Comments on A wayfarer’s notes: The Presence of the Past

i came across strachey's biography on queen victor...

2008-08-05T09:30:00.000+01:00

i came across strachey's biography on queen victoria one holiday in new zealand of all places (in a log cabin in abel tasman) over 11 years ago - i wasn't able to finish it but was pleased to find it again in a charity sale outside winchester cathedral 2 months ago!

"Brothers and sisters in the West, we have been br...

2008-08-01T16:28:00.000+01:00

"Brothers and sisters in the West, we have been brainwashed to think we have the best of all possible systems. We have nothing to lose but our slavery to greedy competing politicians, greedy competing corporations."

Well said, Vincent. I imagine these human beings with so much capital to parade around by erecting such things as a "shopping center" named "Eden"... are not casually

Vincent, you said"For it emphasizes that man must ...

2008-07-26T06:47:00.000+01:00

Vincent, you said

"For it emphasizes that man must reject the woman (her perceived dominance), sex, reproduction, in favour of an abstraction of male authority which is separate from those things. This makes an essence of those religions which of course has had to be rewritten again and again to suit the more modern moods."

This is something I am Textually working on (and I read

Jim, thanks for your clear short essay on Adam, Ev...

2008-07-26T05:30:00.000+01:00

Jim, thanks for your clear short essay on Adam, Eve & the Fall. Not only is it a summary of what, as you say, those three religions have in common, it is also a summary of what I dislike about those three religions. (Not that I like any other religions better.)

For it emphasizes that man must reject the woman (her perceived dominance), sex, reproduction, in favour of an abstraction

"Jim, in my Bible Eve is created in Chapter 2 of G...

2008-07-26T01:35:00.000+01:00

"Jim, in my Bible Eve is created in Chapter 2 of Genesis - out of the rib of Adam.

I have always wondered what Jews think of what Christians call the Fall. Do they believe in Original Sin? Surely that dark shadow on the newborn child belongs to the diseased imagination of Chrstianity alone."

Let me try to do justice, sober justice to this inquiry Vincent.

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You are right, of course, Vincent, too much differ...

2008-07-25T16:18:00.000+01:00

You are right, of course, Vincent, too much difference too fast, like always, lol. Thanks, Cheers, Lol!

"The wine besides, wouldn't make any difference".J...

2008-07-25T09:51:00.000+01:00

"The wine besides, wouldn't make any difference".

Jim, I think it would make a difference! Blessings, enjoy.

Saddly enough the misery, but isn't it cool how it...

2008-07-25T09:28:00.000+01:00

Saddly enough the misery, but isn't it cool how it works, I prefer to do without it.

I guess that would make the general christians whi...

2008-07-25T09:26:00.000+01:00

I guess that would make the general christians whinners, like McCain says, since they think they are being forced to achieve, of course he blames us for that.

'forced learning experience'. from outside onesel...

2008-07-25T09:19:00.000+01:00

'forced learning experience'. from outside oneself.

Charles, that is the trouble with growing old. Peo...

2008-07-25T09:07:00.000+01:00

Charles, that is the trouble with growing old. People and places so important in memory have died and crumbled in reality. There is an urge to go back and revisit, but I've done this and the places have often changed. Or else I've made do with confabulations in the intervening years.

Still, it is worth going back!

Fortunately in my town it's not exactly that shopping areas are

Simply put, and I am still laughing at those rules...

2008-07-25T08:52:00.000+01:00

Simply put, and I am still laughing at those rules, Adam listened to himself, what came from him, not to the garden and his reality there, and original sin was born.

Cain.

But, TODAY, interpretation differs according to the point of view one takes, and since faces are no means of differentiation, opinion matters. To some jews, it was an opportunity to know oneself better, to

Jim, in my Bible Eve is created in Chapter 2 of Ge...

2008-07-25T08:41:00.000+01:00

Jim, in my Bible Eve is created in Chapter 2 of Genesis - out of the rib of Adam.

I have always wondered what Jews think of what Christians call the Fall. Do they believe in Original Sin? Surely that dark shadow on the newborn child belongs to the diseased imagination of Chrstianity alone.

The wine besides, wouldn't make any difference, I ...

2008-07-25T08:37:00.000+01:00

The wine besides, wouldn't make any difference, I have never laughed so hard, well, not recently anyway! No offense to anyone, those rules just break me up!

Jim, what an astute observation:"The Captain and C...

2008-07-25T08:35:00.000+01:00

Jim, what an astute observation:

"The Captain and Crew [of the bad ship Vampire Capitalist] wanting only to separate their captives from their past, but take them nowhere.

Yes! Because without the past, how shall we compare? Without comparisons, how shall we resist the pressures to obey the Captain and Crew? Especially when economic necessity has forced us to be

Paul, it's not a version of Murphy's Law, it is fr...

2008-07-25T08:30:00.000+01:00

Paul, it's not a version of Murphy's Law, it is from a book called Murphy's Law: All the Reasons Why Everything Goes Wrong by Arthur Bloch. Or to be more precise Murphy's Law Complete being an omnibus edition. Its a compendium of many "laws" and includes a section entitled Problematics, with items such as the following:

Smith's Law: no real problem has a solution.

BBC, you want the librarians to decide what's fict...

2008-07-25T08:20:00.000+01:00

BBC, you want the librarians to decide what's fiction, or the readers? To me, that's what makes the library here uncool. Too much deciding by librarians what the readers should be allowed to read.

Well, library's are cool, if you watch what you re...

2008-07-25T03:50:00.000+01:00

Well, library's are cool, if you watch what you read. We have a very nice one here. But I wish they would put all the religious crap in the fiction section.

“Most problems are caused by solutions”. I like th...

2008-07-24T18:59:00.000+01:00

“Most problems are caused by solutions”. I like that - never heard this version of Murphy's Law.

Yes, but I was derailed for eleven years by the health stuff. I figure that only leaves you fourteen years for the essays, lol...

I incorrectly linked the website I have created fo...

2008-07-23T20:50:00.000+01:00

I incorrectly linked the website I have created for my grandfather. If your interested, you can see it here.

I think, sometimes, of Vampire Capitalism, or even...

2008-07-23T20:46:00.000+01:00

I think, sometimes, of Vampire Capitalism, or even Capitalism in general, as being a stalled ship. The Captain and Crew wanting only to separate their captives from their past, but take them no where. A stagnant, but profitable, present for all, especially the Captain and his Crew.

And some people riding in this big boat get confused about democracy and start thinking it is only

Coincidentally, I have been spending a fair amount...

2008-07-23T20:41:00.000+01:00

Coincidentally, I have been spending a fair amount of time of late immersing myself in the past.

A few weeks ago I traveled to my home town to celebrate my Mother's 80th birthday. She wanted to tour a train museum and visit some of the places she frequented in her childhood and teen years.

Sadly many things are gone or the shells of buildings are beginning to crumble from

The above post is partly an excuse for not having ...

2008-07-23T09:59:00.000+01:00

The above post is partly an excuse for not having finished reading Paul's Original Faith. But he, having spent 25 years in its gestation, and heading up its praise on the back cover with the words "Life Changing", will