Comments on: Speaking of Truth… http://kjirstinbentson.wordpress.com/2007/10/04/speaking-of-truth/ back from Baghdad (again) Wed, 14 Oct 2009 12:00:28 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: raincoaster http://kjirstinbentson.wordpress.com/2007/10/04/speaking-of-truth/#comment-3663 raincoaster Thu, 18 Oct 2007 01:19:21 +0000 http://kjirstinbentson.wordpress.com/2007/10/04/speaking-of-truth/#comment-3663 Sounds like Timm is talking about what's conventionally (fearfully) known as anarchism. Very often we get distracted by the labels that have been attached to labels and don't consider the actual idea because we're too busy being frightened by the stories our grandparents told us about the <i>label</i>. It was a wise man who said, "Learn from history, because you'll never live long enough to make all those mistakes yourself." Sounds like Timm is talking about what’s conventionally (fearfully) known as anarchism. Very often we get distracted by the labels that have been attached to labels and don’t consider the actual idea because we’re too busy being frightened by the stories our grandparents told us about the label.

It was a wise man who said, “Learn from history, because you’ll never live long enough to make all those mistakes yourself.”

]]> By: mr bua http://kjirstinbentson.wordpress.com/2007/10/04/speaking-of-truth/#comment-3654 mr bua Tue, 16 Oct 2007 19:08:28 +0000 http://kjirstinbentson.wordpress.com/2007/10/04/speaking-of-truth/#comment-3654 mr bua thinks he is the truth. give me candy. mr bua thinks he is the truth. give me candy.

]]> By: Kjirstin http://kjirstinbentson.wordpress.com/2007/10/04/speaking-of-truth/#comment-3591 Kjirstin Fri, 05 Oct 2007 23:38:13 +0000 http://kjirstinbentson.wordpress.com/2007/10/04/speaking-of-truth/#comment-3591 Paul, I think I need clarification as to what kind of example you want... By the way, this is an endemic problem for me--I tend to think, talk, and write in terms of sweeping generalizations, especially when we get to the philosophical underpinnings of life. On more than one occasion I've had a professor comment to me, "That's all very nice, but give me an example that illustrates your point." I did try to do so with the broken-up teenager idea... Paul, I think I need clarification as to what kind of example you want…

By the way, this is an endemic problem for me–I tend to think, talk, and write in terms of sweeping generalizations, especially when we get to the philosophical underpinnings of life. On more than one occasion I’ve had a professor comment to me, “That’s all very nice, but give me an example that illustrates your point.”

I did try to do so with the broken-up teenager idea…

]]> By: Abbadon http://kjirstinbentson.wordpress.com/2007/10/04/speaking-of-truth/#comment-3589 Abbadon Fri, 05 Oct 2007 22:01:22 +0000 http://kjirstinbentson.wordpress.com/2007/10/04/speaking-of-truth/#comment-3589 "We Must Be Kind to One Another" Must???? That's an imperative that has no basis in fact or logic. A noble wish, perhaps, but no more substantial than wishing that those mean old killer whales would stop eating those cute baby harp seals. “We Must Be Kind to One Another” Must???? That’s an imperative that has no basis in fact or logic. A noble wish, perhaps, but no more substantial than wishing that those mean old killer whales would stop eating those cute baby harp seals.

]]> By: Paul http://kjirstinbentson.wordpress.com/2007/10/04/speaking-of-truth/#comment-3585 Paul Fri, 05 Oct 2007 16:46:00 +0000 http://kjirstinbentson.wordpress.com/2007/10/04/speaking-of-truth/#comment-3585 Thank you. That clears thing up quite a bit. Any chance I can get an example? Thank you. That clears thing up quite a bit. Any chance I can get an example?

]]> By: Shirley http://kjirstinbentson.wordpress.com/2007/10/04/speaking-of-truth/#comment-3578 Shirley Thu, 04 Oct 2007 23:49:57 +0000 http://kjirstinbentson.wordpress.com/2007/10/04/speaking-of-truth/#comment-3578 Hello, I enjoyed both your post and the powerful comments by Tim Severud. Thank you. If you at all have time, please visit my devotional blog today. There are a couple of questions there I want to ask you. Just take a few minutes. Thank you very much. Blessings always, Shirley Buxton www.shirleybuxton.wordpress.com Hello, I enjoyed both your post and the powerful comments by Tim Severud. Thank you.

If you at all have time, please visit my devotional blog today. There are a couple of questions there I want to ask you. Just take a few minutes. Thank you very much.

Blessings always,

Shirley Buxton
http://www.shirleybuxton.wordpress.com

]]> By: Timm Severud http://kjirstinbentson.wordpress.com/2007/10/04/speaking-of-truth/#comment-3577 Timm Severud Thu, 04 Oct 2007 23:14:08 +0000 http://kjirstinbentson.wordpress.com/2007/10/04/speaking-of-truth/#comment-3577 Capt'n I gave up trying to convince the world of anything after I repainted my first car a 1964 Ford Fairlane... It have 32 miles on it and was 8 years old when I bought it. The owner died the day after buying it and her husband put it up on blocks... it was a great car, a good buy except for one thing, it was pink... So I spent $800 for a complete paint job - pine green with silver metal flaking and black chrome. It was stunning, I took it to school and the girl I was trying to impress got in and the first thing she did was open the glove box... the interior was pink. shhh perfection is such a tough standard. I too am a student of history and see it as the most important study and the best history is first person rather that filter through the opinions of a few more generations. It is from this study that I have discovered there is a form of government far preferable to democracy... It is a very old form of government built on concensus building... Community is built by getting along and being kind to one another... Last night as I was sitting thinking about such foolishness as truth... I remembered something I wrote after watching a show... my apologizes to Babylon 5 Season 5 Episode 2 Unity's Law We are many individuals seeking to speak with one voice, the human one. We come from many beliefs, Agnostics, Animist, Christian, Hebrew, Hindu, Humanist, Islamist, Taoist, Zoroastrian and on... but we hear the same small 'placid water' voice. It speaks in the language of trust and love, it is the language of the soul and heart. But it is always the same voice, it is the of the grandparents whispering to us, it is the voice of the grandchildren waiting for us to speak, It is the small 'placid water' voice that now says "We are One! No matter the color, no matter the profession, no matter the possessions. We are One! No matter the ancestry, no matter the book, no matter the vision, We Are One! No matter this physical strength, no matter the hatred, no matter the fear. We are One!" It says, "Gather together with a common cause, and agree to recognize this singular truth, and this singular law. We Must Be Kind to One Another. Each voice gained ennobles and enables us. Each voice lost diminishes us. We are light of the past. We are the voice of humanity. We are the only path to the future, for 'We are One!'" Capt’n

I gave up trying to convince the world of anything after I repainted my first car a 1964 Ford Fairlane… It have 32 miles on it and was 8 years old when I bought it. The owner died the day after buying it and her husband put it up on blocks… it was a great car, a good buy except for one thing, it was pink… So I spent $800 for a complete paint job – pine green with silver metal flaking and black chrome. It was stunning, I took it to school and the girl I was trying to impress got in and the first thing she did was open the glove box… the interior was pink. shhh perfection is such a tough standard.

I too am a student of history and see it as the most important study and the best history is first person rather that filter through the opinions of a few more generations. It is from this study that I have discovered there is a form of government far preferable to democracy… It is a very old form of government built on concensus building… Community is built by getting along and being kind to one another…

Last night as I was sitting thinking about such foolishness as truth… I remembered something I wrote after watching a show… my apologizes to Babylon 5 Season 5 Episode 2

Unity’s Law

We are many individuals seeking to speak with one voice, the human one. We come from many beliefs, Agnostics, Animist, Christian, Hebrew, Hindu, Humanist, Islamist, Taoist, Zoroastrian and on… but we hear the same small ‘placid water’ voice.

It speaks in the language of trust and love, it is the language of the soul and heart. But it is always the same voice, it is the of the grandparents whispering to us, it is the voice of the grandchildren waiting for us to speak,

It is the small ‘placid water’ voice that now says “We are One! No matter the color, no matter the profession, no matter the possessions. We are One! No matter the ancestry, no matter the book, no matter the vision, We Are One! No matter this physical strength, no matter the hatred, no matter the fear. We are One!”

It says, “Gather together with a common cause, and agree to recognize this singular truth, and this singular law. We Must Be Kind to One Another. Each voice gained ennobles and enables us. Each voice lost diminishes us. We are light of the past. We are the voice of humanity. We are the only path to the future, for ‘We are One!’”

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