quote of the day

But every artist must work in his medium, and the medium of film does not exist unless there is an audience between the projector and the screen.

Question

Why do humans gravitate towards consistency + familiarity when the essense of human nature is inconsistency and unreliability?

A Biblical frame of reference explains this.

Old Joy

"Sorrow is just worn out joy"

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The most valuable way to approach the current philosophical tradition may be neither to get lost in pointless speculations like Berkeley, nor to shut them down like Wittgenstein, but to study it as an example of reason gone wrong. - Paul Graham

Reason in the shower

Is it legitimate to call one's faith ones own eg "my faith"?

http://www.zefrank.org/user/image/view/7460

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Words are the children of reason

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The most important thing is to be able to think what you want, not to say what you want.

Gore Vidal

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Happiness consists of being able to tell the truth without hurting anyone.

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lovers never lose cos they are free of thoughts

Cold and long

What are ideas? Thoughts only? Where do they come from?

What is creativity?

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True human goodness, in all its purity and freedom, can come to the fore only when its recipient has no power

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The efforts must be total for the results to be meaningful

Q:

Why do we feel the same emotions for our ideas as we do for the real world?

George Gissing

Education is a thing of which only the few are capable

Three words

Honesty, Character, Aplomb

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Songs are like tattoos...

Early Morning

Brushing aside cold, dewy leaves
tentative rays glimmer softly;
in their wake a promise of day.

Gentle wind blows through the silent trees,
gusts send dead brown leaves up, wildly.
In myriad movements they play,
dance, then fall. Then another breeze...

The night is now a memory
and day is here to stay. For now.

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"The efforts must be total for the results to be meaningful"

Fries with that?

Just reading 2nd Tim and was struck by these words from 2v10.

"...with eternal glory."

That's what you get when you order the "salvation that is in Christ Jesus", it's not an optional extra, the monday club, or only if the chef feels like it - it's a bona fide side dish served straight up.

I wonder how many of us think about what we're getting ourselves into when we sit down to look at the menu of life and decide on the aforementioned delicacy. And when the waiter informs us of the special no-strings-attatched condition of our choice?


'Ah yes, a controversial choice sir, that one comes "...with eternal glory." ...I'm told that no-one's ever asked for their money back.

What's that? Oh yes, we get dissatisfied customers. Just never with this one sir.

Why isn't it more popular? That's a very good question sir... I suppose it's that the side dish is served at the discretion of the chef. One's never too sure when it's going to arrive, some just get tired waiting and order something else.

And the others? Well the "in Christ Jesus" bit just doesn't seem to appeal so we regularly get orders for salvation that is in... well usually it's whatever they fancy.

Many aren't too sure who Christ Jesus is and comment on the price.
Others say they've never tried him but don't like what they've heard.
Others say they tried something like him once and remember disliking it.
Yet others vehemently deny the ability of Christ Jesus to satisfy. "It's outrageous!" they say, "Who ever heard of it? Christ Jesus has always been an hors-d'oeuvre - nothing more!".
And then of course we get those who want their "Salvation that is in Christ Jesus" served with the flavour of the month.'


So is to use such an illustration is to trivialise the reality of things? Naturally. But that is the nature of illustrations.

Now if we've already been served our "Salvation that is in Christ Jesus". Isn't there something tantalising we shouldn't forget..? And if we haven't made our selection? Try not to forget the eternal nature of the side dish. Expense wise I'd say it pretty much pays for itself.

Oh yeah, I forgot to mention; management reserves the right to shut the restaurant without notice. All tabs will be paid in full.

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Our relationship with God can be worked out in the context of relationships with one another.
-Geoff Baker

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I have to remind myself not to set boundaries.
-Richard Thompson

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"The path to wisdom is through discipline, and the path to intelligence through carefully selected self-indulgence"
-Paul Graham

Conviction or Dissimulation?

Who do you trust? Why? What is trust?

I am forced to consider this with regard to obligation toward God, if he does indeed exist - and I am convinced of it! If I am to understand that trust is only worked out in action then I am truly challenged. For what is trust if left at words?

So how am I to display my trust in God? How am I to do this so that it makes a difference to how I live? And how am I to talk about it so that it makes sense to anyone unfamiliar with the tenets of Biblical christianity? Not only this, how does one talk about these things without sounding incredibly trite?

And whatever I think, I shouldn't be saying it if it's hypocritical? Even if I truly believe it?

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"The truth is a person"

Titus says

"Salvation is actually all about works."

What's the angle?

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"Freedom isn't given - it's taken"

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Two quotes today.

David: "It is WE who extol the LORD, both now and forever more"

&

Gene Siskel: "Is this movie more entertaining than a documentary of the same people having lunch?"

Back to reality?

Um, so I haven't been around for a while but here are a couple photo's.