tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16662993.post3443283362701005573..comments2023-05-19T02:05:24.454-07:00Comments on Todd Saunders - A Useful Record: Big Data Becomes "Little" When God is in the Room.Todd Saundershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07460516882625598170noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16662993.post-17586252190465073632013-03-23T10:58:01.590-07:002013-03-23T10:58:01.590-07:00My pleasure.
I appreciate your letting us in on...My pleasure. <br /><br />I appreciate your letting us in on your recent 5-yr sojourn. Sounds like it was a great experience for you both, even if you've now moved into a bible church. It does sound like your experience as a family would make a very readable and thoughtful book. <br /><br />We also home educate and one of the things I've told my daughters is that the learning process can be threatening. I've told them that there is a stage where when you are learning a major new concept about the way the world works and which may seem counter-intuitive, and not just counter-intuitive but thoroughly disruptive regarding your current model of the way things work, when the threatening feelings almost give you a fight or flight response. And unfortunately you have to keep learning in order to find out if your feelings are discerning or just the normal reaction against the disruptive side of building a more accurate understanding of the world. So I tell them just get used to it.<br /><br />My husband loves reading philosophy, esp. Kant and Kierkegaard, and also Alvin Plantinga.<br /><br />Right now I'm reading a little, which I may blog about.<br /><br />You Genesis analysis sounds reasonable. Have you looked into the RATE scientists, and their geological project?<br /><br />Your daughter's online high school sound terrific.<br /><br />Blessings.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14129403607163332340noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16662993.post-40210533203514912792013-03-22T07:14:51.784-07:002013-03-22T07:14:51.784-07:00Don't forget, I didn't write this article....Don't forget, I didn't write this article. Hopefully I can drag my writing beyond a junior high level by the time I'm done with my degree in psychology.<br /><br />I love this quote here: <br /><br />“Philosophy is a battle against the bewitchment of our intelligence by means of language,” wrote Wittgenstein.<br /><br />I've recently moved on from the local conservative mennonite church after 5 years. Great experience for both my daughter and I. Their private school was a nice touch to my daughter's personality (the Rod and Staff books did not nearly cut it). However, what cut my time short there was, (I had been planning on staying until May when my daughter would graduate the eight grade), when the head preacher (the bishop) began teaching that words are our enemy, knowledge is our enemy, and even understanding is not possible in many instances. I had seen this potential in him but I thought I could help him balance it out for himself. But finally, in his frustration, and not wanting to be accountable to "words", or anybody else, he preached one Sunday that, "we don't even use words when we are before God on his throne". He says that without working in Romans 3:4 which suggests that we will be justified by our words before the throne of Christ-- confessions of existing faith and love that places us there in Christ rather than with the unbeliever's judgement further on down the line by the Father.<br /><br />This was the bishop's reaction to my having confused him by asking him to think about things a little more deeply. The confusing part for him was how to stay in the small denominational box of his, separated from the rest of the Body of Christ, while considering clearer alternatives.<br /><br />This was a real, exciting, visceral experience for us over the last five years and I am looking forward to writing about it as time permits.<br /><br />From here my daughter goes onto online high school for a diploma, with an emphasis in getting out with other onliners, home schoolers, and children from our new bible church.<br /><br />In regards to "Adam", I'm thinking "old planet, a genealogically dated Adam, and correspondingly aged newly refurbished planet earth". I hope you see how I arrive there. The Lord gives us a lot to ponder as we look around us and study His word.<br /><br />Thanks for stopping by.Todd Saundershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07460516882625598170noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16662993.post-55850644459445385962013-03-21T21:54:48.323-07:002013-03-21T21:54:48.323-07:00By data having the potential to bewitch, do yo mea...By data having the potential to bewitch, do yo mean that, like language a huge amount of data can be used to sort of decorate and stabilize our current worldview and understandings. While philosophy and science give us tools to potentially slow down our over-confidence and provide us with a check on our sense of the way things are? <br /><br />Interesting comparisons you make here. Good post. I'm not a science person myself, but it is inspiring for me to read on it anyway.<br /><br />Also, from other posts, are you thinking that the Earth may be quite old, even if Adam was not too long ago? Just wondering...<br /><br />And your Whom Do We Pray to Question and links are appreciated. Great Question.<br /><br />Blessings.<br /><br />JohannaAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14129403607163332340noreply@blogger.com