tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2722447614945782871.post2703179279042976769..comments2023-09-12T11:31:20.729-05:00Comments on Straight-Friendly: The SeaTimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01271248501086241494noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2722447614945782871.post-75727595547034311752010-05-31T13:32:16.297-05:002010-05-31T13:32:16.297-05:00Well said, Tim. I suspect that we do as well.Well said, Tim. I suspect that we do as well.TomCathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11397335545286040472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2722447614945782871.post-80177870350113745922010-05-30T20:47:05.939-05:002010-05-30T20:47:05.939-05:00Claire, I didn't get your earlier comment. Tha...Claire, I didn't get your earlier comment. Thank you so much for reposting it. And thanks for passing the post along to your daughter--I'm flattered but also humbled, particularly since I was a little fuzzy about some of the science when writing this.<br /><br />You're so right about the BP mess. There would be none if we'd corrected our fossil fuel dependency. Maybe this will help us see why running out tanks of gas to drive around the corner is unhealthy for us and the planet. We're not only supporting ecological carelessness, we're funding companies that will risk everything we hold precious if they can squeeze a few more pennies out of us.<br /><br />We live two blocks from a BP station. Every time we walk past it since this thing began, we're struck by how its business has declined. Yesterday afternoon--a holiday Saturday, no less--there wasn't one car on the place. Now if we can start seeing that elsewhere; that will mean less driving is going on!<br /><br />Thanks again for taking the time to rewrite your comment. It's a blessing to me!<br /><br />Peace and joy,<br />TimTimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01271248501086241494noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2722447614945782871.post-91865165607369864822010-05-30T08:22:35.012-05:002010-05-30T08:22:35.012-05:00I thought I had left a comment here, Tim, but mayb...I thought I had left a comment here, Tim, but maybe it didn't register. If it did, just delete this one.<br /><br />I love what you wrote about water, so much so I sent it to my water engineer daughter, who fell under the charm of your pen as well.<br /><br />This post is so beautiful, I will return to it again because it feeds something in me, some part I did not know needed to be fed.<br /><br />As to BP, I still think we all need to ween ourselves of our addiction to oil and gas. I guess 'Oil Anonymous' would sound better than 'Gas Anonymous', but we just need to realize that our addiction is killing the planet...<br /><br />Blessings.claire bangasserhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12380558962103134334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2722447614945782871.post-37655939481759834742010-05-29T19:52:43.201-05:002010-05-29T19:52:43.201-05:00Kelly, it's great to see you here! Welcome! I ...Kelly, it's great to see you here! Welcome! I think this one will be heard, if not by the current generation in power, by the next one who is watching in utter disbelief. But regardless of who else does or doesn't heed the tragedy unfolding before our eyes, those of us who have heard now bear the responsibility to live the lesson we've learned. That gives me brighter hope. Thanks for your comment; you tap into the core of our hearts.<br /><br />TomCat, thanks for the clarification. I did not know that. (I imagine I should, given how such basic info is a Google away; I'd been taught it wasn't possible.) My take on Genesis is less literal than romantic; the truth I find in its precepts makes it true for me. I have an inkling all our various readings are probably closer to one another than we realize, as the majority of us all come away from the text with a very similar message. <br /><br />Kelly and Tom, it does my heart good to have you here. I thank you for what you've already added to our conversation--and look forward to future comments.<br /><br />Blessings to both of you,<br />Tim<br /><br />PS: I'm adding several blogs to the roll here in tomorrow's post. Tom, I'm pleased that you'd like to be included. Kelly, I'm adding yours as well--if you'd rather I not, let me know and I'll remove it.Timhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01271248501086241494noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2722447614945782871.post-45987130378139512402010-05-29T13:47:27.213-05:002010-05-29T13:47:27.213-05:00Tim, if I may disagree on one small point: It’s im...Tim, if I may disagree on one small point: <i>It’s impossible to manufacture, contain, or destroy.</i> It is possible to manufacture. Water is a biproduct of burning hydrogen.<br /><br />But whether one tales the truths of Genesis literally, as you seem to, allegorically as I do, or not at all as many Darwinists believe, all agree that water predated life in this planet.<br /><br />The befouling of the Gulf is an afront to every living creature.TomCathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11397335545286040472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2722447614945782871.post-89673924241910926782010-05-29T13:23:57.883-05:002010-05-29T13:23:57.883-05:00The oil rig disaster is exceedingly depressing. I...The oil rig disaster is exceedingly depressing. I watch the 'flow cam' or whatever it is they call it, and see the oil hushing out, and think of the 11 men that perished...<br /><br />If this isn't a wake-up call, I don't know what is. I'm pleased to have Obama in office, but honestly, I'm not sure anyone is truly listening to what this disaster is screaming at us.Kellyhttp://virginmartyr.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2722447614945782871.post-78401243213915266902010-05-29T12:43:02.549-05:002010-05-29T12:43:02.549-05:00Sherry, both explanations of water's source ar...Sherry, both explanations of water's source are astonishing in that they grant water's pre-existence before the world as we know it. It was just there--somewhere--which is why we find its parallels to God so inviting, I think.<br /><br />Living on Chicago's lakefront has blessed me to understand the long-term impact of our recklessness. While Lake Michigan is not a toxic stew by a long shot, it's far from the vital fount it was a century ago. I recently caught a sobering documentary about the Great Lakes, "Waterlife," that broke my heart. Now when I look out my window, I see a deeply scarred treasure wounded by indifference and neglect.<br /><br />You're right, the horror we've visited on this great gift--not only in Gulf, but in every pond, river, lake, and ocean--is too much to fathom. (To say nothing of the coming sorrow if we don't act quickly to correct global warming.)<br /><br />Thanks for contributing to this. It's a topic rife with complexity, yet saddled with more urgency than many are will to grant it.<br /><br />Blessings,<br />TimTimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01271248501086241494noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2722447614945782871.post-50695704621768150002010-05-29T12:17:55.477-05:002010-05-29T12:17:55.477-05:00The Jewish cosmology accounted water as surroundin...The Jewish cosmology accounted water as surrounding all, separated by the firmament and dry land created by God. Of course, water traversed the landscape as all plants needed it as did humans. <br /><br />The scientific reality of cosmic bombardment by comets as the source is no less magnificent, and the reality of our world and its awesome liquid is breathtaking.<br /><br />Water always has been and should be sacred for it is live giving and is so metaphorical in its use. <br /><br />How we could be so careless of it is simply mind boggling. I'm told that in Canada no deep water drilling is allowed without a bottom kill well drilled at the same time. This is what ultimately will kill this gulf spill, but it will take months, and it may already be too late. The horror is too much to fathom.Sherry Peytonhttp://afeatheradrift.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com