tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post5908390626033320775..comments2023-11-03T11:32:01.540+00:00Comments on Thought Experiments : The Blog: Atheism and EmmylouBryan Appleyardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08276787058430388582noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-20018103075729453062008-11-03T06:02:00.000+00:002008-11-03T06:02:00.000+00:00dell inspiron 1720 batterydell vostro 1500 battery...<A HREF="http://www.batterygoshop.co.uk/dell/inspiron-1720-battery.htm" REL="nofollow">dell inspiron 1720 battery</A><BR/><A HREF="http://www.batterygoshop.co.uk/dell/vostro-1500-battery.htm" REL="nofollow">dell vostro 1500 battery</A><BR/><A HREF="http://www.batterygoshop.co.uk/dell/vostro-1700-battery.htm" REL="nofollow">dell vostro 1700 battery</A>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-7523589377923919542007-12-23T23:25:00.000+00:002007-12-23T23:25:00.000+00:00Ah, Rus -- I love GMH, especially "Pied Beauty." T...Ah, Rus -- I love GMH, especially "Pied Beauty." Thank you for posting that.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-48742124843115865962007-12-23T18:29:00.000+00:002007-12-23T18:29:00.000+00:00Hi elberry,You just reminded me of the GMH.Yours,R...Hi elberry,<BR/><BR/>You just reminded me of the GMH.<BR/><BR/>Yours,<BR/>Rus<BR/><BR/>~~~<BR/><BR/><BR/> <BR/><BR/><I>by Gerard Manley Hopkins</I><BR/> <BR/><BR/><B>God's Grandeur</B><BR/> <BR/> <BR/>The world is charged with the grandeur of God.<BR/> It will flame out, like shining from shook foil;<BR/> It gathers to a greatness,Rus Bowdenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08412920154921512774noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-38838971115544215922007-12-23T17:32:00.000+00:002007-12-23T17:32:00.000+00:00It is peculiar how many people have no sense of 'g...It is peculiar how many people have no sense of 'god', or of a meaning beyond the purely material (get enough food to survive, etc.). i suppose it's just the way we are.<BR/><BR/>Be nice if religious folk would accept that Joe Smith can't feel anything more than biological imperatives, and JS vice versa, but instead they often feel this need to shout each other into silence.<BR/><BR/>The middle Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-61783633195363949472007-12-23T10:08:00.000+00:002007-12-23T10:08:00.000+00:00on religion, do you remember the chat show when je...on religion, do you remember the chat show when jewish actor Dustin Hoffman was asked whether he regretted the religious practice of circumcision - I mean, you could be experiencing increased sensitivity if you had a foreskin, right? He said he didn't think his mind could survive any increase in sensitivity.<BR/><BR/>So, let god be your graphic equalizer! I like it.Ian russellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11106519805045337505noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-9294955302125329822007-12-22T23:20:00.000+00:002007-12-22T23:20:00.000+00:00brit has an interesting parenthetical above:(and a...brit has an interesting parenthetical above:<BR/><BR/><I>(and assuming we're defining atheism as an absence of belief in any of the traditional conceptions of God, rather than a strong assertion that there cannot be a God)</I><BR/><BR/>Atheism by definition is that strong assertion that there cannot be a god.<BR/><BR/>On the Emmylou point, I had not listened to her in a long time. But, I am a Rus Bowdenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08412920154921512774noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-56336003025447054432007-12-22T18:45:00.000+00:002007-12-22T18:45:00.000+00:00Mark Radcliffe says Emmylou is the one singer he'd...Mark Radcliffe says Emmylou is the one singer he'd enjoy hearing sing the phone book. I think you also have school and Man City in common, and I suppose Nige is your Maconie (not your Lard, obviously).simbnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00811721880591573545noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-26351382200086884852007-12-22T16:27:00.000+00:002007-12-22T16:27:00.000+00:00The Spice Girls reunion certainly confirmed my be...The Spice Girls reunion certainly confirmed my belief in the existence of Satan.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-47337086382215029172007-12-22T16:12:00.000+00:002007-12-22T16:12:00.000+00:00Emmylou, yeah. But the one song that does it to me...Emmylou, yeah. But the one song that does it to me is by Bonnie Raitt: "I can't make you love me if you don't......"<BR/><BR/>But, forget these country croonin' chicks. I just discovered another of my fave actors -- a Brit, bien sur -- lives in Norfolk. Bryan, do you know that soulful dude, Brendan Coyle? He's amazing. "Prime Suspect" or "North and South," he's equally brill.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-8355322016582583242007-12-22T15:28:00.000+00:002007-12-22T15:28:00.000+00:00My dear friend Simon Heffer has a piece about athe...My dear friend Simon Heffer has a piece about atheism in todays Daily Telegraph - oddly he is very pro.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-45684465401536476242007-12-22T14:36:00.000+00:002007-12-22T14:36:00.000+00:00It's not the sort of thing most people have a choi...It's not the sort of thing most people have a choice about. But if there is a point to atheism (and assuming we're defining atheism as an absence of belief in any of the traditional conceptions of God, rather than a strong assertion that there cannot be a God), then the point is the acceptance of the limits of our knowledge.Brithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00390560583798960760noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-69016964004436511872007-12-22T11:10:00.000+00:002007-12-22T11:10:00.000+00:00The point about God, much lost in the progress thr...The point about God, much lost in the progress through time, is that in the words of the Chandogya Upanishad, <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tat_Tvam_Asi" REL="nofollow">Tat Tvam Asi</A>, or Thou Art That; Ultimate Reality and the individual soul are one and the same. The idea of being content to leave God as an intellectual category of the mind, and not experiencing the mind that Andrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11708539533684206357noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-46677033127723131852007-12-22T09:47:00.000+00:002007-12-22T09:47:00.000+00:00You're right: there is no POINT to atheism. It's a...You're right: there is no POINT to atheism. It's a shame it has to become dogma, with its own self aggrandizing priesthood. Some of us just feel comfortable in a godless universe. That's it. But then what is the point of G-D? BTW how can you jump from Ella Fitzgerald to Emmy Lou Harris and miss out the divine Joni?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com