tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post7975257691552769705..comments2024-03-28T21:32:26.550+00:00Comments on Bruce Charlton's Notions: Another beautiful dayBruce Charltonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09615189090601688535noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-2910359718147014622020-04-23T11:27:32.103+01:002020-04-23T11:27:32.103+01:00"You misunderstand; I have been animistic sin...<br />"You misunderstand; I have been animistic since long before I was a Christian"<br /><br />Oh, I see - sorry, I thought you were chortling at the concept. I shall read the linked piece with much interest.<br /><br />BarryAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-78496389951917363672020-04-22T21:21:54.835+01:002020-04-22T21:21:54.835+01:00So there's the morally-culpable spiritual fail...So there's the morally-culpable spiritual failure of hardened hearts and inverted values, but also a kind of innocent spiritual dementia, where newly-learned spiritual insight trickles out of the mortal brain. No wonder we need an infinite well of living water... Epimetheusnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-85806442076129458272020-04-22T19:49:05.367+01:002020-04-22T19:49:05.367+01:00Epi - That's it, I think - except that sometim...Epi - That's it, I think - except that sometimes (most often, it seems, nowadays) people will not learn; but instead harden their hearts and invert their values. Bruce Charltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09615189090601688535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-86377426323464353362020-04-22T19:46:40.859+01:002020-04-22T19:46:40.859+01:00@Barry - You misunderstand; I have been animistic ...@Barry - You misunderstand; I have been animistic since long before I was a Christian <br /><br />https://www.hedweb.com/bgcharlton/animism.html<br /><br />So, I am now first a Christian, and the type of Christian (one descriptor, anyway) is animistic Christian. I have written scores of blog posts on this matter over the years - e.g. https://www.hedweb.com/bgcharlton/animism.html. In contrast, a Christian Animist would be an animist with some Christianised features. Bruce Charltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09615189090601688535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-26605835733801475972020-04-22T19:33:15.867+01:002020-04-22T19:33:15.867+01:00There's a saying that keeps coming back to me:...There's a saying that keeps coming back to me: "Lessons will be repeated until they are learned." Challenges will be repeated until true growth is achieved, I guess...<br /><br />Epimetheusnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-27285864409471467682020-04-22T19:06:27.444+01:002020-04-22T19:06:27.444+01:00Christian Animism - honest - there are such people...Christian Animism - honest - there are such people - I'm not kidding. I was making a link between CA and the idea of original participation - everything is alive.<br /><br />Ha - now scoff if you dare!<br /><br />BarryAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-67275368498968942822020-04-22T17:59:19.236+01:002020-04-22T17:59:19.236+01:00@Barry - animistic Christian perleese!@Barry - animistic Christian perleese!Bruce Charltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09615189090601688535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-60679550403833695322020-04-22T16:24:22.455+01:002020-04-22T16:24:22.455+01:00What a wonderful way for the powers of providence ...What a wonderful way for the powers of providence to work!<br /><br />These weeks of sun have been a divinely sent challenge to those who seek to enslave us.Moonspherehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02015070450886972955noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-9861697416884961302020-04-22T16:15:56.032+01:002020-04-22T16:15:56.032+01:00A feel of Christian Animism about your post today ...A feel of Christian Animism about your post today - I feel that Christian Animists are at least partially correct whenever I step into the garden and smell the freshness, and feel the life. <br /><br />Barry Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-56133774497841947592020-04-22T15:31:20.019+01:002020-04-22T15:31:20.019+01:00@E - Yes - I find it helpful to recall the God is ...@E - Yes - I find it helpful to recall the God is the creator and loves me; as creator he is able to make my life such that it is overall for my spritual benefit *potentially*, although it is up to me to make the best of the opportunities with which he present me. Bruce Charltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09615189090601688535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-32564201055602924292020-04-22T15:27:26.256+01:002020-04-22T15:27:26.256+01:00@J - http://spitfiresite.com/2010/09/battle-of-bri...@J - http://spitfiresite.com/2010/09/battle-of-britain-15-september-1940.htmlBruce Charltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09615189090601688535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-59447685777930323002020-04-22T14:47:59.080+01:002020-04-22T14:47:59.080+01:00That's interesting, that constant "failur...That's interesting, that constant "failure" might be intended to provoke constant spiritual practice, as if to practice a musical instrument day after day. It's not optimal to play one song well once - it's best to keep improving and creatively embellishing that song, and to also move onto others more difficult. Epimetheusnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-60898934148845731402020-04-22T14:03:58.297+01:002020-04-22T14:03:58.297+01:00Minor point and not really about your wonderful po...Minor point and not really about your wonderful post: the skies here have been unusually clear also at times, and I can feel the sun's rays more strongly. The lack of air travel is partly the cause. Make of that what you will... but jet contrails (or whatever they are) really do affect the whether and sunlight.Jacob Gitteshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10559764359800682222noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-78526388203099021432020-04-22T13:32:49.323+01:002020-04-22T13:32:49.323+01:00Until the weather changes and the rain sets in of ...Until the weather changes and the rain sets in of course. But rain has a certain beauty to it as well, hush power.James Highamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14525082702330365464noreply@blogger.com