Comments on: The daily miracle of time http://www.frugalfruitlands.net/2007/07/02/the-daily-miracle-of-time/ Living Less Large in Central MA Fri, 05 Mar 2010 20:28:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: XORsted » Blog Archive » Something is better than nothing http://www.frugalfruitlands.net/2007/07/02/the-daily-miracle-of-time/comment-page-1/#comment-12 XORsted » Blog Archive » Something is better than nothing Wed, 11 Jul 2007 19:26:58 +0000 http://www.electric-monk.net/lise/2007/07/02/the-daily-miracle-of-time/#comment-12 [...] XORsted caramel coating of intellectual curiousity, creamy center of lassitude « The daily miracle of time [...] [...] XORsted caramel coating of intellectual curiousity, creamy center of lassitude « The daily miracle of time [...]

]]> By: lise http://www.frugalfruitlands.net/2007/07/02/the-daily-miracle-of-time/comment-page-1/#comment-11 lise Sat, 07 Jul 2007 12:58:35 +0000 http://www.electric-monk.net/lise/2007/07/02/the-daily-miracle-of-time/#comment-11 Hi Rebecca! I'm familiar with the work of Spong, actually. I read _Why Christianity Must Change or Die_ around seven years ago now. As a recovering Catholic school girl, I found it very inspiring at the time, and he introduced me to the concept of theism being based around a fear of death. I think at the time I was more convinced of a worldview where religion and science can co-exist... I'm not sure how I would feel if I read it today. Still, I admire his bravery in standing out against a theism he could no longer believe in. In a way that's how I moved towards atheism... for many, many years I wanted desperately to believe, but nothing seemed to work very well to win me over to the cause of divinity. And on a lighter topic--even though I have quit WoW, believe me, there are still lots of temptations: The Movies, Oblivion, and Civ IV among them. Hi Rebecca! I’m familiar with the work of Spong, actually. I read _Why Christianity Must Change or Die_ around seven years ago now. As a recovering Catholic school girl, I found it very inspiring at the time, and he introduced me to the concept of theism being based around a fear of death.

I think at the time I was more convinced of a worldview where religion and science can co-exist… I’m not sure how I would feel if I read it today. Still, I admire his bravery in standing out against a theism he could no longer believe in. In a way that’s how I moved towards atheism… for many, many years I wanted desperately to believe, but nothing seemed to work very well to win me over to the cause of divinity.

And on a lighter topic–even though I have quit WoW, believe me, there are still lots of temptations: The Movies, Oblivion, and Civ IV among them.

]]> By: Rebecca http://www.frugalfruitlands.net/2007/07/02/the-daily-miracle-of-time/comment-page-1/#comment-10 Rebecca Sat, 07 Jul 2007 10:59:56 +0000 http://www.electric-monk.net/lise/2007/07/02/the-daily-miracle-of-time/#comment-10 Great blog (followed your sig link from Zen Habits Forum)! It really depends on the brand of Christianity. From the Catholic perspective, how you spend your time here on the planet is very important for it will ultimately delegate you to Purgatory, Inferno or Paradise (ok, so that's really just Dante's take). For others, they believe that when Christ said "I am the way" he meant, "walk the walk" not "use me as an emblem to believe you are better than everyone else." That last group is a minority I realize...John Shelby Spong refers to them as "Christians in Exile." "The pain of finitude"---that is excellent. I don't dare try a "World of Anything" being that I have a hard enough time with Bloxster, Luxor and Quinn (Tetris for the Mac). :-) Great blog (followed your sig link from Zen Habits Forum)! It really depends on the brand of Christianity. From the Catholic perspective, how you spend your time here on the planet is very important for it will ultimately delegate you to Purgatory, Inferno or Paradise (ok, so that’s really just Dante’s take). For others, they believe that when Christ said “I am the way” he meant, “walk the walk” not “use me as an emblem to believe you are better than everyone else.” That last group is a minority I realize…John Shelby Spong refers to them as “Christians in Exile.”

“The pain of finitude”—that is excellent. I don’t dare try a “World of Anything” being that I have a hard enough time with Bloxster, Luxor and Quinn (Tetris for the Mac). :-)

]]> By: Chad http://www.frugalfruitlands.net/2007/07/02/the-daily-miracle-of-time/comment-page-1/#comment-9 Chad Mon, 02 Jul 2007 21:02:24 +0000 http://www.electric-monk.net/lise/2007/07/02/the-daily-miracle-of-time/#comment-9 Well, evolution of the immortal soul can easily translate into the more simple phrase of 'betterment of yourself as a human', or even 'betterment of humanity as a whole'. Where does Charity fit in? Where does volunteerism get chalked up in the division of time takers? What about education? Well, evolution of the immortal soul can easily translate into the more simple phrase of ‘betterment of yourself as a human’, or even ‘betterment of humanity as a whole’. Where does Charity fit in? Where does volunteerism get chalked up in the division of time takers? What about education?

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