Comments for TheMorningFlight.com http://themorningflight.com "Though I take the wings of the morning..." Tue, 06 Jan 2009 06:58:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 Comment on Heard of the Brights by P Z Joyce http://themorningflight.com/reviews/heard-of-the-brights/#comment-376 P Z Joyce Mon, 05 Jan 2009 14:22:12 +0000 http://themorningflight.com/?p=238#comment-376 I had just read that bit in the book myself - their arrogance is astounding. Glad you like the book. I had just read that bit in the book myself - their arrogance is astounding. Glad you like the book.

]]> Comment on “The Shack” is Not For Me by Mick Lumsden http://themorningflight.com/church-culture/the-shack-is-not-for-me/#comment-368 Mick Lumsden Tue, 30 Dec 2008 12:03:06 +0000 http://themorningflight.com/index.php/2008/11/25/the-shack-is-not-for-me/#comment-368 Surprised that you should find a God who cries out "I love you" to be boring. Surprised that you should find a God who cries out “I love you” to be boring.

]]> Comment on The Day the Earth Stood Still by Alex Campos http://themorningflight.com/reviews/the-day-the-earth-stood-still/#comment-365 Alex Campos Sun, 28 Dec 2008 20:26:23 +0000 http://themorningflight.com/?p=222#comment-365 Yes, The movie was supposed to be be a representation of Jesus Christ, at least that was what I read about the first one in the 50's. However, they "contemporize" the narrative with today's pro-environment discourse whereas in the first the Jesus-type protagonist fitted better with the real ONE because it preached peace, just peace, in the midst of a Cold War scenario. However, you could still see some hints that the guy, Kiatu, was really trying to be the Jesus-like boy. Among many examples the one that really struck me was the final part when as Keanu Reeves, convinced to forgive humanity, walks towards the starship posing and positioning his arms and body like he was carrying something which I understood was a cross....maybe they did not intend to do it, but that's what I saw and i think it really looked like it. As you said, the answer to the little boy was not good enough coming from a "superior being" and someone compared to Christ - in the mind of the screenwriter of the first movie -. This always makes me think that the only one who can actually and fully be to all extent Holy, the Great I AM, the King of Kings, the Lord of Glory, the Redeemer of the World, the Word of God and Eternal is Jesus of Nazareth, the Messiah. The others fail, of courses, because they are created by men. For example, Aslan saves only the people in Narnia as far as I am concerned. What about the people who live out of the wardrobe? I mean, i am not questioning anyone, maybe it's just one silly observation coming from me. But, over all , I liked the movie. I was actually going to send you the review of the movie when I read about it, but i did not have your e-mail nor the morning sheet given at the church on sunday. Now I have. Yes, The movie was supposed to be be a representation of Jesus Christ, at least that was what I read about the first one in the 50’s. However, they “contemporize” the narrative with today’s pro-environment discourse whereas in the first the Jesus-type protagonist fitted better with the real ONE because it preached peace, just peace, in the midst of a Cold War scenario. However, you could still see some hints that the guy, Kiatu, was really trying to be the Jesus-like boy. Among many examples the one that really struck me was the final part when as Keanu Reeves, convinced to forgive humanity, walks towards the starship posing and positioning his arms and body like he was carrying something which I understood was a cross….maybe they did not intend to do it, but that’s what I saw and i think it really looked like it.
As you said, the answer to the little boy was not good enough coming from a “superior being” and someone compared to Christ - in the mind of the screenwriter of the first movie -. This always makes me think that the only one who can actually and fully be to all extent Holy, the Great I AM, the King of Kings, the Lord of Glory, the Redeemer of the World, the Word of God and Eternal is Jesus of Nazareth, the Messiah. The others fail, of courses, because they are created by men. For example, Aslan saves only the people in Narnia as far as I am concerned. What about the people who live out of the wardrobe?
I mean, i am not questioning anyone, maybe it’s just one silly observation coming from me. But, over all , I liked the movie.
I was actually going to send you the review of the movie when I read about it, but i did not have your e-mail nor the morning sheet given at the church on sunday. Now I have.

]]> Comment on Trouble with my SCX-4100 by graham http://themorningflight.com/linux/trouble-with-my-scx-4100/#comment-338 graham Mon, 08 Dec 2008 21:39:27 +0000 http://themorningflight.com/index.php/2008/11/22/trouble-with-my-scx-4100/#comment-338 What, you don't follow what I was saying? Perhaps I need to do this post again in plain English so all can know the real meaning of the subtle mysteries I speak of. But then, where is the fun in that? You are a translator this should be easy for you. What, you don’t follow what I was saying?

Perhaps I need to do this post again in plain English so all can know the real meaning of the subtle mysteries I speak of.

But then, where is the fun in that?

You are a translator this should be easy for you.

]]> Comment on Trouble with my SCX-4100 by Timothy Barton http://themorningflight.com/linux/trouble-with-my-scx-4100/#comment-336 Timothy Barton Mon, 08 Dec 2008 18:46:34 +0000 http://themorningflight.com/index.php/2008/11/22/trouble-with-my-scx-4100/#comment-336 How do they expect to reach the younger generation using a version of the bible written in an archaic, antiquated language that nobody speaks any more? It really bugs me when people insist on using the AV. How do they expect to reach the younger generation using a version of the bible written in an archaic, antiquated language that nobody speaks any more? It really bugs me when people insist on using the AV.

]]> Comment on My Bicycles by rokey http://themorningflight.com/bicycle/my-bicycles/#comment-334 rokey Thu, 04 Dec 2008 18:57:04 +0000 http://themorningflight.com/index.php/2008/11/27/my-bicycles/#comment-334 My bike has been resting in the garage ever since I moved to London. I'm brainwashed by people around me, who kept telling me cycle in London is pretty much suicide... I admire those city workers who cycles to work every morning far before the traffic gets busy. My bike has been resting in the garage ever since I moved to London. I’m brainwashed by people around me, who kept telling me cycle in London is pretty much suicide…

I admire those city workers who cycles to work every morning far before the traffic gets busy.

]]> Comment on My Bicycles by graham http://themorningflight.com/bicycle/my-bicycles/#comment-332 graham Thu, 27 Nov 2008 18:42:25 +0000 http://themorningflight.com/index.php/2008/11/27/my-bicycles/#comment-332 The thing about hub gears is that they require almost no maintenance, you can change gears while standing still (such as at lights). Because the chain is not crossing over and moving from side to side as in dérailleur gears the chain almost never comes off. All my current bikes have hub gears. So a chain guard is no problem at all. The thing about hub gears is that they require almost no maintenance, you can change gears while standing still (such as at lights). Because the chain is not crossing over and moving from side to side as in dérailleur gears the chain almost never comes off. All my current bikes have hub gears.

So a chain guard is no problem at all.

]]> Comment on My Bicycles by Timothy Barton http://themorningflight.com/bicycle/my-bicycles/#comment-331 Timothy Barton Thu, 27 Nov 2008 17:34:55 +0000 http://themorningflight.com/index.php/2008/11/27/my-bicycles/#comment-331 The chain guard sounds a good idea (avoiding touching the chain with my trouser leg is very difficult when trying to get my bike into my lift), but doesn't that make things more complicated when the chain comes off? People here can't get their head round the idea that a bike is a vehicle. At the first church I visited since moving I was asked, because I was on my bike, "So, you're doing some sport are you?". I suppose I should reply "I didn't know you were into motorsport". The chain guard sounds a good idea (avoiding touching the chain with my trouser leg is very difficult when trying to get my bike into my lift), but doesn’t that make things more complicated when the chain comes off?

People here can’t get their head round the idea that a bike is a vehicle. At the first church I visited since moving I was asked, because I was on my bike, “So, you’re doing some sport are you?”. I suppose I should reply “I didn’t know you were into motorsport”.

]]> Comment on “The Shack” is Not For Me by John http://themorningflight.com/church-culture/the-shack-is-not-for-me/#comment-329 John Tue, 25 Nov 2008 18:46:26 +0000 http://themorningflight.com/index.php/2008/11/25/the-shack-is-not-for-me/#comment-329 Not for me either. Not for me either.

]]> Comment on Obama and the US Christians by John http://themorningflight.com/church-culture/obama-and-the-us-christians/#comment-320 John Wed, 19 Nov 2008 12:02:35 +0000 http://themorningflight.com/index.php/2008/11/15/obama-and-the-us-christians/#comment-320 "I can’t think of any other countries that would have voted for him." Georgia. “I can’t think of any other countries that would have voted for him.”

Georgia.

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