http://nathanlewis.org/2009/09/26/the-gospel-and-romanticism/ living the gospel Mon, 21 May 2012 23:58:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.7 http://nathanlewis.org/2009/09/26/the-gospel-and-romanticism/#comment-182634 Sun, 23 Oct 2011 19:24:47 +0000 http://nathanlewis.org/2009/09/26/the-gospel-and-romanticism/#comment-182634 Okay maybe I'm finding it hard to keept track of that thread, but do you conclude bonzai trees are evil? Why? I mean, mosquitoes aren't evil, just hungry, it's malaria that exploits that hunger for evil ends, but then, the malaria bug hasn't been gifted with understanding the consequences of its action, just been gifted life, which depends on infecting you. I like that way gnostics allow many truths simultaneously: the reason for a tomato is sunshine, to give food, for gory and something else I can't remember, all at once. Killing a mosquito doesn't make you good, or Christian, any more than killing you would make the malaria bug Christian. As far as kudzu is concerned, you are the weed. Okay maybe I’m finding it hard to keept track of that thread, but do you conclude bonzai trees are evil? Why? I mean, mosquitoes aren’t evil, just hungry, it’s malaria that exploits that hunger for evil ends, but then, the malaria bug hasn’t been gifted with understanding the consequences of its action, just been gifted life, which depends on infecting you. I like that way gnostics allow many truths simultaneously: the reason for a tomato is sunshine, to give food, for gory and something else I can’t remember, all at once. Killing a mosquito doesn’t make you good, or Christian, any more than killing you would make the malaria bug Christian. As far as kudzu is concerned, you are the weed.

]]> http://nathanlewis.org/2009/09/26/the-gospel-and-romanticism/#comment-130143 Mon, 28 Sep 2009 04:04:08 +0000 http://nathanlewis.org/2009/09/26/the-gospel-and-romanticism/#comment-130143 thank you! I have often wondered what the technical name is but have never taken the time to look it up. I barely have enough time to remove all the samara from my garden. A typical spring sprouts thousands of these in our back yard and they even sprout in our rain gutters. thank you! I have often wondered what the technical name is but have never taken the time to look it up. I barely have enough time to remove all the samara from my garden. A typical spring sprouts thousands of these in our back yard and they even sprout in our rain gutters.

]]> http://nathanlewis.org/2009/09/26/the-gospel-and-romanticism/#comment-130141 Mon, 28 Sep 2009 03:33:58 +0000 http://nathanlewis.org/2009/09/26/the-gospel-and-romanticism/#comment-130141 In case you were wondering, the technical name for the seeds of maple and ash is a 'samara' http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samara_(fruit). In case you were wondering, the technical name for the seeds of maple and ash is a ’samara’ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samara_(fruit).

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