tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9198999559571921458.post6640941016509828027..comments2023-06-04T02:29:39.106-07:00Comments on The Jet City Filter: Human KnowledgeMatt MacDonaldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17182324976310198460noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9198999559571921458.post-52791171075422936742009-06-06T18:55:49.253-07:002009-06-06T18:55:49.253-07:00Happy Birthday man!, hey I was wondering, could yo...Happy Birthday man!, hey I was wondering, could you tell me what the song "Gravedigging" is about? it's a really great song, and I was thinking maybe you could shed a little light on it's meaning. I love the way your lyrics can mean many different things at once, but I'd really like to know the inspiration/meaning of this song.<br />Thanks!Thomashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03786781358928766959noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9198999559571921458.post-6273064584241662332009-05-22T08:44:44.057-07:002009-05-22T08:44:44.057-07:00You almost lost me there a few times, but your thi...You almost lost me there a few times, but your thinking runs very close to my thoughts on this subject. The bible states that God put "the knowledge of Himself" into His creation, man, so that he could never deny Him. Man can run, hide, try to walk away and choose to ignore, but deep down inside there is a vague knowledge, a yearning for something more.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9198999559571921458.post-16512841636825774542009-05-20T21:11:49.548-07:002009-05-20T21:11:49.548-07:00it's so hard to trust, to rely on those things... ...it's so hard to trust, to rely on those things... i'd say especially so for us skeptics :)<br /><br />but do you *know*? do any of us know? sometimes it's so frustrating, like it's hardly an option to live with such huge questions. it's completely mindboggling to me that i, we, would entrust our lives to someone... that doesn't seem is there at times, when you're overwhelmed with the apparent *absence* of that peace, freedom, sense of truth. what is the point to living dedicated to such doubts? <br /><br />yet i believe, living solely off his love, spreading the movement. <br /><br />faith is such a hard thing. blindness is -truely- such a blessing...<br /><br />i've been reading through matthew lately. i love that book. it's strange to me how well i agree with him [jesus], on certain parts especially. it seems to fit well with the christ i've come to know, yet somehow clashes with the christ portrayed often in pop christianity... it's really a rather funny thing to think about.<br /><br />~Mariejohnny4eyeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12058312070517364919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9198999559571921458.post-60829388270182880252009-05-20T15:49:07.523-07:002009-05-20T15:49:07.523-07:00True. I'm the worlds greatest skeptic, which is wh...True. I'm the worlds greatest skeptic, which is why I must rely on my instincts rather than discredit them. Most peoples minds are like mine, a good example would be Tom Hanks' character in Angels and Demons when he says something to the extent of, "I'm an academic, I believe in things I can understand. I can't understand God, so I haven't found faith in Him yet."<br /><br />I don't understand God... but I know He loves me, and that blows my mind. All I've understood are the fruits of my encounter with His love. None of us will ever fully understand even the idea of a creator, let alone the characteristics of a specific deity, but what we can understand is the overwhelming feeling of peace, freedom and sense of truth that comes with a real encounter with just an inkling of the love of Jesus. If you're interested in knowing more about that, a good place to start with are the four biographies of Jesus' life known as the Gospels.Matt MacDonaldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17182324976310198460noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9198999559571921458.post-76650076996959921042009-05-17T14:16:00.000-07:002009-05-17T14:16:00.000-07:00great thoughts. i agree- there's too great a compl...great thoughts. i agree- there's too great a complexity to assume that it was an accident, too small a chance it would have worked, and too much detailed beauty to have evolved from necessity alone.<br /><br />and whether it be the motives for faith in christian doctrine or athiestic doctrine, i believe they should always be questioned...<br /><br />don't get me wrong, i am a believer in god- and, for that matter, in christ- but the personal accounts and lifechanges (especially in oneself) are so easy to doubt and simply attribute to a wishful mind, the power of one's own brain, one's imagination, that at times it's very quickly discredited...<br /><br />~Mariejohnny4eyeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12058312070517364919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9198999559571921458.post-91682560127801655852009-05-15T09:20:00.000-07:002009-05-15T09:20:00.000-07:00I've undergone a complete transformation as you st...I've undergone a complete transformation as you stated... I used to rely upon scientific realization but, as you said, numbers can only go so far. There's an interesting quote by Sir Fred Hoyle, who argued that the idea that life originated by random shuffling of molecules is "as ridiculous and improbable as the proposition that a tornado blowing through a junkyard may assemble a Boeing 747." Truthfully, I do believe in evolution, but I also believe that there is a Creator, who is God, who designed us this way. <br />You've become such a good writer! Keep up the good work : )Victoriahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04522347271392780780noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9198999559571921458.post-91435420556747252512009-05-15T01:40:00.000-07:002009-05-15T01:40:00.000-07:00...and that is why I keep coming back to Him with ......and that is why I keep coming back to Him with my tail between my legs.smuddleglumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17148498405660555653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9198999559571921458.post-62357553941449186062009-05-15T01:06:00.000-07:002009-05-15T01:06:00.000-07:00I agree...there are so many things in the nature t...I agree...there are so many things in the nature that suggest the existance of a higher power, especially life. Looking at the human body from a scientific standpoint, I just can't believe that we're the byproduct of random chance. There are just too many parts, too many systems, too many processes that are just so perfectly designed and wouldn't work if just one or two conditions weren't right.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9198999559571921458.post-24551772542269441842009-05-15T00:31:00.000-07:002009-05-15T00:31:00.000-07:00Wow, super good. Love the ending especially.Wow, super good. Love the ending especially.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00189803010135931452noreply@blogger.com