tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24335936.post8411767054347165640..comments2024-01-11T04:31:58.232-08:00Comments on oxymoronredundancyparadoxtrap: learning as an antidote for sadnessBenjamin Adyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03325520894212279303noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24335936.post-17495129062680511412007-05-21T19:56:00.000-07:002007-05-21T19:56:00.000-07:00;-);-)byron smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17938334606675769903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24335936.post-28515141634329573192007-05-21T19:55:00.000-07:002007-05-21T19:55:00.000-07:00One thing that would make christianity more appeal...<I>One thing that would make christianity more appealing, IMHO, would be if more of its practitioners were willing to embrace the way in which reality seems to be very much chock full of antinomy.</I><BR/>No it's not.byron smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17938334606675769903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24335936.post-91623612506806995952007-05-17T20:52:00.000-07:002007-05-17T20:52:00.000-07:00Hi it's me again.Back to you post, I think the th...Hi it's me again.<BR/><BR/>Back to you post, I think the thing about learning (if it's something you *want* to learn,) is that it is a distraction, it's absorbing, and it stimulates the mind, which probably releases lots of good hormones. Also, I think we just simply feel good if we have mastered something new.<BR/><BR/>The sadness of Ecclesiastes is from having learnt too much about the troubles of the world -- many people learn to avoid and escape the troubles of the world!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24335936.post-74598954287134846582007-05-17T20:35:00.000-07:002007-05-17T20:35:00.000-07:00Ben, I love how many old sayings are considered wi...Ben, I love how many old sayings are considered wise (and are) but so often say totally opposite things. eg.<BR/><BR/>Many hands make light work.<BR/>Too many cooks spoil the broth.<BR/><BR/>or<BR/><BR/>Great minds think alike.<BR/>Fools never differ.<BR/><BR/>There are many examples like this (though not off the top of my head!)<BR/><BR/>KateAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com