This may be so, but it is also surprising how many highly educated people with years of training in a given subject – who have given strenuous examination of the opposing arguments but maintain their position on that subject – are ignored and dismissed by those who have done neither, but just don’t like what said people believe.
Strange that with all the philosophy and theology being traded back and forth, no one has mentioned that A&E were clothed BEFORE they were banished – first with coverings they tried to create for themselves from foliage, and then with animal skins God provided.
Man walks down the beach and finds an old oil lap covered in sand, so he picks it up and rubs it clean. Out pops a genie who says, “I grant you three wishes, o Master”. Guy thinks a moment and and says, “Well, first I’d like to turn all the lawyers into fruit flies.” Genie, with a snap of his fingers, says, “Granted! Well, I guess I’m done here.” As he heads back into the lamp the fella cries out “Hey! You promised me THREE wishes!” As the Genie fades from sight he says << wait for it >> “So sue me!”
Nah. This is where they jump back with a heart-pounding musical thunder-crash to our intrepid heroes as they finally realize that lump in the bottom of the rucksack is an amazingly impressive EMP device, and wipe out all the baddies with the push of a button. (Oh, wait … did I type that out loud?)
Having just been diagnosed with a (hopefully) treatable cancer, I find this all TOO thought-provoking. However flippant I may have been in the past about “how I wanna go out,” when it becomes a very real short-term possibility there are other things that occupy your thoughts.
This may be so, but it is also surprising how many highly educated people with years of training in a given subject – who have given strenuous examination of the opposing arguments but maintain their position on that subject – are ignored and dismissed by those who have done neither, but just don’t like what said people believe.