--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues" <curtisdeltablues@...> wrote: > > Why doubt your impression Tart? If there was something of value for you in > our conversation you would have already found it and tossed it back to us in > your own clever style. A Cliff notes summary would kill the value of the > dialogue for me,which is the ride, not the destination. >
"For me it's the ride not the destination," sums it up perfectly. > Here you go: > > Robin believes that God existed and communicated his relationship to man > through the birth of Jesus and the Catholic church with Thomas Aquinas being > the go to guy for the details of that relationship. > > Curtis does not believe that there is adequate evidence for this claim or how > one might be able to distinguish this God idea as the right one out of all > the thousands man has proposed. > > Robin believes that God changed his relationship to man in the 40' with the > bombing of that monastery and is no longer answering his phone. > > Curtis finds this even more of a stretch than the first claim. > > Robin believes that there are significant issues with the theory of evolution > (although he generally accepts it) and that it is improperly being used as a > justification for materialistic reductionism in science. > > Curtis says that the theory of evolution gives him a boner hard enough to > drive in nails if a hammer was not available. (These are MY Cliff notes so > there is gunna be at least one boner reference, OK?) > > Robin believes that Curtis lacks the ability to fully take on someone else's > POV but instead runs his own routine over the person as if their POV didn't > exist. > > Curtis believes that his powers of understanding other people's POVs are so > far beyond the creator of the universe, that God himself appears like a > provincial yokal with a native New Yorker having just arrived at Grand > Central Station. > > God as rube: "Where all them TV stars live, I come here to see em." > > NYC native. "It is customary for you to bring a watch as a gift when visiting > our TV stars. (Opens coat revealing selection) Here are the approved watches > available at a discount to make sure you are well received at the star's > homes. > > God (what a dipshit!) "Well OK then if you say so. I'd better buy a bunch > cuz Ma has her heart set on seeing a whole slew of them stars." > > And scene. > > I think that about covers it, I hope Robin doesn't feel misrepresented. > There was some pseudo gay banter that livened up the exchanges considerably, > but if you aren't a fan of the filler, you wont enjoy those exchanges either. > > Don't sweat it Tart. There may only be some "there" there for a select few. > And if it is only this select few who gains admittance into heaven for all of > eternity, and if those who can't appreciate the lofty nature of these > exchanges spend eternity in a place with the climate of Iraq in the Summer > (but because of the fires it is a dry heat so DC is still worse than hell in > August) then so be it. I'll send you some postcards (written on asbestos) to > entertain you from time to time. > > Thanks for the summary. I'd like to see Robin's POV in as few words, but that's not how he rolls. Love you guys. > > > > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, tartbrain <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > Not said with any agenda, snarkiness or irony, rather a sincere question, > > but what do you, raunchy and judy obtain from these dialogues. I would > > answer for myself, but to be honest, after repeated attempts, I cannot get > > past the first paragraph of the half dozen or so exchanges I have attempted > > to fathom. > > > > In reading any new author or exchange, I, at least in the back recesses of > > my mind, am asking, "is there any 'there' there?" I am sure there is, as > > you and others testify. But each long densely packed paragraph that I > > attempt, my (perhaps lazy) mind rebels and asks "Oh Lord, where is the > > 'there' there". I feel like I am at the beginning of an intellectual wild > > goose chase -- and abort the mission. > > > > Sometimes I think they are advanced zen or dochzen masters in disguise, > > playing with us, taunting us, and the sole purpose of their dialogues is > > the totally and completely still the readers mind. That has happened to me. > > Twisted,flayed, stretched and twisted, parched in a desert dry of any > > familiar meaningfulness, after a paragraph my mind (and this is my limited > > mind, mind you, not a generalized observation, "holy shit, I totally give > > up, I want to go home Right Now and rest in the vast void, beyond this > > intense cacaphony of dense mind states. Abort ALL systems, Abort mind > > immediately." > > > > I have faith in Curtis' intellectual skills and background (and more > > broadly his artistic/intuitive sensitivities) in that if he is finding > > value in the exchanges, there must be some "there" there. Though to be > > honest, at times I can't follow him too far down, what appears to me to be > > a rabbit hole, in his long discourses with a few other sparing partners. > > But in whole, I enjoy his insights and style. > > > > That said, and I ask sincerely, can one or all of you provide some some > > cliff notes, a cartoon version, a list of key points, an annotated version > > (like needed to read James Joyce or Sarte) of what themes, ideas, insights > > that you find of value in these dialogues. (This is not a loaded question.) > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "seventhray1" <steve.sundur@> wrote: > > > > > > > > > Ditto on that. Sending my thanks to both of them for an intriguing and > > > enlightening discussion. > > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "raunchydog" <raunchydog@> > > > wrote: > > > > I've been quietly lurking, reading most of Curtis and Robin's posts. > > > It's a lot to wade through but it's worth the effort. Their conversation > > > invites me to get in synch with their thought processes and experience > > > the unfolding of their deeply felt, yet, uniquely intellectual > > > approaches to reality. The brain power between them could light up a > > > city. > > > > > > > > The only sport my Dad enjoyed watching on TV was boxing, so very early > > > on I learned to cheer evenly matched opponents. Busker Boy Curtis in > > > Boxer-Blue shorts vrs. Fancy Pants Robin in Cardinal Red pantaloons are > > > evenly matched heavy weights. Jabs, hooks, one-two punches, he's up, > > > he's down and so far it's a draw! Thanks for tickets to ring-side, guys. > > > Ding! > > > > > > > > > >
