tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-240447238522390484.post9031809385179412078..comments2024-03-09T00:51:33.602-07:00Comments on Little Catholic Bubble: Just curious: What do you do for a living?Leila@LittleCatholicBubblehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09357573787143230160noreply@blogger.comBlogger202125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-240447238522390484.post-11997764637413383652013-09-16T19:41:44.882-07:002013-09-16T19:41:44.882-07:00I am a radiology Technologist. currently I work i...I am a radiology Technologist. currently I work in mammography. I work in a small hospital. I was blessed that they added me enough hours a few years ago when we lost our health insurance, that I qualified to get insurance for my family through my work. I work with women which I enjoy, I enjoy meeting different ladies and hopefully being able to help them. sometimes in a difficult time- as in with a diagnosis of breast cancer. I miss being a stay at home mother which i primarily did when my daughters were younger but the Lord has provided for me at this time and so I am grateful.<br />theresehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11369775824949574125noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-240447238522390484.post-91906362383841384362013-08-27T21:17:59.351-07:002013-08-27T21:17:59.351-07:00DNBA, condolences on the loss of your mom. And who...DNBA, condolences on the loss of your mom. And whoa…. I only get around to about two books a year at this point in my life. I want to be you! <br /><br />I love where your efforts are leading you… Amazing. God bless your work.Leila@LittleCatholicBubblehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09357573787143230160noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-240447238522390484.post-62887737602777884892013-08-16T12:57:15.433-07:002013-08-16T12:57:15.433-07:00BS in Physics, MBA. Worked 38 years as Finance Ma...BS in Physics, MBA. Worked 38 years as Finance Manager at Ford, traveled around the world, but always felt my real title was "analyst". Always curious. Been involved with non-profits all my life, and always somehow ended up leading them and not doing the hands on helping I enjoyed. Called back to the Church in '87. Retired seven years ago to care for mom, who died in June. <br /><br />Presently chairman of two local non-profits, and have a meeting next month with some nuns who came and picked up furniture from the house I rented for mom. The nuns run two homes for unwanted seniors, and I'm thinking there is a large and growing need for their type of effort, and if it's what God wants, maybe I'll expand that concept and get my contacts at local churches and businesses involved in the effort. It never hurts to teach the young how to love, and to give them practice.<br /><br />I read a couple of hundred books a year, about 40% are Catholic writers, and lots of business and Catholic mags and papers. Luigi Guissani is my focus at the moment; he writes great stuff! <br /><br />(And, Leila, you're not too bad at times, either!) Do Not Be Anxioushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04607616214486933423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-240447238522390484.post-79507825355572809622013-08-15T23:48:24.029-07:002013-08-15T23:48:24.029-07:00Francis , all of it amazing. I just don't tire...Francis , all of it amazing. I just don't tire at the depth of significance of the Blessed Sacrament. One note. The keeping watch over the sacrificial lamb. Wow! My uncle used to be an adoration warrior. Part of his meditation was the scripture in the garden when the apostles are asked to keep watch. There it is! Never heard that explained and always found it curious as to why Christ is so insistent on them staying awake. How the apostles must have been on fire when all this came together in their heads weeks later.<br /> My uncle, who also had a deep devotion to Mary and St Joseph, after a long illness, died three years ago today on the feast of the Assumption. His long time priest friend took the news and laughed with Joy, "hahaha. She came a got him" <br />God is GoodCsawwwhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07982318013482206737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-240447238522390484.post-34456490560726735682013-08-14T09:46:30.790-07:002013-08-14T09:46:30.790-07:00THE PASSION OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST
(Part 2 of 2)...THE PASSION OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST<br />(Part 2 of 2)<br /><br />3. On the Day of Atonement two goats were presented before the High Priest. At the Eastern (nikanor) gate, the High Priest drew lots from a lottery box over two goats. One was selected “for the Lord,” and the other was designated “for Azazel” (the devil/god of death). The High Priest sacrificed the goat chosen for the Lord. He then tied a <i>scarlet</i> band around the horns of the goat chosen for Azazel. It was then chased away into the wilderness, to “take away the sins of the world”. As the goat made its way towards the wilderness of Mount Azazel, the women (who were not directly involved in the sacrificial ceremonies) stood by the roadside to watch its progress. Some of the people would <i>pull the goat's hairs/beard</i> (to make it run faster).<br /><br />Now consider:<br /><br />Matthew 27:28 And stripping him, they put a <i>scarlet</i> cloak about him.<br /><br />Luke 23:27-31 A great number of the people followed him, and among them were <i>women</i> who were beating their breasts and wailing for him. <br /><br />Isaiah 50:6: I have given my body to the strikers, and my cheeks to them that <i>pull out the beard.</i><br /><br />John 1:29: The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, "Look, the Lamb of God, who <i>takes away the sin of the world!</i>" <br /><br />4. While the lambs for Passover (there were thousands) were being slaughtered in the the Temple, the families who'd brought them waited in the courtyard to get them back for the Feast. The slaughter occurred between noon and 3 pm. Then the High Priest would appear on the rampart of the temple, blow a shofar (an animal horn) and cry out in a loud voice to the crowd: <i>"It is finished!"</i><br /><br />5. Jews have a custom of mourning their dead, called the ker'iah. According to the Talmud, keri'ah should be done at the moment of death.At the death of one of the seven relatives for whom mourning is decreed (father, mother, children at least 30 days old, brother or half-brother, sister or half-sister, husband, wife), a rent, at least four inches long, is made in the lapel of an outer garment of the mourner. The halachic requirement to "expose the heart" (that is, that the tear in the clothing of the deceased person's parent must be over the heart), indicates a torn heart. The apparel should be torn vertically <i>(from top to bottom)</i>, beginning near the neck and cut down approximately three inches. The initial cut may be made with a knife (by anyone close by), but then should be torn by hand <i>by the mourner himself</i>. The tear should not be made along a seam, as it must appear to be a purposeful scar in the clothing, and not merely an accidental unthreading.<br /><br />Now consider: <br /><br />Matthew 27:52 And behold the veil of the temple was rent in two <i>from the top even to the bottom,</i> and the earth quaked, and the rocks were rent.<br /><br />Someone had rent the "outer garment" that had always clothed Him in His sanctuary, the moment His only beloved Jewish Son died!<br /><br />Food for thought? For me, "sometimes it causes me to tremble, tremble, tremble!"<br /><br />For more, download:<br />http://www.4shared.com/office/jAQXbBM3/The_Passion_of_Our_Lord_Jesus_.html<br /><br />I'd better quit now, while I’m ahead - before our ever-patient Leila loses it and kills me for posting all this off-topic stuff! :)<br />Francis Choudhuryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01146223983345452362noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-240447238522390484.post-91246619828151904842013-08-14T09:40:33.823-07:002013-08-14T09:40:33.823-07:00THE PASSION OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST
(Part 1 of 2)...THE PASSION OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST<br />(Part 1 of 2)<br /><br />Chris, <br /><br />You're welcome, mate. When pondering the phenomenon of subsumation, recall St Paul's words, "I no longer live, but Christ lives in me!" (Gal 2:2).<br /><br />That's ANOTHER paper I've been meaning to write (:)): about how much of Scripture <i>can</i> actually be taken in a literal sense! As you yourself have pointed out, Christ brought the Good News to simple folk, like fishermen, who wouldn't have understood a word of His if great sophistry, so prevalent in today's thinking (of the kind we constantly encounter right here on this blog!), was involved. No, Christ spoke simply, truthfully and (I would contend) quite often literally. Thus, most of His disciples understood Him well enough even to die terrible deaths for Him.<br /><br />Last year I wrote a paper on "The Passion of Our Lord". This was after I stumbled across an online edition of an ancient Jewish Encyclopedia, the contents of which began to fascinate me more and more as I read about various ancient Jewish traditions, customs and festivals. I kid you not: the hair on the back of my head stood erect as I realized in a way I'd never done before, the true significance of so many of the things that Our Lord said and did during His Passion. Below is a link to the paper I wrote/compiled. I'll be the first to admit that it's a little obtuse, but I hope one day to find an accomplished writer who might use it as a base to write a proper book or movie script or something. There's so much real drama in there just waiting to be told.<br /><br />Here are a couple of tidbits from the paper to whet your appetite. Hopefully, they demonstrate what I've said about the literalness of so many of Christ's words and actions.<br /><br />1. During Passover, the night before the sacrifice was known as the "Night of Watching". (This, and much of the rest, is straight out of the Jewish Encyclopedia). It was so called because some of the family members would sit up and watch their lamb overnight, in case an enemy came and injured it - a blemished lamb would not be acceptable for sacrifice. <br /><br />Now consider: At Gethsemane, Jesus says to His disciples: "Could you not <i>keep watch</i> for an hour with me?" Think about the unblemished Lamb that was to be sacrificed the next day.<br /><br />2. The bread (mazzah) used during Passover and other Jewish religious festivals was <i>pierced</i> during baking to ensure it would not rise (like leavened bread - leaven being a symbol of pride/sin). It was also baked on a grill, resulting in <i>stripes</i> on the bread (this was to remind Jews of the stripes/lashes they'd received in captivity). Google for an image of mazzah and you'll see what I mean. <br /><br />Then consider Isaiah 53:5: "But he was <i>pierced</i> for our transgressions ... the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his <i>stripes</i> we are healed."<br />Francis Choudhuryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01146223983345452362noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-240447238522390484.post-69438984916704026492013-08-14T07:57:04.705-07:002013-08-14T07:57:04.705-07:00;) Have a good day, gwen. ;) Have a good day, gwen. Nubbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15972118374098863290noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-240447238522390484.post-62950745511704091032013-08-14T07:28:16.237-07:002013-08-14T07:28:16.237-07:00Wow, you're a piece of work Nubby. Your fallba...Wow, you're a piece of work Nubby. Your fallback insult is to claim I'm being emotional? Please, try something else. You're the one who is coming un-hinged. "No worries"? Honey, I'm not worried in the least....it's you who should be worried since you can't list any methods you claim you used on your job.<br /><br />Clearly you didn't do your homework and you have absolutely no understanding of anthropology or you wouldn't be making false claims that there is no difference between the two.<br /><br />And where in the world do you get off saying I hate mothers and motherhood? The lies you spew out are incredible. <br /><br />Yay for you Nubby-proving once again it's impossible to have an intelligent, civil debate with you. Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08640288631956980864noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-240447238522390484.post-85889228163307847722013-08-14T07:25:31.470-07:002013-08-14T07:25:31.470-07:00Francis , that is extraordinary and fascinating. ...Francis , that is extraordinary and fascinating. The Eucharist is a mind blower on many levels. I had no idea how much the OT references flesh like that. I knew the Jewish understanding and context of John 6 and no wander why they walked away and it was a big enough exodus to be mentioned directly by John. I will need to sit down and think about subsumation After coffee. it bounced right off my skull this morning. hanks again PalCsawwwhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07982318013482206737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-240447238522390484.post-80402052523378482013-08-14T04:36:10.011-07:002013-08-14T04:36:10.011-07:00That was funny, Francis! :)That was funny, Francis! :)Nubbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15972118374098863290noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-240447238522390484.post-79076568781804566432013-08-14T04:31:33.004-07:002013-08-14T04:31:33.004-07:00Wha'ts eating ya, Gwen? Sounding a bit unglue...Wha'ts eating ya, Gwen? Sounding a bit unglued here. By all means, don't let let my inadequacies of comprehending your work cause you to become so emotionally spastic. <br /><br />BTW: You 'methods list'? Doesn't answer <i>applicability</i> to my original questions. It's a keyword search return, which I ran myself. Your items on there - maybe about 25% are applicable to hard science. I get it. No worries. You either can't or won't clear up my original questions. And the AACS, Gwen? It is one of the very organizations listed under organizations for applied anthropology I was directed to via the <i>link you gave me </i>. Don't be mad because I did some homework. Sociology and Anthropology- there's no separating the two. <br /><br />Your hatred of mothers and motherhood is thick, though. And that's a spirit I get bored with. <br /><br />Thanks for being a gracious hostess, Leila, I owe you an apology.Nubbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15972118374098863290noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-240447238522390484.post-83345713631723774082013-08-14T01:12:10.572-07:002013-08-14T01:12:10.572-07:00P.S. Sin is anything that interrupts this glorious...P.S. Sin is anything that interrupts this glorious subsumation process. When we sin we head in the opposite direction - decay and death - by which we "return to dust". Makes a heckuvalotof sense, no?Francis Choudhuryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01146223983345452362noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-240447238522390484.post-35353648546564969502013-08-14T00:57:35.458-07:002013-08-14T00:57:35.458-07:00Chris,
I’ve also been meaning to write a little a...Chris,<br /><br />I’ve also been meaning to write a little article on “subsumation” in relation to the Eucharist (one of the gazillion things I’ve been meaning to do :)).<br /><br />Everything in creation is subsumed into something else, until all things are finally subsumed into God. Minerals are broken down into their elementary parts and subsumed by, for example, a seed. A seed "falls to the ground and dies", and is subsumed into the organism of a plant. The plant is consumed by animals, and subsumed into their bodies. We eat both plants and animals and subsume their constituent parts. The question is: does it end there? The Catholic narrative is that in the Eucharist we too, in turn, are subsumed into Christ; we are finally and quite in one literal sense, “in Christ”. Which is precisely what eternal life is all about – being subsumed into the Trinitarian life of God Himself! <br /><br />Now you can put that where the squirrel puts his nuts, and chew on it awhile! :)Francis Choudhuryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01146223983345452362noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-240447238522390484.post-15519610843996263532013-08-14T00:33:52.539-07:002013-08-14T00:33:52.539-07:00EUCHARIST: SYMBOLIC BODY AND BLOOD OF CHRIST? HA!
...EUCHARIST: SYMBOLIC BODY AND BLOOD OF CHRIST? HA!<br />(Part 3 of 3)<br /><br />________________________________________<br />Micah 3 (For the sins of the rich oppressing the poor, of false prophets flattering for lucre, and of judges perverting justice, Jerusalem and the temple shall be destroyed.)<br />3:1. And I said: Hear, O ye princes of Jacob, and ye chiefs of the house of Israel: Is it not your part to know judgment,<br />3:2. You that hate good, and love evil: that violently pluck off their skins from them and their flesh from their bones?<br />3:3. Who have eaten the flesh of my people (persecuted them), and have flayed their skin off them: and have broken, and chopped their bones as for the kettle, and as flesh in the midst of the pot.<br />________________________________________<br />Zechariah 11<br />11:9. And I said: I will not feed you: that which dieth, let it die: and that which is cut off, let it be cut off: and let the rest devour every one the flesh of his neighbour.<br />11:16. For behold I will raise up a shepherd in the land, who shall not visit what is forsaken, nor seek what is scattered, nor heal what is broken, nor nourish that which standeth, and he shall eat the flesh of the fat ones, and break their hoofs.<br />________________________________________<br />Romans 14<br />14:21. It is good not to eat flesh and not to drink wine (have dissensions among yourselves, slander, attack or do harm to each other): nor any thing whereby thy brother is offended or scandalized or made weak.<br />________________________________________<br />James 5 (A woe to the rich that oppress the poor. Exhortations to patience and to avoid swearing. Of the anointing the sick, confession of sins and fervour in prayer.)<br />5:1. Go to now, ye rich men: weep and howl in your miseries, which shall come upon you.<br />5:2. Your riches are corrupted: and your garments are motheaten.<br />5:3. Your gold and silver is cankered: and the rust of them shall be for a testimony against you and shall eat your flesh like fire (harm you). You have stored up to yourselves wrath against the last days.<br />________________________________________<br />Revelations 19<br />19:16. And he hath on his garment and on his thigh written: KING OF KINGS AND LORD OF LORDS.<br />19:17. And I saw an angel standing in the sun: and he cried with a loud voice, saying to all the birds that did fly through the midst of heaven: Come, gather yourselves together to the great supper of God:<br />19:18. That you may eat the flesh of kings and the flesh of tribunes and the flesh of mighty men and the flesh of horses and of them that sit on them: and the flesh of all freemen and bondmen and of little and of great.<br />19:19. And I saw the beast and the kings of the earth and their armies, gathered together to make war with him that sat upon the horse and with his army.<br />19:20. And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet who wrought signs before him, wherewith he seduced them who received the character of the beast and who adored his image. These two were cast alive into the pool of fire burning with brimstone.<br />19:21. And the rest were slain by the sword of him that sitteth upon the horse, which proceedeth out of his mouth: and all the birds were filled with their flesh.<br />________________________________________<br />Esdras 15 (Apocrypha)<br />57 And thy children shal dye for famine: and thou shalt fal by the sword, and thy cities shal be destroyed, & al thyne shal fal in the filde by the sword. <br />58 And they that are in the mountaines, shal perish, with famine, and shal eate their owne flesh, & drinke bloud, (harm and kill each other) for the famine of bread and thirst of waters (without the food of God).<br />59 Vnhappie by the seas shalt thou come, and againe thou shalt receuie euils. Francis Choudhuryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01146223983345452362noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-240447238522390484.post-31263082068353958872013-08-14T00:32:09.327-07:002013-08-14T00:32:09.327-07:00EUCHARIST: SYMBOLIC BODY AND BLOOD OF CHRIST? HA!
...EUCHARIST: SYMBOLIC BODY AND BLOOD OF CHRIST? HA!<br />(Part 2 of 3)<br /><br />Isaiah 9 (Judgments upon Israel for their sins.)<br />9:19. By the wrath of the Lord of hosts the land is troubled, and the people shall be as fuel for the fire: no man shall spare his brother.<br />9:20. And he shall turn to the right hand, and shall be hungry: and shall eat on the left hand, and shall not be filled: every one shall eat the flesh of his own arm: Manasses Ephraim, and Ephraim Manasses, and they together shall be against Juda. (They’ll fight against each other, but also fight simultaneously against Juda).<br />________________________________________<br />Isaiah 49<br />49:26. And I will feed thy enemies with their own flesh: and they shall be made drunk with their own blood, as with new wine: (they’ll fight and harm/kill each other) and all flesh shall know, that I am the Lord that save thee, and thy Redeemer the Mighty One of Jacob.<br />________________________________________<br />Jeremiah 19 (Prophecy of desolation for the Jews)<br />19:9. And I will feed them with the flesh of their sons, and with the flesh of their daughters: and they shall eat every one the flesh of his friend (they’ll turn on each other) in the siege, and in the distress wherewith their enemies, and they that seek their lives, shall straiten them.<br />________________________________________<br />Baruch 2<br />2:2. That the Lord would bring upon us great evils, such as never happened under heaven, as they have come to pass in Jerusalem, according to the things that are written in the law of Moses:<br />2:3. That a man should eat the flesh of his own son, and the flesh of his own daughter. (Like Jesus has prophesied for our own times, that over matters of the faith a man will turn against his father, and daughter against her mother, etc… Matt 10:35).<br />________________________________________<br />Ezekiel 39<br />39:17. And thou, O son of man, saith the Lord God, say to every fowl, and to all the birds, and to all the beasts of the field: Assemble yourselves, make haste, come together from every side to my victim, which I slay for you, a great victim upon the mountains of Israel: to eat flesh, and drink blood.<br />39:18. You shall eat the flesh of the mighty, and you shall drink the blood of the princes of the earth, of rams, and of lambs, and of he goats, and bullocks, and of all that are well fed and fat.<br />________________________________________<br />Daniel Chapter 7 (Daniel's vision of the four beasts, signifying four kingdoms: of God sitting on his throne: and of the opposite kingdoms of Christ and Antichrist.)<br />7:1. In the first year of Baltasar, king of Babylon, Daniel saw a dream: and the vision of his head was upon his bed: and writing the dream, he comprehended it in a few words: and relating the sum of it in short, he said:<br />7:2. I saw in my vision by night, and behold the four winds of the heavens strove upon the great sea. <br />7:3. And four great beasts, different one from another, came up out of the sea.<br />(Four great beasts. . .Viz., the Chaldean, Persian, Grecian, and Roman empires.)<br />7:4. The first was like a lioness, and had the wings of an eagle: I beheld till her wings were plucked off, and she was lifted up from the earth, and stood upon her feet as a man, and the heart of a man was given to her.<br />7:5. And behold another beast, like a bear, stood up on one side: and there were three rows in the mouth thereof, and in the teeth thereof, and thus they said to it: Arise, devour much flesh (wage war on these four godless empires).Francis Choudhuryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01146223983345452362noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-240447238522390484.post-63259198409054908732013-08-14T00:31:15.104-07:002013-08-14T00:31:15.104-07:00EUCHARIST: SYMBOLIC BODY AND BLOOD OF CHRIST? HA!
...EUCHARIST: SYMBOLIC BODY AND BLOOD OF CHRIST? HA!<br />(Part 1 of 3)<br /><br />Chris,<br /><br />Thanks for your comments, especially about the Real Presence of Christ in the Eucharist.<br /><br />Jesus, expressly and unambiguously, said, “<b>Except</b> you eat the <b>flesh</b> of the Son of man and drink His <b>blood</b>, you shall not have life in you…” (John 6:54).<br /><br />Nevertheless, some people choose to wage a heretical argument that Christ was commanding us to eat mere bread and drink mere wine only as <b>symbols</b> of His body and blood – that He was speaking <b>metaphorically</b>.<br /><br />That is definitely <b>not</b> the case! Indeed it <b>cannot</b>be the case, because the expressions to “eat someone’s flesh” or to “drink someone’s blood” <b>already</b> had a <b>long and well established metaphorical meaning</b> for Jews – so much so that just about every person listening to Jesus would’ve <b>known</b> that He <b>couldn't possibly</b> be speaking <b>metaphorically</b> when He spoke to them of their need to eat His body and drink His blood. <br /><br />The metaphorical meaning of those expressions, for Jews (and for Arabs – <b>even to this day!</b>), was to wage war against a person (“eat his flesh”) and do harm to that person (“drink his blood”).<br /><br />So if Jesus was speaking <b>metaphorically</b>, He would’ve been talking absolute <b>nonsense</b>! He would’ve been saying, “Unless you wage war against me and do harm to me, you will suffer eternal death!” That's how <b>absurd</b>His words would’ve been!<br /><br />I first read this a few months ago in a very old book by a Jesuit on the principal tenets of the (true) Christian faith. I was so intrigued by the above claim (about the pre-existence among Jews of a metaphorical meaning of the expressions “eating flesh” and “drinking blood”, that, on a sheer hunch and nothing else, I did a quick (electronic) search of the entire Bible for those expressions. Lo and behold! Halleluiah! There were more verses in Scripture than you can poke a stick at, containing words - spoken by none other than <b>God</b> Himself!!! - which make abundantly clear the established <b>metaphorical</b>meaning of “eating flesh” and “drinking blood”. Below are a few of them. They would’ve been known to Jesus’ Jewish audience (and to the Apostles) hence the question of His meaning the words metaphorically, in John 6 for example, could NOT have arisen seriously in their minds. (Which is precisely why some of His followers, on hearing His words, walked away!) If “Bible believing Christians" really <b>did</b>know and understand the Bible half as much as the Church which compiled the Scriptures does, they wouldn’t be cheating themselves of the greatest gift of God (the Gift of His own self!!!) as they so tragically do today!<br />Francis Choudhuryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01146223983345452362noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-240447238522390484.post-17475217846215051292013-08-14T00:17:30.660-07:002013-08-14T00:17:30.660-07:00Thanks, Gwen. Don't put yourself out over find...Thanks, Gwen. Don't put yourself out over finding an answer to this; I was just asking in passing.Francis Choudhuryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01146223983345452362noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-240447238522390484.post-2415998382146557672013-08-13T23:04:05.632-07:002013-08-13T23:04:05.632-07:00Sew, your comment so reminded me of those magnific...Sew, your comment so reminded me of those magnificent days of seeing 6 big carts of groceries, customers heads are down loading the belt, fresh crisp stack of large paper bags......woooo.... Bring it on! Heavy, tight , full base of can goods on the bottom, box goods midway and top off with lite filler. Some quick witty banter. Just loved it. And as far as a competition, well....anytime! Anywhere ! It will be like when the devil went done Georgia! <br /> And my pho e is also possessed. Half time I want to throw it on table and yell "are you typing or am I" ? I swear I'm not as illiterate as my phone thinks I is. <br /> Francis, glad I could bring a smile. I just love all the work you throw down around hear. I was telling Leila, I feel like all you guys are brothers because you all so ably defend the faith that I hold so dear. And shoot , pretty easy guess on the Eucharist thing. Anybody I know who has gone deep in their faith, has at some level stood in utter amazement and awe at the greatest ongoing miracle in the history of the world. It's the one bit of apologetics that really sticks on me. One line that has always stuck goes something like this : ( I don't have it in front of me but it goes something like this in regards to the argument of symbolic or real.: " At the last supper , Christ was not speaking g to modern rationalists. He was speaking to ordinary men not given to analyzing mysterious phraseology and meaning. He was giving them his last will and testament. As a dying father to his children before he departs. They were hanging on every word ready accept whatever he had to say. What absolute cruelty it would have been for Christ, the omniscient God, whose gaze the future was ever present, to use such an occasion , a strange metaphor that would for 20 centuries plunged the entire Christian world into useless and stupid idolatry. <br />Peace FriendsCsawwwhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07982318013482206737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-240447238522390484.post-71272581208060497712013-08-13T21:56:02.991-07:002013-08-13T21:56:02.991-07:00Leila, I have to agree that my list kind of sounds...Leila, I have to agree that my list kind of sounds like a foreign language ; ) <br /><br />So Nubby, I finally make a list of the methods you asked me for and yet you have yet to produce any of the "methods" you claim you used in your pre-mother hen life (doin' whatever it is you did.....)<br /><br />Also you clearly have your head buried in the sand. I am NOT a sociologist! Big distinction there, lady! Heeellllo!! What the hey is AACS? You know what, you think whatever you want to think since you make up your own answers. <br /><br />First you claim to have your answers, then you don't, now you do again. Whatever.<br />Miss Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02503676176409924845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-240447238522390484.post-59453417628551100212013-08-13T21:47:33.579-07:002013-08-13T21:47:33.579-07:00Francis, I don't know, but my specialty is not...Francis, I don't know, but my specialty is not biological anthropology. I will consult the books I have in that area and ask people I know who are better informed.<br /><br />-GwenMiss Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02503676176409924845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-240447238522390484.post-2031069196993657312013-08-13T19:57:42.651-07:002013-08-13T19:57:42.651-07:00Gwen,
I once read (don't ask me where) that s...Gwen,<br /><br />I once read (don't ask me where) that some anthropologists posit that the human smile actually originated as a snarl. According to the theory, early man would bare his teeth in an intimidatory manner (like some animals do) when threatened or fighting with another over a food source. As food supplies and basic provisions became more abundant and sufficient for all, the snarl allegedly subsided into a non malevolent smile and has now morphed, in fact, to an expression of good will... <br /><br />Do you know anything about this? Is there any scientific basis for such a theory? I'm just curious about it, that's all. I find it intriguing that in all of Christian Scripture there never appears to be a mention of anyone (including Jesus) ever smiling at anyone or anything! :)Francis Choudhuryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01146223983345452362noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-240447238522390484.post-9852472313113986272013-08-13T17:54:00.094-07:002013-08-13T17:54:00.094-07:00live-love my phone hates me!live-love my phone hates me!Sewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09963399196987365207noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-240447238522390484.post-57666869074630998772013-08-13T17:45:54.488-07:002013-08-13T17:45:54.488-07:00Leila could host a big blog get together!!Leila could host a big blog get together!!Sewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09963399196987365207noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-240447238522390484.post-32478106304026672102013-08-13T17:44:38.354-07:002013-08-13T17:44:38.354-07:00Chris-I hate leaving my babies...wonder how I woul...Chris-I hate leaving my babies...wonder how I would explain that my first live is bagging groceries! Sorry kids, momma will be right back!!Sewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09963399196987365207noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-240447238522390484.post-36750470687114492202013-08-13T17:40:18.807-07:002013-08-13T17:40:18.807-07:00I would totally try out for that show!!! I would ...I would totally try out for that show!!! I would win the money!!! Chris, you crack me up! God calls us all, even check out operators!!! This post gives my life even more purpose! LolSewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09963399196987365207noreply@blogger.com