A multifaceted note to Rocky for discussion

For Rocky:

Thank you for writing part II of the History!

After reading that history Part II I feel humble, which is really a relief. Trying to be the smartest person all the time is really stressful, and being humble is a relief from that stress!

I am not sure if I missed what they said about higher math functions, or it went over my head. Very possible it went over my head! I think I had a good calc teacher in high school and coasted from there. That is partly why my employment now is mainly just putting wind chimes into boxes. 

(I remember MindWalk wrote about postmodernism, but I could not really grasp it.  Recently I happened to read about The Howl on Wikipedia (by Allen Ginsberg) and I think the article says it was the beginning of postmodernism.  But I only thought of that because my mom's friend Melinda had a T-shirt about San Francisco in the Summer of Love, and then I was talking to my dad about it.  I warned you this was multifaceted!)

Now, I need to switch to my argument with Rocky about whether Christianity is necessary:

I still think other religions can be as good as Christianity. But I do not feel sure of it. I have been trying to get around to reading Pense(e with an accent) s by Pascal, to get a better grasp on serious monotheistic religion, where faith and belief are truly part of life.

I try to find a relation between the theological concepts and what I see to be physically true. What takes faith is to live sincerely in a community. There are many ways in which religion is distorted and why it can be difficult to connect with religion in a good way.

I had an idea at work last week that the inside of a person's head, when the person is living, might be completely different from what we perceive when we look inside with scientific instruments. There might be some kind of wonderful wormhole inside every person's head.

Also, do you like the Wrinkle in Time story, where the children have to find their father, and he is trapped frozen in a cylinder, with a giant pulsating brain on a dais, called IT (I think it's ironic it stands for Information Technology, too)?

Cavatine

Hi Cavatine - aka Kevin in Texas.

Thanks a ton for that post. It is very intellectual. How do I respond?

It is quite possible that a lot is left out of my note regarding the intellectual discussions - well it is actually a fact that a lot is left out - and quite possible that some important things are left out. My post was almost entirely written from memory. 

Your ideas regarding religion are interesting. I think you can find all the answers in the right church.

I think I read the Wrinkle In Time story so long ago I can't remember it enough to talk about it.

I can say this. You, Cavatine, have always been the most unique player in our vote games and one of the most unique members of the Intellectuals group. Your name will come up again in each of the next two group history articles. 

The next two posts are probably the best of the whole set - still  not sure if there will be four or five, but probably five it will be.

People are voting early in the vote chess game. It is aforced move.

The rule I follow is not to vote early unless JustADude announces that it's an exception. I am following it.  Nobody else is JustADude besides JustADude. He is the official captain of the team. I don't think he has deputized anyone yet.  Maybe I forgot the part of the rule that says it is OK to vote it if it appears forced. I agree this one looks forced to me too.

One time on an interactive server, I think I remember her name but not how she spells it. And she was telling me she was very sad because she had missed a practice and she was released from the cheerleading team.  I tried to consider if it was an opportunity to create more humans, but it seemed wrong, so I did not mention it at all.  I hope she feels better now, or that it was a fake story being told to me by an FBI agent to try to entrap me.

Team unity is a valuable thing!

I bet we are the only Vote Chess team to have a history written about it!

I wonder if Batgirl will ever write a history of us too!

Yep, just like I said - Cavatine is one of a kind.