Small Talk (13)
aphorisms and short reflections
* the artist need not be a heretic. he can be a sycophant instead. the importance and weight of luck in everything is severely underrated. i suppose this is because everyone wants to feel safe. but that's not the point of creation and freedom at all. to hell with safety, God said in the beginning. God can favor you completely and you still might get wasted by bad luck because freedom exists and it creates randomness and it's all unpredictable. the opposite is true as well: everything can be against you but the lot might still fall to you like Matthias instead of the other one whose name i can never remember because lady luck did not choose him. life is random by design. contrary to what atheists say they believe, randomness is not proof there is no meaning and purpose in life, but rather a byproduct of purpose and meaning which come from the choices of free beings. innocent as a dove and wise as a serpent means a pigeon. most people have no preferences, only ferences and postferences. more and more, to defend Jesus' character, you must be an enemy of christianity. don't book flights. fly books. the popularity of air travel proves that most people don't mind being handled like merchandise. why would i go anywhere if i don't yet know all the weeds in my garden by name? i have terrible luck, by which i mean, i am terribly lucky. if you eat a slice of adam's apple pie be careful, it is a choking hazard the solution is easy: add some water and stir choose your battles wisely, or else battle your choices foolishly. hospitals aren't hospitable, courts aren't courteous. the whore of babylon sells clothes on her only sycophants. man who ticked all the boxes died and went to hell. turns out the boxes were to be opened. the scriptures that Jesus is explaining on the road to Emmaus included the book of Enoch. popular piety has a tendency to turn God into a onedimensional character. which is superior to the tendency of theologians to turn him into a nondimensional one. don't be severe in your perseverance. if you can't handle me at my Yahweh you don't deserve me at my Jesus Neil Postman really knew how to deliver a message love your enmity as yourself
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