Subject:
|
Re: Moses is Dead
|
Newsgroups:
|
lugnet.build.ancient
|
Date:
|
Fri, 30 May 2003 11:27:52 GMT
|
Viewed:
|
1365 times
|
| |
|
|
In lugnet.build.ancient, Brendan Powell Smith wrote:
| |
I think if we’re going to discuss the above issues any further, we should be
polite and move to off-topic-dabte, but then again, I’m not sure either of us
want that. @8^)
|
I agree that bias is inevitable. If I were to take on a similar project I’m
sure others would say it was overly reverent, or Jewish readers might object to
my Christological interpretation of certain texts in the Old Testament (of
course, my calling it the OT belies my religious bias). Anyway, I’ll leave this
line of discussion be. I’ve certainly logged a lot of hours in on-line
debate-oriented newsgroups and found it to be less than fruitful. My on-line
discussion has been much happier in the last couple of years since it has
focused on the brick.
| |
| |
I should add that I do think this is a point that needs to be discussed.
It’s just that when it is being emphasized by someone who does not ascribe
to the religion it feels like an attack.
|
You know, these days I think maybe I do believe in God, it’s just that he’s
an awful, arbitrary, and very powerful being. If I were a believer, would
that change how you perceived my emphasis?
|
That is interesting and it might, if I felt these aspects were being raised for
the sake of starting a discussion. Again, I’ll leave that actual discussion to
wiser posters than myself.
| |
Thanks. My temptation to illustrate The Law at this point is mostly because
this is where it would fit in chronologically. Anyhow, I’ll decide soon.
Right now I’m going back and cleaning up some of the photos from the Genesis
stories. I’m not replacing photos, but I’ve learned a lot how to take a bad
photo and make it look good since then. Anyhow, that should be done within a
week, and then I’ll tackle the issue of where to go next.
|
Hey Brendan, I’ve been meaning to ask you this. How often do you feel compelled
to stop Bible-MOCing and build a spaceship or something? I have certainly had
much less focus in my Tolkien project than you’ve had with your site, and part
of that is that I’m constantly going off on tangents, like right now I’ve got a
little Return of the Jedi Endor scene sitting in my apartment waiting to
photograph, and I’ve got some Sea Monkeys sitting there waiting for me to build
something for them.
Bruce
|
|
Message has 1 Reply:
 | | Re: Moses is Dead
|
| (...) By the way, I love your dewbacks in the Tatooine scene. Nice landscaping as well. It's only a mild and occasional frustration that all the LEGO building I do these days goes toward The Brick Testament. I haven't really tired of building in the (...) (21 years ago, 31-May-03, to lugnet.build.ancient, FTX)
|
Message is in Reply To:
| | Re: Moses is Dead
|
| (...) In general, with The Brick Testament, I readily admit to a bias in choosing which stories to illustrate. I think any Bible illustrator is going to bring a bias to their story-selection. But I would say that for the section of the Bible I am (...) (21 years ago, 29-May-03, to lugnet.build.ancient, FTX)
|
12 Messages in This Thread:
 
 
- Entire Thread on One Page:
- Nested:
All | Brief | Compact | Dots
Linear:
All | Brief | Compact
This Message and its Replies on One Page:
- Nested:
All | Brief | Compact | Dots
Linear:
All | Brief | Compact
|
|
|
|
