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I would suggest. there is no real scarcity of miracles. Miracles show up as they are needed. I've had a few of them. Not many.

Very interesting discussion.. Perhaps.. we are placed in some kind of Cosmic chess game.. God has limitations.. perhaps He chooses them.. else He could not relate to us.. Sometimes I think knowledge is a human contrivance. Why does the Almighty have to stoop to our condition- maybe knowledge is overrated.. Well, it is what we work with. Why doe He have to know Everything? God being almighty certainly could choose to do so. Or not to. Who am I to impose my personal philosophy on an eternal being.. sometimes in life I gain without making a choice. I just frigging refuse.. heh. I have not chosen my last two career discriptions, they have found me. Anybody else have the same experience? Enough rambling from a disoriented Squirrel. heh.

It really is kind of nice not having to know everything..

That is what happened in the sixties, wasn't it.. I had a few interesting experiences in the early seventies. I don't mind sharing. Some jackass put about fifty hits of acid in the pipe and at least mentioned that we were going to trip after the smoke.. and yes, a lot of it survives the burning process. About ten minutes later it hit.. we walked about a mile and a half along the most beautiful landscape to the local burger king for a meal. It seemed to be about 10,000 years. I met two of the worst bullies I dealt with in school at the restaurant.. this was after high school graduation. They frigging begged for forgiveness. Humbly. they did not notice my dilated eyes.. I am seeing eternity flashing before my eyes.. heh Compare their actions to eternity? No Big Deal. In terms of god and the universe.. I said.. no big deal. You're off the hook as far as I am concerned.. I'm nothing here.. I feel the same today. Maybe forgiveness needs some help along the way.. I dunno.

Does God have to know everything.. I would say no. He does not, unless He chose to. In which case I would have to agree.. hehe

limited in knowing. Scary enough for humans.. I would suggest.. humbly of course.. knowing EVERYTHiNG is way overrated. Whose standard is this? mans or Gods? Try this with students in a tutoring context. No, you do NOT know everything.. they hope that you do, but no, you do not. But, you know enough, or not enough depending on what is needed.. Those that don't like circular reasoning, well, sometimes that is what keeps the world going around.. maybe it is good enough for now..

I dunno. I think Splinter work is the Wierwille legacy if one is trying to obtain money, fortune and fame from it.. filthy lucre.

I like Carlos Santana's take on forgiveness. If I send you to hell for what you did to me, I send myself as well. A couple of years ago I asked a few folks what they though that they owed me an absolved the debt. Give a Christian acid and see what happens.. maybe you get more than you want. treat me like crap and I can forgive you. I can't make the same negotiation for the rest of the humans that you have messed with- you're on your own.

Freedom of obligation, freedom of conscience. freedom of guilt, freedom to travel freely.. freedom, in general.

the only freedom I have, at least at the moment- is to be able to free others from debt or obligation to me. I cannot expect any other living human in this existence to reciprocate with the same offer.

From my parts to your parts, I salute you.. heh Sleep well. Cannabis sometimes helps. :)

Hey- how is everybody out there in Ex wayland doing? have not been around for a while. Are you enjoying life? Except for a few human failures it has been pretty well here.. Well.. other than dragging a bunch of parts of myself around from a generally broken life.. but no real complaints. Heh. God Bless you all...

Personally- I would ask more serious questions. Does God really want to be in charge of this convulated mess.. would you? No, I would not- but weekly, daily it comes back asking questions and justification.. even in this limited temporal life.. maybe we need to read Jeremiah again. I think Bullinger had it partially right-God is not in the business of repairing that which man has broken.. if it isn't broken, don't fix it, if it is broken, well..

I dunno. sometimes, the best is all that any of us can do.. sometimes it is damned pitiful.. I've had my share of this.

My personal experience here.. I'm overworked and overloaded. The venues I personally work in- the requirements and requirements within the last couple of years have easily tripled along with reduction to half the salary. What about you? Retirement is a pipe dream, as they say..

Might actually be true. Who am I to cast God's characteristics to my particular logical framework, and believe me, I have tried. Getting across quickly never seems to work well. Ask a student in the middle of a calculus course sequence.. nope. takes a frigging eternity to figure it out right.. heh

As I do. I'd rather be frigging dirt poor.. but then I am. Too many comments to read here.. Hi Mike. Hope all is well with you and the rest of the Greasespotters.. Hey- how are you all doing? Haven't been around for a while.

What a good question.. if He is anything like us.. and He claims such (we created in His image) I wonder if this is true..

Generally, I have avoided Ghee. I buy the butter on a discount, and then freeze it. Frozen butter, little bacterial growth, no Buterates, hence, no Ghee. The butter is nice on sprouted breads in the morning with a little bit of local honey. Sorry to ruin an otherwise useful recipe thread.

I would join the Ghee Club, but no one has invited me.

cast iron certainly is helpful.. just hit the bacteria laden soup with enough heat, and All is Well. :)

Holy Smokes- that is a high price for rancid butter.

ah, yes. Rancid Butter. Have to look up a few Firesign Theatre references to make sense of this.. have to look for the Electrician or Somebody like Him for the answer..

The topic might be similar to "Do you really have freedom of will.." I suggest- you are only entitled to give freedom to another. Freedom cannot be claimed or assumed, only given. I think that the common thought in this country is that freedom is a birthright. That we are entitled.. I deserve it.. as long as that there is another living breathing soul on this planet other than oneself, I think that this is an impossibility.

Do we really have free will.. 20 years ago, I had absolutely no idea that I would be doing what I am doing today. Free will? I floated into this particular phase of existence.. I think.. or do I. The free will part was a very small agreement, Along The Way. No pun intended. I showed up as a shipwreck on the shores of a community college about 12 years ago, and they were not exactly amused.. heh. The four year college offered me shelter this year..