tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-44526587184911137962024-03-13T03:04:52.524-07:00Mark TindallUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger149125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4452658718491113796.post-45246141828565506852024-02-02T20:16:00.000-08:002024-02-02T20:16:15.552-08:00Maitland - The City Of Excitement<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrlNFYAlHXtFvescwoUNqz-E2JDTzqhcyK5aA2u89HuT94wgFkh9ROTCunY_8arLGwKW-hB2sQ4cD6Ayt6fl7GMhhXCA0h1CcTfcLKZXsuLGVPqpuppAfKDM51d55wn6wR9TvsnGzWJobbK1HTMLAevzn4TQi8eZN-PcLgcRkvLoqY3sE5pxw2i4NhzqcX/s678/City%20of%20Excitemernt.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="169" data-original-width="678" height="80" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrlNFYAlHXtFvescwoUNqz-E2JDTzqhcyK5aA2u89HuT94wgFkh9ROTCunY_8arLGwKW-hB2sQ4cD6Ayt6fl7GMhhXCA0h1CcTfcLKZXsuLGVPqpuppAfKDM51d55wn6wR9TvsnGzWJobbK1HTMLAevzn4TQi8eZN-PcLgcRkvLoqY3sE5pxw2i4NhzqcX/s320/City%20of%20Excitemernt.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>This is proof that Maitland was once called The City Of Excitement. The date is circa 1988. Don't ask me about the nature of the supposed excitement. <p></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4452658718491113796.post-68684392856960992892023-12-10T00:23:00.000-08:002023-12-10T00:23:33.542-08:00FAVOURITE BIBLE VERSE: Mark 17:1-3 (MTV)<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6-oyTyc82uRk8F2wUEj0sGVGRTmpg0PX4PVYoylitK0R48IfcP5YBTGJlR9IJAJA4Ok5_vuG9DCShqEKkjH07S_5Coood5Yb4vKfGGrdsVMaH5rDIH8idgpn3l_z0Tpsx_XlhMW-h5_JhrDb0Dou1h3KLlRuvvzHkj0v3qd0ztjkahIwNxGrgdcH81dm_/s694/Favourite%20bible%20verse.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="361" data-original-width="694" height="166" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6-oyTyc82uRk8F2wUEj0sGVGRTmpg0PX4PVYoylitK0R48IfcP5YBTGJlR9IJAJA4Ok5_vuG9DCShqEKkjH07S_5Coood5Yb4vKfGGrdsVMaH5rDIH8idgpn3l_z0Tpsx_XlhMW-h5_JhrDb0Dou1h3KLlRuvvzHkj0v3qd0ztjkahIwNxGrgdcH81dm_/s320/Favourite%20bible%20verse.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-family: inherit;">My favourite bible verse is one that I wrote myself. I am following the tradition of multiple endings to Mark's gospel. It's the Mark Tindall Translation (MTV).<br /><br />Mark 17:1-3 (MTV) "All things are probable. Try to believe. Really! Try to believe even if it's irrational. Why? Because I said so, that's why! Don't ask questions. Just believe."</span><br /><p></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4452658718491113796.post-21636234578949141762023-07-16T23:21:00.004-07:002023-07-17T16:14:31.125-07:00Matt Dillahunty - Do "credentials" / qualifications matter?<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGCHM2LpyWRoQ1GqOojjHqF7_ShCNYhxtpd2B9IcfS6m46dqhsExs0BImvcz8b7rVe7ZJ0z0F32EYlyJFj9IO0-KjzSSX5svmpAEuRMhaALw2VcGYCF7K10VIk22l9Q_HdOSYtEJSh1S076oqOOaGkghsNVOWzLetB1-s2OSDix8RDVTVozdUT2EweqZ2o/s281/atheist%20debate%20me.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="281" data-original-width="179" height="281" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGCHM2LpyWRoQ1GqOojjHqF7_ShCNYhxtpd2B9IcfS6m46dqhsExs0BImvcz8b7rVe7ZJ0z0F32EYlyJFj9IO0-KjzSSX5svmpAEuRMhaALw2VcGYCF7K10VIk22l9Q_HdOSYtEJSh1S076oqOOaGkghsNVOWzLetB1-s2OSDix8RDVTVozdUT2EweqZ2o/s1600/atheist%20debate%20me.jpg" width="179" /></a></div><p></p>The new atheists aren't like the old atheists who had "credentials" / qualifications in philosophy (and thus logic). It definitely shows! The new atheists tell everyone about their atheism whether you want to know about it or not. Their atheist evangelism becomes incredibly boring and they use the same high school level methodology from atheist blogs and podcasts. <br /><br />I've just blocked Matt Dillahunty on the Facebook page of a "friend" called "sweet little thing" (name hidden to protect the ignorant). <br /><br />"sweet little thing" appears to have no other hobby than endlessly posting about atheism. A true atheist evangelist!<br /><br />Matt Dillahunty went to high school. He is an American atheist activist and former president of the Atheist Community of Austin, a position he held from 2006 to 2013. Between 2005 and October 2022, Dillahunty was host of the televised webcast The Atheist Experience. He formerly hosted the live Internet radio show Non-Prophets Radio and founded the counter-apologetics project Iron Chariots.<br /><br />Both Matt Dillahunty and "sweet little thing" accused me of "equivocation" for daring to ask if qualifications mattered in science. Here is the quote from Matt Dillahunty I used.<br /><br />~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<br />FROM <img src="chrome-extension://ohhcpmplhhiiaoiddkfboafbhiknefdf/images/tooltip/webicon_green.png" /><a href="https://twitter.com/matt_dillahunty/status/436273926654529536?fbclid=IwAR3J01G9UEP5JpG4xd1yFdILlW7OR8STpPrcBeZwr-K1ueOUbsEVSyv47h4">https://twitter.com/matt_dillahunty/status/436273926654529536?fbclid=IwAR3J01G9UEP5JpG4xd1yFdILlW7OR8STpPrcBeZwr-K1ueOUbsEVSyv47h4</a> <br />I've been told there's a reddit discussion about my credentials. Easy. I have none. No degrees. No seminary. Doesn't matter.<br />~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<br /><br />In my country, Australia, the Australian QUALIFICATION Framework (capitals for emphasis) is how credentials are decided. Obviously these geniuses don't understand that verifiable fact. <br /><br />~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<br />FROM <img src="chrome-extension://ohhcpmplhhiiaoiddkfboafbhiknefdf/images/tooltip/webicon_green.png" /><a href="https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.aqf.edu.au%2F%3Ffbclid%3DIwAR2ODucP1iDLEt0hdMbJ2S7W1h5qjl-eTo-1sxylLzsjYFN8QmwjgHEp6WQ&h=AT1c0qVujfwfe9kD9JYktZOU2ihndzMgkE-zkwu2uWtgG46hcZxU9U7UaXOfSMGdgFZEmPzgqXBsgOGikIv8MJnlXo8R0UROtKw2C2aZk77U0If3wzWBT1T5Zl6UZgVzRQ&__tn__=-UK-R&c[0]=AT1fcN3sBoPs0oY_SfizM39RzvLoevbU_5ajmrXRw-hXwQWUU9R3t0OkVceAAu5RTaz3Ct9NoSio16FNbYigx33HlVWTtVvdKBebz2ZQ7oq3T6R_DgcerEK373V9Ba1rrqQt">https://www.aqf.edu.au/</a><br /><br />The Australian Qualifications Framework (AQF) is the national policy for regulated qualifications in Australian education and training. <br /><br />It incorporates the qualifications from each education and training sector into a single comprehensive national qualifications framework. <br />~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<br /><br />The new atheists seem to suffer from the Dunning-Kruger Effect. They think they are experts in fields that they have never formally studied.<br /><br />~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<br />FROM C J Werleman, The New Atheist Threat (The Dangerous Rise Of Secular Extremists), Dangerous Little Books: 2015, Chapter 3 - The Echo Chamber pp 36 -37<br /><br />In 2014, I shared a bus ride with popular New Atheist Matt Dillahunty. We had a great chat and he’s a terrific fella, but he told me, “As atheists we have to be experts in theology, anthropology, cosmology, geology, and biology.” Two thoughts came to mind: why? and you’re not. That’s not a slight on Dillahunty. It’s merely an observation that one would have to be smarter than Stephen Hawking to be considered a bona fide expert in each of these respective fields. And the only reason I could think as to why he would believe an atheist has to be an expert in all those fields is if he believes atheists need to evangelize their atheism to religious believers. Worryingly, many New Atheists I have debated or spoken to actually boast that they are experts in many or all of those respective fields even when it’s obvious they have no more than a Wikipedia level understanding of theology, for instance.<br />~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<br /><br />Quoting Matt Dillahunty again: "credentials (aka qualifications) ... I have none. No degrees. No seminary. Doesn't matter."<br /><br />My first question: Do "credentials" / qualifications matter for a person performing brain surgery in Australia? <br /><br />Doesn't matter?????!!!!!<br /><br />1. It's illegal in Australia to perform brain surgery without a proper accredited qualification (aka "credential") as per the Australian QUALIFICATION Framework. <br /><br />2. Supposing it were legal, an atheist car mechanic might claim that he knows everything about brain surgery but, as he has never been assessed as competent to be awarded the relevant accredited qualification, one doesn't know anything about his level of expertise. <br /><br />My second question: Do "credentials" / qualifications matter for a person doing philosophy of religion (the subject area every time an atheist like Matt Dillahunty mentions God) in Australia? <br /><br />An atheist car mechanic might claim that he knows everything about philosophy of religion but, as he has never been assessed as competent to be awarded the relevant accredited qualification, one doesn't know anything about his level of expertise.<br /><br />Matt Dillahunty does philosophy of religion extremely poorly. His main targets are fundamentalist Christians who are easy targets. His methodology consists of asking questions and avoiding questions asked of him. It's high school stuff and it shows.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4452658718491113796.post-73887122669532577302023-01-08T20:54:00.002-08:002023-01-08T20:54:37.703-08:00GIORDANO BRUNO WAS NOT A MARTYR FOR SCIENCE BUT A FOLLOWER OF HERMETICISM<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC4UezGytOeKoxPTf7AyJgYaiA9aMv8BzbmlPuQW1Oj_4mzFtAWnMDnmvXqoNocZHOCFWOACmVJJONDsZ6IKZJtWSDSyOOFUPR8tOJwOguOae1TjsM0Qg3Yn7YEIvetEzn0s_GbeImU40TgP7J4ksVX7RcvJ2eVIE3PqEG-v4Flj1tqBfLru8hfrzmOA/s500/BRUNO.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="261" data-original-width="500" height="167" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC4UezGytOeKoxPTf7AyJgYaiA9aMv8BzbmlPuQW1Oj_4mzFtAWnMDnmvXqoNocZHOCFWOACmVJJONDsZ6IKZJtWSDSyOOFUPR8tOJwOguOae1TjsM0Qg3Yn7YEIvetEzn0s_GbeImU40TgP7J4ksVX7RcvJ2eVIE3PqEG-v4Flj1tqBfLru8hfrzmOA/s320/BRUNO.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>FROM https://historyforatheists.com/2017/03/the-great-myths-3-giordano-bruno-was-a-martyr-for-science/?fbclid=IwAR1VCUkoDmtFX2Jr1c_q2018P9uM1XYXB7Wc-hPY2-PJytrW6LWVswwIPuo<br /><br />"Giordano Bruno was a martyr for science!" is a myth often repeated on social media. Giordano Bruno did no science and was not a scientist. Bruno was a follower of a movement called Hermetism, which was a cult that based its beliefs on documents which were thought to have originated in Egypt at the time of Moses. These writings were linked with the teaching of the Egyptian God Thoth, the God of learning and had arrived in Italy from Macedonia in the 1460s. To followers of this cult, Thoth was known as Hermes Trismegitus, or Hermes the thrice great. The book of Toth placed the sun at the centre of the universe. This is what Bruno followed. No science - only adoption of Hermeticism.<p></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4452658718491113796.post-8505601273152451222022-06-27T18:44:00.003-07:002022-07-11T00:44:43.807-07:00CHRISTIANITY AND THE 2021 AUSTRALIAN CENSUS<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNxr0EjA307uKl7b9N64LC7vyI6Pwl8fSebmXCxwHDvnjouyZmqozfmA9ri1DysKOEaMnCXugxoFdURzutFu11YwtaFMqD0ko8ImH5ar0sbLtwmYr0A8OpgRD9XBc0C7CtkWVeg80zfwAwzZXpAQO7YouhPDdAsl6edjakq0uKb7DCdgfCPAYEb4jr8g/s1280/2021%20census.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1280" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNxr0EjA307uKl7b9N64LC7vyI6Pwl8fSebmXCxwHDvnjouyZmqozfmA9ri1DysKOEaMnCXugxoFdURzutFu11YwtaFMqD0ko8ImH5ar0sbLtwmYr0A8OpgRD9XBc0C7CtkWVeg80zfwAwzZXpAQO7YouhPDdAsl6edjakq0uKb7DCdgfCPAYEb4jr8g/s320/2021%20census.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p>The Australian 2021 Census figures show a decline in Christian belief from 52% to 43.9% of our population. This goes along with the steady decline since 1901:<br /><br />1901 96.1%<br />1911 95.9%<br />1921 96.9%<br />1933 86.4%<br />1947 88.0%<br />1954 89.4%<br />1961 88.3%<br />1966 88.2%<br />1971 86.2%<br />1976 78.6%<br />1981 76.4%<br />1986 73.0%<br />1991 74.0%<br />1996 70.9%<br />2001 68.0%<br />2006 63.9%<br />2011 61.1%<br />2016 52.0%<br />2021 43.9%<br /><br />The category of "No religion" is up from 29.6% (2016) to 38.9%.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4452658718491113796.post-83559365519479348582022-04-18T02:03:00.000-07:002022-04-18T02:03:00.062-07:00DID JESUS WEAR CLOTHES AFTER HIS RESURRECTION?<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8dXLwBppFyQRfBgNyuwGhB_jVENkfQsDo3QM3_xkgTo6YpLq4mDHsr66qZnt0e7AmvjwX45daEkYNFX9RooisS0poXQHmOil0Ud_LsIDKueinLIFQHtG7uzrHa3yx1_y8VTYY-t67PYtmyo8-QolOUyjV9gJocjMdih4sK3i1fuSx2V86TXcxG00Lrg/s816/savior_risen%20(1).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="816" data-original-width="719" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8dXLwBppFyQRfBgNyuwGhB_jVENkfQsDo3QM3_xkgTo6YpLq4mDHsr66qZnt0e7AmvjwX45daEkYNFX9RooisS0poXQHmOil0Ud_LsIDKueinLIFQHtG7uzrHa3yx1_y8VTYY-t67PYtmyo8-QolOUyjV9gJocjMdih4sK3i1fuSx2V86TXcxG00Lrg/s320/savior_risen%20(1).jpg" width="282" /></a></div><p></p><br />FROM <a href="https://www.facebook.com/jamesfmcgrath?__cft__[0]=AZVpui90-z5-W8LRf5WFMgYAk1rpfJTjlbF00vZkstzkkTxZd17QWKYnKLpin_RCLYXaof5JvSSK0_oPsb295CDcTV6r2BdjMShn-xDPxDRfDMwWFFSOBFqHTX3odP0pMBgtkKG58nNehqYaigvzCZMsHbwqM10Qbgi5G5XKhjfFRw&__tn__=-UC%2CP-R">James McGrath</a><br /><br />In the crucifixion accounts the Roman soldiers take Jesus’ clothes.<br />In the stories about the tomb those who visit it find the grave clothes.<br />In the Easter appearances, what if anything do you imagine Jesus wearing and why?<br /><br />~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<br />My comment: If Jesus’ clothes are taken and there are grave clothes left behind then Jesus must be naked. If he is wearing clothes then where did the clothes come from?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4452658718491113796.post-3293517077504696542021-10-15T23:25:00.001-07:002021-10-15T23:25:27.566-07:00T H HUXLEY - MEANING OF AGNOSTIC<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1LU_lZPC6L8D_xAHkb9k0UXxqYzUsFE9Gx_rGf1pJHytDePm4-POJCVlS16Y0-hGfY3CxK5wB66ot_ekb0_C4O4YNPzx0mJIHwbRRUj6ArABoFets_mcCIklyvswyUd0xt9vSPTel6vm4/s384/agnostic.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="96" data-original-width="384" height="80" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1LU_lZPC6L8D_xAHkb9k0UXxqYzUsFE9Gx_rGf1pJHytDePm4-POJCVlS16Y0-hGfY3CxK5wB66ot_ekb0_C4O4YNPzx0mJIHwbRRUj6ArABoFets_mcCIklyvswyUd0xt9vSPTel6vm4/s320/agnostic.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v b1v8xokw oo9gr5id" dir="auto">Agnostic:
"one who professes that the existence of a First Cause and the
essential nature of things are not and cannot be known" [Klein]; coined
by T.H. Huxley (1825-1895),</span><p></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4452658718491113796.post-43811304432835211292021-10-04T05:05:00.000-07:002021-10-04T05:05:18.164-07:00WHAT IS PHILOSOPHY?<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU62Jw46f65xDj7SiW5i4AfLfF17pzlk7xV9R-BzJVtoV034iOQMN8JLuY00tm0sM5qm0jzWiD7L2bbHdIAOSrd3CElaMM8-bsb35Eo7-s0BMHv32I5rkCKuko9SCRV6XAhdbwpoBsP7by/s1200/philosopher.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="717" data-original-width="1200" height="191" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU62Jw46f65xDj7SiW5i4AfLfF17pzlk7xV9R-BzJVtoV034iOQMN8JLuY00tm0sM5qm0jzWiD7L2bbHdIAOSrd3CElaMM8-bsb35Eo7-s0BMHv32I5rkCKuko9SCRV6XAhdbwpoBsP7by/s320/philosopher.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>
<p></p><p class="Normal tm5"><span class="tm6"></span><strong><span class="tm7">What is philosophy?<br /><br /></span></strong><span class="tm6">1 - The love of wisdom (Greek: philo - love, sophia - wisdom)<br /><br />2 - Footnotes to Plato (</span><span class="tm6">428 – 347 BCE)</span></p>
<p class="Normal tm5"><span class="tm6">A.N Whitehead (1861 – 1947): “The safest general characterization of the European philosophical tradition is that it consists of a series of footnotes to Plato. I do not
mean the systematic scheme of thought which scholars have doubtfully extracted from his writings. I allude to the wealth of general ideas scattered through them”. </span></p>
<p class="Normal tm5"><span class="tm6">3 - The ‘queen of the sciences’. It interrogates the underpinning intellectual framework which is taken for granted in specific subject areas.<br /></span><span class="tm6"></span><strong><span class="tm7"><br />Main Branches of Philosophy<br /></span></strong><span class="tm6"><br />Metaphysics <br />(the study of existence and the nature of reality) <br /><br />Epistemology <br />(the study of knowledge, and how and what we know)</span></p>
<p class="Normal tm5"><span class="tm6">Ethics <br />(the study of how people should act, and what is good and valuable)</span></p>
<p class="Normal tm5"><span class="tm6">Aesthetics <br />(the study of basic philosophical questions about art and beauty)</span></p>
<p class="Normal tm5"><span class="tm6">Logic <br />(the study of good reasoning, by valid inference and demonstration) <br /> <br />Political Philosophy <br />(the study of how people should interact in a proper
society)<br /><br />Philosophy of Mind <br />(the study of the nature of mind, consciousness, etc)</span></p>
<p class="Normal tm5"><span class="tm6">Philosophy of Religion <br />(the study of the nature of religion, God, evil, prayer, etc) <br /><br />Philosophy of History <br />(the study of the eventual significance, if any, of
human history)</span></p>
<p class="Normal tm5"><span class="tm6">Philosophy of Language <br />(the study of the nature, origins, and usage of language)</span></p>
<p class="Normal tm5"><span class="tm6">Philosophy of Science <br />(the study of the assumptions, foundations, and implications of science)<br /></span></p>
<p class="Normal tm5"><span class="tm6">Philosophy of Education <br />(the study of the purpose, process, nature and ideals of education) <br /></span></p>
<p class="Normal tm5"><span class="tm6">(Image from Leunig)<br /></span></p>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4452658718491113796.post-27799953094731805252021-09-02T16:59:00.002-07:002021-09-03T14:20:33.105-07:00NCAT ORDERS REGARDING TEMAN PTY LTD<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhk_2yGK9uzIR4hrEYsdsW24L7KIPuNh5GTqNwSt6tK7Sdoqu56Afng_D8yS_6scDV0YniVoTrpKLaZ-eBoc3A6qfJwoQ_Dh-T6_VLsNl7i40VzXFDskZuTJIB5iHP-k5j3uxCDwoCsrvSB/s709/NCAT+LOGO.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="273" data-original-width="709" height="123" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhk_2yGK9uzIR4hrEYsdsW24L7KIPuNh5GTqNwSt6tK7Sdoqu56Afng_D8yS_6scDV0YniVoTrpKLaZ-eBoc3A6qfJwoQ_Dh-T6_VLsNl7i40VzXFDskZuTJIB5iHP-k5j3uxCDwoCsrvSB/s320/NCAT+LOGO.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p><div dir="auto"><div class="ecm0bbzt hv4rvrfc ihqw7lf3 dati1w0a" data-ad-comet-preview="message" data-ad-preview="message" id="jsc_c_1g"><div class="j83agx80 cbu4d94t ew0dbk1b irj2b8pg"><div class="qzhwtbm6 knvmm38d"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v b1v8xokw oo9gr5id hzawbc8m" dir="auto"><div class="kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;">Regarding a recent newspaper article about my wife and I, it should be noted that we won our application to NCAT.<br /><br /></div></div><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;">###########################################</div></div><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><br />RV 20/33760</div></div><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><br />3 Ridge Estate by Teman Pty Ltd is to comply with s 66 of the Retirement Villages Act 1999, and in particular</div></div><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><br />(1) is to take all reasonable steps to ensure that all residents meet their obligations under their village contracts, the village rules and this Act, so that a resident does not unreasonably interfere with the peace, comfort and quiet enjoyment of his or her fellow residents, and</div></div><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><br />(2) is to use its best endeavours to ensure that each resident lives in an environment free from harassment and intimidation.</div></div><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><br />##########################################</div></div></span></div></div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4452658718491113796.post-35916344101085705542020-12-06T22:12:00.003-08:002021-10-04T22:53:57.105-07:00"In Search of C S Lewis" edited by Stephen Schofield <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjM_NJ5mcKQrk3W-7bFlvg3twDuy_nFF8be17EhP434MKRIEqyLy1bm_DbOdjaobytANDq4ZUEbKi2Q1cWywGKotZoYXQF0g0slwieOdTajdxyCpFyHzrHiT1S33Cg2uZsm5KvNqJWtg_TR/s400/lewis.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="300" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjM_NJ5mcKQrk3W-7bFlvg3twDuy_nFF8be17EhP434MKRIEqyLy1bm_DbOdjaobytANDq4ZUEbKi2Q1cWywGKotZoYXQF0g0slwieOdTajdxyCpFyHzrHiT1S33Cg2uZsm5KvNqJWtg_TR/s320/lewis.jpg" /></a></div><br /> <span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql rrkovp55 a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id hzawbc8m" dir="auto"><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;">From "In Search of C S Lewis" edited by Stephen Schofield (Bridge Publishing Inc, New Jersey: Undated) </div></div><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><br />1. Stephen Scholfield (Interviewer) </div></div><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><br />Lewis ... he drank a pint of ale with lunch, and after we settled in armchairs. p. 1 </div></div><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><br />2. Kenneth Tynan (Interviewer) </div></div><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><br />... the interviewer and I went to see Lewis in Headington ... "Tell me Professor Lewis, what do you think of the use of four-letter words in literature?" "Lewis answered,'I find them objectionable because they are not erotic enough'. p. 5 </div></div><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><br />He never brought his religious beliefs into is literary tutorials. p. 6 </div></div><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><br />3. Alan Rock (Pupil) </div></div><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><br />... he was not warm, and to be continually up against his ineluctable logic was distinctly chilling. p. 11 </div></div><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><br />I never felt any warmth in my encounters with Lewis. No real human contact. p. 12 </div></div><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><br />Once he said, 'Rook, you think of me as a Medievalist and a scholar. You're making a mistake. I'm nothing more than a butcher - a rough and brutal man.' Those were his words. p.13 </div></div><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><br />4. Norman Bradshaw (Pupil) </div></div><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><br />... always smoking, generally a pipe. p. 18 </div></div><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><br />He suffered from a bladder weakness (caused by World War 1 service at the front.) p.19 </div></div><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><br />He would not, in my time, ever act as tutor to women. He seemed almost afraid of them. It was a standing joke at Magdalen that whenever he saw a woman enter the College he would run as fast as he could and lock himself in his rooms. p. 21 </div></div><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><br />He liked to win. He liked to demolish an opponent's argument. ... Lewis would take up the argument and knock the other chap as flat as a house of cards ... And Lewis would sit back and take another sip of port. pp. 22-23 </div></div><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><br />I know of several dons with theological degrees who denigrated Lewis because he was not a professional theologian - that is, he had no degree in theology - and yet he was becoming a household name. p. 24 </div></div><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><br />... Lewis ... enjoyed beer, and who smoked a perpetual succession of pipes and 'gaspers' (Will's Gold Flake, or 'yellow perils', to be exact). p.34 </div></div><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><br />... so generous and outpouring with 'fags' [cigarettes] and pipes, with beer and wine flowing ... p. 35 </div></div><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;">~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ </div></div><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><br />This is only from the first 35 pages! The same themes come back over and over again. C S Lewis would not be accepted by most evangelicals today if they read Stephen Schofield's interviews with those who knew him "In Search Of C S Lewis". <span><span class="TSRSpan" id="TSRSpan_2"><img class="TSRWebRatingIcon" src="moz-extension://b6b24004-863f-44c8-b882-0054936717a6/TMToolbar/image/tooltip/webicon_green.png" style="border: 0px none; height: 16px; width: 16px;" /></span><a class="oajrlxb2 g5ia77u1 qu0x051f esr5mh6w e9989ue4 r7d6kgcz rq0escxv nhd2j8a9 nc684nl6 p7hjln8o kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x jb3vyjys rz4wbd8a qt6c0cv9 a8nywdso i1ao9s8h esuyzwwr f1sip0of lzcic4wl py34i1dx gpro0wi8" href="https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2FSearch-C-S-Lewis-Stephen-Schofield%2Fdp%2F088270544X%3Ffbclid%3DIwAR3tAN063eVYAQULRzFQX77fAGvXrW_oWH0O034M3MIH1bj1lBshMfIPqco&h=AT0YL4OTAi0Iq10Ev42c7OBwI32IC7qS7TFy9lQoD3fCtNj7ErXQfyR1hF-dduToTTF05F0TFD0L7Tn1z99tTxNW2TMVoYnc9ibQtN70dqjx5w45JsjK4LF6LZw4jeyNMQ&__tn__=-UK-R&c[0]=AT1ux1e0hwnKYBRP2t9YsATqf8y6oa9kn9lS_d_gvdPdalf0toNmw6eoao_vODoIeV-AaqwCvBKjkmK2T5FZFcCnNw9ZhcmZz5cF46AyQY6t5WXgC37kg4aRgfsDlpykTvbfySV3YRVL80_qErF1AApsr-kG2zv86pU" rel="nofollow noopener" role="link" style="background-color: #b8eab8;" tabindex="0" target="_blank">http://www.amazon.com/Search-C-S-Lewis.../dp/088270544X</a></span> He was a high Anglican who liked the "bells and smells". His favourite food was a pie and pint of beer. He smoked a pipe. He was sexist and barred Dorothy L Sayers from the Inklings merely because she was a woman. He told dirty jokes all his life. His "Liar, Lunatic, Lord' thesis does not work and does not include all alternatives.</div></div></span><p></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4452658718491113796.post-42835883696247818052020-07-15T23:09:00.001-07:002020-07-15T23:34:00.653-07:00LOGICAL FALLACY: Argumentum ad Aurum - 'Follow the Money' Fallacy<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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fallacious argument is thrown over and over again at scientists and
journalists, in particular. Don't like a scientist's research? Follow
the money! Don't like a journalist's opinion? Follow the money! For
many, the only conceivable reason that a person dares to disagree is
because he or she is being paid off by [Insert BIG ______ here]. In this
bizarre worldview, there are only two types of people: truth-tellers
and paid shills. ...<br />
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Third,
research suggests that people who are paid to support a particular
cause are less persuasive. So, hiring "paid shills" would be a bad
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<span class="oi732d6d ik7dh3pa d2edcug0 qv66sw1b c1et5uql a8c37x1j muag1w35 ew0dbk1b jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id" dir="auto"></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4452658718491113796.post-35013868389649619852020-07-14T22:02:00.002-07:002020-07-14T22:02:55.874-07:00CREDENTIALS: Dr Karl Kruszelnicki versus Andrew Bolt<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyKhTI69WIc6fqUU6Q419GkTgb9F7OkSwsdiK2ypiXswlBVKuMA9COe-8dxiIcQV27sN-rpf_IloqoC5A6JfnFZaYRCfH0a9W5UTT7ycC563iYkMWTFYxlxlBf_iyiJsoHKEHzmCtNJwvB/s1600/107562400_1189150664776104_3806684065397544872_o.jpg"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyKhTI69WIc6fqUU6Q419GkTgb9F7OkSwsdiK2ypiXswlBVKuMA9COe-8dxiIcQV27sN-rpf_IloqoC5A6JfnFZaYRCfH0a9W5UTT7ycC563iYkMWTFYxlxlBf_iyiJsoHKEHzmCtNJwvB/s320/107562400_1189150664776104_3806684065397544872_o.jpg" /></a><br /><br />FROM Carrick Ryan: Andrew Bolt keeps calling Dr Karl a "scientific fraud", so I decided to look up their scientific credentials.Can you guess whose is whose?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4452658718491113796.post-78152336818566866372019-10-04T23:39:00.000-07:002019-10-04T23:39:51.127-07:00Paul Tournier - Learning To Grow Old (Quotes)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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From Paul Tournier 'Learning To Grow Old' (SCM Press:1972)<br /><br />We have to give up all sorts of things, and accept with serenity the prospect of death, while remaining as active, as sociable and friendly as we can, despite an unavoidable measure of loneliness. We must learn to use leisure profitably, take up new interests, interest ourselves in young people and new ideas. pp 1-2<br /><br />What each of us needs is a 'reconversion' from earning our living to cultural activity. ... To acquire culture ... is to develop oneself, to progress, to contribute to the progress of the human race, to find a meaning in life which can survive the cessation of professional activity. p. 5<br /><br />The active person allows many of his talents to lie fallow in order to develop a few which are indispensable to his professional and social success. The integration to which Jung calls him in the second part of his life, this new advance towards a more complete human fulfilment, involves the reawakening of everything that he has for a long time had to sacrifice to his career. p. 11<br /><br />... lots of retired people are bored because they do not know what to do with their enforced liberty! p. 20<br /><br />Moreover, when one grows old, as Mauriac remarks, I believe one finds special pleasure in re-reading old books one has read in the past. p. 33 *[As I am doing now with this book.] <br /><br />.. moral injustices. One of the gravest is the fact that the retired and the aged do not feel that they are looked upon as of equal value with the other members of society, as members with a 'full share', as General de Gaulle remarked in another context. p. 37<br /><br />We have given things a priority over persons, we have built up a civilization based on things rather than on person. p. 40<br /><br />... those in the autumn of their lives, are reaching the summer of their wisdom. p. 123<br /><br />We must change in order to stay the same. To live is to grow old. p. 182<br /><br /> <br /><br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4452658718491113796.post-751254445638276222019-08-17T14:06:00.003-07:002019-08-17T14:06:29.182-07:00"Super Patriot meme from 1968" from Mad Magazine #129 1969 <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span data-offset-key="ivqf-0-0"><span data-text="true">And there I stayed a bit, ruminating and telling myself that a man was able to adapt himself to anything. The notion that he is to die in thirty years has probably never spoiled any man's fun. Thirty years ... or thirty days: It's all a matter of perspective. - Antoine de Saint-Exupéry - (Wind, Sand and Stars p. 124)</span></span><br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4452658718491113796.post-12043570826967625512019-07-20T23:52:00.000-07:002019-07-20T23:52:50.901-07:00MORONS FINALLY HAVE A VOICE ON SOCIAL MEDIA<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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In the past, morons could only write a letter to a newspaper and the editor would read it and decide that morons should not get a priority in their newspaper and throw the letter in the 'round file'. Now any idiot can post anything on social media. The morons finally have voice!Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4452658718491113796.post-35015219220725791132019-05-20T03:54:00.000-07:002019-05-20T03:54:05.609-07:00WHAT TO SAY TO ANNOYING TELEMARKETERS<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Pretend to be an old age pensioner with a low IQ. <br /><br />"Oh, you're giving me a free
computer! I've always wanted a computer. Do you give pensioners like me
free lessons because I can't afford to pay for anything. I'm just about
to cook my only meal of the day. It's a can of dog food that I put in
the microwave. I've gotten used to microwaved dog food. It's better than
cat food. I've tried both. Ow! My arthritis is playing up at the
moment. And I think I've got to change my incontinence pad soon cause
its leaking all over the place. There's a huge puddle on the floor. How
do you clean urine from shag pile carpet? Who are you again? I've got
problems with remembering who I'm talking to. .. etc etc etc" <br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4452658718491113796.post-31661941970333022052019-05-02T03:46:00.002-07:002019-05-02T03:47:26.144-07:00DR BRETT TINDALL - AIDS RESEARCHER<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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“Doctor <a href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/bretttindall?hc_location=ufi">#BrettTindall</a> devoted his short life to researching a cure for HIV/AIDS. He was the first patient in the world identified by Dr David Cooper (now sadly the late Professor David Cooper) to convert from HIV- to HIV+.<br />
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His tireless research has played a vital role in helping medical science progress to the medications we now have available. Brett died from AIDS shortly before the life saving medications became available.<br />
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The proudest moment of Brett’s life was to obtain his Doctorate shortly before his death. His contribution to the fight against HIV/AIDS was enormous. He was a wonderfully loyal and dear friend to so many throughout the world. He is fondly remembered by us all!<br />
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Although not positive herself, Kathleen devoted her life caring for people with HIV/AIDS. She nursed Brett in his final battle against HIV/AIDS. When Brett died she joined the WHO to set up the HIV centre in Indonesia. She then transferred to India to set up a clinic there. Because of the high rate of homeless HIV+ woman in India, rejected for being HIV+, Kathleen set up a shelter for positive women.<br />
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My dearest friend contracted AIDS and died. ...<br />
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A career in mainstream medicine was cut short when his HIV + status was discovered. Many people would have, many have, given up all hope. Now Brett, had found a new goal and as with everything he did, he approached this unknown disease with skill and determination.<br />
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Brett was a brilliant researcher, writing many articles for publication in medical journals. His articles and conference presentations were respected world wide. As Senior Scientist and later as Doctor Brett Tindall, he was Head of the Clinical Research Unit of NCHECR. ...<br />
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This is from The Wind In The Willows, a favourite piece of Brett's.<br />
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"Who can tell?" said the Badger. "People come - they stay for awhile, they flourish, they build - and they go. It is there way. But we remain. There were badgers here, I've been told, long before that same city ever came to be. And there now there are badgers here again. We are an enduring lot, and we may move out for a time, but we wait, and we are patient, and back we come. And so it will ever be."<br />
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The Brett Tindall Memorial Lecture is an annual lecture awarded by the Kirby Institute to a world leader in infectious disease research. <br />
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<br /><br />How much did Jesus charge to listen to the sermon on the mount? Can you quote a gospel verse as evidence?<br /><br /> The answers are:<br /> 1. Jesus charged nothing for the Sermon On The Mount.<br /> 2. No fees for Jesus's Sermon On The Mount are ever mentioned in any of the gospels.<br /><br /> You can certainly make up other justification for charging fees for ordinary citizens. You just can't do that by quoting any gospel verse on the life of the historical Jesus. Leaving a livelihood and becoming a full time follower dependent upon the charity of others is not the same as an ordinary citizen paying an admission fee to listen to a sermon. It's a category mistake. The full time follower and the ordinary citizen are different like apples and oranges. Jesus had no admission fees for any ordinary citizen.<br /><br />Charging fees to hear the gospel is the Hill$ong Model. User pays. Fee for service.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4452658718491113796.post-5729546026047170202018-07-25T23:53:00.000-07:002018-07-25T23:54:58.807-07:00PROPOSED MANDATORY QUALIFICATIONS FOR POLITICIANS.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />To return to the Last Judgement: Michelangelo had already finished more than three~fourths of the work when Pope Paul went to see it. On this occasion Biagio da Cesena, the master of ceremonies and a very high-minded person, happened to be with the Pope in the chapel and was asked what he thought of the painting. He answered that it was most disgraceful that in so sacred a place there should have been depicted all those nude figures, exposing themselves so shamefully, and that it was no work for a papal chapel but rather for the public baths and taverns. Angered by this comment, Michelangelo determined he would have his revenge; and as soon as Biagio had left he drew his portrait frorn memory in the figure of Minos, shown with a great serpent curled around his legs, among a heap of devils in hell; nor for all his pleading with the Pope and Michelangelo could Biagio have the figure removed, and it was left, to record the incident, as it is today. - Vasari's "Lives of The Artists" (Translated by George Bull, Penguin; Middlesex, England: 1965; p. 379)<br /><br />Note how Biagio is depicted with the ears of a donkey and how the snake is about to bite his penis. Don't piss off artists. They can take revenge in many different ways.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4452658718491113796.post-89578699535804235162018-04-30T05:05:00.002-07:002018-04-30T05:05:47.303-07:00The Farmacy's "Dr" Alan Greenberg , "MD" not a medical doctor.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br /><br />Wonderful news if it were true. It is, however, fake news. The person in the photo is not a medical doctor.<br />~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<br />FROM <a href="https://allangreenbergblog.wordpress.com/about/">https://allangreenbergblog.wordpress.com/about/</a><br /><br />About Allan<br /><br />Born in Johannesburg, South Africa, Allan Greenberg was educated at the University of Witwatersrand, where he trained in classical, Gothic, and modern architecture. He worked for leading Scandinavian modernist architect Jørn Utzon, with whom he worked on the Sydney Opera House. After receiving his Master of Architecture degree from Yale University in 1965, he spent two years in the City of New Haven’s Redevelopment Agency and later served as Architectural Consultant to Connecticut’s Chief Justice from 1967 to 1979. He received his U.S. citizenship in 1973.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4452658718491113796.post-27339406392917760922018-04-30T04:21:00.001-07:002018-04-30T04:21:30.869-07:00WHAT IS A PODCAST? A WASTE OF TIME.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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What is a podcast? I can answer that! It is a time wasting painful listening to 50% "what I did before the show / what I'm going to do on this show / what will come in the next podcast" and 50% worthwhile material hidden amongst the rest - somewhere - if you can find it. What is really ultra annoying is that, if the podcast was in text format, I'd be able to read it in a minute rather than wasting half an hour or more being bored to death with trivia. It is a format that I utterly detest.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4452658718491113796.post-31542137650179578752018-04-12T00:50:00.003-07:002021-06-19T02:01:21.748-07:00SPORT AS A PREPARATION FOR WAR<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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FROM Aldous Huxley "Ends And Means" (1937) pp.187 - 188<br />
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Sport can be either a preparation for war or, in some measure, a substitute for war; a trainer either of potential war-mongers or of potential peace-lovers ; an educative influence forming either militarists or men who will be ready and able to apply the principles of pacifism in every activity of life. It is for us to choose which pan the organized amusements of children and adults shall play. In the dictatorial countries the choice has been made, consciously and without compromise. Sport there is definitely a preparation for war doubly a preparation. It is used, first of all, to prepare children for the term of military slavery which they will have to serve when they come of age to train them in habits of endurance, courage, and co-ordinated effort, and to cultivate that esprit de corps, that group-vanity and group-pride which are the very foundations of the character of a good soldier. In the second place, it is used as an instrument of nationalistic propaganda. Football matches with teams belonging to foreign countries are treated as matters of national prestige; victory is hailed as a triumph over an enemy, a sign of racial or national superiority; a defeat is put down to foul play and treated almost as a casus belli. Optimistic theorists count sport as a bond between nations. In the present state of nationalistic feeling it is only another cause of international misunderstanding. The battles waged on the football field and the race-track are merely preliminaries to, and even contributory causes of, more serious contests. In a world that has no common religion or philosophy of life, but where every national group practises its own private idolatry, international football matches and athletic contests can do almost nothing but harm.<br />
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The choice of the dictators has been, as I have said, definite and uncompromising. They have decided that sport shall be used above all as a preparation for war. ...Unknownnoreply@blogger.com