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PufPuf93 » Sun Jan 05, 2020 11:53 am wrote:
Perhaps speak of context rather than content?
I have been hiding out in the mountains of my birth for the past 15 plus years deliberately being a dropout in a beautiful landscape of National Forest, few people but Native Americans are the dominant percentage of extremely sparse population plus back to the landers (many pot growers as this is Humboldt), a few European gold mining family "pioneer" remnants (me), some remnant logging industry left behinds, and some retirees.
Once I had the intellect and drive to be effectively narcistic and was, needed the boost to do my jobs. My brain comes and goes now, severe at times; forget about drive and endurance.
I am looking at the acceptance of global anthropomorphic climate change as a Pascal's wager; the thought that one should accept Christ because there is nothing to lose and eternal life in heaven to accept. So maybe it boils down to one should accept anthropomorphic climate change as one accepts Jesus. But personally it is not in me to accept Jesus so maybe I should not be so judgmental on those that aren't inclined to accept anthropomorphic climate change.
I'll apologize for the insult but not the thought, perhaps again having it both ways.
What is on my mind most today and recent days is that I have been dealing with a serious cancer for last two plus years. In about an hour I am driving 5 hours to a friends and we will drive two more hours to Sacramento where I will enter surgery tomorrow AM at 9 AM, the surgery will be 4 to 8 hours and I will go back to my friends home for some recuperation before heading home. There can be a very good outcome for my circumstance or maybe not. The illness has forced me out of mountain fortress of mostly solitude. I once flew 40,000 miles per year for work as a management consultant. This will be my longest trip from home since 2003. Looks like I will spend part of today driving in fresh snow. Great. I am fond of just about all the folks at RI and the one's that bother me is over style rather than content.
Joe Hillshoist » Wed Jan 08, 2020 1:19 pm wrote:I've been fighting these fires that have recently grabbed your attention since August. Not every day but often enough. I've made the odd post during that time.
Every now and then I come to this thread for a few laughs.
Elvis » Sun Jan 05, 2020 1:22 pm wrote:Best wishes, PufPuf!
I would point out that there's a helluva a lot more observable, verifiable evidence for anthropogenic global warming than for Jesus. I've looked for evidence of Jesus, and between the two phenomena, if I had to say one was a hoax, I'd say Jesus.
Joe Hillshoist » Wed Jan 08, 2020 3:19 am wrote:I've been fighting these fires that have recently grabbed your attention since August. Not every day but often enough. I've made the odd post during that time.
Every now and then I come to this thread for a few laughs.
PufPuf93 » Wed Jan 08, 2020 7:38 pm wrote:Elvis » Sun Jan 05, 2020 1:22 pm wrote:Best wishes, PufPuf!
I would point out that there's a helluva a lot more observable, verifiable evidence for anthropogenic global warming than for Jesus. I've looked for evidence of Jesus, and between the two phenomena, if I had to say one was a hoax, I'd say Jesus.
We are in 100% agreement and what I typed is somewhat facetious.
Pascal's wager is an argument of Christian apologetics, that one has everything to gain and nothing to lose by accepting Jesus.
Accepting ACC / AGW as real as a matter of faith by those that doubt (many who live life with a conservative Christian or other religion perspective), in many way mirrors Pascal's wager.
Joe Hillshoist » Wed Jan 08, 2020 12:19 pm wrote:I've been fighting these fires that have recently grabbed your attention since August. Not every day but often enough. I've made the odd post during that time.
Every now and then I come to this thread for a few laughs.
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