Tuesday, May 02, 2006
The Death of One
Is it just me, or should Cockatoos refrain from dying in your front garden. We made the unfortunate discovery yesterday. I will admit that I am kind of hoping a little fox will come and take it away as a delightful meal for him and his little foxettes. Is it wrong to wish native animals to die? I think it is OK because there are lots of them. I think if there are lots of something, it is OK for them to die.....like ants and flies and English people
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Sorry to do this, but I really want to talk about something other than donuts.
I was thinking about religion.
I don't like being called religious. I don't know why, I just don't.
So I looked up the word on dictionary.com (product placement)and this is what it said:
1. Having or showing belief in and reverence for God or a deity.
2. Of, concerned with, or teaching religion: a religious text.
3. Extremely scrupulous or conscientious: religious devotion to duty.
To me I thought it always meant something of duty rather than seeking out a genuine relationship with Jesus. BUT, when it says 'Having or showing belief in and reverence for God or a deity', it changes my thoughts.
I don't see Christianity as a religion but as a relationship, but if religion really means what dictionary.com (product placement) says it does, then perhaps I'm wrong.
What do you guys think?
Hmmm???
ummmm YES...no wait...I know this....NO....hang on....
?????
Are you sure it's not a monty python blue parrot?
'ee's not dead, ee's just resting!
Gotta love the python boys!
Wow danthe, you really want to talk about this eh?
Dead animals are disgusting, I hope never to have to touch one.
'the Norweigan Blue...lovely Plumage'
billy, i think you need to put this bird to good use. take some PVC pipe, about 3 inch ought to do the job, cap one end and drill a small hole in it. Then take a stove lighter or some other ignition device and insert the igniting end in the hole, spray a can or two of hairspray into the tube, drop the bird in and point it at the neighbours! Instant disease gun*!
*works best with birds infected with avian flu.
danthe - why be so concerned with what the dictionary defines as "religion". i mean apart from the fact that it's not really a full definition (where was "devotion to a sacred object/objects or person"?) it doesn't really matter. If someone calls you religious then really what the dictionary defines as religion means nothing. What really matters is what that person meant when they chose that word. did they mean it as a compliment, as an insult or as an observation?
Communication is based on what is meant and what is heard, not strictly on what the correct usage of a word should be (that only serves to better shorten the gap between heard and meant). That's my late night two-cents anyway.
If you look at the name, the "danthe" comment was posted by selecting "other" and typing in the name...the original comment on the last post was a blogger "version" of "danthe"...cut'n'paste by someone else I would say!
BTW wire, have you read Hugh Mackay's "Why Don't people Listen?" -- what you say is very close to what he says in the book...he is smart!
Billy, I can't believe you've equated ants with English people...ants are awesome
Hugh Mackay, eh? (i like to rhyme, who doesn't?) nope haven't read him, but his name doesn't sound totally unfamiliar...
I have an update. My wish came true, although I should have thought about it a bit more. I little foxy DID infact devour our demised native friend. The only problems now is that the feathers cover my entire front yard. How long does it take for feathers to decompose?
Lovely!
I thought you were going to post about soup!
I love donuts. I also love Cockatoos. Maybe you should stuff it and put it on your piano, or in a cage on the front lawn with a sign "Free to a good home". Yeah do that, that would be good.
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