[Magdalen] neat comparisons

[James Oppenheimer]

And these folks will listen for a moment to us telling them about the true
grandeur of the world as it actually is, and then they'd say we were all
obviously liars or the Devil's spawn.

James W. Oppenheimer
*“If you have a chance to accomplish something that will make things better
for people coming behind you, and you don’t do it, you're wasting your time
on this Earth.”  -- *Roberto Clemente

On Tue, Oct 14, 2014 at 11:02 PM, Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com> wrote:

> I get pretty annoyed with the creationist types, but at the same time I
> pity them because their vision of God is so small. I don't worry too much
> about what or who may be "out there" either.  After all, if God made the
> universe, God made them too in all their glorious forms, no matter how
> "non-glorious" they may seem to us. The psalmist said, "When I consider the
> heavens you have made, what is man that you are mindful of him?"
>
> On Tuesday, October 14, 2014, Lynn Ronkainen <ichthys89 at comcast.net>
> wrote:
>
> > David Strang:
> > The real thing, as it unfolds year by year  is much more wonderful than
> > Genesis.
> >
> >
> > Well said, David!
> > Lynn
> >
> > website: www.ichthysdesigns.com
> >
> > When I stand before God at the end of my life I would hope that I have
> not
> > a single bit of talent left and could say, "I used everything You gave
> me."
> > attributed to Erma Bombeck
> >
> > Thomas Merton writes, "People may spend their whole lives climbing the
> > ladder of success only to find, once they reach the top, that the ladder
> is
> > leaning against the wrong wall."
> >
> > "What you seek is seeking you." - Rumi
> >
> > --------------------------------------------------
> > From: "Cantor03--- via Magdalen" <magdalen at herberthouse.org>
> > Sent: Tuesday, October 14, 2014 9:14 PM
> > To: <magdalen at herberthouse.org>
> > Subject: Re: [Magdalen] neat comparisons
> >
> >
> >>
> >> In a message dated 10/14/2014 7:41:00 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
> >> ichthys89 at comcast.net writes:
> >>
> >> Knowing  more and more about our vast universe makes brings me even
> closer
> >> to
> >> the  concept of a loving God and God's  creations.
> >> Lynn>>>>
> >>
> >> There is this, and it's what keeps me going.
> >>
> >> It also makes me cross to have so many in the USA, at least,
> >> insist on the literal biblical creation stories as the only  acceptable
> >> and "gospel" truth.  The real thing, as it unfolds year by year  is
> >> much more wonderful than Genesis.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> David Strang.
> >>
> >
> >
>