tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9242710.post8496898807093790374..comments2023-10-31T07:23:17.922-04:00Comments on The Theos Project: "A living hell" and other misunderstandingsJonathan Erdmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04234688186113838474noreply@blogger.comBlogger57125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9242710.post-25768454299944560912007-09-09T22:11:00.000-04:002007-09-09T22:11:00.000-04:00I had to write a paper on almost every chapter...I...I had to write a paper on almost every chapter...I don't think I found it that helpful.Melodyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10071513255237535104noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9242710.post-82392893224262168802007-09-09T22:00:00.000-04:002007-09-09T22:00:00.000-04:00Yeah, I've only read the 1st few chapters. Then I...Yeah, I've only read the 1st few chapters. Then I got bored. I still don't know what my vocational calling is, though (I mean, "what I'm gonna do for $). <BR/>So maybe I should finish.Christopher Mark Van Allsburghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16955371990568269785noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9242710.post-70326189373530064082007-09-08T23:37:00.000-04:002007-09-08T23:37:00.000-04:00Mmm, and here I thought Os Guinness' calling was t...Mmm, and here I thought Os Guinness' calling was to redefine half the words in the english language (my other major complaint about the book). <BR/><BR/>Yeah, I think you should definately mark September 5th on your calander. It is a big accomplishment.Melodyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10071513255237535104noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9242710.post-56023208534074923422007-09-08T18:44:00.000-04:002007-09-08T18:44:00.000-04:00Melody:Ha! That's funny. Yes Guinness said that i...Melody:<BR/><BR/>Ha! That's funny. Yes Guinness said that in the first chapter or so in reference to his own calling in life--as a critic of the church and apologist, among other things.<BR/><BR/>And--making all hell break loose by means of one word is pretty good on my part("All hell's breaking loose" is also a song by Kiss on thier 1983 album upon which they appear for the 1st time w/o makeup; did they coin the phrase, by the way?)<BR/><BR/>I didn't go to a prestigious school or excell at anything in life really up to this point. But now I think I've really done it. "Well, you've really done it now, Olly."Christopher Mark Van Allsburghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16955371990568269785noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9242710.post-1326619682052431662007-09-08T11:01:00.000-04:002007-09-08T11:01:00.000-04:00Hey, I'm not saying that Jon's reaction made any s...Hey, I'm not saying that Jon's reaction made any sense...I'm just saying, hell didn't break loose till shortly after <I>your</I> comment.<BR/><BR/>Guinness said that in The Call? <BR/>He criticized the church in that book? I don't remember that. I just remember he quoted C.S. Lewis so much that I wondered why we weren't reading his stuff instead.Melodyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10071513255237535104noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9242710.post-55262974351650715942007-09-08T03:34:00.000-04:002007-09-08T03:34:00.000-04:00I'm convinced that Freud was a transvestite, Jesus...I'm convinced that Freud was a transvestite, Jesus was Dr. Seuss, Dr. Suess is George Bush, and Dr. Zizek is having a horribly immoral affiar with some obscure ancestor of Comte on which his Father looks down disapprovingly.Jason Hesiakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12628162727207930087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9242710.post-8961959936828034002007-09-08T00:40:00.000-04:002007-09-08T00:40:00.000-04:00I have this damn squirrel or something that will n...I have this damn squirrel or something that will not stop living in my walls. It's right behind my computer, and then it scurries above my head in the attic. I've set traps, had our house insulated. Ahhhhhh!Christopher Mark Van Allsburghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16955371990568269785noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9242710.post-60072993438994179532007-09-08T00:38:00.000-04:002007-09-08T00:38:00.000-04:00Well, YOU'RE the one who said, "Interesting." I j...Well, YOU'RE the one who said, "Interesting." I just said "Huh?" All I wanted was some clarification. I'm all about criticizing sappy evangelical cliches. Larknews, Wittenberg Door, that's me. Os Guinness's call in life is to criticize the church (so he writes in his book, The Call). So keep up the criticism. We need it. <BR/><BR/>This idea of changing the blog is really just a joke, right?Christopher Mark Van Allsburghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16955371990568269785noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9242710.post-13666969644273151532007-09-07T15:53:00.000-04:002007-09-07T15:53:00.000-04:00Well, I don't know about the rest of it...but I th...Well, I don't know about the rest of it...but I think your orginal "huh?" shook him up pretty badly. <BR/><BR/>He's now reconsidering everything this blog has held dear...and it all started a couple hours after that comment. <BR/><BR/>Don't feel too badly though, he was probably teetering on the edge of conservativism already...your confusion just pushed him over.Melodyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10071513255237535104noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9242710.post-43812660117089434522007-09-07T15:41:00.000-04:002007-09-07T15:41:00.000-04:00I have written non sequiturs because I failed to s...I have written non sequiturs because I failed to see the point Jon was originally trying to make; plus the flow of the post since then has taken a new form that seemed alien. <BR/><BR/>I just don't see the connection he is trying to make with his criticism of the article and his alternative view on a proper reading of the book.<BR/><BR/><BR/>Hence, "huh?"Christopher Mark Van Allsburghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16955371990568269785noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9242710.post-59317516943770569772007-09-07T15:16:00.000-04:002007-09-07T15:16:00.000-04:00He might have been ;)He might have been ;)Melodyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10071513255237535104noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9242710.post-14875885375756600122007-09-07T13:45:00.000-04:002007-09-07T13:45:00.000-04:00So shall we propose that the ability to detect sex...So shall we propose that the ability to detect sexual innuendo in purportedly "innocent" sources is an indicator of religious conservatism? So maybe Freud was a closet fundamentalist?john doylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05484728969355294193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9242710.post-89182765677661748802007-09-07T13:14:00.000-04:002007-09-07T13:14:00.000-04:00Ah, sorry, Jonathan Lindvall is a speaker/writer ...Ah, sorry, Jonathan Lindvall is a speaker/writer widely known in conservative circles...advocates betrothal as the only real way to be pure and find a spouse...also the stoning of television sets. <BR/><BR/>Lindvall see's sexual inuendo in <I>everything</I> and I figure that if he finds things like The Sound of Music too provacative...he must have a dirty mind indeed. <BR/><BR/>But for you, the mere mention of...livingroom furniture (?) was enough...so I thought that would make you worse.<BR/><BR/>That's the theory anyhow.Melodyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10071513255237535104noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9242710.post-28287532314876491202007-09-07T12:52:00.000-04:002007-09-07T12:52:00.000-04:00I'm afraid you're projecting now, but that's a tri...I'm afraid you're projecting now, but that's a tried-and-true evangelical defense mechanism -- so you're back in good standing. Jonathan who?john doylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05484728969355294193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9242710.post-49410724400909381832007-09-07T12:18:00.000-04:002007-09-07T12:18:00.000-04:00Pornography?! You have a dirtier mind that Jonatha...Pornography?! <BR/><BR/>You have a dirtier mind that Jonathan Lindvall....good grief.Melodyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10071513255237535104noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9242710.post-33924523381667836102007-09-07T11:28:00.000-04:002007-09-07T11:28:00.000-04:00I'm afraid that, unconsciously speaking, this post...I'm afraid that, unconsciously speaking, this post is starting to veer toward pornography. Be careful, you Gen Yers, or "someone" might have to report you to the Christian thought police.john doylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05484728969355294193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9242710.post-92055513150410414702007-09-06T23:17:00.000-04:002007-09-06T23:17:00.000-04:00He has a barely functional couch......does that co...He has a barely functional couch...<BR/><BR/>...does that count?Melodyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10071513255237535104noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9242710.post-63354987837248538682007-09-06T20:57:00.000-04:002007-09-06T20:57:00.000-04:00Brandy w/soda sounds expensive. Fancy-like. Soph...Brandy w/soda sounds expensive. Fancy-like. Sophisticated! Yes, that's the word. Do you have a red satin smoking jacket, an elaborate library, a sitting chair and fireplace to boot?Christopher Mark Van Allsburghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16955371990568269785noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9242710.post-75937156902803722572007-09-06T20:54:00.000-04:002007-09-06T20:54:00.000-04:00i just got done singing the Hebrew alphabet song w...i just got done singing the Hebrew alphabet song with my wife and two kids. the baby didn't sing it though.Christopher Mark Van Allsburghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16955371990568269785noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9242710.post-39557190269941318752007-09-06T19:58:00.000-04:002007-09-06T19:58:00.000-04:00I had brandy mixed with ginger ale soda(a fine, Mi...I had brandy mixed with ginger ale soda(a fine, Michigan product).<BR/><BR/>Bet you've never tried that before!Jonathan Erdmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04234688186113838474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9242710.post-24407963411605089182007-09-06T19:52:00.001-04:002007-09-06T19:52:00.001-04:00You place it in the middle of the fountain, in cas...You place it in the middle of the fountain, in case the fire gets out of control.Jason Hesiakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12628162727207930087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9242710.post-50082953157477668192007-09-06T19:52:00.000-04:002007-09-06T19:52:00.000-04:00I drank wine last night. We watched the 1st season...I drank wine last night. We watched the 1st season of The Office. Not all at the same time, however, we did it in sequence throught the medium of our DVD player. The Tigers won in extra innings. They won in extra innings today, too. <BR/><BR/>My job is less lucrative this year than last. I think I'll have some more wine tonite.Christopher Mark Van Allsburghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16955371990568269785noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9242710.post-86782305647030303732007-09-06T19:27:00.000-04:002007-09-06T19:27:00.000-04:00I'm sorry but I don't see a backyard grill in that...I'm sorry but I don't see a backyard grill in that picture. Where, exactly, would one barbeque???Jonathan Erdmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04234688186113838474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9242710.post-38574150081842736172007-09-06T19:00:00.000-04:002007-09-06T19:00:00.000-04:00"the militarist tone"? I was referring to its bei..."the militarist tone"? I was referring to its being a garden, organically grown from the "dangerous" shadows of the underneath below. As opposed to the epistemological "projectile" just waiting to hit its target. the "militarist" "under"tone is like an ironic "subversive" (but not "militarist") character entering from the back door of the machine.<BR/><BR/>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Villa_torrigiani_di_lucca%2C_scalinata.JPGJason Hesiakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12628162727207930087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9242710.post-26644008455011360732007-09-06T16:51:00.001-04:002007-09-06T16:51:00.001-04:00This is a bit of a side note, but slightly fits in...This is a bit of a side note, but slightly fits in...<BR/><BR/>Last night my parents watched a special on PBS entitled "Generation Next." I did not want to watch it, but was in the room for part of the time, so I got the treat of listening to some of it. Mom got out her handy-dandy legal-sized notepad for notetaking. I didn't take a peak at her scribblings, but from what I overheard, it's main points were:<BR/><BR/>"They" like gadgets and technology more than the previous generation.<BR/>"They" don't want to be exactly like their parents.<BR/><BR/>Wow.<BR/><BR/>At its end, Mom proclaimed, "I'm disappointed. I didn't learn anything new."Emilyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00936753582229635864noreply@blogger.com