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Still more from Ratzinger/Benedict’s Christianity and the Crisis of Cultures. The book is concerned with the implications of our modern attempt to create a civilization that denies the existence of God, but much of it applies to the individual as as well as to cultures. Even if I throw in my theoretical lot with agnosticism,…
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Of course everyone in the English-speaking Catholic world knows that “Father Neuhaus” is Father Richard John Neuhaus, editor of First Things and prolific writer, and that he died a couple of days ago. Francesca Murphy mentioned it in a comment (I’m not sure on which post), and I replied that I hadn’t posted anything about…
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At Amazon.com, 104 mp3 tracks, 10 cds' worth, of Ormandy-Philadelphia recordings for $9.99. The selections are not identified by composer but there seem to be a good many complete symphonies and other works, as well as the tidbits one might expect in a collection like this. If you're not a classical music lover but are…
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Mystery Roar from Outer Space The story doesn’t really quite justify the headline (not surprisingly), but it’s still interesting. Pre-TypePad http://js-kit.com/for/lightondarkwater.com/comments.js
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The important word in the quotation in the previous post is the one in italics: rational. You can offer smoke, mirrors, and shouting as an explanation for anything, and a lot of people will be distracted enough by the spectacle to believe you. But you won’t convince anyone who’s thinking clearly. I’m not sure that…
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From a wonderful little book by Ratzinger/Benedict, Christianity and the Crisis of Cultures: It is an obvious fact that the rational character of the universe cannot be explained rationally on the basis of something irrational! It is obvious, though I don’t know that it can be proven, and yet there are many who would deny…
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The following dialog serves as a guide for the correct exchange of greetings between co-workers after the Christmas-New Year holiday break: A: Did you have a good break? B: Yeah, it was nice. How about you? A: Yeah, it was nice. No further information is required or desired, although a supplementary remark about the unpleasantness…
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Some years ago in a period of chronically low spirits I discovered that the writings of P.G. Wodehouse are a wonderful anti-depressant. They’re a sort of literary champagne—light, bright, and bubbly. Or like the lighter works of Mozart. If you’re depressed, they’ll cheer you up. If you’re happy, they’ll make you happier. I find that…
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She might be heartbroken, but she was not so heartbroken as to hold herself aloof from an enterprise which involved stealing pigs. —Wodehouse, from Pigs Have Wings again Pre-TypePad http://js-kit.com/for/lightondarkwater.com/comments.js
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Mary Consoling Eve, by a Trappist nun. “And all shall be well…” Pre-TypePad http://js-kit.com/for/lightondarkwater.com/comments.js
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