<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"
	xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"
	xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"
	xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"
	xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/"
	
	>
<channel>
	<title>
	Comments on: Fernando Ortega &#8211; Just As I Am	</title>
	<atom:link href="https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/the-evening-pause/fernando-ortega-just-as-i-am/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" />
	<link>https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/the-evening-pause/fernando-ortega-just-as-i-am/</link>
	<description></description>
	<lastBuildDate>Tue, 10 Sep 2024 20:38:13 +0000</lastBuildDate>
	<sy:updatePeriod>
	hourly	</sy:updatePeriod>
	<sy:updateFrequency>
	1	</sy:updateFrequency>
	<generator>https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4</generator>
	<item>
		<title>
		By: Mark Sizer		</title>
		<link>https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/the-evening-pause/fernando-ortega-just-as-i-am/#comment-1518408</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mark Sizer]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Sep 2024 20:38:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://behindtheblack.com/?p=107979#comment-1518408</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[&lt;I&gt;Well, you’re here.&lt;/I&gt;

There is that, but so is everyone else. That&#039;s a very slow miracle - 14 billion years - and arguably deist, so it doesn&#039;t really fit the category I have in mind. I&#039;m thinking more the Red Sea parting or walls of Jericho falling type of thing.

It gets mind-bending rather quickly. If one stipulates that G*d _can_ do such things, the question becomes &quot;what happens when it does?&quot; 

Is G*d working the butterfly effect backward? For example, 20 years earlier said butterfly landed in the mortar of the keystone of Jericho&#039;s gate, weakening it just enough that it resonates with the trumpets and collapses. Or are the after-effect butterfly effects countered? For example, a minor earthquake where there is no fault line and any aquifer issues that might cause are fixed up without anyone noticing. Or does G*d just ignore physics entirely and there are no butterfly effects?

I find the first option the most plausible, but incredibly terrifying, which, by all accounts, G*d is. It&#039;s the 10th, so God Bless.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><i>Well, you’re here.</i></p>
<p>There is that, but so is everyone else. That&#8217;s a very slow miracle &#8211; 14 billion years &#8211; and arguably deist, so it doesn&#8217;t really fit the category I have in mind. I&#8217;m thinking more the Red Sea parting or walls of Jericho falling type of thing.</p>
<p>It gets mind-bending rather quickly. If one stipulates that G*d _can_ do such things, the question becomes &#8220;what happens when it does?&#8221; </p>
<p>Is G*d working the butterfly effect backward? For example, 20 years earlier said butterfly landed in the mortar of the keystone of Jericho&#8217;s gate, weakening it just enough that it resonates with the trumpets and collapses. Or are the after-effect butterfly effects countered? For example, a minor earthquake where there is no fault line and any aquifer issues that might cause are fixed up without anyone noticing. Or does G*d just ignore physics entirely and there are no butterfly effects?</p>
<p>I find the first option the most plausible, but incredibly terrifying, which, by all accounts, G*d is. It&#8217;s the 10th, so God Bless.</p>
]]></content:encoded>
		
			</item>
		<item>
		<title>
		By: Blair Ivey		</title>
		<link>https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/the-evening-pause/fernando-ortega-just-as-i-am/#comment-1517688</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Blair Ivey]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Sep 2024 10:22:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://behindtheblack.com/?p=107979#comment-1517688</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[&quot;I can’t decide if I believe the universe supports miracles, . . .&quot;

Well, you&#039;re here.

Interesting that the lyrics were mounted on the scoreboard, but not the score. I looked it up. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Just_as_I_Am_(hymn)#/media/File:Elliott_Bradbury_Just_as_I_am.jpg

As suspected, being a hymn, odd timing and lots of flats. Singing is not a gift, and I struggle with hymns. Playing them is slightly easier.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;I can’t decide if I believe the universe supports miracles, . . .&#8221;</p>
<p>Well, you&#8217;re here.</p>
<p>Interesting that the lyrics were mounted on the scoreboard, but not the score. I looked it up. </p>
<p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Just_as_I_Am_(hymn)#/media/File:Elliott_Bradbury_Just_as_I_am.jpg" rel="nofollow ugc">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Just_as_I_Am_(hymn)#/media/File:Elliott_Bradbury_Just_as_I_am.jpg</a></p>
<p>As suspected, being a hymn, odd timing and lots of flats. Singing is not a gift, and I struggle with hymns. Playing them is slightly easier.</p>
]]></content:encoded>
		
			</item>
		<item>
		<title>
		By: Mark Sizer		</title>
		<link>https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/the-evening-pause/fernando-ortega-just-as-i-am/#comment-1517571</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mark Sizer]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Sep 2024 17:59:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://behindtheblack.com/?p=107979#comment-1517571</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[I can&#039;t decide if I believe the universe supports miracles, but I definitely believe that it is blasphemy - or at least definition-breaking - to limit the power of G*d. That leads to tension, so I&#039;m a deist on odd numbered days and a theist, usually Christian, on even numbered days. G*d and I have an interesting relationship.

I LOVE these posts for the variety (the one a day or so back with that weird tube was, well, weird, but I didn&#039;t find it comment worthy), so I took up the challenge. 

It&#039;s a bit mellow for my taste. I find it impossible to count. I&#039;m pretty sure the melody is 1-2-and-3-and-4-and. That missing beat is usually syncopation on the 3 count, but I can&#039;t count it that way because of the left-hand beat is feels like it is starting on that right-hand beat. I&#039;m terrible at music, so it&#039;s probably just me.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I can&#8217;t decide if I believe the universe supports miracles, but I definitely believe that it is blasphemy &#8211; or at least definition-breaking &#8211; to limit the power of G*d. That leads to tension, so I&#8217;m a deist on odd numbered days and a theist, usually Christian, on even numbered days. G*d and I have an interesting relationship.</p>
<p>I LOVE these posts for the variety (the one a day or so back with that weird tube was, well, weird, but I didn&#8217;t find it comment worthy), so I took up the challenge. </p>
<p>It&#8217;s a bit mellow for my taste. I find it impossible to count. I&#8217;m pretty sure the melody is 1-2-and-3-and-4-and. That missing beat is usually syncopation on the 3 count, but I can&#8217;t count it that way because of the left-hand beat is feels like it is starting on that right-hand beat. I&#8217;m terrible at music, so it&#8217;s probably just me.</p>
]]></content:encoded>
		
			</item>
		<item>
		<title>
		By: Richard Reese		</title>
		<link>https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/the-evening-pause/fernando-ortega-just-as-i-am/#comment-1517553</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Richard Reese]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Sep 2024 15:54:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://behindtheblack.com/?p=107979#comment-1517553</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[If my life had a soundtrack, there would be quite a few songs by Fernando.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>If my life had a soundtrack, there would be quite a few songs by Fernando.</p>
]]></content:encoded>
		
			</item>
		<item>
		<title>
		By: Gary		</title>
		<link>https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/the-evening-pause/fernando-ortega-just-as-i-am/#comment-1517482</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Gary]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Sep 2024 03:55:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://behindtheblack.com/?p=107979#comment-1517482</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[Untold numbers (including me) have answered the call to salvation with these words in their ears!]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Untold numbers (including me) have answered the call to salvation with these words in their ears!</p>
]]></content:encoded>
		
			</item>
	</channel>
</rss>
