tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-777075932400116766.post2352662993880979544..comments2023-03-27T15:47:22.880+01:00Comments on Of rainstorms and rooks and broken clocks: Friends from my Bookshelf ~ 3Richard Goodehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06661201913648801812noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-777075932400116766.post-59529306920072233902012-11-21T10:12:38.251+00:002012-11-21T10:12:38.251+00:00Thank you so much, Victoria, for all your encourag...Thank you so much, Victoria, for all your encouraging words. Yes it is just the way I like it too!! :DRichard Goodehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06661201913648801812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-777075932400116766.post-58260656650941944192012-11-19T17:53:16.733+00:002012-11-19T17:53:16.733+00:00Hello friend..you astound me with your intriguing ...Hello friend..you astound me with your intriguing posts and sharings....such fascinating writing and energy and movement inside them....your words always alive and flowing for me..I love that! I love your last line..my climb had begun!<br />yes...there is always so much to learn and know..it is immeasurable discovery..just the way I like it!<br />Victoria~Victoriahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09280128561139519596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-777075932400116766.post-41333370511626457302012-11-18T21:55:01.114+00:002012-11-18T21:55:01.114+00:00Oooops Hahaha - just realised that I've aged m...Oooops Hahaha - just realised that I've aged myself by a decade!! <br />I was entering my 30s and NOT my 40s!!!<br /><br />Wow, I feel so much younger now ;DRichard Goodehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06661201913648801812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-777075932400116766.post-28493168109437545142012-11-18T21:53:23.302+00:002012-11-18T21:53:23.302+00:00Thank you so much, Amanda.
Yes you are absolutely...Thank you so much, Amanda. <br />Yes you are absolutely right studying is so scary and SO exiting. No matter how many letters one accumulates after one's name (or even before it) those feelings of being a little out of one's depth and intimidated never really leave. I still get a thrill when entering a college library or sitting with a group of students - even if now they are expecting me to teach them!<br />It is so true that the more you learn, the more you realise how much you don't know.<br />I know exactly what you mean by loving words too much to let one slip by just because you're not familiar with it. Richard Goodehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06661201913648801812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-777075932400116766.post-40771108899097774342012-11-18T21:42:33.613+00:002012-11-18T21:42:33.613+00:00:D
:D <br />Richard Goodehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06661201913648801812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-777075932400116766.post-44668193538733897512012-11-18T21:31:48.446+00:002012-11-18T21:31:48.446+00:00Thank you.
Ah yes, Aquinas' 5 proofs!! :D I ha...Thank you.<br />Ah yes, Aquinas' 5 proofs!! :D I have to say I love his ontological argument - it's so neat and is everything that is brillaint and bad about philosophy at the same time. It always makes me smile with a kind of delight - like seeing a conjurer's sleight of hand; subtle manipulations of semantics. You are absolutely correct, it (and all the other attempts to 'prove' God's existence through rational thought) presupposes God's existence. They are really exercises in attempting to demonstrate that rational thought has its place in a theocentric universe rather than determining the place of God in a rational universe. Attempts to rationally prove God's existence or his non-existence always seem to me to be doomed to fail because they both miss the point... though I am often hard pressed to articulate quite what that point is. Richard Goodehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06661201913648801812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-777075932400116766.post-19797077558578007842012-11-16T18:16:32.286+00:002012-11-16T18:16:32.286+00:00oh, I know these feeling well. after years of sel...oh, I know these feeling well. after years of self-study, at 35 I finally took the leap to study formally in a structured program. I'm now surrounded by people that have been in this field for 10, 20, even 30 and 40 years. I feel intimidated and out of my element, and like I don't know what the hell I'm doing! But, I love learning, and I'm passionate about the subjects and areas of study. It's a constant reminder that no one was born with this knowledge. And even if you know a lot, there is always something more to learn. Life is learning.<br /><br />I read with a dictionary by my side, too. Even if I'm reading a novel for enjoyment. I love words too much to see one I'm not familiar with and just keep reading without stopping to learn all about that word.<br /><br />Have a fantastic weekend.Amandahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07416943223679138624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-777075932400116766.post-83850647106508094492012-11-16T14:47:33.650+00:002012-11-16T14:47:33.650+00:00the are so many reasons i adore you, mister g
*the are so many reasons i adore you, mister g<br />*cloudgathererholdmedownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09367513733859157300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-777075932400116766.post-68056859113336719352012-11-15T17:30:18.377+00:002012-11-15T17:30:18.377+00:00Awesome post and so revealing too! I studied, brie...Awesome post and so revealing too! I studied, briefly, Thomas Aquinas and found him to be rather interesting the way he interpreted Aristotle from a Christian perspective. <br /><br />Aquinas stated:<br />"You cannot prove that God exists, merely by considering the word God, as the ontological argument in effect supposes. For that strategy to work, you would have to presume to know God's essence. The proposition "God exists," inlike a square has four sides, is not selfevident to us mere mortals. Although you can prove God's existence in several ways, you cannot do it just by examing the concept of God. You have to consider what it is about nature that makes it manifest that it requires God as its original source." He goes on about the five ways he says you can prove God exists,but regardless, it comes down to amatter of one's beliefs, and where they are Spiritually. Aquinas drew between theology and philosophy, and having studies philosophy, I discovered other points of view that are more in line with my beliefs. Great post! Never stop searching~Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13355976715578593325noreply@blogger.com