[Magdalen] neat comparisons

[James Oppenheimer]

I LOVE the bedroom scenes.

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 Thu, Oct 16, 2014 at 2:20 PM, Jon Egger <revegger at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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!
>
> +++
> 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.
> > > >>>>
> > > >>>>
> > > >>>
> > > >>>
> > >
> >
>