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Oblivion

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Comment by Oblivion
on Some of the Questions

January 6th 2007 02:38
Let me try and explain with Logic: you said "IF 'we had all the answers', THEN 'we'd have no reason to strive, dream, or pursue'."

Let A be 'we have all the answers' and Let B be 'we'd have no reason to strive, dream, or pursue'.

IF "A", then "B" -- is true and valid. It follows that IF "Not B", then "Not A" is true and valid. But...look at this Pegasus: IF 'Not A', then 'Not B' is considered not logically valid.

So let's type this out.

1.If we had all the answers, then we'd have no reason to strive, dream or pursue.

If 1 is valid, then it is valid to conclude 2.

2.If we have a reason to strive, dream or pursue, then we don't have all the answers. -- If not b, then not a. Valid

3.If we don't have all the answers, then we have a reason to strive, dream, or pursue. -- If not a, then not b. NOT-valid

The second sentence is what I was trying to point out from what you highlighted. I was questioning the fact that 'who are we to say that we will have found all the answers, even after striving, dreaming, pursuing '?

I am just being facetious and difficult. No disrespect to you. I actually liked your answer. It's much more optimistic in the long run to have that sort of view.







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Comment by Oblivion
on Some of the Questions

January 6th 2007 01:46
Why get addicted to making statements when you can constantly re-evaluate the attitude behind your questions?

First... it seems as if your contradicting Thurber's quote... is the question that you supplied one of the questions we should better know? or an answer to Thurber's quote? or a much better quote on points which you think Thurber's entirely misses?

The reason why I'm asking is that your response takes a different step from Thurber. Pegasus's response stays with Thurber's general sense but your response attacks the value of an answer and point out that making that kind of commitment a person is trapping themselves. I could not agree more. Take, for instance, the movie Dogma... Chris Rock says this:

He [God] still digs humanity, but it bothers Him to see the shit that gets carried out in His name - wars, bigotry, but especially the factioning of all the religions. He said humanity took a good idea and, like always, built a belief structure on it.

Bethany (Linda Fiorentino): Having beliefs isn't good?

Rufus (Chris Rock): I think it's better to have ideas. You can change an idea. Changing a belief is trickier. Life should malleable and progressive; working from idea to idea permits that. Beliefs anchor you to certain points and limit growth; new ideas can't generate. Life becomes stagnant.

My other response to Thurber's quote... Pegasus's answer is dependant on the fact that in the end through all our striving, dreaming, pursuing... we will find all the answers. BUT, what if that isn't the case?

My response to you [PMC] is... yes we should not be addicted as you said, but not to the extent of RELATIVISM. Because, through constant re-evaluation, the seriousness may tend to wear-out? Because the fact that it is easy to instill doubt, what would keep a... corruptable source... from supplying answers that we would be originally be incline to reject? Also, include that fact that many if not all of us strive...searching for answers. Indirectly...whether we know it or not... we are searching for answers which we already subconscious accept, as if we are trying to reassure ourselves. Look it this statement, for instance, "When we doubt or deny we must have some positive statement before the mind which we call in question, and we do so in virtue of some other judgement which we affirm or believe." Does doubt really pre-suppose belief?

But, I am getting a little too ahead of myself and, also, out of topic.

Thank you for your words. Otherwise, my words here would not have been possible.

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Comment by Oblivion
on World Art - El Greco - and katyzzz

January 5th 2007 08:37
Thanks for that, Katyzzz.

You weren't kidding about 'Toledo'. It would be a tragedy if it wasn't recognized! What I like most is the sky, the clouds. Is it an approaching storm?

In all honesty, even though it may seem contrary to others, rain-storms are comforting to me. Hearing the rain fall as it hits the ground or the roof of the house.

So, Katyzzz, what does it seem to you? A storm, sunrise, sunset, or a momentary lapse before the sun comes out?

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Comment by Oblivion
on I Just Don't Know!

January 5th 2007 08:09
Yeah, Don't fret about it. I understand because I am the same way with giving directions.

I can't really speak for anybody else but I know that I'm anticipating a little less involvement in writing. Particularly because I will have to write for other classes or read. But, I'm thinking of ways to combat this.

There is one thing, though, that I wish you could re-consider. Involvement in organizations on campus. I am in my second year right now (same as you I think, happy belated birthday by the way) and school organizations are a great thing to be a part of. Maybe I got it all wrong and you just don't like Medieval society... But still regardless, volunteer work of any kind will help towards your resume especially if you get an officer position like president...opps err...I mean prime minister. I'm sure there's something out there that will catch your eye.

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Comment by Oblivion
on Keeping Cool at Boiling Point!

January 4th 2007 00:49
Interesting read, I enjoyed it. Specifically, how you handled the Questions 'Who am I?', 'Why am I here?', and 'Why do I feel this way?'. Time after time again, from different people [in addition to myself and you] I am seeing the same thing, the same answers coming up again and again. So what does this mean? Jung said it in two words-- Collective subconscious. Slowly but surely... individual by individual is coming to that realization, a shift in consciousness- a shift in focus... the veil is finally being discarded.

Welcome to Orble, by the way.

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Comment by Oblivion
on 2007 - Year of the Dolphin

January 3rd 2007 23:50
5 Books not 3, Lilla.

Oh, and I can't swim. I lived in Florida for 6 years.... water, fear of drowning, sharks, jellyfish, sharp, pointy fish with bright colors.... but beautiful white sandy beaches. Worse of all though... I have a fear of tornadoes and I'm living in tornado alley!

Still waiting for a break,

-Ob

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Comment by Oblivion
on Monty Python and philosophy

January 3rd 2007 22:53
Well, I could get into a whole array of sketches from their Flying Circus episodes... but I'll just name a few: The Dead Parrot, Argument Cliinic, Cheese Shop, Silly Interview, Is There Life after Death?, Spectrum: Talking about Things, Discussion (A Duck, a Cat, and a Lizard), "Nudge,Nudge", Epilogue: A Question of Belief, Mrs. Gorilla and Mrs. Non-Gorilla....

Their three movies which have great scenes within themselves. Although I like the Galaxy song alot, "Always Look on the Bright Side of Life" takes the cake.

(*Note*: By the way, if my comment earlier was a bit...sparatic and nonsensical... I'm sorry. I get a little carried away sometimes... I'm a big Monty Python fan and I am surround by people here where I'm at... that do not appreciate nor understand what it means. They most likely consider it old and outdated. Something which that was popular back in the 'distant' past and does not have any fleeting connection with any part of them here in the present)

Thank you for your comments earlier about my blog.

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Comment by Oblivion
on Notes on apocalypse

January 3rd 2007 06:47
Amazing, Adrian. Just what I was thinking...only with better verbage... vocabulary... examples...and...yeah.

I wish you would have extended a little bit more about the ending in Men In Black 2. How they open that locker and find themselves in a small corner of someone else's reality! Mind-boggling!!!

I knew you would mention Monty Python, call it intuition. So, what's next. How about the Bruce's Philosophy Song or the International Philosophy Skit?

I found your comment about Ingmar Bergman's book Winter Light interesting... is it a good read? I'm considering getting it now.

Thanks for the thought-provoking post.

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Comment by Oblivion
on 2007 - Year of the Dolphin

January 3rd 2007 06:26
In addtion to dolphins being, like you said, the most intelligent of animals according to the Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy... "the most remarkable book ever to come out of the great publishing corporations of Ursa Minor - of which no Earthman (or Earthwoman) had ever heard of either", dolphins are the second most intelligent beings on Earth. We, humans, are the third most intelligent. However, both dolphins and humans are inferior to the hyperintelligent pandimensional beings who manifested themselves as mice so that they can experiment on us (yet again we have misinterpreted this relationship and we think we are experimenting on them!).

Oh but no! It does not stop there. "Curiously enough, the dolphins had long known of the impending destruction of the planet Earth and had made many attempts to alert us. Most of their communication were misinterpreted...again... as amusing attempts to punch footballs or whistle for tidbits... Their last message was interpreted as a surprisingly sophisticated attempt to do a double-backward somersault through a hoop while whistling the "Star Spangle Banner" but in fact the message was this: So long and thanks for all the fish!"

Sorry about that Lilla...had to get that out of my system. If you haven't read the book, you wouldn't really understand that. Great book, though.

Read your post. Thought it was wonderful. I love dolphins too. Did you know I had a pet dolphin once? Yeah... actually I didn't. It turned out to be a huge, mutated-like catfish in our pond. I did call name him 'Dolphin' though!.... well... that is until our pond dried out.


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Comment by Oblivion
on What is forgiveness?

January 2nd 2007 22:30
Wow...Did you write that?

It just goes to prove that no matter what... there will always be an over-abundant amount of questions... while answers come either to few in number or to few in detail.

I do know one thing, though. You don't simply "speak its name and appear to walk away unscathed..." There ARE scars...sometimes physical, sometimes emotional. Like many scars, they are permanent...

Thank you for the Post. It touched the mean, calleous, heartless interior of my soul.

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