[Magdalen] neat comparisons

[Jon Egger]

Oh, James, I *love* that!  Still howling with laughter.  When Todd's mother
asks if Todd is there and he replies "Got is dead" OMG...a delightful play
on words!

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Grace & peace,
jon


On Thu, Oct 16, 2014 at 10:15 AM, Joseph Cirou <romanos at mindspring.com>
wrote:

> I agree with all this but it makes the Mystery of the Incarnation even more
> wonderful!
>
> Joe
>
> On Thu, Oct 16, 2014 at 2:35 AM, James Oppenheimer <
> oppenheimerjw at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > I recalled this fascinating clip on Nietsche.  Enjoy. (or -- well,
> whatevuh
> > ...)
> >
> > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R5GFgulByuM
> >
> > 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 Wed, Oct 15, 2014 at 12:07 PM, Lynn Ronkainen <ichthys89 at comcast.net>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > interesting words today in "The  Writers Almanac"  .... considering the
> > > ways this thread has been discussing stars and black holes...
> > >
> > > It's the birthday of philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche (books by this
> > > author), born in the Prussian village of Röcken (1844). He was a
> > > philosopher who loved literature, and he experimented with different
> > > literary styles to express his philosophy. His most famous book, Thus
> > Spake
> > > Zarathustra (1883), describes a prophet who comes down from the
> mountains
> > > to teach people about the coming of a new kind of superman, but the
> > people
> > > he speaks to only ridicule and laugh at him.
> > >
> > > He's perhaps best known for claiming that "God is dead," but most
> people
> > > forget that he actually said, "God is dead ... and we have killed him!"
> > He
> > > thought that the absence of God from the world was a tragedy, but he
> felt
> > > that people had to accept that tragedy and move on. He wrote that God
> was
> > > like a star whose light we can see, even though the star died long ago.
> > > Much of his philosophy is about how people might live in a world
> without
> > > God and without absolute morality. At the time of his death on August
> 25,
> > > 1900, almost no one had heard of him, but after his work was
> republished,
> > > it had a huge impact on the philosophers of the 20th century.
> > >
> > > He said: "[W]e should consider every day lost on which we have not
> danced
> > > at least once."
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > 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: "Jay Weigel" <jay.weigel at gmail.com>
> > > Sent: Tuesday, October 14, 2014 10:02 PM
> > >
> > > To: <magdalen at herberthouse.org>
> > > Subject: Re: [Magdalen] neat comparisons
> > >
> > >  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.
> > >>>>
> > >>>>
> > >>>
> > >>>
> >
>