Comments on: The inexplicability of ideas http://twentytwowords.com/2008/11/16/the-inexplicability-of-ideas/ Curious | Cute | Comical | Crazy Thu, 09 Feb 2012 00:12:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Tracey http://twentytwowords.com/2008/11/16/the-inexplicability-of-ideas/#comment-27770 Tracey Tue, 18 Nov 2008 13:58:35 +0000 http://22words.wordpress.com/?p=1518#comment-27770 Sovereignty ... all you need to say ...less than 22 words : ) Sovereignty … all you need to say …less than 22 words : )

]]> By: Deron Arnold http://twentytwowords.com/2008/11/16/the-inexplicability-of-ideas/#comment-27780 Deron Arnold Tue, 18 Nov 2008 04:26:50 +0000 http://22words.wordpress.com/?p=1518#comment-27780 I've been thinking somewhat along these lines. How can we take credit for any idea? Even further. How can a successful businessman gloat over his prowess? Without the gifts of talent, gumption, proper environment, and intuition, he'd be a pauper. I’ve been thinking somewhat along these lines.

How can we take credit for any idea?

Even further. How can a successful businessman gloat over his prowess?

Without the gifts of talent, gumption, proper environment, and intuition, he’d be a pauper.

]]> By: Nancy http://twentytwowords.com/2008/11/16/the-inexplicability-of-ideas/#comment-27779 Nancy Mon, 17 Nov 2008 19:03:28 +0000 http://22words.wordpress.com/?p=1518#comment-27779 Myddrin...There IS plenty of fodder out there everywhere...but if he hadn't known the second commandment so well, and meditated on it often, his produce might not have been so delectably nourishing to his hearers. When we major on the the Living Word...it certainly colors everything else we input and helps us in discerning the end product of our creativity. Of course Father God meant us to be inspired by the natural world...that is why he crafted it so beautifully and then placed us in the middle of it. Myddrin…There IS plenty of fodder out there everywhere…but if he hadn’t known the second commandment so well, and meditated on it often, his produce might not have been so delectably nourishing to his hearers.

When we major on the the Living Word…it certainly colors everything else we input and helps us in discerning the end product of our creativity. Of course Father God meant us to be inspired by the natural world…that is why he crafted it so beautifully and then placed us in the middle of it.

]]> By: Ricky Catto http://twentytwowords.com/2008/11/16/the-inexplicability-of-ideas/#comment-27778 Ricky Catto Mon, 17 Nov 2008 15:47:22 +0000 http://22words.wordpress.com/?p=1518#comment-27778 guess i should keep comments down to 22 words. if we knew how we got to an idea it wouldn't be lateral. guess i should keep comments down to 22 words. if we knew how we got to an idea it wouldn’t be lateral.

]]> By: Larry http://twentytwowords.com/2008/11/16/the-inexplicability-of-ideas/#comment-27771 Larry Mon, 17 Nov 2008 14:16:11 +0000 http://22words.wordpress.com/?p=1518#comment-27771 Your question is along the lines of an older one for which i never had answer: we have a brain, but where does "mind" come from? (Though Lewis approached an answer when he talked about participation in the cosmic Logos)... Your question is along the lines of an older one for which i never had answer: we have a brain, but where does “mind” come from? (Though Lewis approached an answer when he talked about participation in the cosmic Logos)…

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]]> By: Chris http://twentytwowords.com/2008/11/16/the-inexplicability-of-ideas/#comment-27772 Chris Mon, 17 Nov 2008 03:20:47 +0000 http://22words.wordpress.com/?p=1518#comment-27772 I agree with Laurie... I agree with Laurie…

]]> By: Laurie http://twentytwowords.com/2008/11/16/the-inexplicability-of-ideas/#comment-27777 Laurie Mon, 17 Nov 2008 01:51:26 +0000 http://22words.wordpress.com/?p=1518#comment-27777 Making up is a gift of God no matter how the idea originated. Mysteriously lovely. Halleluia! We are fearfully and wonderfully made! Making up is a gift of God no matter how the idea originated. Mysteriously lovely.
Halleluia!
We are fearfully and wonderfully made!

]]> By: Myrddin http://twentytwowords.com/2008/11/16/the-inexplicability-of-ideas/#comment-27776 Myrddin Mon, 17 Nov 2008 00:36:58 +0000 http://22words.wordpress.com/?p=1518#comment-27776 Bill: I think Lewis is talking about creativity. And do you really think creative idea having, even in a so-called 'practical' setting, is really without 'inspiration'? I certainly think it is and that imagination and craetivity are the most neglected aspects of our education system because no one knows just how important they are. Probably far more important to ADVANCED problem solving than technical knowledge. Bill: I think Lewis is talking about creativity. And do you really think creative idea having, even in a so-called ‘practical’ setting, is really without ‘inspiration’? I certainly think it is and that imagination and craetivity are the most neglected aspects of our education system because no one knows just how important they are. Probably far more important to ADVANCED problem solving than technical knowledge.

]]> By: Myrddin http://twentytwowords.com/2008/11/16/the-inexplicability-of-ideas/#comment-27775 Myrddin Mon, 17 Nov 2008 00:34:51 +0000 http://22words.wordpress.com/?p=1518#comment-27775 (Sorry, slipped) that ANYONE would have wanted to hear him? There is plenty of good fodder for the imagination in the natural world, in history, in poetry, in philosophy -- all of which can and should be used in the service of the Kingdom! (Sorry, slipped) that ANYONE would have wanted to hear him?

There is plenty of good fodder for the imagination in the natural world, in history, in poetry, in philosophy — all of which can and should be used in the service of the Kingdom!

]]> By: Myrddin http://twentytwowords.com/2008/11/16/the-inexplicability-of-ideas/#comment-27774 Myrddin Mon, 17 Nov 2008 00:33:27 +0000 http://22words.wordpress.com/?p=1518#comment-27774 Nancy: Look at Paul's creativity in Athens. He looked around at their statues, saw one to an unknown God, remembered a Greek poem by Aratus he had read, and crafted a marvelous piece of natural theology, hoping to persuade some of the pagans and philosophers listening that their hope was not to be found in an idol but in an God as of yet unknown to them who was the creator of the world and who had raised his son from the dead. Brilliant! Do you think if he had just read the second commandment that ANYONE Nancy: Look at Paul’s creativity in Athens. He looked around at their statues, saw one to an unknown God, remembered a Greek poem by Aratus he had read, and crafted a marvelous piece of natural theology, hoping to persuade some of the pagans and philosophers listening that their hope was not to be found in an idol but in an God as of yet unknown to them who was the creator of the world and who had raised his son from the dead.

Brilliant!

Do you think if he had just read the second commandment that ANYONE

]]> By: Bill http://twentytwowords.com/2008/11/16/the-inexplicability-of-ideas/#comment-27769 Bill Sun, 16 Nov 2008 21:08:01 +0000 http://22words.wordpress.com/?p=1518#comment-27769 This may only prove what an academic and abstract thought life Lewis had. In normal life, an awful lot of 'idea-having' is very practical and extremely situational. Don't get me wrong, though. I like old C.S. very much. Still... This may only prove what an academic and abstract thought life Lewis had. In normal life, an awful lot of ‘idea-having’ is very practical and extremely situational.

Don’t get me wrong, though. I like old C.S. very much. Still…

]]> By: Nancy http://twentytwowords.com/2008/11/16/the-inexplicability-of-ideas/#comment-27768 Nancy Sun, 16 Nov 2008 15:57:49 +0000 http://22words.wordpress.com/?p=1518#comment-27768 The answer most likely lies in the fertility of the field of the mind...that is why we need to be especially careful of the seeds sown to this field...The computer world might say, garbage in...garbage out....For the Christian...Word of God in...creativity and LIFE out...*: ) The answer most likely lies in the fertility of the field of the mind…that is why we need to be especially careful of the seeds sown to this field…The computer world might say, garbage in…garbage out….For the Christian…Word of God in…creativity and LIFE out…*: )

]]> By: Michael http://twentytwowords.com/2008/11/16/the-inexplicability-of-ideas/#comment-27767 Michael Sun, 16 Nov 2008 13:48:34 +0000 http://22words.wordpress.com/?p=1518#comment-27767 I'll file that one away in my box of "reasons why I love C.S. Lewis." The box is overflowing... I’ll file that one away in my box of “reasons why I love C.S. Lewis.” The box is overflowing…

]]> By: Melissa http://twentytwowords.com/2008/11/16/the-inexplicability-of-ideas/#comment-27766 Melissa Sun, 16 Nov 2008 12:13:24 +0000 http://22words.wordpress.com/?p=1518#comment-27766 It is absolutely amazing. I was reading a book on the human brain with my 11 year old son and both of us were just amazed at the complexity of the human brain. God's creation is incredible. It is absolutely amazing. I was reading a book on the human brain with my 11 year old son and both of us were just amazed at the complexity of the human brain. God’s creation is incredible.

]]> By: Murf http://twentytwowords.com/2008/11/16/the-inexplicability-of-ideas/#comment-27765 Murf Sun, 16 Nov 2008 11:57:21 +0000 http://22words.wordpress.com/?p=1518#comment-27765 No, I could not, and neither could anyone else. I suspect that, when we discover the truth, it will be more humble pie for man. No, I could not, and neither could anyone else. I suspect that, when we discover the truth, it will be more humble pie for man.

]]> By: ED... http://twentytwowords.com/2008/11/16/the-inexplicability-of-ideas/#comment-27764 ED... Sun, 16 Nov 2008 09:44:30 +0000 http://22words.wordpress.com/?p=1518#comment-27764 I suspect people overuse the words "Inspired" and "Genius". It looks to me like the train of thought generally runs along the tracks that your life has been laying down for it. I suspect people overuse the words “Inspired” and “Genius”. It looks to me like the train of thought generally runs along the tracks that your life has been laying down for it.

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