tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5955622.post111863414435986812..comments2023-10-10T02:20:14.831-07:00Comments on New Covenant: Stay Tuned...Rustyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04649535070603621577noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5955622.post-1118898090380878972005-06-15T22:01:00.000-07:002005-06-15T22:01:00.000-07:00Interesting...I didn't see cynicism in those lyric...Interesting...I didn't see cynicism in those lyrics, I saw truth, expressed in poetic terms! (Maybe that says something about me??) <BR/><BR/>Really...I think there is truth in those words. And as to the picture they paint, well; there, but for the grace of God (indeed, often in spite of the grace of God) -- go I. <BR/><BR/>(I'm not saying we don't play the cards we're dealt; I'm saying, it'sBonniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11953261789901565879noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5955622.post-1118862604143120422005-06-15T12:10:00.000-07:002005-06-15T12:10:00.000-07:00Thanks Bonnie & Tom,Tom, yes Heard was painting a ...Thanks Bonnie & Tom,<BR/><BR/>Tom, yes Heard was painting a pretty cynical picture of our world. I wouldn't characterize him as whining, but telling us what the world is like <B><I>if</B></I> we were merely the products of blind, random processes. Hence the lines,<BR/><BR/> <I>In which both virtue and flaw<BR/>And the entire human element<BR/>Are effects of the quantum laws</I><BR/><BR/>and<BR/><Rustyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04649535070603621577noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5955622.post-1118838518745543932005-06-15T05:28:00.000-07:002005-06-15T05:28:00.000-07:00Rusty,Welcome back, and you get my rant!These lyri...Rusty,<BR/>Welcome back, and you get my rant!<BR/><BR/>These lyrics strike me as horribly cynical. If a person is a believer, it seems a pretty bleak way to view the world God has given him. If the person is a nonbeliever, I'd want to slap him in the face and say, "Look, Bro'. This is what you get. Make something of your life. Stop whining."<BR/><BR/>Let's contrast it with the attitude of a Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5955622.post-1118669983473726192005-06-13T06:39:00.000-07:002005-06-13T06:39:00.000-07:00Cool lyrics. What a picture -- civilization's aft...Cool lyrics. What a picture -- civilization's afterbirth. I guess if man is abolished, only the afterbirth (or waste) remains...ugh.<BR/><BR/>Welcome back!Bonniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11953261789901565879noreply@blogger.com