Comments on: Solution to the increase in school shootings in the US http://www.unitedbyyucca.com/2006/10/03/solution-to-the-increase-in-school-shootings-in-the-us/ This blog is about the things that make me smile, rant or shake my head in consternation. Fri, 05 Dec 2008 11:23:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.1 by: Ally http://www.unitedbyyucca.com/2006/10/03/solution-to-the-increase-in-school-shootings-in-the-us/#comment-2161 Sun, 08 Oct 2006 10:06:00 +0000 http://www.unitedbyyucca.com/2006/10/03/solution-to-the-increase-in-school-shootings-in-the-us/#comment-2161 Yes, absolutely. And IMO, as soon as something becomes enshrined in dogma, it's no longer 'a truth'. Yes, absolutely. And IMO, as soon as something becomes enshrined in dogma, it’s no longer ‘a truth’.

]]> by: exmonkey http://www.unitedbyyucca.com/2006/10/03/solution-to-the-increase-in-school-shootings-in-the-us/#comment-2160 Sat, 07 Oct 2006 22:23:24 +0000 http://www.unitedbyyucca.com/2006/10/03/solution-to-the-increase-in-school-shootings-in-the-us/#comment-2160 I think it's often easier to see what the truth isn't than what it is. I think it’s often easier to see what the truth isn’t than what it is.

]]> by: Ally http://www.unitedbyyucca.com/2006/10/03/solution-to-the-increase-in-school-shootings-in-the-us/#comment-2159 Sat, 07 Oct 2006 21:59:44 +0000 http://www.unitedbyyucca.com/2006/10/03/solution-to-the-increase-in-school-shootings-in-the-us/#comment-2159 I was listening to Melvin Bragg on radio four the other night, and a discussion about philosophers in the Islamic culture in Spain in the 11th century (I think). They held that only a small percentage of people (them, oddly enough) were able to understand truth <i>per se</i>. Most people were only capable of understand truth presented as Revealed Text and some people could understand various levels inbetween. I suppose it's still the same now. Although I'm not sure what 'truth' actually is. And I admire the Amish for being so steadfast in walking their talk. I was listening to Melvin Bragg on radio four the other night, and a discussion about philosophers in the Islamic culture in Spain in the 11th century (I think). They held that only a small percentage of people (them, oddly enough) were able to understand truth per se. Most people were only capable of understand truth presented as Revealed Text and some people could understand various levels inbetween. I suppose it’s still the same now.

Although I’m not sure what ‘truth’ actually is. And I admire the Amish for being so steadfast in walking their talk.

]]> by: exmonkey http://www.unitedbyyucca.com/2006/10/03/solution-to-the-increase-in-school-shootings-in-the-us/#comment-2155 Fri, 06 Oct 2006 08:43:37 +0000 http://www.unitedbyyucca.com/2006/10/03/solution-to-the-increase-in-school-shootings-in-the-us/#comment-2155 That's the thing with the Amish; I both envy and respect their chosen way of living. It just bugs me that they are driven by a belief in what is, when all is said and done, a fringe version of a much publicised ghost story. Why can’t people build grand, morally centred communities without resorting to a desert culture’s superstitions to give them cause and reason. That’s the thing with the Amish; I both envy and respect their chosen way of living. It just bugs me that they are driven by a belief in what is, when all is said and done, a fringe version of a much publicised ghost story.

Why can’t people build grand, morally centred communities without resorting to a desert culture’s superstitions to give them cause and reason.

]]> by: gilesbooth http://www.unitedbyyucca.com/2006/10/03/solution-to-the-increase-in-school-shootings-in-the-us/#comment-2152 Thu, 05 Oct 2006 19:46:00 +0000 http://www.unitedbyyucca.com/2006/10/03/solution-to-the-increase-in-school-shootings-in-the-us/#comment-2152 It's very hard to dislike the Amish. They are peaceful, humble people - literally ploughing their own furrow. But I did get annoyed hearing an Amish girl on the radio saying that the girls' time had come, that if he hadn't killed them God would have taken them another way. Er, I don't think so. They died a horrible, terrifying death far too young. Still, I suppose it's one way of coping with something so incomprehensibly awful. It’s very hard to dislike the Amish. They are peaceful, humble people - literally ploughing their own furrow. But I did get annoyed hearing an Amish girl on the radio saying that the girls’ time had come, that if he hadn’t killed them God would have taken them another way. Er, I don’t think so. They died a horrible, terrifying death far too young. Still, I suppose it’s one way of coping with something so incomprehensibly awful.

]]> by: graybo http://www.unitedbyyucca.com/2006/10/03/solution-to-the-increase-in-school-shootings-in-the-us/#comment-2147 Wed, 04 Oct 2006 15:37:56 +0000 http://www.unitedbyyucca.com/2006/10/03/solution-to-the-increase-in-school-shootings-in-the-us/#comment-2147 Careful now - some wingnut might actually take you seriously! Careful now - some wingnut might actually take you seriously!

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