by dan Tue Jul 16, 2019 6:45 am
Gary,
Folks do like to be convinced. We do operate out of a spirit of conviction...... when we can.
Once upon a time, I was an aspiring scientist...... then I lost my conviction.
What had I really lost? I had fallen out of love with science.
Folks fall into and out of love........ all the time.
Allow me, however, to interrupt myself, as I’m won’t to do, with smelly’s go to guy, Alan W, on the difference between belief and faith....... google it.......
I think I see what Alan is driving at....... but I don’t buy it.
Alan appears to be saying that faith is an unconditioned belief in truth..... whatever that may be....... or, it is a letting go.
On his view, belief entails a wish fulfillment. What, then, is it to let Jesus take the wheel? Is this belief or faith?
What does a Buddhist say, in similar circumstances? Let the cosmos take the wheel? What is the difference? Let fate take the wheel?
That’s basically what we’re saying about Disclosure....... we throw our fate to the wind....... almost as if we had a choice.....
As we reach the top of the initial climb out, on the roller coaster...... that’s about where we are now...... we say a little prayer to gravity and steel.
Yesterday, I had coffee with Sam. We were talking somewhat along these lines......... and then he interjected....... but isn’t Hal a fraudster Scientologist? Ron had taken Sam aside, once, and given him the ‘loons, crooks and worse’ lecture.
Think of the poor astronaut sitting atop the moon rocket....... on top of a million parts...... every last one, fabricated by the lowest bidder.
That’s us, sports fans....... get over it..... get used to it.
11:10.........
But not quite...... I think we have Eternity on our side.
That is both my belief and my faith, Alan...... logic and love.
That is what letting go is all about.
We are about to meet our maker......... it will either be the Void or Jesus. My money is on the j guy...... that is my gamble.
Does it make any difference? Yes and no.......
The j guy was the son of Eternity. I see Eternity in a Princess. Am I a believer or a lover?
What if you haven’t seen the Princess? I think you’ll know what I mean.
Sam sees people. They are just ordinary people.
I see people........ I see infinite..... depths and heights.
What can I do for Sam?
Can I impart grace?
Where is sublimity..... when we need it? Where is the uncanny?
Are they blind.... or are they afraid? I don’t think there is a difference.
Some have the courage of their convictions.
donny has the courage of his convictions, misplaced though they may be. Also, he may talk to #3. donny may be an easy act to follow..... if only he would loosen his grip on the deplorables....... can we pry the fingers of rigor mortis? Adolph had a similar grip....... so does every tin horn. Charisma is an equal opportunity employer.
I have faith in the Logos. smelly and Alan have nary a clue.
I have faith in the potency of the Logos...... to break through the Void to Eternity.
When folks cast their fate to the wind...... it is to the Breath of God. hobbit should know this, but he is afraid of the shadow...... of infinite depravity. They cannot see the shadow pointing back to the light. The light must be a trick of the devil.
Biologists see teleology in every test tube...... they cannot see the Telos, for all the teleology.
The Large Hadron Collider and Black Holes........ are they portals?
No, but they point to such....... if you can squint. That’s what I do with physics...... I squint.
12:15........
Is it teleology or teleonomy? Only our hairdresser knows for sure...... and even she might wonder.
For me.......? It’s Monadnock or bust...... as if we had a choice.
1:10.......
Some of us presently have the luxury of skepticism. Embrace your skepticism....... while you can still afford it.
That is one of the luxuries...... one of the first-world problems..... that we are about to lose.
Our biggest problem will be that we have no problems.
Our personhood will take on a new texture. Get over it...... get used to it...... Monadnock or bust......
We can run, but we can’t hide. We hide in plain sight....... don’t we, smelly? Truth does that. So does love....... Hey, you've got to hide your love away..... is there is any difference.......? I’ll be a monkey’s uncle.
#3 thinks she can hide. Maybe...... maybe not. Somebody’s got her number.
(cont........)
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