tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-445646582472943180.post6237186694631475989..comments2023-11-05T04:12:34.531-08:00Comments on my friend ivan: Another Blog Post on Evolution and Robotsnatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03212790581679016617noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-445646582472943180.post-3638392732819777652009-12-19T03:39:07.663-08:002009-12-19T03:39:07.663-08:00Stalayblueway [url=http://wiki.openqa.org/display/...Stalayblueway [url=http://wiki.openqa.org/display/~buy-mobic-without-no-prescription-online]Buy Mobic without no prescription online[/url] [url=https://launchpad.net/~codeine-poro]Buy Codeine no prescription[/url]Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-445646582472943180.post-34271529069059835462008-06-06T21:20:00.000-07:002008-06-06T21:20:00.000-07:00Sounds like a matrix spin off. Do you think that D...Sounds like a matrix spin off. Do you think that Dow could get the part as Neo?<BR/><BR/>On a more serious note. To say any part of the Bible is a metaphor is Dangerous ground. Not b/c it is, or is not, but b/c ones western mentality would question the validity of scripture as a whole.<BR/><BR/>RussAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-445646582472943180.post-15756948436771493392008-05-30T07:19:00.000-07:002008-05-30T07:19:00.000-07:00Thanks for the comments!Terry,Contra the computer ...Thanks for the comments!<BR/>Terry,<BR/>Contra the computer program, I do not believe God himself evolved, but when it comes to Genesis (portions of it), I believe, along with most scholars, it is a metaphor meant to encourage an enslaved people that they were God's chosen children with a special heritage that rivaled that of the Egyptians and they could thus break free of their bonds. <BR/><BR/>I really appreciate the personal insight in your comment. And couldn't agree more on your statements regarding truth, good and evil, and the fall.<BR/><BR/>RC,<BR/>We do think we are so smart. It all goes back to Terry's description of the fall of man. If you follow the link you can actually download and run the program. But I don't know how to do it...it's source code.natehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03212790581679016617noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-445646582472943180.post-41888810184871651062008-05-29T22:12:00.000-07:002008-05-29T22:12:00.000-07:00That's computer program sounds super bizarre...why...That's computer program sounds super bizarre...<BR/><BR/>why do we think we're so smart?RChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11340006144797496514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-445646582472943180.post-90166173525927414592008-05-29T17:29:00.000-07:002008-05-29T17:29:00.000-07:00Genesis, is it literal history or metaphor? Funny...Genesis, is it literal history or metaphor? <BR/><BR/>Funny what we fight about. It doesn't matter or change things to me, if the story of Adam and Eve was literal or allegorical, the issues are the same, the teachings are the same, and the lessons we can learn from it are the same. In other words both liberals and conservatives can learn from these passages the same things and not quibble over historicity.<BR/><BR/>For example, when my beloved wife died so young, I was deeply angry at God for her loss, but a couple of years into widowhood, I figured out that bitterness and anger would only make my own life even worse, I am sure many others have discovered the same.<BR/><BR/>That is when that I believe God spoke to me about the story of the Garden of Eden. While I personally am not a literalist, I do believe the story is <B>true</B> and conveys <B>truth</B>. In this case, the story tells us that "we" humans don't get to eat of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, in other words we don't get to choose what good and evil is. So, what is, is. What is in our control is how we deal with it<BR/><BR/>I have never considered the first Sin to be sexual in nature, to me it as always been humans trying to pick and choose themselves (without the aid of God) what is good and evil. Therefore I come down quite comfortably on the side that Hubris was the problem.<BR/><BR/>Being literal or allegorical in nature doesn't change the powerful truth I perceived in the story. For me, that is enough.<BR/><BR/><I>Mysterium fìdei</I>Monk-in-Traininghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01587433183262341491noreply@blogger.com