If you were here, sitting with me tonight, I would like to tell you that in class today I laughed, because my prof. was making fun of the way us uneducated bums of Albertans, insert extra "of"s unneccesarily - as in the way we might say, "He met me outside of the restaurant." I do that all the time. I am a bum.
I would also like to ask you what you think about the way in which we determine knowledge. How/why fact has become so much more valuable than sense/emotion? Is it only because fact is quantifiable, provable, makes us feel safe and in control? The example of the debate between evolution vs. intelligent design was brought up for simplicity of argument, (fact vs. faith) and yet to me, it did not seem simple at all. Science is working on faith in these issues just as much as the other side.
"Yes, yes," I might feel the need to clarify, "Yes, I believe in evolution. But that's not the point."
Why/how did we come from people who used to survive by instincts, to people who refuse to believe anything but the tangible? Why is "fact" so valuable nowadays? Even when our facts are proven to be wrong, over and over, or lead to destructive lifestyles, like all these overwhelming environmental disasters? Hey? And how does this change the way I view my faith and the place of emotions in my faith?
And, I probably wouldn't tell you this, in so many words, but I'd try to say that I've got my running shoes on again (damn, damn, damn it to hell). That I'm trying so hard not to take off. That it helped to stop and talk with my mom tonight. That the hardest part of these past few months was watching her, my anchor, lose herself in the grief of my dad's addictions. That seeing her settled, peaceful and acting like my mom again, did this girl's heart a world of good.
I'd also like to ask you what you think about God being unchangeable, because I was thinking about that in the shower today. But it's late, and I feel like watching a movie, so, d'ya want to run out and grab a good one, while I make us some popcorn? Nothing with blood and guts. You know I hate those blood and guts, ones.
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I can't answer all of the questions, but I would say that fact dominates our lives because it is so available. Information brokers not only spend time generating facts but also convincing us that such activity is important. And it's sad when those of us who know-- and feel-- otherwise are complicit in this.
hmmmmm, yes. an information version of, "you NEED this fancy schmancy, slicer and dicer. Now!"
i wonder though still - my feelings/emotional sense is very available AND strong. it's odd how i am so susceptible to overriding them if i have no "proof" to back it up.
maybe this is unfair, but i wonder if it has anything to do with typically male knowledge vs. female knowledge, (i know, i wince, even as i type that) and how we have historically valued those.
just wonderin'. thanks for playing, ann.
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