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Published On: Apr 26, 2006 10:02 PM
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Published On: Apr 26, 2006 10:02 PM
Introduction: Searching for Meaning
That’s what religion is all about, right?
Taking the world we live in, that chaotic space of nonsensical events, people,
and actions, and providing a reason for it. Imbuing what might be meaningless
with a semblance of meaning. When you get right down to it, beyond the gods and
goddesses, angels and demons, there’s a little boy or girl crying out to a
deaf world “I don’t understand!
WHY?”
And if you can’t tell me exactly why, at least give me a purpose. Something to aim toward. If I can look straight ahead at a goal then I don’t have to look around me and see that I’m surrounded by people just as confused as I am. The tree can fall in the woods, but I’m not paying attention so it has nothing to do with me, so long as I have a purpose.
Is that all there is to it? No, or at least I hope not. A painting is made up of more than its component pigments, and religion’s role is more than the jaded hopes of the terminally cynical. If I believed that that was the end of it all, then this would be the one and only entry in the blog.
Here are some of the things you can expect to find here. Firstly, expect bad grammar. I’m from Kentucky. Yes, I went to college, but I was only an English major for a while so that I could have an excuse for reading too much. Secondly, expect that I may not update this thing on any basis even approaching regular. I’m sorry; that’s just the way it is. If this isn’t fun for me, then you can expect to not be seeing very much in here; after all, I can search for meaning quite well in my head without this thing.
You can expect to find here things that mean nothing to you. Hel, I expect to find things here that, after the fact, mean nothing to me. However, I hope that even though they may mean nothing in themselves, they will at the least be entertaining, and at most inspire some original thought in me, you and everybody else.
You can expect that I’m not going to have all the answers. We should all be thankful for that. You can expect that when I do have answers, at least half of us will hate the ones I have arrived at. I sincerely hope not to fall into that fifty percent, personally.
You can expect things to be broken up into categories. I’m not going to be anal about it, though, so don’t be surprised if my idea of where something belongs doesn’t jive with any known system of organization.
I think that’s enough expectations for now. Don’t want to over-hype anything, and there have to be some surprises left.
I hope you enjoy. I hope you think.
And if you can’t tell me exactly why, at least give me a purpose. Something to aim toward. If I can look straight ahead at a goal then I don’t have to look around me and see that I’m surrounded by people just as confused as I am. The tree can fall in the woods, but I’m not paying attention so it has nothing to do with me, so long as I have a purpose.
Is that all there is to it? No, or at least I hope not. A painting is made up of more than its component pigments, and religion’s role is more than the jaded hopes of the terminally cynical. If I believed that that was the end of it all, then this would be the one and only entry in the blog.
Here are some of the things you can expect to find here. Firstly, expect bad grammar. I’m from Kentucky. Yes, I went to college, but I was only an English major for a while so that I could have an excuse for reading too much. Secondly, expect that I may not update this thing on any basis even approaching regular. I’m sorry; that’s just the way it is. If this isn’t fun for me, then you can expect to not be seeing very much in here; after all, I can search for meaning quite well in my head without this thing.
You can expect to find here things that mean nothing to you. Hel, I expect to find things here that, after the fact, mean nothing to me. However, I hope that even though they may mean nothing in themselves, they will at the least be entertaining, and at most inspire some original thought in me, you and everybody else.
You can expect that I’m not going to have all the answers. We should all be thankful for that. You can expect that when I do have answers, at least half of us will hate the ones I have arrived at. I sincerely hope not to fall into that fifty percent, personally.
You can expect things to be broken up into categories. I’m not going to be anal about it, though, so don’t be surprised if my idea of where something belongs doesn’t jive with any known system of organization.
I think that’s enough expectations for now. Don’t want to over-hype anything, and there have to be some surprises left.
I hope you enjoy. I hope you think.
Posted: Sun - March 7, 2004 at 02:02 PM