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Tuesday, June 19. 2007

Light

From a piece at One Cosmos:

No philosophy could be more impoverished than one which denies the existence of this radiant interior Light -- or that reduces it to some material property of physics. "Divine light" is not a metaphor borrowed from our sensory apparatus. Rather, the reverse is true: the radiant light that fills the cosmos is an analogue of God's infinite luminous presence.

Posted by Bird Dog in Religion at 11:41 | Comments (8) | Trackbacks (0)

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As far as light goes I'm in favor of it. I kept this short so we could all enjoy the light of this space.
#1 Habu-lite on 2007-06-19 13:47 (Reply)
The "light vs Dark" motif, so strong from the Bible forward (and backward, but we have no writ record) makes one wonder if the 'death of God' notion is more than coincidentally contemporaneous with the advent of electrical lighting. Folks made the switch in more ways than one? Nah.
#2 buddy larsen on 2007-06-19 15:46 (Reply)
"And he [Jesus] was transfigured before them. And his face did shine as the sun: and his garments became white as snow."
--Matthew 17, 2

"And the light shineth in darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend it."
--John 1, 5
#3 John Hetman on 2007-06-19 16:48 (Reply)
Word of the Day for Wednesday, June 20, 2007
agon \AH-gahn; ah-GOHN\, noun:

A struggle or contest; conflict; especially between the protagonist and antagonist in a literary work.

Conflicts about moral claims are part of what it means to be human, and a political ideal stripped of sentimentality and the utopian temptation is one committed to the notion that political life is a permanent agon between clashing, even incompatible goods.
-- Jean Bethke Elshtain, Real Politics
It is the irresolvable love-hate agon between men and women that drives all cultures.
-- Lawrence Osborne, "False goddess", Salon, June 28, 2000
Almost every poem Auden wrote in the weeks before and after his arrival in New York portrayed the agon of an artist in combat with his gift.
-- Edward Mendelson, Later Auden
Agon comes from Greek agon, "a struggle or contest." It is related to agony.

Dictionary.com Entry and Pronunciation for agon

(cut/paste from 'Dr. Dictionary' email)
#4 buddy larsen on 2007-06-20 11:28 (Reply)
Agon kick yore butt if'n you tecsh my girl wun mor tiam an you will be hurtin' fer certain.
#5 Phoenix on 2007-06-20 12:55 (Reply)
hyuh hyuh...okay, here's one you'll like, P:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/femail/article.html?in_article_id=463216&in_page_id=1879
#6 buddy larsen on 2007-06-20 14:13 (Reply)
Nice story, Buddy. Not. But I kept thinking while I read how much fun I'd have busting the froideur of those haughty, boring women. It made me rebellious inside reading that. Probably because I identified with the single woman thing. You're like fresh meat and you never get invited anywhere - except by men with that lean and hongry look. :]
#7 Phoenix on 2007-06-21 00:03 (Reply)
I figured that story would set your jaw--but not trying to be mean, just to remark on how sticky is that olde style stuff still.
#8 buddy larsen on 2007-06-21 00:40 (Reply)

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