Comments for Earthpages.ca - Think Free http://earthpages.wordpress.com A whole new way to learn Sat, 11 Jul 2009 17:15:20 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 Comment on Afterlife by christianliberal http://earthpages.wordpress.com/2008/04/25/afterlife/#comment-11956 christianliberal Sat, 11 Jul 2009 17:15:20 +0000 http://earthpages.wordpress.com/2008/04/25/afterlife/#comment-11956 Those afterlife-denying scientists will either be right or happy, because how could anyone be anything but depressed if there is no purpose to our existence? Meanwhile, there is abundant evidence of an afterlife. My favorite story is of a man that come back to communicate with his wife and told her were he had hidden a stash of money in the wall of their house. Those non-believing nay-sayers might get a kick out of that - in not for the prospect of an afterlife, at least the idea of finding money, ha, ha! CL http://neardeathnews.wordpress.com/ Those afterlife-denying scientists will either be right or happy, because how could anyone be anything but depressed if there is no purpose to our existence?

Meanwhile, there is abundant evidence of an afterlife. My favorite story is of a man that come back to communicate with his wife and told her were he had hidden a stash of money in the wall of their house. Those non-believing nay-sayers might get a kick out of that – in not for the prospect of an afterlife, at least the idea of finding money, ha, ha!

CL
http://neardeathnews.wordpress.com/

]]> Comment on Shakespeare, William by Earthpages.ca http://earthpages.wordpress.com/2009/06/26/shakespeare/#comment-11829 Earthpages.ca Tue, 30 Jun 2009 16:31:24 +0000 http://earthpages.wordpress.com/2007/08/13/shakespeare/#comment-11829 Thanks for the corrections posted thus far. As for your opinions, hopefully I'll have time at some later date to take you up on them. --MC Thanks for the corrections posted thus far.

As for your opinions, hopefully I’ll have time at some later date to take you up on them.

–MC

]]> Comment on Shakespeare, William by Rob Spence http://earthpages.wordpress.com/2009/06/26/shakespeare/#comment-11815 Rob Spence Mon, 29 Jun 2009 17:34:47 +0000 http://earthpages.wordpress.com/2007/08/13/shakespeare/#comment-11815 I'm not sure what the point of this entry is, as the bare facts of Shakespeare's life and times are available in thousands of locations. I'd suggest, however, some revisions: it's playwright, not playwrite; it's the Lord Chamberlain's Men, and the King's Men; Shakespeare didn't lease the Globe- he was a member of the theatre company which did; what is "mystical" about Shakespeare?; what's the point of the Goethe comparison? Goethe is generally considered Germany's national poet, as Shakespeare is England's, Racine is France's and so on; where's the evidence that Queen Elizabeth approved of his work, beyond the fact that it is thought one or two plays were performed at court?; I don't think there's any evidence of another Globe built before the first burned down; actors in the BBC Shakespeare are, generally, British, so they speak with British accents- I don't know what an ancestrally inherited accent might be; some of the BBC Shakespeare has external scenes, but mostly it's studio-bound. I’m not sure what the point of this entry is, as the bare facts of Shakespeare’s life and times are available in thousands of locations. I’d suggest, however, some revisions:
it’s playwright, not playwrite;
it’s the Lord Chamberlain’s Men, and the King’s Men;
Shakespeare didn’t lease the Globe- he was a member of the theatre company which did;
what is “mystical” about Shakespeare?;
what’s the point of the Goethe comparison? Goethe is generally considered Germany’s national poet, as Shakespeare is England’s, Racine is France’s and so on;
where’s the evidence that Queen Elizabeth approved of his work, beyond the fact that it is thought one or two plays were performed at court?;
I don’t think there’s any evidence of another Globe built before the first burned down;
actors in the BBC Shakespeare are, generally, British, so they speak with British accents- I don’t know what an ancestrally inherited accent might be;
some of the BBC Shakespeare has external scenes, but mostly it’s studio-bound.

]]> Comment on Semiology (or Semiotics) by tom pook http://earthpages.wordpress.com/2009/06/15/semiology/#comment-11800 tom pook Sat, 27 Jun 2009 07:53:22 +0000 http://earthpages.wordpress.com/2007/08/14/semiology/#comment-11800 sign language takes anything and everything as a series of signs. A sign of nature is in the form of a signature...take the cracked walnut kernel and the human brain or the kidney beans and the human kidneys...or the chickpea and clitoris. A leaf's veins resemble human veins and an apple seen from the top looks like a beer belly. as for deconstruction it may be immoral but than immorality is simply an immense morality. I mean does the universe give two hoots about puny man and his constipated and rigidly confined moralistic nature. sign language takes anything and everything as a series of signs. A sign of nature is in the form of a signature…take the cracked walnut kernel and the human brain or the kidney beans and the human kidneys…or the chickpea and clitoris. A leaf’s veins resemble human veins and an apple seen from the top looks like a beer belly.

as for deconstruction it may be immoral but than immorality is simply an immense morality. I mean does the universe give two hoots about puny man and his constipated and rigidly confined moralistic nature.

]]> Comment on Apuleus by Fiji http://earthpages.wordpress.com/2008/04/01/apuleus/#comment-11765 Fiji Sun, 21 Jun 2009 19:59:15 +0000 http://earthpages.wordpress.com/2008/04/01/apuleus/#comment-11765 Excellent! Excellent!

]]> Comment on Serenity Prayer by Lisa http://earthpages.wordpress.com/2009/06/15/serenity-prayer/#comment-11718 Lisa Tue, 16 Jun 2009 21:12:42 +0000 http://earthpages.wordpress.com/2007/08/13/serenity-prayer/#comment-11718 that is beautiful... I didn't realize there was a second verse to The Serenity Prayer... thanks for posting it... Lisa that is beautiful…

I didn’t realize there was a second verse to The Serenity Prayer…

thanks for posting it…

Lisa

]]> Comment on Satori by saradode http://earthpages.wordpress.com/2009/05/30/satori/#comment-11684 saradode Tue, 09 Jun 2009 12:37:15 +0000 http://earthpages.wordpress.com/2007/08/14/satori/#comment-11684 "I follow God because I can’t deny His Grace or the change that happened in my life when I first believed… of course this is only my experience and everyone has their own…and that is something I find so fascinating and so beautiful…" THAT'S beautiful. You've felt God's presence in a personal and meaningful way, and established a loving relationship, AND you're willing to allow for others to do the same in their own way. I think that's kind of the ideal. :) Sara http://saradode.wordpress.com “I follow God because I can’t deny His Grace or the change that happened in my life when I first believed…

of course this is only my experience and everyone has their own…and that is something I find so fascinating and so beautiful…”

THAT’S beautiful. You’ve felt God’s presence in a personal and meaningful way, and established a loving relationship, AND you’re willing to allow for others to do the same in their own way.

I think that’s kind of the ideal. :)

Sara
http://saradode.wordpress.com

]]> Comment on Satori by Lisa http://earthpages.wordpress.com/2009/05/30/satori/#comment-11667 Lisa Mon, 01 Jun 2009 15:35:27 +0000 http://earthpages.wordpress.com/2007/08/14/satori/#comment-11667 that's beautiful... that’s beautiful…

]]> Comment on Satori by Earthpages.ca http://earthpages.wordpress.com/2009/05/30/satori/#comment-11664 Earthpages.ca Mon, 01 Jun 2009 09:16:10 +0000 http://earthpages.wordpress.com/2007/08/14/satori/#comment-11664 Wow... this thread has turned into a Superthread! Such great comments! I'm reminded of this quote from the classic sci-fi film: <i>There can be no understanding between the hands and the brain unless the heart acts as mediator.</i> —Fritz Lang's <i>Metropolis</i>, 1926 :-) Wow… this thread has turned into a Superthread! Such great comments!

I’m reminded of this quote from the classic sci-fi film:

There can be no understanding between the hands and the brain unless the heart acts as mediator.

—Fritz Lang’s Metropolis, 1926

:-)

]]> Comment on Satori by Lisa http://earthpages.wordpress.com/2009/05/30/satori/#comment-11663 Lisa Mon, 01 Jun 2009 02:06:54 +0000 http://earthpages.wordpress.com/2007/08/14/satori/#comment-11663 Before I read your above reply, Sara, I wrote this on facebook today... "what do I really know for sure? except what my heart tells me..." I have never been able to prove, without a doubt, why I believe what I believe when asked...all I can reveal to people is what my heart tells me... I too have made many mistakes but even when shown new ideas and new theories about Christianity or other religions I always come back to what feels right within my heart...and when I follow that I find peace... There was a time in my life however, when I would believe almost anything a pastor or a professor would tell me and I rarely thought for myself...possibly out of fear that I would lose my faith or because I thought they must know the answers because they had letters behind their names... but as I get older I realize God is bigger than any box we try to put him in...and as the old saying goes, the more I learn the less I know... but instead of dismissing that there is a God, because there is so much that can't be proven, I follow God because I can't deny His Grace or the change that happened in my life when I first believed... of course this is only my experience and everyone has their own...and that is something I find so fascinating and so beautiful... Before I read your above reply, Sara, I wrote this on facebook today…

“what do I really know for sure? except what my heart tells me…”

I have never been able to prove, without a doubt, why I believe what I believe when asked…all I can reveal to people is what my heart tells me…

I too have made many mistakes but even when shown new ideas and new theories about Christianity or other religions I always come back to what feels right within my heart…and when I follow that I find peace…

There was a time in my life however, when I would believe almost anything a pastor or a professor would tell me and I rarely thought for myself…possibly out of fear that I would lose my faith or because I thought they must know the answers because they had letters behind their names…

but as I get older I realize God is bigger than any box we try to put him in…and as the old saying goes, the more I learn the less I know…

but instead of dismissing that there is a God, because there is so much that can’t be proven, I follow God because I can’t deny His Grace or the change that happened in my life when I first believed…

of course this is only my experience and everyone has their own…and that is something I find so fascinating and so beautiful…

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