybe, or it may not be. To be, or not to be, that is the question? That is only a binary code. But maybe, that is so much more. That is what may be. <BR/><BR/><I>On another note, would you say it's impious to pray one wins at cards?</I><BR/><BR/>As long as one is praying that God's will be done as best one can, then it cannot be impious. In this place one does, after all, have to cast a lot to have a lot. <BR/><BR/>Did you watch the Contender last time, though? There was a fellow, he prays a lot. He prays for the TV cameras and says he believes it is God's will that he win, he believes he'll win, oh how he <I>believes</I>! <BR/><BR/>Then he gets the snot beat out of him, all over the place. And millions of men think, "<I>Christianity is weak, Christ was weak. It is something for women, just as I've always thought.</I>" <BR/><BR/>Perhaps he should have taken Christ's advice and prayed in the closet.mynymhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07095211421748579139noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7007958.post-1113007499189891692005-04-08T20:44:00.000-04:002005-04-08T20:44:00.000-04:00"I'll finish this later. Don't I always say that?"...<I>"I'll finish this later. Don't I always say that?"</I> <BR/><BR/><BR/>No. You say, "maybe I'll finish this later."<BR/><BR/>On another note, would you say it's impious to pray one wins at cards?<BR/><BR/>CarlAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com