The Theological Ramifications of the Oreo, and other Thoughts

[themask316]

Wow, I got quite a negative backlash from my last quasi-post. I didn't realize my philosophical rantings had won me such an ardent following, expecting only the most substantive of epistemological essays, the meatiest of metaphysical meals, the most obscure ontologies. Well, fear not. As my "testing" non-post might have led you all to believe (

Comments

[novawildcat08]

You have other faithful readers besides Andrew, you know.

[anonymous]

P.S. The Oxford English Dictionary did not have an entry for "kataphatic". I'm not sure what this means...

[vanilla_smite]

I was depressed in your initial analogy as I am extremely turned off by (in the texture and health-wise sense) the creme of the oreo. But on a more serious note, is God really the one that holds us all together? Who is together - people who love and are active in life? Is it "He" who determined a moral code and correct order in society? If Jesus is our virtuous archetype, I suppose so. Perhaps though God can be defined on some other level, or on all levels if you insist. God must be seen differently for all of us. As you may see peanut butter as creamy and tan, I might see it more as goopy and yellowish. Although, we know that God is not too comparable to peanut butter. But if my dislike is your hate and your love my like, then what can we know that we all understand completely and uniformly? Unless something like God is our exception. Perhaps since "He" is the creator and father of every human soul, we must each have the ability to know and love him in the same way. I do agree with you that life is superficial, and God

[andycal]

Yeah, I thought your entry was pretty good. I mean I definitely could have said better, but you did a fair job. I will keep reading.

[menckenite]

Sigh, you're a Derridian. Go live and make sweet Ockham's Razor love with Scott Black in Utah.

Steiner gives you all the answers you would need to this dilemma anyway. Its not about signifier. Mike you need to get beyond the semantics of this and go a bit deeper. Find a real faith, not just in words and meaning, but perhaps in a transcendence. That's what really makes your McDonald's menus make sense. To deny it as simply unsignifier is to suggest that God doesn't even exist. Dangerous ground to tread on.

Undestanding=Interpretation=Application. The last one is the most important.

By the way, next time I'm talking about something that's important to me in class, which has been brought up by the teacher to enrich the class, which is something I work at on a daily basis, please don't demean, belittle or attempt to question what I do, especially when you haven't been involved in it as I have.

Common courtesy always applies.