tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7206866042338169907.post4506316979208684666..comments2023-11-02T04:18:20.969-05:00Comments on PAGANS AND LUTHERANS: Open Source ReligionBruce Geehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18140478955080857310noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7206866042338169907.post-37911932067784517362007-08-01T13:08:00.000-05:002007-08-01T13:08:00.000-05:00Theodore, or pastor, or what have you: Interestin...Theodore, or pastor, or what have you: Interesting insight. Isn't Enthusiasm defined as someone cooking without a cookbook?Bruce Geehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18140478955080857310noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7206866042338169907.post-21768454665179256672007-08-01T13:06:00.000-05:002007-08-01T13:06:00.000-05:00Cheesehead, "Can you not cook, or can you not cook...Cheesehead, "Can you not cook, or can you not cook?". To mangle some famous quote.Bruce Geehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18140478955080857310noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7206866042338169907.post-72680298208100111842007-08-01T07:17:00.000-05:002007-08-01T07:17:00.000-05:00When I described Open Source to someone, he said i...When I described Open Source to someone, he said it sounded like Christian Scientist practice, of which Paul writes "Always learning and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth" (2 Tim 3:7).Theodorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06861147064732360500noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7206866042338169907.post-53454292041543506592007-08-01T00:06:00.000-05:002007-08-01T00:06:00.000-05:00I've cooked without a recipe.There wasn't much dif...I've cooked without a recipe.<BR/><BR/>There wasn't much difference between when I cooked with a recipe.<BR/><BR/>But on a spiritual level, it's not a good idea.<BR/><BR/>cheesehedAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7206866042338169907.post-8728278097287407502007-07-30T09:45:00.000-05:002007-07-30T09:45:00.000-05:00I do think absolute truth is an ideal to these peo...I do think absolute truth is an ideal to these people, but it's an ideal they are very afraid to realize.<BR/>Seeking that kernel is much more satisfying, more romantic, and besides, it takes up lots of time. <BR/>Maybe all this open source stuff is just a way ot put off having to know anything, having to accept anything, having to feel a moment's discomfort about oneself. Kind of like young adults today who put off living away from home until they're 'ready'--until they've accumulated all the stuff they'll need. <BR/>The open sourcers are just collecting data, meanwhile receiving that all-important affirmation of the self, hoping that, down the road, they'll be ready for that beautiful absolute when it hits them.<BR/>Well, it had better be good, and they better not have expended all this seeking-energy for nothing.<BR/>So, then, can the real truth ever be good enough?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7206866042338169907.post-72306103382160564532007-07-29T09:02:00.000-05:002007-07-29T09:02:00.000-05:00Of course, all that you say about those on Faceboo...Of course, all that you say about those on Facebook can also be said of those who "blog". <BR/><BR/>I am not sure there is anything new about life being about "me". That's always been with us. It is called the flesh. What is new is the technology. Instead of writing an "all about me" letter to a close friend, we do this group letter thing on the internet.<BR/><BR/>I question whether many of these folks refuse to believe that absolute truth exists. I think they are idealistic enough to believe there is an absolute truth. I think they simply believe that no one has it or has expressed it yet. I think this is where Postmodernist theory misses the point about Postmodernist seekers: they in fact may believe that absolute truth exists out there somewhere; we just don't have the means to access it. Yet. In the meantime, it is everyone for themselves.Bruce Geehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18140478955080857310noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7206866042338169907.post-27906601948265609252007-07-28T19:02:00.000-05:002007-07-28T19:02:00.000-05:00We live in an age of Facebook, MyPage, and many ot...We live in an age of Facebook, MyPage, and many other sites. People want to be known. It is not enough to write a letter to a close friend. One could say that this helps people interact more with photos. However, the images are about "me." <BR/> When people have been reared in a negative-free environment—at home and especially at school—so as to not destroy one's self-esteem; no wonder young people think life is about them, that they are wise enough to determine whatever religious ideas they like, without respect to what is truth. <BR/> Open source religion is also the fruit of post-modernism with its dogma that no absolute truth exists. They have been taught that spiritual truth must self-determinate, so this movement should not surprize anyone. It may work for a while, one's spirituality will only be a hope, not a certainty.Theodorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06861147064732360500noreply@blogger.com