Comments on: My Giant Baby Head http://johnshore.com/2008/01/31/my-giant-head/ Trying God's patience since 1958 Tue, 22 May 2012 10:25:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: paroodija http://johnshore.com/2008/01/31/my-giant-head/comment-page-2/#comment-28871 paroodija Sun, 08 Aug 2010 05:51:22 +0000 http://johnshore.wordpress.com/?p=271#comment-28871 haha, this is funny! :) haha, this is funny!
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]]> By: atomic_hairdo http://johnshore.com/2008/01/31/my-giant-head/comment-page-2/#comment-4186 atomic_hairdo Sat, 16 Feb 2008 20:03:57 +0000 http://johnshore.wordpress.com/?p=271#comment-4186 John, Wow.. that was great! This is my first time here and I love it already! Funny thing is my 2nd son has the same issue... giant head. AND had the same problem in little league. When the batting helmet wouldn't fit on his head he told the coach it was because his brain was so big! LOVE IT! John,

Wow.. that was great! This is my first time here and I love it already! Funny thing is my 2nd son has the same issue… giant head. AND had the same problem in little league. When the batting helmet wouldn't fit on his head he told the coach it was because his brain was so big! LOVE IT!

]]> By: Skerrib http://johnshore.com/2008/01/31/my-giant-head/comment-page-1/#comment-3872 Skerrib Sat, 02 Feb 2008 20:10:07 +0000 http://johnshore.wordpress.com/?p=271#comment-3872 Tam--I'm told it was spectacular! Eventually I guess the dr's were satisfied that I was fine, because I never even knew about it until after I had my first kiddo...who has quite a melon of his own. Takes after his mama. :D John--thanks, now all I can think of is Beavis & Butthead! Or Mr Mackey, mmm-kay... Tam–I'm told it was spectacular! Eventually I guess the dr's were satisfied that I was fine, because I never even knew about it until after I had my first kiddo…who has quite a melon of his own. Takes after his mama. :D

John–thanks, now all I can think of is Beavis & Butthead! Or Mr Mackey, mmm-kay…

]]> By: Brian Shields http://johnshore.com/2008/01/31/my-giant-head/comment-page-1/#comment-3871 Brian Shields Sat, 02 Feb 2008 19:41:24 +0000 http://johnshore.wordpress.com/?p=271#comment-3871 I must have been stoned when I wrote that since I clearly intended to say the fear and trembling of the child towards the mother (or other authority figure.) I assumed you were calling me a stoner because I quoted Robert Anton Wilson (who wrote books with Dr. Timothy Leary, the greatest philosopher of the 20th Century, in my opinion) I must have been stoned when I wrote that since I clearly intended to say the fear and trembling of the child towards the mother (or other authority figure.)

I assumed you were calling me a stoner because I quoted Robert Anton Wilson (who wrote books with Dr. Timothy Leary, the greatest philosopher of the 20th Century, in my opinion)

]]> By: John Shore http://johnshore.com/2008/01/31/my-giant-head/comment-page-1/#comment-3863 John Shore Sat, 02 Feb 2008 17:28:33 +0000 http://johnshore.wordpress.com/?p=271#comment-3863 Brian: You atheist, leftist hippy! A scourge upon your ... normally unscourgeable things! But to your point: I never said anything whatsoever about the "fear and trembling" of the child's mother. The mother was never fearing <em>or </em>trembling, you obvious stoner. About that quote: See, now, you have quotations within quotations within quotations here, so it's actually hard to be sure what's being said by whom. But it seems to hinge on the "never needs to be revised" description. But my understanding of God -- my "current model" of God -- is, in fact, constantly being revised. It's growing ever more complex, ever more subtle, ever more interesting, ever more direct, ever more sublime. I KNOW I don't comprehend God; I know I never will. In the sense of having the knowledge that I have fully grasped and understood God, I have no "certitude" whatsoever. And I certainly have no dogma. In probably the most important way people CAN agree, Christians, I would venture, agree with Atheists, agree with Agnostics, agree with anyone sane: One of the worst things you can do in this world is believe that you already know all there is to know about the truth. Brian: You atheist, leftist hippy! A scourge upon your … normally unscourgeable things!

But to your point: I never said anything whatsoever about the "fear and trembling" of the child's mother. The mother was never fearing or trembling, you obvious stoner.

About that quote: See, now, you have quotations within quotations within quotations here, so it's actually hard to be sure what's being said by whom. But it seems to hinge on the "never needs to be revised" description. But my understanding of God — my "current model" of God — is, in fact, constantly being revised. It's growing ever more complex, ever more subtle, ever more interesting, ever more direct, ever more sublime. I KNOW I don't comprehend God; I know I never will. In the sense of having the knowledge that I have fully grasped and understood God, I have no "certitude" whatsoever. And I certainly have no dogma. In probably the most important way people CAN agree, Christians, I would venture, agree with Atheists, agree with Agnostics, agree with anyone sane: One of the worst things you can do in this world is believe that you already know all there is to know about the truth.

]]> By: Brian Shields http://johnshore.com/2008/01/31/my-giant-head/comment-page-1/#comment-3861 Brian Shields Sat, 02 Feb 2008 17:02:39 +0000 http://johnshore.wordpress.com/?p=271#comment-3861 I think I did read the previous piece correctly... that the "fear and trembling" of the child's mother corresponds with the later third-circuit fear and trembling of God... and that the child's conditioning to be "cute and cuddly" was to curry favor with the Mother... in the same way that the religious constantly flatter and ego stroke "god." e.g. "Belief in the traditional sense, or certitude, or dogma, amounts to the grandiose delusion, "My current model" -- or grid, or map, or reality-tunnel -- "contains the whole universe and will never need to be revised." In terms of the history of science and knowledge in general, this appears absurd and arrogant to me, and I am perpetually astonished that so many people still manage to live with such a medieval attitude." (Robert Anton Wilson) I think I did read the previous piece correctly… that the "fear and trembling" of the child's mother corresponds with the later third-circuit fear and trembling of God… and that the child's conditioning to be "cute and cuddly" was to curry favor with the Mother… in the same way that the religious constantly flatter and ego stroke "god."

e.g. "Belief in the traditional sense, or certitude, or dogma, amounts to the grandiose delusion, "My current model" — or grid, or map, or reality-tunnel — "contains the whole universe and will never need to be revised." In terms of the history of science and knowledge in general, this appears absurd and arrogant to me, and I am perpetually astonished that so many people still manage to live with such a medieval attitude." (Robert Anton Wilson)

]]> By: Sabina http://johnshore.com/2008/01/31/my-giant-head/comment-page-1/#comment-3835 Sabina Sat, 02 Feb 2008 04:20:52 +0000 http://johnshore.wordpress.com/?p=271#comment-3835 Just imagine birthing a big head. I love my kids/but ouch! Just imagine birthing a big head. I love my kids/but ouch!

]]> By: Penlee http://johnshore.com/2008/01/31/my-giant-head/comment-page-1/#comment-3844 Penlee Sat, 02 Feb 2008 01:17:56 +0000 http://johnshore.wordpress.com/?p=271#comment-3844 John I just love your messages keep them coming, coming.... John I just love your messages keep them coming, coming….

]]> By: Tam http://johnshore.com/2008/01/31/my-giant-head/comment-page-1/#comment-3839 Tam Fri, 01 Feb 2008 22:04:44 +0000 http://johnshore.wordpress.com/?p=271#comment-3839 Sabina - I am with you: OUCH! Luckily my son has a normal head. Skerrib: monthly checks on your head size by the DR?! Must have been huge! Sabina – I am with you: OUCH! Luckily my son has a normal head.

Skerrib: monthly checks on your head size by the DR?! Must have been huge!

]]> By: Morse http://johnshore.com/2008/01/31/my-giant-head/comment-page-1/#comment-3808 Morse Fri, 01 Feb 2008 19:56:44 +0000 http://johnshore.wordpress.com/?p=271#comment-3808 You think you had it bad? When I joined the freshman football team they had to order a special helmet for the huge melon on my shoulders. You think you had it bad? When I joined the freshman football team they had to order a special helmet for the huge melon on my shoulders.

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