tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7206866042338169907.post6764447294656128755..comments2023-11-02T04:18:20.969-05:00Comments on PAGANS AND LUTHERANS: "The research shows that..."Bruce Geehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18140478955080857310noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7206866042338169907.post-79855093647674806752007-12-10T22:48:00.000-06:002007-12-10T22:48:00.000-06:00Great rant, my friend. Ironically, I have been cal...Great rant, my friend. <BR/><BR/>Ironically, I have been called to jury duty on the 2nd. They may not need me, hopefully.Lutheran Lucciolahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06207851105681940388noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7206866042338169907.post-42194939330983340842007-12-10T13:31:00.000-06:002007-12-10T13:31:00.000-06:00Thanks, TK. You're only the second person to comm...Thanks, TK. You're only the second person to comment on that article: I'm beginning to wonder if people read the Sentinel anymore.<BR/><BR/>Julie: One hopes that building a logical argument will work, but there is a growing number of people out there who can't follow the logic. "Pray that your enemy is intelligent" is prescient advice. Pray that the person taking your complaint about a product over the phone, after working your way through layers of prerecorded messages, is able to comprehend your issue.<BR/><BR/>Here is another theory of why people are not better thinkers: the schools (You knew I'd get here eventually, didn't you?) are failing to teach the grammar level of subjects deeply enough. There is this rush to have kids express themselves, waaay before they have anything to express. Without the deep background, they'll never have anything but shallowness and emotions to fall back upon. <BR/><BR/>But that's just a theory.Bruce Geehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18140478955080857310noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7206866042338169907.post-77487012877199374522007-12-10T12:45:00.000-06:002007-12-10T12:45:00.000-06:00I recently had a bad experience with our local sch...I recently had a bad experience with our local school board where emotion trumped reasoning and principle.<BR/>A local high school will be putting up 80-ft. lighting poles for Friday Night Football despite an environmental impact report that indicated "significant and inevitable" negative impacts on the neighbors, plus an earlier promise not to place this kind of lighting. Since the lights will be shining almost directly into my home 50+ nights per year, all of the schmaltzy trips down high school memory lane did not really sway me very much.<BR/>I suppose that creating a reasonable argument takes time and effort. People don't seem to have time for that these days and advertising has conditioned us to repond to emotional appeals.<BR/>Also, shame seems to have faded from the landscape. People used to feel shame when they were caught breaking a promise! That is a troubling change.Juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09156777134561289706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7206866042338169907.post-35123773011980752982007-12-10T10:37:00.000-06:002007-12-10T10:37:00.000-06:00Off topic, very touching article in the latest Lut...Off topic, very touching article in the latest Lutheran Sentinel. When I commented to my 18 year old daughter, "Hey, I know this guy!", she replied, "From where mom, the INTERNET???" Her tone was a slightly less than respectful. Thankfully, I was able to say, "No-o-o, from that conference I helped Pastor Brooks with. So there!" I then quickly added that he might also have a blog....TKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04001307408814480998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7206866042338169907.post-79001810994349356952007-12-10T10:17:00.000-06:002007-12-10T10:17:00.000-06:00Somewhere I read that, in a discussion of science,...Somewhere I read that, in a discussion of science, if someone says 'we all ready know that' then grab your wallet because the issue has not really been decided.Norman Teigenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13704523935095549165noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7206866042338169907.post-46590802567127565442007-12-09T15:01:00.000-06:002007-12-09T15:01:00.000-06:00My theory, actually, is that it is our music which...My theory, actually, is that it is our music which forms the overarching emotionalism of our age. Gucky, sugary, smelly emotional music. Hurtin' music. Shallow bubblegum googah. <BR/><BR/>Compare to Bach. Or the hymns of Johannes Olearius. Heck, I think that's why I like Dylan so much: he won't let you get all gooey on him. His lyrics, if they make sense at all (I vote they do), are at least partially geared to make you go: "Awww!...uh. What???" <BR/><BR/>"I helped her out of a jamb I guess but I used a little too much force..."Bruce Geehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18140478955080857310noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7206866042338169907.post-68652597299266206482007-12-09T14:16:00.000-06:002007-12-09T14:16:00.000-06:00very nice rant!emotions are the currency of the la...very nice rant!<BR/>emotions are the currency of the land, what we feel is what is real, or so we're told, although i won't name names. <BR/><BR/>*coughCindySheehancough*<BR/><BR/>*coughguncontrolmovementcough*Bob son of Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01501821055388174475noreply@blogger.com