tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-775318177583314135.post720823508034761961..comments2023-09-25T11:18:26.654-04:00Comments on Doug's Dribblings: Is God A #$%$?Doug Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18027574195522869708noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-775318177583314135.post-41410926787350731642014-11-27T20:24:08.879-05:002014-11-27T20:24:08.879-05:00I haven't, but I will now:)I haven't, but I will now:)Alicehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00380432930727921469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-775318177583314135.post-78790079170634437712014-11-25T18:37:59.566-05:002014-11-25T18:37:59.566-05:00Hi, Alice. Ever read the philosophy of Plotinus?Hi, Alice. Ever read the philosophy of Plotinus?Doug Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18027574195522869708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-775318177583314135.post-3295152183261619552014-11-25T09:16:16.988-05:002014-11-25T09:16:16.988-05:00I lately more think of The Great Unknown as a &quo...I lately more think of The Great Unknown as a "force" of some sort that we are fully able to explore, but is not demanding in any way, without chosen people or an agenda.Alicehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00380432930727921469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-775318177583314135.post-24412009062693503892014-11-22T23:11:42.673-05:002014-11-22T23:11:42.673-05:00I have started trying to better understand what pr...I have started trying to better understand what prayer is. I do pray (I had quit for many years). I seek guidance, ask for strength and wisdom. I try to attune myself to the Logos behind the Cosmos.Doug Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18027574195522869708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-775318177583314135.post-57446014102906452252014-11-22T22:55:57.298-05:002014-11-22T22:55:57.298-05:00Wow. This really hit close for you. My thoughts ar...Wow. This really hit close for you. My thoughts are with everyone touched by this terrible incident.Doug Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18027574195522869708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-775318177583314135.post-11760105821038181462014-11-22T22:46:17.280-05:002014-11-22T22:46:17.280-05:00I think I agree with lots of what you say here. Th...I think I agree with lots of what you say here. The world isn't equal, and anyone reading this or commenting on Facebook almost certainly is very privileged in world terms. So God is already very "unfair".<br /><br />But this doesn't necessarily make God's care and protection of one guy and not others (if that was the case) random and uncaring. My wife and I pray every day for protection, not in a superstitious way, but because we think this is part of how we relate to God in all of our lives. So maybe the safe student prayed for protection and the others didn't. Maybe.<br /><br />The truth is that we don't know, and there are many possibilities. But if I was that guy, I'd be thanking the God who I have trusted with my life.unkleEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12207729664951716799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-775318177583314135.post-76017841930509269882014-11-22T19:22:28.204-05:002014-11-22T19:22:28.204-05:00The FSU shooting was surreal for me, since I earne...The FSU shooting was surreal for me, since I earned my Masters degree at Florida State. I never dreamed that the Strozier Library where I studied would be the site of a mass shooting.Ahabhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14675629709031865432noreply@blogger.com