Being Human in Faith, Art, and Science

Rejoice when people lie about you.
They couldn't find anything true.

James Carroll Beckwith. The Letter.
public domain.

Rosie as a golf tee. State of Florida Archives. Used by permission

See, there was this elephant. And, well, everyone only gets to touch one part. So people think the elephant is all "leg" or "trunk" or whatever.

The argument goes like that: and that God is like the elephant. I.e., that we think God is the part of the elephant that we touch.

The problem with the argument, so far, is that the one telling the parable is taking the role of the Prophet, the Inspired Revealer of Truth. As if his view were the whole thing.

The writers of the Bible claim to be speaking for God, to fill in where we are limited by our own touching and feeling and other partial perceptions.

The idea here is that our bodies are material and our animate life is spiritual, but our body has a soul, and our soul has a body.

Sometimes I'll go "Ouch" when my car hits the curb. That experience leads me to speculate that our use of tools is, in some way, an extension of one's body. And that the stuff we attach to our bodies are in some way much more a part of us than the mere accidents (latin, accidens) that they seem.

For the whole article, follow this link.
http://sciencenow.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/2008/128/2

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Tool Use Is Just a Trick of the Mind

The twenty-fifth day of December.
In the five thousand one hundred and ninety-ninth year of the creation of the world from the time when God in the beginning created the heavens and the earth;
the two thousand nine hundred and fifty-seventh year after the flood; the two thousand and fifteenth year from the birth of Abraham;
the one thousand five hundred and tenth year from Moses and the going forth of the people of Israel from Egypt;
the one thousand and thirty-second year from David's being anointed king;
in the sixty-fifth week according to the prophecy of Daniel;
in the one hundred and ninety-fourth Olympiad;
the seven hundred and fifty-second year from the foundation of the city of Rome;
the forty-second year of the reign of Octavian Augustus;
the whole world being at peace in the sixth age of the world,
Jesus Christ the eternal God and Son of the eternal Father,
desiring to sanctify the world by his most merciful coming,
being conceived by the Holy Spirit,
and nine months having passed since his conception,
was born in Bethlehem of Judea of the Virgin Mary,
being made flesh.

Proclamation of the Birth of Christ.
From the Roman Martyrology for Christmas Mass.

Hello Friends.
After a year's absence, I find that the powers that be no longer have my Blog by this name anywhere to be found. I am back, though.

If you happen to have a saved copy of any of the old blogs, I would much appreciate getting a copy.
Thanks.

BCM