tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10333247.post113498609437295270..comments2024-01-07T05:17:58.943-05:00Comments on Orthoprax: Heat DeathOrthopraxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11649055168953784384noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10333247.post-1135482750232182242005-12-24T22:52:00.000-05:002005-12-24T22:52:00.000-05:00shtern,did you ever see the movie The Blob? Sounds...shtern,<BR/><BR/>did you ever see the movie <A HREF="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0051418/" REL="nofollow">The Blob</A>? Sounds to me like your image of god was right out of the movie :)B. Spinozahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07086206346767831626noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10333247.post-1135466367855592522005-12-24T18:19:00.000-05:002005-12-24T18:19:00.000-05:00my god, is better than your god :)my <A HREF="http://ohrchadash.blogspot.com/2005/12/god-of-my-childhood.html" REL="nofollow">god</A>, is better than your god :)B. Spinozahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07086206346767831626noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10333247.post-1135465899514147682005-12-24T18:11:00.000-05:002005-12-24T18:11:00.000-05:00JA,Nope, this was an original creation as far as I...JA,<BR/><BR/>Nope, this was an original creation as far as I know.Orthopraxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11649055168953784384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10333247.post-1135433714132553852005-12-24T09:15:00.000-05:002005-12-24T09:15:00.000-05:00Sounds like Taoism to me. Been reading the Tao Te...Sounds like Taoism to me. Been reading the Tao Te Ching? :)Jewish Atheisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04616617537150446818noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10333247.post-1135227594969522592005-12-21T23:59:00.000-05:002005-12-21T23:59:00.000-05:00Alex,The destruction had a beginning.P.S. I don't ...Alex,<BR/><BR/>The destruction had a beginning.<BR/><BR/>P.S. I don't know what you're getting at. I wrote a semi-serious fictional account of creation and you're treating it like scripture.Orthopraxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11649055168953784384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10333247.post-1135227084034718282005-12-21T23:51:00.000-05:002005-12-21T23:51:00.000-05:00"To quote the Oracle, 'Everything with a beginning..."To quote the Oracle, 'Everything with a beginning...'"<BR/><BR/>That's fine and dandy, but you yourself said:<BR/><BR/>"some have no words to express the idea of this incredible thing which //existed for all time// and for no time..."<BR/><BR/>Perhaps you're not too sure that this entity had a beginning.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10333247.post-1135153830351834902005-12-21T03:30:00.000-05:002005-12-21T03:30:00.000-05:00Alex,To quote the Oracle, "Everything with a begin...Alex,<BR/><BR/>To quote the Oracle, "Everything with a beginning has an end."Orthopraxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11649055168953784384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10333247.post-1135151422103073782005-12-21T02:50:00.000-05:002005-12-21T02:50:00.000-05:00"One cannot become "more alive" without the eventu..."One cannot become "more alive" without the eventual demise."<BR/><BR/>That's true if you're flesh and blood.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10333247.post-1135120347743566912005-12-20T18:12:00.000-05:002005-12-20T18:12:00.000-05:00Jdhurf,Thanks for the nice response. I don't reall...Jdhurf,<BR/><BR/>Thanks for the nice response. I don't really believe something like this happened either, but it was an idea that struck me and I felt compelled to write. It has a nice balance to it as well.<BR/><BR/><BR/>Ben,<BR/><BR/>Much thanks, and coming from an obviously superb writer as yourself, that really means something.<BR/><BR/>"Our intuition that something had to happen first so that we could be here next might just be based on our very parochial upbringing."<BR/><BR/>Certainly a possibility, but I, in my faulty human nature, can't help but speculate and ponder our deepest origins.Orthopraxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11649055168953784384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10333247.post-1135082677625038822005-12-20T07:44:00.000-05:002005-12-20T07:44:00.000-05:00That was intense, I really liked it. If my religio...That was intense, I really liked it. If my religion had that view I likely would have never broken away. Rabbi orthoprax, anybody? Well, perhaps not, but a great read anyway.<BR/><BR/>I have to say in my own view I think our need to find a begining and a cause for the universe is just a symptom of the human disease of cuasality. We have lived our entire existance in a place where time, the byproduct of gravity and space, is constantly moving at the same pace. But we know this is just a function of the particular shape of space in our general local. Time can be very different in places of intense gravity, moving so slowly it approaches the idea of not moving at all. <BR/><BR/>Our intuition that something had to happen first so that we could be here next might just be based on our very parochial upbringing.<BR/><BR/>Just a thought!!Ben Avuyahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08814145983874592449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10333247.post-1135056018950471572005-12-20T00:20:00.000-05:002005-12-20T00:20:00.000-05:00PS – Sounds nothing like Scientology or anything w...PS – Sounds nothing like Scientology or anything written by good ole’ L Ron. His would be much more paranoid and fallacious. This post was much too positive and elegant for L Ron.JDHURFhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02133971619468463558noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10333247.post-1135055819887706462005-12-20T00:16:00.000-05:002005-12-20T00:16:00.000-05:00Orthopax,Interesting post, I doubt that something ...Orthopax,<BR/><BR/>Interesting post, I doubt that something such as this really happened although it is quite entertaining. I think I read an overview for a book that put forth a theory similar, that the universe was created when a god decided to destroy itself. I found your post quite enchanting, an idea regarding the beginnings of our universe as we know it such as this is much more poetic than others. Personally I feel that the universe as we know it was created by natural forces; I’m fascinated by Brane cosmology as derived from the quantum super-string theory. In any case I believe that our universe was merely an alteration and transformation of a material existence that is eternal with no beginning nor ending. For even when considering the supernatural one conceives an eternally existing realm, mine is simply natural. Great post though, I really liked reading it!JDHURFhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02133971619468463558noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10333247.post-1135051794163528632005-12-19T23:09:00.000-05:002005-12-19T23:09:00.000-05:00Alex,"Why do you think its decision indicates that...Alex,<BR/><BR/>"Why do you think its decision indicates that it decided to die, as opposed to become even more alive?"<BR/><BR/>To live is to die. One cannot become "more alive" without the eventual demise.<BR/><BR/>"Would you kindly propose a little prayer -- or shall I say statement -- for us to express our thankfulness?"<BR/><BR/>I'll consider it the next time I'm feeling poetic.Orthopraxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11649055168953784384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10333247.post-1135050708530791022005-12-19T22:51:00.000-05:002005-12-19T22:51:00.000-05:00Why do you think its decision indicates that it de...Why do you think its decision indicates that it decided to die, as opposed to become even more alive?<BR/><BR/>"Let us be thankful." -- Would you kindly propose a little prayer -- or shall I say statement -- for us to express our thankfulness? After all, a *feeling* of thankfulness isn't sufficient for a person who wants to *express* that thankfulness.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10333247.post-1135045138773554352005-12-19T21:18:00.000-05:002005-12-19T21:18:00.000-05:00Mar,"Tzimtzum?"Well.. not quite. ;-)Enigma,"Sounds...Mar,<BR/><BR/>"Tzimtzum?"<BR/><BR/>Well.. not quite. ;-)<BR/><BR/>Enigma,<BR/><BR/>"Sounds like the story of Xenu. Been reading L. Ron Hubbard lately?"<BR/><BR/>Ha! It's not quite as science fictiony as that. ;-) Twas just a little musing that came to mind.Orthopraxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11649055168953784384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10333247.post-1135011589446185582005-12-19T11:59:00.000-05:002005-12-19T11:59:00.000-05:00Nice.Tzimtzum?Nice.<BR/><BR/>Tzimtzum?Mar Gavrielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09557422906879451307noreply@blogger.com