Comments on: Homo Agnosticus http://jrobertking.com/2009/05/homo-agnosticus/ Tue, 03 Jan 2012 02:21:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: admin http://jrobertking.com/2009/05/homo-agnosticus/comment-page-1/#comment-172 admin Sun, 12 Jul 2009 18:50:13 +0000 http://jrobertking.com/?p=120#comment-172 Hi, Peter: Thanks for writing! My brain is very convoluted and often misguided, so learning how to cut through has become a survival strategy. In fact, I just finished a 96,000 word first draft, and before turning it in, I revised it, cutting out 12,000 words. That's the key to revising--cutting through and cutting out. F. Scott Fitgerald said that revision was the act of paring away oneself to find the true core. Thanks, again, for writing! Rob Hi, Peter:

Thanks for writing! My brain is very convoluted and often misguided, so learning how to cut through has become a survival strategy. In fact, I just finished a 96,000 word first draft, and before turning it in, I revised it, cutting out 12,000 words. That’s the key to revising–cutting through and cutting out. F. Scott Fitgerald said that revision was the act of paring away oneself to find the true core.

Thanks, again, for writing!

Rob

]]> By: Peter A. Dacanay http://jrobertking.com/2009/05/homo-agnosticus/comment-page-1/#comment-170 Peter A. Dacanay Sat, 11 Jul 2009 22:33:56 +0000 http://jrobertking.com/?p=120#comment-170 Hello, I was perusing the Alliterates web site, came to your name and thus now personal site, and found this interesting article. I enjoyed how succinctly you put these very easily convuluted and misguided arguments; you cut to the core, and I appreciate that. Thanks, Peter Hello,

I was perusing the Alliterates web site, came to your name and thus now personal site, and found this interesting article. I enjoyed how succinctly you put these very easily convuluted and misguided arguments; you cut to the core, and I appreciate that.

Thanks,
Peter

]]> By: Don One World http://jrobertking.com/2009/05/homo-agnosticus/comment-page-1/#comment-63 Don One World Fri, 15 May 2009 04:47:14 +0000 http://jrobertking.com/?p=120#comment-63 I love this subject Rob and I hope you write more on it. Most people simply cannot deal with death. As we age it becomes more and more real to us. Our brains evolved the "religious experience" to help us from freezing like a deer in the headlights of darkness. The evidence is very clear that we become dust physically so we contrive many explainations of how our identity might be preserved. This fundamental flaw of reason leads us toward many bad conclusions such as the justification of torture (good vs evil). I take my solice in knowing (yes, a delision also perhaps) that life as a force of nature exits everywhere in the universe. I love this subject Rob and I hope you write more on it. Most people simply cannot deal with death. As we age it becomes more and more real to us. Our brains evolved the “religious experience” to help us from freezing like a deer in the headlights of darkness. The evidence is very clear that we become dust physically so we contrive many explainations of how our identity might be preserved. This fundamental flaw of reason leads us toward many bad conclusions such as the justification of torture (good vs evil). I take my solice in knowing (yes, a delision also perhaps) that life as a force of nature exits everywhere in the universe.

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