tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30648257.post4869665982633123712..comments2024-02-19T04:50:58.170-08:00Comments on Shuck and Jive: Homo FlexibilisJohn Shuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00798753206614838161noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30648257.post-49960614754440473892010-02-26T14:30:38.814-08:002010-02-26T14:30:38.814-08:00I should try again. The growth of brain size in h...I should try again. The growth of brain size in humans allowed us to engage in more complex behavior (food sharing, cooperation, extended families) to innovate and use tools and therefore adapt to environmental changes. The point was that biology and culture work in concert. <br /><br />You would appreciate Dumanoski's book!John Shuckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00798753206614838161noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30648257.post-51181285777240445862010-02-26T13:28:12.833-08:002010-02-26T13:28:12.833-08:00Well, I can't remember how that Star Trek epis...Well, I can't remember how that Star Trek episode went, but I do remember the big heads . . . <br /><br />What I was going to say is that sentence seems to imply that those who can't adapt (adopt the concept?) of climate change have smaller brains than the rest of us . . . but then I think about evolution, and how birds (with some of the tiniest brains) are adapting already by staying north longer . . . and there was a hummingbird a while back that got totally disoriented and couldn't find his way back to Costa Rica. He is now luxuriating in an enclosed Bird sanctuary in Wisconsin, I believe. Who knows where his progeny might decide to take up permanent residence if they ever get out of Wisconsin?<br /><br />The theological implications of all this would seem to baffle the theology of our guest in comment 1.Sea Raven, D.Min.https://www.blogger.com/profile/11437086460582996056noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30648257.post-30893572641798156492010-02-26T12:52:52.614-08:002010-02-26T12:52:52.614-08:00I was going to make a wise crack about "The l...<i>I was going to make a wise crack about "The larger the brain, the more likely we can adapt to climate change,"</i><br /><br />Oh, do so anyway! That is a funny sentence, especially when it just kind of sits there, like the big heads in a jar that wisely ruled the planet in that old Star Trek episode.John Shuckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00798753206614838161noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30648257.post-42475852627529286022010-02-26T07:57:07.314-08:002010-02-26T07:57:07.314-08:00I was going to make a wise crack about "The ...I was going to make a wise crack about "The larger the brain, the more likely we can adapt to climate change," but given pastormack's comments I will refrain.<br /><br />Seems to me the "gospel of Jesus Christ" is not about salvation from hell in the next life, but ushering in the kingdom of god (realm of distributive justice-compassion) in this life. That includes all beings in Planet Earth's biosphere, such as the rocks, the rivers, the trees, the animals, and all.<br /><br />Some time ago (1980s I think) women were forced to resign from Presbyterian national offices because of the idea that "Jesus is our Sophia" (see 1 Cor. 18-25). <br /><br />Wait 'til they discover Julian of Norwich . . .Sea Raven, D.Min.https://www.blogger.com/profile/11437086460582996056noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30648257.post-67577176158606392482010-02-26T05:07:55.784-08:002010-02-26T05:07:55.784-08:00"God so loved the world..." Social right..."God so loved the world..." Social righteousness is a key part of the Bible cover to cover. I think being aware of our condition and doing justice is following Jesus.<br /><br />So where and how do you follow Jesus?John Shuckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00798753206614838161noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30648257.post-77368311763723225602010-02-25T21:08:25.216-08:002010-02-25T21:08:25.216-08:00I'm fairly certain your response just demonstr...I'm fairly certain your response just demonstrated that you believe the church's duty to proclaim the gospel of Jesus Christ is secondary to the project of teaching "civilization" to save itself.<br /><br />And following Jesus is not a religious metaphor. It is a mission statement. But thank you for providing a picture-perfect example of the flip side of the Christian Right...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30648257.post-88979124120186542052010-02-25T17:54:57.010-08:002010-02-25T17:54:57.010-08:00It seems the phrases you mention can be used in th...It seems the phrases you mention can be used in the service of what I have written about. <br /><br />Religious metaphors can also be used in the service of fatalism and inaction and in even in some extreme cases actual destruction to bring on the apocalypse.John Shuckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00798753206614838161noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30648257.post-86210973090349195752010-02-25T17:35:08.997-08:002010-02-25T17:35:08.997-08:00Yes. Easily. How about 'proclaiming the reign...Yes. Easily. How about 'proclaiming the reign of God'? Or perhaps 'following Jesus'? Or how about 'loving God and serving our neighbors'?<br /><br />Besides, I thought God held the future of the world in His hands? Perhaps I should go back to my New Testament...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com