tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18116734.post113984614627157169..comments2023-10-24T06:51:29.259-07:00Comments on Vaporise Barney: Highway to Heaventhe anti-barneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10963754274280166100noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18116734.post-1140092261185504472006-02-16T04:17:00.000-08:002006-02-16T04:17:00.000-08:00Binty and Monstee,some cows can be very pretty,as ...Binty and Monstee,some cows can be very pretty,as well as being tasty,especially the Jersey cows with their nice tan faces and long eyelashes.<BR/><BR/>Doc.,I also stumbled across blogging through research,except in my case I typed in the word "Gee-bag " and up came a comment of Fmc's over on Twenty Major.I suspect that in here somewhere lies the difference between you and I.the anti-barneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10963754274280166100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18116734.post-1140016003013634462006-02-15T07:06:00.000-08:002006-02-15T07:06:00.000-08:00Here’s a strange thing.It was research on the seve...Here’s a strange thing.<BR/>It was research on the seven sins that led me to Harry Hutton’s site 2 1/2 years ago and the rest is history.<BR/><BR/>It was always TRISTIA: sadness, melancholic lethargy or apathy, when I was a lad. Not the modern Sloth (which seems very Scotch Presbyterian).<BR/><BR/>Tristia: sadness, melancholic lethargy or apathy, is still viewed as a human indulgence. An area where the Catholic and reformed churches agree.<BR/><BR/>They, the 7 Sins, were devised for the people as a rule of thumb that was easy to remember. A simple code of practice for a contented life, suggested by Pope Gregory the something. He of the Gregorian calendar fame, probably the last great thinking pope. The philosophy behind them was that each of the sins could cause a life of misery HERE ON EARTH for the individual who suffered from any of them and if he could remember to avoid them he’d be OK. The number was kept to seven to avoid the 10 commandments, and because it was snappy.<BR/>The thick clergy of the time however, misinterpreted what was excellent advice, as an Edict from Christ‘s Holy Vicar on Earth, and came up with concepts such as Mortal Sin, Purgatory and so on.<BR/>The rest, including the Reformation was inevitable.<BR/>It was all very regrettable, because viewed today they are still a good rule of thumb. When we get tangled up in any of them, and most of us do from time to time, we are usually miserable (afterwards). They are also if you notice, very human in their outlook, something that ordinary non-saints like us can relate to.<BR/>I did say he was the last of the great thinking popes.<BR/>Once again the clergy seemed to have missed the point.Dr Maroonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00639939963726199699noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18116734.post-1139985449485616202006-02-14T22:37:00.000-08:002006-02-14T22:37:00.000-08:00Sure the cow!You've heard of beef curtains!Sure the cow!<BR/><BR/>You've heard of beef curtains!Monsteehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09683943387563395281noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18116734.post-1139984254136085902006-02-14T22:17:00.000-08:002006-02-14T22:17:00.000-08:00Worryingly believable........ and the animal for l...Worryingly believable....<BR/><BR/>.... and the animal for lust is a cow? I shudder to think!Binty McShaehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06675394718164552966noreply@blogger.com