Time and again
they brag about how shiny their machine is and how fast it goes. But never do
they bother to answer when you ask them where it’s going.
The difference between driving your car
up a curb in order to run over a bunny rabbit and flying to Africa to shoot an
animal is merely the degree of commitment required.
As insightful as The Matrix is, they
got it wrong. It is the illusion that is always the painful place to live in,
though it can appear to provide comfort or at least refuge. It is ALWAYS better
to know the truth, because when you know the truth, the subtle lie does not weigh
on your conscience, poisoning the sweetest joys that are available to even the poorest
and most set-upon of us.
Here is the paradox of life: if you
want to stay young, you have to keep taking chances, but if you want to grow
old, you will have to stop.
You really can’t blame people for making
bad choices until you make sure they have good ones available.
When most non-Christians reject
Christianity they concentrate on the mystical aspects while ignoring the
revolutionary teachings of Christ. When most Christians embrace Christianity,
they too concentrate on the mystical aspect while ignoring the revolutionary
teachings of Christ. Both sides give lip service to such notions of
non-violence, forgiveness of others, loving others as oneself, and a desire for
peace. But somehow the message that Christ delivered not only in word but in
example seems to be the elephant in the room.
Is it weird that
I should be nostalgic for a past that was spent dreaming of the future?
As I grow older I
come to regard all that is natural as miraculous and all that is manmade as
suspect if not outright corrupting. Awe is to be found in nature, distraction
is all one can find in the world made by humans. I despise the use of the word “awesome”
being applied to anything created by humans with the exceptions of Notre Dame
Cathedral and Anglagard’s first album.
Truth without
power is a dangerous possession.
You ever get the
feeling humans have fallen a little too in love with their technology? It is
not too different from the story of Narcissus falling in love with his own reflection.
I sometimes get
the feeling that the 17th Century will eventually wake up and realize
human flight and the internet were just a crazy dream brought on by something
they had eaten. After all what a silly notion it is to believe that at this moment
there are people sitting comfortably in the middle of the sky accessing information
instantaneously from all over the world. Wondrous stuff for a fantasy novel, though.
We all want to shape
the world in our own image, and we all envision a world where people such as
ourselves sit a bit above others and are revered.
I’d rather be the
quiet than the noise.
Science not in
the service of nature is an abomination.
Man: A creature
strong enough to destroy the earth, but not strong enough to save it.
It is best to treat
everyone you know as an equal, because everyone you look up to will eventually
disappoint you, and everyone you look down on will sooner or later humble you.
Numbers don’t lie and guns don’t kill, but put numbers in the hands of
a liar or a gun in the hands of a killer, and you have a bad situation on your
hands.
Sure, they call it a restroom, but you try taking a nap on the floor in
one at a Barnes And Noble and people get all weird about it.
