Nice. My choice : Coffee and cream, go together like… a horse and carriage… yep, both rare to experience in post modern culture. I like your take; keep on keeping on. The year ahead is going to be… historic!
Thanks for the encouragement! I take a closer look at the impact of postmodernism in a series of posts starting 1/1 (“New Yearnings”) so I hope you read and share some thoughts on it.
“I believe that we are both unconditionally and immeasurably loved,”
That’s not what I see. For many our fallen world is a hellish nightmare of relentless suffering. Something like a quarter of Americans live with some degree of chronic pain and many have a health issue. I happened to see a short video this morning of a young woman who had a popular YouTube channel called “Physics Girl” where she’d talk about physics related issues. She got Covid two years ago and has been in bed ever since. She said she is recovering but she still can’t get out of bed. She’s just lucky she has a husband who loves her and hasn’t dumped her. Many people aren’t so lucky.
Perhaps you should reconsider your belief that our world is a wonderful place that’s full of love. Many believe our world is a battleground of good versus evil. Some say God has abandoned us and it’s Satan, the Prince of Darkness, who’s the supernatural power behind our fallen world. We do have many beautiful things in our world though so that would mean Satan isn’t all bad since he does allow us a lot of beauty.
Seva, as you spend more time reading my posts, I think you will see that I don't believe the world is a wonderful place that's full of love.
Quite the contrary, I think the world is quite broken - a case I have made several times over, but which I take a different approach to in my upcoming series in January on the transcendentals.
But I think you are asking the right questions: Does God exist? Does evil? How do they manifest? And where does this all lead? These are questions on which people have always, and likely will always, disagree wildly and passionately about.
But perhaps that is what makes them worth exploring.
I love this so much. Not everybody appreciates the joyful beauty that is iced coffee.
IKR! I totally tune out all conversation so I can watch the process. We have forgotten that there is wisdom in ritual!
Nice. My choice : Coffee and cream, go together like… a horse and carriage… yep, both rare to experience in post modern culture. I like your take; keep on keeping on. The year ahead is going to be… historic!
Thanks for the encouragement! I take a closer look at the impact of postmodernism in a series of posts starting 1/1 (“New Yearnings”) so I hope you read and share some thoughts on it.
I'll do my best!
“I believe that we are both unconditionally and immeasurably loved,”
That’s not what I see. For many our fallen world is a hellish nightmare of relentless suffering. Something like a quarter of Americans live with some degree of chronic pain and many have a health issue. I happened to see a short video this morning of a young woman who had a popular YouTube channel called “Physics Girl” where she’d talk about physics related issues. She got Covid two years ago and has been in bed ever since. She said she is recovering but she still can’t get out of bed. She’s just lucky she has a husband who loves her and hasn’t dumped her. Many people aren’t so lucky.
Perhaps you should reconsider your belief that our world is a wonderful place that’s full of love. Many believe our world is a battleground of good versus evil. Some say God has abandoned us and it’s Satan, the Prince of Darkness, who’s the supernatural power behind our fallen world. We do have many beautiful things in our world though so that would mean Satan isn’t all bad since he does allow us a lot of beauty.
“Caroline Campbell-What child is this.” (4 min)
https://youtu.be/J2YzQn8VZk4
Seva, as you spend more time reading my posts, I think you will see that I don't believe the world is a wonderful place that's full of love.
Quite the contrary, I think the world is quite broken - a case I have made several times over, but which I take a different approach to in my upcoming series in January on the transcendentals.
But I think you are asking the right questions: Does God exist? Does evil? How do they manifest? And where does this all lead? These are questions on which people have always, and likely will always, disagree wildly and passionately about.
But perhaps that is what makes them worth exploring.