tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-648884752216444797.post7744530251936142478..comments2024-03-28T09:59:13.754-07:00Comments on bionic mosquito: The Problem of No Painbionic mosquitohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12002548958078731031noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-648884752216444797.post-55479008942914491682019-12-07T10:26:11.266-08:002019-12-07T10:26:11.266-08:00Tolkien's take on this is that storytelling is...Tolkien's take on this is that storytelling is an act of creation - and God is the master storyteller. The pain and folly that take place in the story, as a result of the characters' foolishness or outright evil, ultimately only add to the majesty of the work. Without it, the story as a whole would be poorer.<br /><br />I'm not sure how I feel about this. On the one hand, it's a bit outrageous to think that real, deadly pain and suffering are allowed to happen in order to make a better plot. On the other hand, who would want to read a story where there is no conflict, no evil to struggle with? Who would want to take part in such a story?cosmic dwarfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16562864681773374828noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-648884752216444797.post-65194602933976468722019-12-04T13:26:28.417-08:002019-12-04T13:26:28.417-08:00"Meaninglessness does not come from being wea..."Meaninglessness does not come from being weary of pain. Meaninglessness comes from being weary of pleasure." - G.K. Chesterton<br /><br />A Texas Libertarianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02980539931923054404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-648884752216444797.post-46926359707121048482019-12-01T22:26:33.468-08:002019-12-01T22:26:33.468-08:00Life always manifests itself into what appears to ...Life always manifests itself into what appears to be antagonist forces, but everything that exists occurs as a cycle, like breathing. The Chinese developed a symbol to represent just that: Yin/Yang. There are no good or bad, but positive and negative forces, like in a battery, interacting with each other within everything, maintaining a balance. The way of life is to keep those forces stabled, in harmony. A disruption would be created (like a yawn, or cough) to put things back into an encompassed flowing cycle again. Every object casts a shadow. Notice that the shadow projects itself from the object, it’s one with it. Every proposition would have its opponents. Pleasure cannot be disconnected from pain. There wouldn’t be a God without its creation. Notice that the devil was also part of it...Jonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04112449017288955526noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-648884752216444797.post-61151506197261986182019-11-28T20:06:30.107-08:002019-11-28T20:06:30.107-08:00Well said. The Bible says that momentary light af...Well said. The Bible says that momentary light affliction is producing and eternal weight of glory far beyond all comparison.<br /><br />No pain, no gain goes the saying. But for atheists, agnostics, or humanists that only applies to running a marathon or studying hard for a final.<br /><br />Apply that to God good intention for us, and they see that as cruelty.<br /><br />As a father and a son, I see that as love.RMBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13603112499567064214noreply@blogger.com