Comments on: Dangerous times for the Wheel of Time http://blogs.gnome.org/uraeus/2006/04/03/dangerous-times-for-the-wheel-of-time/ Just another GNOME Blogs weblog Mon, 23 Nov 2009 03:18:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Vincent Noel http://blogs.gnome.org/uraeus/2006/04/03/dangerous-times-for-the-wheel-of-time/comment-page-1/#comment-320 Vincent Noel Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://blogs.gnome.org/uraeus/2006/04/03/dangerous-times-for-the-wheel-of-time/#comment-320 You might enjoy the short story "The Median is not the Message" by the famous biologist Stephen Jay Gould (who outlived his estimated median lifespan by several years) :<br/><a href="http://www.cancerguide.org/median_not_msg.html">http://www.cancerguide.org/median_not_msg.html</a> You might enjoy the short story “The Median is not the Message” by the famous biologist Stephen Jay Gould (who outlived his estimated median lifespan by several years) :
http://www.cancerguide.org/median_not_msg.html

]]> By: Christian http://blogs.gnome.org/uraeus/2006/04/03/dangerous-times-for-the-wheel-of-time/comment-page-1/#comment-321 Christian Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://blogs.gnome.org/uraeus/2006/04/03/dangerous-times-for-the-wheel-of-time/#comment-321 Thanks for that link Vincent, it was a great article. I took the liberty of posting it upstream to Robert Jordan's blog too :) Thanks for that link Vincent, it was a great article. I took the liberty of posting it upstream to Robert Jordan’s blog too :)

]]> By: Ed http://blogs.gnome.org/uraeus/2006/04/03/dangerous-times-for-the-wheel-of-time/comment-page-1/#comment-322 Ed Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://blogs.gnome.org/uraeus/2006/04/03/dangerous-times-for-the-wheel-of-time/#comment-322 >Combined with a complete lack of religiosity in the familty which has removed words such as 'unfair or unjust' in relation to death and instead quiet acceptance that death is direct result of being alive.<p/>Which religion is it that calls death 'unfair or unjust' and doesn't accept it as a direct result of being alive? Buddhism sees it as the waterfall we all head toward; fearing death and swimming the other way is vanity. All of the Christian religions that I know of see death as "part of God's plan for man." Where is this whacked religion that sees death as unfair? It certainly isn't mainstream.<p/>So, what's "unfair and unjust" is drawing a completely false caricature of religion in general to justify the benefits of your personal lifestyle choice. >Combined with a complete lack of religiosity in the familty which has removed words such as ‘unfair or unjust’ in relation to death and instead quiet acceptance that death is direct result of being alive.

Which religion is it that calls death ‘unfair or unjust’ and doesn’t accept it as a direct result of being alive? Buddhism sees it as the waterfall we all head toward; fearing death and swimming the other way is vanity. All of the Christian religions that I know of see death as “part of God’s plan for man.” Where is this whacked religion that sees death as unfair? It certainly isn’t mainstream.

So, what’s “unfair and unjust” is drawing a completely false caricature of religion in general to justify the benefits of your personal lifestyle choice.

]]> By: Colin Marquardt http://blogs.gnome.org/uraeus/2006/04/03/dangerous-times-for-the-wheel-of-time/comment-page-1/#comment-323 Colin Marquardt Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://blogs.gnome.org/uraeus/2006/04/03/dangerous-times-for-the-wheel-of-time/#comment-323 What I learned from having cancer in the family is to find it very strange to see people throwing away their lifes. And I'm running <a href="http://folding.stanford.edu/">http://folding.stanford.edu/</a> all the time. What I learned from having cancer in the family is to find it very strange to see people throwing away their lifes. And I’m running http://folding.stanford.edu/ all the time.

]]> By: Michael Dominic K. http://blogs.gnome.org/uraeus/2006/04/03/dangerous-times-for-the-wheel-of-time/comment-page-1/#comment-324 Michael Dominic K. Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://blogs.gnome.org/uraeus/2006/04/03/dangerous-times-for-the-wheel-of-time/#comment-324 > Which religion is it that calls death 'unfair or unjust' and doesn't accept it as a direct result of being alive?<p/>The "declared" values of christianity are that death is a part of "God's plan for man". Yet, the values rendered in practice consider death as an "unjust incident". The whole media show around Pope's death is a good field for observations.<p/>It's the christianity that builds immortal cathedrals. It's the tibetan monks that compose mandalas shattered by the wind. > Which religion is it that calls death ‘unfair or unjust’ and doesn’t accept it as a direct result of being alive?

The “declared” values of christianity are that death is a part of “God’s plan for man”. Yet, the values rendered in practice consider death as an “unjust incident”. The whole media show around Pope’s death is a good field for observations.

It’s the christianity that builds immortal cathedrals. It’s the tibetan monks that compose mandalas shattered by the wind.

]]> By: Tom http://blogs.gnome.org/uraeus/2006/04/03/dangerous-times-for-the-wheel-of-time/comment-page-1/#comment-325 Tom Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://blogs.gnome.org/uraeus/2006/04/03/dangerous-times-for-the-wheel-of-time/#comment-325 It's not surprising that you aren't scared of dying, when you're not dying.<p/>I don't think that any of us will really know how to deal with death until we reach it. To simply say, "Death, meh" seems naive to me.<p/>But, you seem to have it all worked out. So I won't write any more :)<p/>Tom It’s not surprising that you aren’t scared of dying, when you’re not dying.

I don’t think that any of us will really know how to deal with death until we reach it. To simply say, “Death, meh” seems naive to me.

But, you seem to have it all worked out. So I won’t write any more :)

Tom

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