Comments on: Things we used to say: “There but for the grace of God, go I” http://www.decrepitoldfool.com/2012/06/3051/ Schrodinger's tagline is both clever and banal at the same time Tue, 28 Aug 2012 20:56:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Kory http://www.decrepitoldfool.com/2012/06/3051/#comment-44310 Kory Thu, 02 Aug 2012 20:36:50 +0000 http://www.decrepitoldfool.com/?p=3051#comment-44310 I would have to say I agree with you. The phrase “There but for the grace of God, go I” has serious connotations for who, between the individual and society, can shoulder the blame for misgivings(bad things/actions). I am neither atheist or Christian but I recognize the value of the statement more potently as it doesn’t serve to affirm the existence of a religious deity or to oppose to the very possibility of a God’s existence. Rather, for me, it is a way of remembering that I owe my very existence to some greater (and unfathomable)thing other than myself for which I should be grateful and then contingently enhance my sympathy for others in recognition of the fact the constructive coordination of a multiplicity of events (which are beyond a single person’s capability to shape as they necessarily determine the capability of persons as well) is responsible for determining the very substance of our body and the experiences of our life.

]]> By: Webs http://www.decrepitoldfool.com/2012/06/3051/#comment-43834 Webs Wed, 27 Jun 2012 11:38:24 +0000 http://www.decrepitoldfool.com/?p=3051#comment-43834 Excellent read as always! It is sad that those of us with good fortune think we have the key and found the correct formula. What if we were born in Africa?

]]> By: Momma http://www.decrepitoldfool.com/2012/06/3051/#comment-43438 Momma Mon, 18 Jun 2012 20:49:36 +0000 http://www.decrepitoldfool.com/?p=3051#comment-43438 Well written and a thought that could fit anyone who has been born,raised, and survived in this life as it is today. This is a thought that streams through my head frequently when I learn of people who are less fortunate than I.

]]> By: decrepadmin http://www.decrepitoldfool.com/2012/06/3051/#comment-43409 decrepadmin Mon, 18 Jun 2012 18:28:27 +0000 http://www.decrepitoldfool.com/?p=3051#comment-43409 Thanks Sue and A. Marina Fournier!

]]> By: A. Marina Fournier http://www.decrepitoldfool.com/2012/06/3051/#comment-43408 A. Marina Fournier Mon, 18 Jun 2012 18:22:52 +0000 http://www.decrepitoldfool.com/?p=3051#comment-43408 You write:
No deity is required to understand the saying. If you are an atheist, it works just as well with any number of event-branching descriptors. “There, but for the lucky combination of economic background, good inherited genes, good schools, lack of brain injury, and many other things beyond my personal control, go I.”

Yes, yes, and yes! Not an atheist, but not a Christian either.
I am reading this because of ***Dave’s blog. Went to the same college, some years apart, and had different editions of the same shirt on when we met.

]]> By: Sue B. http://www.decrepitoldfool.com/2012/06/3051/#comment-43393 Sue B. Mon, 18 Jun 2012 17:20:29 +0000 http://www.decrepitoldfool.com/?p=3051#comment-43393 As usual, George, an excellent, informed commentary! Thanks.
Sue

]]> By: The cult of (others') personal responsibility | ***Dave Does the Blog http://www.decrepitoldfool.com/2012/06/3051/#comment-43346 The cult of (others') personal responsibility | ***Dave Does the Blog Mon, 18 Jun 2012 13:09:13 +0000 http://www.decrepitoldfool.com/?p=3051#comment-43346 [...] to it in any fashion, then you got what was coming to you.Reshared post from +George Wimanhttp://www.decrepitoldfool.com/2012/06/3051/Embedded Link » Things we used to say: “There but for the grace of God, go I” Decrepit Old Fool [...]

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