| Re: a comment on The Gate of Heaven by TLRufener |
15-Nov-05/11:10 AM |
Colossians 3
"Rules for Holy Living
Since, then, you have been raised with Christ, set your hearts on things above, where Christ is seated at the right hand of God."
Matthew 6:33
"But seek ye first the kingdom of God..."
Also consider that many of the times Christ sets out or blesses a way of living, the promised reward is Heaven. As in:
"Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven... Blessed are those who are persecuted because of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven."
"Again I tell you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God."
BOB: The Kingdom of God/heaven is meant to refer to the earthly kingdom-come, paradise and perfection on earth and so forth.
JIM: I say Christ (and Bible-writers) didn't make any distinction between that heaven and heaven-in-the-sky. And in the eye of the needle passage, at least, Jesus is universally understood as meaning heaven where you go when you die.
BOB: But the Bible's not written to extol the advantages of heaven.
JIM: I think Bible writers probably expected people to know them. But it does lay out a moral code with a promised reward for following it. That reward is heaven.
PS-We've already discussed your heavenless faith dozens of times. I'll respond as I always do: Good for you. Really.
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| Re: a comment on Two Mirrors by Dovina |
15-Nov-05/10:44 AM |
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That's metaphorically. Realistically, you're a mirror.
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| Re: a comment on Math Poem 4 by Dovina |
15-Nov-05/10:43 AM |
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Whatever, Wonder Woman. At least wear a trenchcoat over your costume like the rest of us.
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| Re: Beneath the Willow Tree by cyan9 |
15-Nov-05/9:50 AM |
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A very good movie summary. I'm guessing Phenomenon?
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| Re: a comment on the battle for troy by oneglove |
15-Nov-05/9:39 AM |
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Okay. Just as long as you know the original answer to the question you've so erstwhilely copied is "Yes, but she wasn't worth it". Is that really what you're trying to associate your love with?
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| Re: a comment on Us Sinners by BrandonW |
15-Nov-05/9:36 AM |
Ha.
Better yet: The Rapture. Possibly the craziest movie I've ever seen. And starring porn-era David Duchovny.
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| Re: a comment on Two Mirrors by Dovina |
15-Nov-05/9:33 AM |
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I assumed that was the case. We're talking about laboratory/poetry conditions. Realistically, you'd see the frames of the mirrors diminishing to a point.
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| Re: a comment on The Gate of Heaven by TLRufener |
15-Nov-05/2:40 AM |
Because glorifying God is a way to get to your goal of heaven. The Bible is not a book about glorifying God, it's a book to tell people how to get into heaven (ie, by glorifying God). God doesn't need a book to be glorified. He's already Glorificus Maximus.
In short: An example of a goal is "Get into heaven". "Glorify God" is not a goal. DancingShamrock is writing a poem about a goal. Do the math.
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| Re: Two Mirrors by Dovina |
15-Nov-05/2:14 AM |
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I just realized: Two mirrors exactly facing each other don't reflect anything.
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| Re: a comment on Bread and blackthorns by Caducus |
15-Nov-05/2:12 AM |
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| Re: Math Poem 4 by Dovina |
15-Nov-05/12:57 AM |
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Take off that silly cape and stop flapping around Alpha Beta. You're not in Narnia. It's getting embarrassing to be seen with you in public.
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| Re: a comment on Us Sinners by BrandonW |
15-Nov-05/12:50 AM |
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I've just discovered something: As a believer, your answer doesn't count either.
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| Re: a comment on the battle for troy by oneglove |
15-Nov-05/12:45 AM |
Oh, that makes you more respectable.
You'll probably be surprised to learn the poem (ie, really a play) isn't actually about Troy or Helen. Dr Faustus, having bargained away his soul for an infinite number of Magic Beans, wishes for Helen of Troy, only to find that she's a fantasy, and therefore pale and mindless. The question "Is this the face that launched a thousand ships?" is incredulous. Faustus doesn't think she's that great.
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| Re: a comment on the battle for troy by oneglove |
15-Nov-05/12:41 AM |
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The point is, they weren't cliches until a really good writer used or coined them all, then everybody started copying him.
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| Re: a comment on Bread and blackthorns by Caducus |
15-Nov-05/12:40 AM |
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Yes, you would believe there are right-brains and left-brains and you're on the side of Good.
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| Re: a comment on not to settle for less than almost obliteration by ay deee |
14-Nov-05/10:32 AM |
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At risk of this conversation turning to fawning mush, yes. That one line's as good as the entire rest of Val's career, even including Willow.
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| Re: Bread and blackthorns by Caducus |
14-Nov-05/9:55 AM |
"Imprisoned from my ribs"?
I'm sure you have an explanation why you used "from" rather than "in" or "by". I'll save you the trouble. It doesn't work.
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| Re: a comment on the battle for troy by oneglove |
14-Nov-05/9:34 AM |
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There's no easy way to say this: I think it doesn't work.
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| Re: a comment on not to settle for less than almost obliteration by ay deee |
14-Nov-05/9:32 AM |
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I'll tell you, most people are going to think Val Kilmer in Tombstone saying "Ah'm your huckleberry."
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| Re: a comment on Headlines by Dovina |
14-Nov-05/5:39 AM |
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