tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1334761054277672365.post8022383532804145933..comments2024-03-22T03:19:38.110-04:00Comments on Forever In Hell: Rank CrueltyPersonalFailurehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03034292023591747601noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1334761054277672365.post-90908467924327576862011-05-10T12:46:06.990-04:002011-05-10T12:46:06.990-04:00Well, Jesus was just following the example of his ...Well, Jesus was just following the example of his Daddy here, who hardened Pharaoh's heart to have an excuse to zap the Egyptians, for His own greater glory. It says so right there in the Bible, so it must be true.zilchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01695741977946935771noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1334761054277672365.post-35697881065107822862011-05-10T08:39:33.714-04:002011-05-10T08:39:33.714-04:00The idea that individual human beings might only b...The idea that individual human beings might only be obligated to exist in terms of living their own life, and in so far as they're not injuring others, just doing whatever the hell it is they need/want to do in their own lives? I mean, the concept that <i>that person over there does not exist for some purpose that is directly related to you, <b>you, YOU</b></i>???<br /><br />Unthinkable.Cynical Nymphhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12601814894895238102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1334761054277672365.post-27245442167043127622011-05-10T02:08:46.250-04:002011-05-10T02:08:46.250-04:00i remember FINALLY getting glasses when i was 8.
...i remember FINALLY getting glasses when i was 8.<br /><br /><br />i was able to read by holding a book RIGHT at my face - but i'm pretty sure the reason i don't like TV all that much is that, until i was 8, <i>i couldn't see it</i>.<br /><br />and i'm lucky - my vision, horrible as it is [i'm waaaaaaaaaaaaay beyond legally blind without lenses] *IS* correctable to 20/20 [with contacts. not glasses. because i have a LENS defect, not a mis-shaped cornea - which, btw, is why docs kept saying that my vision was FINE - they couldn't see any mis-shapedness. on the other hand, they kept telling my mother that i was "obviously retarded" [that being ok to use back them] because i "couldn't" read. when she'd shoot back "she reads just FINE if the book is close" they'd tell her she was just indulging in wishful thinking.]<br /><br /><br />i can't imagine not even seeing SHAPES - i, at least, could SEE that there was a wall or whatever.<br /><br /><br /><br />and i'll tell you the truth - i would NOT trade. i'm in constant chronic pain of at least an 8 - but i wouldn't trade it for being blind. i'd lose my MIND if i couldn't READ and i'm incapable of paying attention to audio-books, i've TRIED, i can't.<br /><br /><br /><br />on the other hand - PF, have you ever been told that your pain is there to "help" people without those problems? that your suffering is an "example", and that it's your JOB to be graceful about being sick and disabled and "be a good little disabled person" for all the non-disabled people?<br /><br /><br />because i swear i'm going to KILL the next person who tries to tell me that. DEAD.denelianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08083149213773118359noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1334761054277672365.post-42757756840841478452011-05-09T15:55:10.451-04:002011-05-09T15:55:10.451-04:00Morristown was the first place I ever saw (oh, our...Morristown was the first place I ever saw (oh, our language is so privileged,) encountered those crossing signs that include sound for the visually impaired. Maybe 5 years ago we got those where I live now and there are 3 intersections with them. One of them is not the biggest intersection where people cross to go to the mall- and the terminus point of every bus line.PersonalFailurehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03034292023591747601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1334761054277672365.post-21213468758062502782011-05-09T15:54:53.709-04:002011-05-09T15:54:53.709-04:00Hm. Not "give" agency. How about "...Hm. Not "give" agency. How about "not deny" agency. It's not as though the sighted go, "here you go, here's your ability to live independently, which you only have because I gave you." That would be a bizarre corollary to what Jesus is doing in this story. Or something.<br /><br />I'll just go away now until I can use English.Cynical Nymphhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12601814894895238102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1334761054277672365.post-78208212986768318752011-05-09T15:52:27.539-04:002011-05-09T15:52:27.539-04:00In my former life in PR, we did work for Lighthous...In my former life in PR, we did work for Lighthouse International. Their headquarters are on East 59th Street here. The building itself is really, really innovative, and the blocks immediately surrounding are noticeably accessible to the vision-impaired. It gives one a visceral appreciation for the privilege of being sighted. (Also makes one wonder why there aren't wider accommodations throughout the city like there are at 59th and Park.) ("Because money," yes, I know, thanks.)<br /><br />Anyhoo, my point being that, why does there need to be a creating deity that needs glory in order for human beings to look out for and give agency to other human beings?<br /><br />Oh, right, there doesn't.Cynical Nymphhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12601814894895238102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1334761054277672365.post-39195993009419715632011-05-09T15:36:37.611-04:002011-05-09T15:36:37.611-04:00I used to be one of those that believed this "...I used to be one of those that believed this "for God's glory"...err...stuff(being polite). But there's no record that Jesus healed the man born blind. And furthermore, he was born that way, so he had to go his whole life to adulthood blind just so God could get some glory even if he was healed? He can't think of better ways to get it? Poppycock! I can't believe how mentally afflicted I've been. :(Ruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17313118060838041133noreply@blogger.com