tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7110311357943331960.post5938882422933275987..comments2023-07-03T04:58:49.094-05:00Comments on eating the earth is easy: shattering geocentrismbenjaminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16178217936894254981noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7110311357943331960.post-19788514457902585452009-04-03T08:01:00.000-05:002009-04-03T08:01:00.000-05:00yea buddy. i don't think I articulated it very wel...yea buddy. i don't think I articulated it very well, but that is kind of what i meant. I think mr. wallace is onto something, but he is coming from a very secular perspective. when i admitted that it seems true that we are self-centered, i meant only in the physical sense, that we do have to filter everything through our own brain, senses, etc. but, then again, maybe that doesn't even have to be benjaminhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16178217936894254981noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7110311357943331960.post-17558431569169405792009-04-03T07:18:00.000-05:002009-04-03T07:18:00.000-05:00Awesome, Ben. I would argue that we are actually h...Awesome, Ben. I would argue that we are actually hard-wired for God to be our center. That is the way he created us. Or perhaps it's that we now have the ABILITY to return to our original wiring after getting to know Jesus. "old self dying... putting on new self..." When we let ourselves become so enraptured that we can't take our eyes off of Him, we'll find that our surroundings, and our selves Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7110311357943331960.post-31739394379516878332009-04-02T23:03:00.000-05:002009-04-02T23:03:00.000-05:00That was beautiful. Agreed. We're talking about ...That was beautiful. Agreed. We're talking about his in person.maxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09488846411784887509noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7110311357943331960.post-48347389723765173042009-04-02T16:37:00.000-05:002009-04-02T16:37:00.000-05:00Ben, first of all, that was beautiful. You put thi...Ben, first of all, that was beautiful. You put things so well, even the quotes that fit so well together. Thanks for that. And, I've never heard The Message version of the Bible. It's so modern, but it's really different and refreshing and gives me a new perspective on how it relates to us today: especially this part:<BR/> "frenzied and joyless grabs for happiness...paranoid loneliness... Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com