tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2018387523779914474.post3508785321011433608..comments2023-12-31T05:01:58.031-06:00Comments on Young Stranger: The Gospel According to RoddenberryJohn Gustav-Wrathallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03557940681381951271noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2018387523779914474.post-29033837527203587502009-05-21T09:02:54.752-05:002009-05-21T09:02:54.752-05:00Yes, I'm glad I wasn't crushed by that truck eithe...Yes, I'm glad I wasn't crushed by that truck either. I was at that intersection 15 minutes before that fatal accident though... I ride that bike lane to work every morning!John Gustav-Wrathallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03557940681381951271noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2018387523779914474.post-73832695945814993052009-05-20T21:53:29.788-05:002009-05-20T21:53:29.788-05:00off topic: I'm really relieved you weren't crushed...off topic: I'm really relieved you weren't crushed by a truck this morning<br /><br />betty tAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2018387523779914474.post-35119666359596364882009-05-20T15:25:11.086-05:002009-05-20T15:25:11.086-05:00Beck - I know you weren't aiming anything at me......Beck - I know you weren't aiming anything at me...<br /><br />Playa - Hey, I've missed you! Yeah, the "Bang!" was pretty cool. So were the new transporters. I thought the new phasers were kinda wimpy though.John Gustav-Wrathallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03557940681381951271noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2018387523779914474.post-52036415203816036292009-05-20T14:59:27.686-05:002009-05-20T14:59:27.686-05:00I feel like this is the tiniest thing to say but I...I feel like this is the tiniest thing to say but I loved the new sound effect for going to warp.<br /><br />Bang!playasinmarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05998841658611428960noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2018387523779914474.post-32135587428982450172009-05-20T13:47:16.024-05:002009-05-20T13:47:16.024-05:00JGW: I hope you took my comments in the frame of ...JGW: I hope you took my comments in the frame of mind that I am in and not reflecting your situation. I hope you know me well enough by now to know how I feel about same sex love and your incredible relationship with Goran. <br /><br />What I was referring to was MY situation of being married and yet MY attractions are focused on the "WRONG" type, and how that puts a crimp on "joy".<br /><br />And my meaning of "Limits" is referring to MY self-imposed limits that are done by those like me in a mixed-oriented marriage. But, sure, you point that all relationships have restraint and limits and discerning when we should and should not love applies to all.<br /><br />Please know that my comments were for ME and my situation as your comments triggered self-introspective!Beckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06159223254071653666noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2018387523779914474.post-67611087522089458842009-05-20T09:59:52.664-05:002009-05-20T09:59:52.664-05:00Bravone - The new Star Trek movie is fun, and movi...Bravone - The new Star Trek movie is fun, and moving, and it does very much capture the spirit of the original series, so I recommend it!<br /><br />Beck - I think there's a reason why embodied, physical love feels so urgent to us; why our inability to experience love in its physical as well as spiritual and emotional aspects feels like a kind of death to us.<br /><br />Though folks in the church often compare the condition of gay folks to someone who is mentally or physically incapacitated in such a way as to preclude physical love, that of course simply is not true. Same-sex couples <I>are capable</I> of giving and receiving that kind of love -- and of learning the kinds of lessons that can only be learned when we try to give and receive that love in the context of a committed relationship.<br /><br />Of course all love and all relationships are constrained by <I>limits</I>. If our conscience tells us that certain kinds of love are <I>wrong</I>, whether or not we are <I>capable</I> of giving or receiving it, one of the lessons of life must be learning to choose the right regardless of how we feel.<br /><br />So another of the challenges of mortality is <I>discernment</I>. Learning to figure out when it is right and good to love, and when love must be restrained and guarded against. That's what this is all about... No easy answers.John Gustav-Wrathallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03557940681381951271noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2018387523779914474.post-48859234291943564732009-05-20T09:22:42.533-05:002009-05-20T09:22:42.533-05:00"It is that they must learn how to live the kinds ..."It is that they must learn how to live the kinds of lives that make embodied existence a joy and not a hell."<br /><br />What makes embodied existence a joy when all embodied desires and attractions are focused on the "wrong" type? Is it "joy" to put these lessons off for the hope of exaltation in another embodied existence?<br /><br />"...It is only now, in this life, that we must also face the kinds of limits and learn the kinds of lessons that will enable us to give and receive the only kind of love that will have meaning, in time but also in eternity."<br /><br />"Limits" is the key word in that statement. :(Beckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06159223254071653666noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2018387523779914474.post-91397650040022589612009-05-20T09:20:16.275-05:002009-05-20T09:20:16.275-05:00Very interesting. I enjoy your conclusions. Now ...Very interesting. I enjoy your conclusions. Now I'll have to watch the movie!Bravonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02762204502534599107noreply@blogger.com