How is that for a play on words? *g*
The ex and I got together to swap out some furniture early Sunday. (ok, early for me which is noonish) It was pretty uneventful up until we discovered my bed frame isn’t a full/queen hybrid as I’d thought. So the mattress provided by the ex didn’t fit. For the moment, I’m reduced to having a boxspring/mattress on the floor until we can get together again to swap out the rest of his stuff w/another frame for me. He was very kind enough to donate a frame. I am grateful.
Sunday seems to be turning into a regular blogging session for a small gang of buddies. This past Sunday was no exception. Later in the day, I found myself in the Castro at Le Bon Gateau hanging out w/Mostovic, Norm, Tim, and Bobby. The latter two of the group don’t blog. I think we did more talking than blogging this time. That said, a fun time was had by all. I forgot to take pics. On a side rant, Tim has decided he wants me to create a new sub-blog just for him so he could blog about my blog. I’m still confused over that one but I thought I’d share it. *note – his prozaic prescription is low – could be the reason*
Afterwards, Mostovic and I went off by ourselves and had great discussion about God. It was great having an adult conversation about faith w/o someone ending up angry. So few folks can discuss religion w/o getting pissy. I think most folks are used to just following what they’ve always been told vs actually having any sort of in-depth knowledge of their faith. So anytime, that is questioned, they feel theatened and lash out. But I digress. Our conversation was about the core difference between our beliefs – the purpose behind the creation of humanity, the duality of the flesh/spirit, etc. I won’t bore you w/the details as that is a post unto itself. My only failing is I wasn’t able to articulate my thoughts into speech as easily as I understood them. Probably because I don’t read up on religion much anymore and am a bit rusty in the terminology. (who da thunk it, me speechless?) However, Mostovic seemed to be in the same boat, albeit not as bad as me. We spent about 3 hours just talking and listening to each other. It was the most enjoyable theological conversation I’ve ever had in my entire life.
Before we knew it, closing time was upon us and we had to bail! We ran into T from the BCC and had a late night meal together. Afterwards, I went home to watch my tivo shows! Not a bad way to spend the weekend.
In a nutshell:
1. What is the relationship between mercy and freedom? Is it merciful to allow someone to choose his own death? Is it merciful to force an unrepentent “sinner” to live forever in the hope that he might “reform”?
2. The following two statements describe some aspect of “freedom”:
A. You can choose X or you can choose Y. Choose X and you live; choose Y and you die.
B. You are at position X and you will remain in position X forever until you choose to move to position Y.
What is the relationship between these two statements? Are they in opposition? in agreement? How successfully does each describe freedom?
3. Do you prefer to eat your mushrooms on the hamburger or to the side of the hamburger?
you sneak! lol
1) You have to believe in “sin” and all it implies before you can answer such a question.
What if the goal is not to live forever out of ignorance but to learn and grow into that which the soul lacks and yearns for.
2) Why choose x or y when you can take as long as you need, thru living, to reach that which you seek? Everyone seeks it just not as fast as others.
The proof is simple. Why does humanity have this undying need to believe in a higher power and the justification of existence? Because we WANT to believe. This desire allows us to grow, learn, and move up. It is an inherent part of who we are. Not the physical but the spiritual. *Try to explain that one away w/genetics.*
3) I like my mushrooms on the side so I can share them w/you. *giggle*