Comments on: Fearing The Golden Compass? How small is your God?

By: Dan Dennet sez: Find Yerself a “god”!

Dan Dennet sez: Find Yerself a “god”! — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 12:11:26 +0000

[...] So, the committed, dedicated humanist has a “god”, and is committed and dedicated to that “god” with all his heart and all his soul and all his mind. And integral to the humanist’s “god”, and what it means to be committed to it, the humanist loves his neighbour as himself. The “god” that Pullman advocates, is apparently a god of “inquiry, curiosity, maturity, compassion, determination, loyalty, opposing tyranny and evil”. (Thanks to Timothy Mills for that list, I wrote about it in my post about the Golden Compass.) [...]

By: What is God?: The Personal God

What is God?: The Personal God — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 17:20:48 +0000

[...] my post about the Golden Compass, I quoted Timothy Mills: …she is only reacting to what Pullman rejects and condemns in his [...]

By: Erwin McManus on Eating Meat on the Streets of Athens

Erwin McManus on Eating Meat on the Streets of Athens — Sat, 09 Feb 2008 08:33:42 +0000

[...] have been talking about “Walking the Streets of Athens” in a number of places. This idea applies to anyone wanting to make a difference in other people’s lives. You need [...]

By: gerhard

gerhard — Fri, 23 Nov 2007 23:52:03 +0000

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2007/11/22/international/i145051S34.DTL&feed=rss.news
this is how small the Catholic God is.

By: When Economics Destroys Press Freedom

When Economics Destroys Press Freedom — Sat, 17 Nov 2007 06:21:19 +0000

[...] The column pointed out that Satanism is also a religion and has the right to be practised. (Viva “freedom of religion”.) Instead of reading the column, most “Christians” in this country prefer to bury their heads in the sand, rather than listen to someone that thinks differently. That is not wat Jesus would do, sorry. Understanding does not mean agreeing. Can’t we aim for greater understanding? Please? Would it help if I point out that most people don’t even know what Satanism is? Probably not, they’re all too scared. [...]

By: Patrick Roberts

Patrick Roberts — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 05:04:53 +0000

yeah, i wouldn’t spend the 9 bucks a head to watch the movie, and i also wouldn’t worry too much about whether this movie will “kill God”… hmmm, remember what happened last time people tried to kill God?

By: idiwidi

idiwidi — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 06:49:10 +0000

Dankie vir hierdie inskrywing. Ek het die hele bohaai vinnig elders raakgelees en gehoop iemand sal tyd maak vir ‘n oordentlike teen-inskrywing. En hier is dit.
Bertus! jy praat die waarheid soos ek dit ook ken.

By: Bertus!

Bertus! — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 08:06:58 +0000

Ek kan nie sê hoe lekker dit is om hierdie post te lees nie, ek sou dit nie beter kon verwoord nie. Dis maar eintlik wat geestelike vryheid beteken, is dit nie, om nie meer bang te wees nie. As jy eers daai sprong in die donker gemaak het, geleer het om dinge aan ‘n eerlike lewe te onderwerp eerder as om benepe daaraan vas te klou, dis dan dat mens leer wat vertroue regtig beteken, dis dan dat mens besef alles is eintlik oukei. As jy kan vra en kan lees en kan luister sonder om bang te wees waarheen eerlike vrae jou gaan vat, dis dan wat jy besef hoe wonderlik dit is om nie meer bang te wees nie. The absence of fear.

By: gloep

gloep — Sun, 11 Nov 2007 10:59:11 +0000

Fearing the Golden Compass? Gaan lees dan die boeke. En moenie my kop probeer sensor nie.

By: Hugo

Hugo — Sun, 11 Nov 2007 10:08:16 +0000

Thanks Steve. The verse I was looking for was Jesus, not Paul. Matthew 18:20:

For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them. (KJV)

The reason I could not find it? I didn’t pay enough attention to the gospels, thinking it’s Paul. And I searched the NIV, not the KJV, so “gather” didn’t help. NIV has:

For where two or three come together in my name, there am I with them.

The Message:

18-20″Take this most seriously: A yes on earth is yes in heaven; a no on earth is no in heaven. What you say to one another is eternal. I mean this. When two of you get together on anything at all on earth and make a prayer of it, my Father in heaven goes into action. And when two or three of you are together because of me, you can be sure that I’ll be there.”

By: Hugo

Hugo — Sun, 11 Nov 2007 09:05:12 +0000

Ai, ek ken nie my Bybel goed genoeg nie. Ek het nou hard gesoek (met biblegateway.com), maar kon nie kom op die plek waar Paulus(?) saam stem mens moet chat oor dinge nie… Iets in die lyn van:

“where two or three agree in his name”

of so iets?

By: freddy

freddy — Sun, 11 Nov 2007 07:30:26 +0000

Ja, single digit kiddies.

Ek sou dit nogal wys vir kids so vanaf 11-12, met dien verstande dat ons daaroor gesels. Frankly, ek dink dis stupid self vir n volwassene om enige movie te kyk sonder om met iemand daaroor te chat. (Behalwe natuurlik Poena is Koning, tensy jy daarna debriefing nodig het).

Oja, en for that matter, dink ek nie Passion of the Christ is goeie kykstof vir enige mens nie.

By: Hugo

Hugo — Sun, 11 Nov 2007 07:05:28 +0000

@gerhard: I’m hopefully learning French next year. Maybe I can try learning German after that. (As mentioned in my “A Translation Service?” post. If you’ve not seen that yet, what about less writing, more reading?)

hey what is wrong about monopolising your time? we just need to get more people involved in this debate. the more diverse the better.
why not start a post on something that we’ve discussed.

Because I have posts already written, scheduled until the end of the month. Some of these posts will answer some of your questions (most of them might just raise more). Because of this, I suggest remaining on-topic.

Now my thesis needs to monopolise my time, and badly. So we’ll talk again some other time.

By: Hugo

Hugo — Sun, 11 Nov 2007 07:00:55 +0000

Dankie! Great stuff… Watter ouderdom praat ons nou van, terloops? Single-digit ouderdom raai ek. Dit geld seker ook nog ‘n bietjie vir tieners, maar heelwat minder?

Terloops, RLP se bydrae is hier:
http://www.reallivepreacher.com/node/869

By: freddy

freddy — Sun, 11 Nov 2007 06:50:39 +0000

Ek dink dit is ‘n great post hierdie. Ek identifiseer met wat jy hier skryf.

Ek wil net ‘n paar dinge noem wat na my mening dikwels vergeet word:

Menigmaal “leer” mense goed in hulle lewe, en is van mening dat hierdie “nuwe” inligting beslis ook deur alle ander mense geleer moet word… onmiddellik. Ek doen dit ook: Mens gaan deur fases van persoonlike groei, en dan verwag ek van ander mense om asb. tog ook nou dadelik deur daardie groei te gaan en te dink soos ek. Maar mens kan dit seker verstaan. (Ek meen, EK doen dit dan )

Maar, ek raak heel grommig wanneer mense dit met kinders doen.

Mense dink dikwels kiddies is net klein grootmensies wat soms bietjie laf is. Ons word dalk kwaad vir die eng manier waarop ons grootgeword het, en besluit dan dat die nuutste generasie kinders dit goddank nie gaan beleef nie. En dan wil ons hulle onmiddellik “loslaat”.

Ek hoef nie alles hier te skryf oor kinder-ontwikkeling nie. Gaan google “Piaget” en “cognitive development” en gaan kyk self.

Is wiskunde nie ‘n beeldskone wetenskap nie? Ek dink nogal my kids sal dit geniet. Ek gaan egter nie baie slim wees as ek op hulle vroee ouderdom probeer om algebra en ingewikkelde meetkunde in hulle koppe te prent nie.

My mening is: SO sleg as wat dit is om jou kind geen keuses toe te laat nie (want/sy leer nie verantwoordelikheid nie), net so sleg is dit om hulle helemal toe te gooi met keuses sonder riglyne. Eintlik dink ek dit is ‘n uiterste vorm van disrespek teenoor die mensheid van die kind.

“Maar,” se jy, “Golden Compass” is nie ingewikkelde teologie nie. Dis ‘n storie!

Ja, wel. Meeste groeigeleenthede vind plaas dmv stories.

My gevolgtrekking is dan:

Ek wil my kinders nie in kokonnetjies grootmaak nie. Dit vra wel balans. Aan die een kant wil ek hulle gedurig bewus maak van verskeidenheid en bietjie wyer dink. Aan die ander kant wil ek hulle nie oordonder met honderde denkraamwerke, my arms in die lug opgooi en se: “Ag, wat maak dit saak?” nie. Want eerlikwaar, wat NOU vir my saak maak, traak hulle meesal nie nou nie. (En ek gaan my kleuter ook nie klub toe stuur nie)

So: Ken jou kind. Of die kind met wie jy gaan fliek kyk. Gesels. Wees ingelig oor ouderdomstoepaslikheid. Help jou kind om te dink … op sy/haar vlak.