tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2837001751311078781.post1188409270179024582..comments2024-03-28T21:17:45.398-05:00Comments on A MOMENT OF CEREBUS: "What Does That Mean?"A Moment Of Cerebushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02718525538144698138noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2837001751311078781.post-81960166938269391972017-01-12T14:46:38.535-06:002017-01-12T14:46:38.535-06:00Thank you, God, for this day of life, and for my a...Thank you, God, for this day of life, and for my awareness of You. Please forgive me for my sins -- the ones I am aware of and the ones I am unaware of. If my will cannot be Yours, then please show me the path that will bring me as close as is possible to being good in Your Eyes, and please let me have the strength and wisdom to recognize that path and remain true to that path to You, my Father, my Creator, my Savior, the One True God, Holiest of all that is holy in all that is. Slumbering Agarthahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11926670297818515972noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2837001751311078781.post-92165019497181107252017-01-12T13:25:19.397-06:002017-01-12T13:25:19.397-06:00Yes, I knew Dave didn't share my commitment to...Yes, I knew Dave didn't share my commitment to "communal worship with fellow believers" - because (and I mean this as a simple statement of fact, not any kind of judgement) Dave doesn't <i>have</i> any fellow believers.Tony one more timenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2837001751311078781.post-72343476727405241202017-01-09T12:36:35.771-06:002017-01-09T12:36:35.771-06:00This comment has been removed by the author.Slumbering Agarthahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11926670297818515972noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2837001751311078781.post-44264356342755952132017-01-09T12:09:55.349-06:002017-01-09T12:09:55.349-06:00Tony II - Also, as gratifying as it is that you th...Tony II - Also, as gratifying as it is that you think I'm "absolutely right" about reading Scripture, no, that's just an opinion we both share. In the next world I could find out that reading Scripture in isolation is THE WORST POSSIBLE THING THAT YOU CAN DO! and I'll have to pay the price for a) doing it and b) advocating it. <br /><br />The bottom line for me, however, is: it's YOUR soul that's at stake, so make your own decisions based on that. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06502294606395720342noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2837001751311078781.post-25909939985816614652017-01-09T12:06:50.093-06:002017-01-09T12:06:50.093-06:00Tony Dunlop - Right with you, except on the issue ...Tony Dunlop - Right with you, except on the issue of "fellow believers". In my experience Orthodox Jews insist on you "letting go" of Christianity and Islam; Orthodox Christians insist on you "letting go" of Judaism and Islam (or, rather, inferring Judaism as they do); and Orthodox Muslims insist on you "letting go" of Judaism and Christianity. So, while I'm willing to visit with people IN all three faiths and FAMILIAR with all three faiths, I can't say that I think of them as "fellow believers". <br /><br />I think that Scripture is inherently efficacious which is why I recommend reading it aloud, because that way you're engaging with it ocularly, vocally and audibly, whereas if you're just reading it you're only engaging with it ocularly. My inference is that the soul engages with Scripture in a way unknown to us as conscious incarnated beings. <br /><br /> Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06502294606395720342noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2837001751311078781.post-56653209141663176522017-01-09T11:59:14.002-06:002017-01-09T11:59:14.002-06:00Mike - Well, we'll all certainly find out in t...Mike - Well, we'll all certainly find out in the next life but I think it would be distinctly unlikely that Jaka OR Cerebus -- if they were real people -- would go to a heavenly reward. <br /><br />She was MARRIED to Rick, so, in the unlikely event that they both "went to their reward" I would figure that a) they would have the first option of being with each other and b) Rick would have gotten a close look at who and what she actually was/had been/would always be and have done a quick "shuffle off to Buffalo". <br /><br />But, then, I'm just the guy who WROTE CEREBUS. What would I know? <br /><br />And you're certainly entitled to your OPINION, but "end debate" is a whole other thing. You can LEAVE the debate, as you've clearly done but -- unfortunately for those who mistake opinion and fact as being the same thing -- that doesn't end ANY debate as long as there's a contrary viewpoint interested in expressing itself. Which, in this case, there is: even if it's ONLY mine. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06502294606395720342noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2837001751311078781.post-78088554649352816882017-01-08T11:45:24.305-06:002017-01-08T11:45:24.305-06:00I found that picture of Cerebus in heaven to be we...I found that picture of Cerebus in heaven to be weirdly cathartic. I'm going to go with the "all stories are true" idea and strip this image of its narrative and apply it directly to canonical Cerebus: Cerebus flitted around screaming "Dave, help... the light has got Cerebus... help...", and then some weird alien-gray hands molested him, but before they could get him... 'poit'... God intervened, took Cerebus out of Dave's hands entirely, and placed him in heaven. So the answer to the question "Cerebus in Hell?" is: NOPE. He's in heaven, as evidenced by this picture right here. In fact, he's in heaven tromping around with an equally and eternally ecstatic Jaka. <3<br /><br />/end debate.<br /><br />Slumbering Agarthahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11926670297818515972noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2837001751311078781.post-24159986460881227492017-01-07T22:07:14.392-06:002017-01-07T22:07:14.392-06:00Oh - and in the unlikely event that any AMOCers ar...Oh - and in the unlikely event that any AMOCers are Old Calendar Orthodox - Merry Christmas!Tony againnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2837001751311078781.post-60002683936025631692017-01-07T10:27:58.283-06:002017-01-07T10:27:58.283-06:00Thanks, Jeff - a chance to expand on a couple of w...Thanks, Jeff - a chance to expand on a couple of weeks ago. Dave is absolutely right when he says that far better than reading <i>commentaries</i> on Scripture is to, you know, <i>read Scripture</i> for oneself! I see very little point in reading <i>anyone's</i> commentaries until one is intimately familiar with the actual texts - which means, if you don't read the original languages, reading multiple translations, and ideally, being at least somewhat aware of the various manuscript variations that exist.<br /><br />Beyond that, even, I see little point in reading a commentary unless one is immersed in the life witnessed to by Scriputure - at minimum, prayer, fasting, almsgiving, and some form of communal worship with fellow believers. Scripture isn't some dry, academic text, but an invitiation to live a particular life; nay, to <i>participate</i> in the Source of life Himself. The question, "What does this mean?" can have only dry, academic answers unless this kind of life is at least being <i>attempted</i> on the part of the reader.Tony Dunlopnoreply@blogger.com