Comments on: Free Writing: Truth http://blog.urbanobservation.com/2008/05/02/free-writing-truth/ Fri, 25 Jul 2008 17:50:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: QMusings » Free Write: Time http://blog.urbanobservation.com/2008/05/02/free-writing-truth/#comment-7323 QMusings » Free Write: Time Sun, 08 Jun 2008 15:00:21 +0000 http://blog.urbanobservation.com/2008/05/02/free-writing-truth/#comment-7323 [...] been inspired by Urban Thought’s Free Writing, especially having “known” him for maybe a year now. For someone who started his blog [...] [...] been inspired by Urban Thought’s Free Writing, especially having “known” him for maybe a year now. For someone who started his blog [...]

]]> By: Lavenderbay http://blog.urbanobservation.com/2008/05/02/free-writing-truth/#comment-6782 Lavenderbay Mon, 05 May 2008 15:15:42 +0000 http://blog.urbanobservation.com/2008/05/02/free-writing-truth/#comment-6782 All right! I'll bring a six-pack of Ontario's best! As far as I'm concerned, if the Bible made your head spin, you read it right. Just about any "proof text" can be negated by one that sez the opposite. Try reading Proverbs, for example! My Hebrew Bible (= Old Testament) prof was very careful to point this out, with the theological conclusion that God refuses to fit into anyone's box. But one can also look at bits of it with a literary or philosophical, rather than a religious, eye. All right! I’ll bring a six-pack of Ontario’s best!

As far as I’m concerned, if the Bible made your head spin, you read it right. Just about any “proof text” can be negated by one that sez the opposite. Try reading Proverbs, for example! My Hebrew Bible (= Old Testament) prof was very careful to point this out, with the theological conclusion that God refuses to fit into anyone’s box. But one can also look at bits of it with a literary or philosophical, rather than a religious, eye.

]]> By: Urban Thought http://blog.urbanobservation.com/2008/05/02/free-writing-truth/#comment-6781 Urban Thought Mon, 05 May 2008 13:55:55 +0000 http://blog.urbanobservation.com/2008/05/02/free-writing-truth/#comment-6781 <strong>Meleah:</strong> She sounds like she has a lot of drama in her life. Just setting herself up for things to pop off. Yeah, the truth is a hard pill to swallow. <strong>MarvalusOne:</strong> If she is your best friend then what ever she is telling she isn't saying out of wanting to hurt you. I think getting the truth from folks we love is easier than from those who we cannot stand. Friends like that you keep close. <strong>Lavenderbay:</strong> I tried reading the Bible. It didn't take. I only got past the first 20 pages and then my head started to spin. However, I do hear a lot about it from folk. Glad I was able to provide some food for thought. Grab a plate and dine with us won't you? <strong>Lena:</strong> Always best to learn it young. That is for sure. In time, I'm sure we'll grow to understand how to dish it out to other folk. Meleah: She sounds like she has a lot of drama in her life. Just setting herself up for things to pop off. Yeah, the truth is a hard pill to swallow.

MarvalusOne: If she is your best friend then what ever she is telling she isn’t saying out of wanting to hurt you. I think getting the truth from folks we love is easier than from those who we cannot stand. Friends like that you keep close.

Lavenderbay: I tried reading the Bible. It didn’t take. I only got past the first 20 pages and then my head started to spin. However, I do hear a lot about it from folk. Glad I was able to provide some food for thought. Grab a plate and dine with us won’t you?

Lena: Always best to learn it young. That is for sure. In time, I’m sure we’ll grow to understand how to dish it out to other folk.

]]> By: Lena http://blog.urbanobservation.com/2008/05/02/free-writing-truth/#comment-6765 Lena Sat, 03 May 2008 21:04:45 +0000 http://blog.urbanobservation.com/2008/05/02/free-writing-truth/#comment-6765 Everything you wrote about makes sense to me. I personally want the truth no matter, but sometimes it is hard to accept or face it. As for me speaking the truth, I am guilty of not doing that because I know not everyone can handle it. I've learned that through my own experiences at a young age. Everything you wrote about makes sense to me. I personally want the truth no matter, but sometimes it is hard to accept or face it. As for me speaking the truth, I am guilty of not doing that because I know not everyone can handle it. I’ve learned that through my own experiences at a young age.

]]> By: Lavenderbay http://blog.urbanobservation.com/2008/05/02/free-writing-truth/#comment-6759 Lavenderbay Sat, 03 May 2008 13:16:25 +0000 http://blog.urbanobservation.com/2008/05/02/free-writing-truth/#comment-6759 And didja ever notice in the Bible, that the words "Don't be afraid" come right before you're asked to do something stupendously difficult and frightening? And somewhere else in the Good Book, it mentions "speaking the truth in love", which isn't as easy as it sounds. While I wholeheartedly agree that corporate corruption is really depressing, I wonder if a lot of people curb their tongues because they'd rather not get their own back? We've all got something to be ashamed of. You've got a lot of food for thought here. And didja ever notice in the Bible, that the words “Don’t be afraid” come right before you’re asked to do something stupendously difficult and frightening?
And somewhere else in the Good Book, it mentions “speaking the truth in love”, which isn’t as easy as it sounds. While I wholeheartedly agree that corporate corruption is really depressing, I wonder if a lot of people curb their tongues because they’d rather not get their own back? We’ve all got something to be ashamed of.
You’ve got a lot of food for thought here.

]]> By: MarvalusOne http://blog.urbanobservation.com/2008/05/02/free-writing-truth/#comment-6753 MarvalusOne Fri, 02 May 2008 23:21:16 +0000 http://blog.urbanobservation.com/2008/05/02/free-writing-truth/#comment-6753 My very best friend is the truth queen...and that is why she is my best friend. It hurts sometimes, but it is your reaction and processing that makes you or breaks you... My very best friend is the truth queen…and that is why she is my best friend. It hurts sometimes, but it is your reaction and processing that makes you or breaks you…

]]> By: meleah rebeccah http://blog.urbanobservation.com/2008/05/02/free-writing-truth/#comment-6751 meleah rebeccah Fri, 02 May 2008 19:48:09 +0000 http://blog.urbanobservation.com/2008/05/02/free-writing-truth/#comment-6751 "Most people cannot tell the truth if their life depended on it" I have a girlfriend like that...she is almost pathological when it comes to lying. She is incapable of telling or accepting the truth. Me? I love handing it out. I have a hard time always accepting it. “Most people cannot tell the truth if their life depended on it”

I have a girlfriend like that…she is almost pathological when it comes to lying. She is incapable of telling or accepting the truth.

Me? I love handing it out. I have a hard time always accepting it.

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