tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5077075252525438159.post2935014052056531321..comments2023-10-22T02:35:41.216-07:00Comments on Citizen K.: Habituated to the VastUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5077075252525438159.post-10856725146869390192010-01-09T15:43:13.177-08:002010-01-09T15:43:13.177-08:00I actually can't do any of it!I actually can't do any of it!K.https://www.blogger.com/profile/10222703055177237209noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5077075252525438159.post-45592416924275401652010-01-09T15:11:22.016-08:002010-01-09T15:11:22.016-08:00Goddamn it, K! You had me till you started trying ...Goddamn it, K! You had me till you started trying to weigh in on theology as a non-believer. <br />I can do the Creator thing, but not the Big Man in the Sky with a Big Book with My Name in it and Big Red Check Marks trailing off to Infinity of course.<br />To me it is obvious that we are Creatives and part of the problem with the destruction of this planet involves the cognitive dissonance surrounding that clear reality.<br />But what that has to do with a single white guy in the sky has always eluded me.<br /><br />Ummm errrah... get ready, your Word Verification Thingy WVF for MY comment is: "uncin".<br />I swear to MFKn God.<br />UNCIN, the machine shrieks.<br />UNCIN <br />Oh Cheezus!Editilla~New Orleans Ladderhttp://noladder.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5077075252525438159.post-86324368616392588452010-01-09T13:58:07.961-08:002010-01-09T13:58:07.961-08:00So far, the book is wonderful -- one of those that...So far, the book is wonderful -- one of those that you actually want to read slowly so as to savor it.<br /><br />MommaP, generally I have little good to say about the parochial school experience of the early 60s, and even less good to say about nuns. But their attitude toward creation was correct and even today strikes this nonbeliever as theologically sound. It amounted this: If for his own reasons God brought the world into being via evolution and natural selection, who are we mere mortals to doubt this and question his wisdom?K.https://www.blogger.com/profile/10222703055177237209noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5077075252525438159.post-58914958617240084682010-01-09T12:57:48.779-08:002010-01-09T12:57:48.779-08:00I love this.....I love this.....Ima Wizerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03433038947071428711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5077075252525438159.post-44294946161269921262010-01-09T12:39:45.236-08:002010-01-09T12:39:45.236-08:00The book sounds fascinating, K.! (Is my geek showi...The book sounds fascinating, K.! (Is my geek showing???)Can you imagine the wonder of discovering that the known universe is twice as vast as one had conceptualized? Incredible. <br /><br />Roy's comment about the creationists, fundamentalists, etc., is true...and very sad. Seems belittling to limit your God in such a way as to think He would not be capable of setting something so amazing in place. I don't know how they'd answer that charge. <br /><br />Great psot, K. Enjoy the book!mommapoliticohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17224971007948785838noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5077075252525438159.post-21947777563817641212010-01-09T12:01:50.360-08:002010-01-09T12:01:50.360-08:00I still haven't had the time to read this -- I...I still haven't had the time to read this -- I love Holmes's work.<br /><br />Love, C.Foxessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06754083123669916994noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5077075252525438159.post-29193891020705917232010-01-09T11:36:29.548-08:002010-01-09T11:36:29.548-08:00Thanks, all!
I'm currently reading The Age of...Thanks, all!<br /><br />I'm currently reading <i>The Age of Wonder</i>, which was a Christmas gift from Premium T. In part, it's about how the discoveries of 18th C. English scientists influenced the Romantic poets. It may sound academic, but it's quite engrossing.K.https://www.blogger.com/profile/10222703055177237209noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5077075252525438159.post-21271728384530130562010-01-09T10:55:33.901-08:002010-01-09T10:55:33.901-08:00Great post, K! It's that awe of the vastness o...Great post, K! It's that awe of the vastness of the universe that makes me feel bad for the fundamentalists, creationists, etc.; their world is so completely devoid of that measure of awe because they've imprisoned themselves within this claustrophobic little universe of their own self-limited imaginations and fears.Royhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01648670975466222140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5077075252525438159.post-16517900635980054652010-01-09T10:29:48.288-08:002010-01-09T10:29:48.288-08:00What a fascinating passage--I love your link to co...What a fascinating passage--I love your link to contemporary astronomy, but it's also very intriguing how Coleridge links fantastic literature with this vastness. Great post!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15687192784861682991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5077075252525438159.post-73279425522430681192010-01-09T10:14:30.480-08:002010-01-09T10:14:30.480-08:00Niiiice piece.
I would love to see you write a boo...Niiiice piece.<br />I would love to see you write a book about Coleridge's Pharmacy. <br />No kidding.<br />Thanks in advance,Editilla~New Orleans Ladderhttp://noladder.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com