Comments on: Speaking of Faith http://www.mindonfire.com/2007/11/28/speaking-of-faith/ Religion, SF, and Other Speculative Fictions. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 18:55:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Elise http://www.mindonfire.com/2007/11/28/speaking-of-faith/comment-page-1/#comment-6079 Elise Sun, 16 Dec 2007 07:44:34 +0000 http://www.mindonfire.com/2007/11/28/speaking-of-faith/#comment-6079 The recognition that we are complex is obvious when stated so simply and yet an all too often ignored/neglected aspect of humanity. Something I forget on a day-to-day basis when I'm interacting with other people, at least. I like your desire " ...to deepen and complicate our understanding of nature, of life, of humanity." There's something delightful in the simplicity of a childhood understanding of life, but beautiful and profound in the depth and complexity we acquire as we get older. I'm not sure which I prefer - I like to hope that it's possible to embrace and appreciate the simple and the complex simultaneously. I haven't listened to this program (I don't catch NPR very often - can someone remind me which radio station in OC you can find these programs on?) but it sounds like something I'd be interested in. The recognition that we are complex is obvious when stated so simply and yet an all too often ignored/neglected aspect of humanity. Something I forget on a day-to-day basis when I’m interacting with other people, at least. I like your desire ” …to deepen and complicate our understanding of nature, of life, of humanity.”

There’s something delightful in the simplicity of a childhood understanding of life, but beautiful and profound in the depth and complexity we acquire as we get older. I’m not sure which I prefer – I like to hope that it’s possible to embrace and appreciate the simple and the complex simultaneously.

I haven’t listened to this program (I don’t catch NPR very often – can someone remind me which radio station in OC you can find these programs on?) but it sounds like something I’d be interested in.

]]> By: John http://www.mindonfire.com/2007/11/28/speaking-of-faith/comment-page-1/#comment-4078 John Sat, 01 Dec 2007 05:51:13 +0000 http://www.mindonfire.com/2007/11/28/speaking-of-faith/#comment-4078 Thanks for the tip, amelia. I clicked once on the link when I first got to the end of the Bad Ass Verses but didn't linger to read its content. I need to follow your recommendation and devote some time to this. Thanks for the tip, amelia. I clicked once on the link when I first got to the end of the Bad Ass Verses but didn’t linger to read its content. I need to follow your recommendation and devote some time to this.

]]> By: amelia http://www.mindonfire.com/2007/11/28/speaking-of-faith/comment-page-1/#comment-3819 amelia Thu, 29 Nov 2007 04:13:58 +0000 http://www.mindonfire.com/2007/11/28/speaking-of-faith/#comment-3819 that's a thrifty shopper tip i can appreciate. :) i love speaking of faith--it's one of my favorite npr shows. i think i first fell in love with it because it's where i heard elie wiesel's prayer: http://speakingoffaith.publicradio.org/programs/wiesel/prayer.shtml your comments here about human complexity and attempting to deepen understanding of that complexity resonate with me. and reminded me of this article i read earlier today: http://www.cracked.com/article_14990_what-monkeysphere.html which was linked at the end of the badass bible verses post xJane linked to earlier (hilarious, by the way). it's an interesting insight into why it is that human beings tend to dehumanize others so very easily. i like wong's conclusion: that humble self-knowledge is the key to avoiding destructive simplification of the world's incredible complexity. that’s a thrifty shopper tip i can appreciate. :)

i love speaking of faith–it’s one of my favorite npr shows. i think i first fell in love with it because it’s where i heard elie wiesel’s prayer:

http://speakingoffaith.publicradio.org/programs/wiesel/prayer.shtml

your comments here about human complexity and attempting to deepen understanding of that complexity resonate with me. and reminded me of this article i read earlier today:

http://www.cracked.com/article_14990_what-monkeysphere.html

which was linked at the end of the badass bible verses post xJane linked to earlier (hilarious, by the way). it’s an interesting insight into why it is that human beings tend to dehumanize others so very easily. i like wong’s conclusion: that humble self-knowledge is the key to avoiding destructive simplification of the world’s incredible complexity.

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