Mungoman
Mostly harmless...
- Joined
- Feb 25, 2010
- Messages
- 3,267
- Location
- In the Bush (Peak Hill, NSW)
Do any of us presume to know the origins of the Universe?
Seriously?
I personally think that anyone who demands that they know, and tries to discredit any other hypothesis on our cosmogenesis should have to write out an infinite number of times the word 'Hubris' for the rest of their lives.
As for the imposition on others to describe 'It', in specific terms - well, that's not what language is about, is it?
Language, to me, is painting a thought with as much hue and chroma as is possible, glorying in the subtlety and complexity of it all - the alternative is akin to painting by numbers.
Have I mentioned the beauty of a Chocolate Lily before, that has evolved over time, to produce a living thing that moves by following the sun, coloured a beautiful bluey lavender, that has delicately fringed petals? It is able to survive in the Australian outback in extremes of temperature - -10 to 50 degrees Celsius - and at the same time smells of chocolate?
How wonderful.
It makes me want to sing to someone about how great they are...
Seriously?
I personally think that anyone who demands that they know, and tries to discredit any other hypothesis on our cosmogenesis should have to write out an infinite number of times the word 'Hubris' for the rest of their lives.
As for the imposition on others to describe 'It', in specific terms - well, that's not what language is about, is it?
Language, to me, is painting a thought with as much hue and chroma as is possible, glorying in the subtlety and complexity of it all - the alternative is akin to painting by numbers.
Have I mentioned the beauty of a Chocolate Lily before, that has evolved over time, to produce a living thing that moves by following the sun, coloured a beautiful bluey lavender, that has delicately fringed petals? It is able to survive in the Australian outback in extremes of temperature - -10 to 50 degrees Celsius - and at the same time smells of chocolate?
How wonderful.
It makes me want to sing to someone about how great they are...