[Magdalen] neat comparisons

[James Oppenheimer]

or both.

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 11:45 PM, James Oppenheimer <oppenheimerjw at gmail.com
> wrote:

> 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.
>> >>
>> >
>> >
>>
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