"Why do people choose the substitute over God himself? Probably the most important reason is that it obviates accountability to God. We can meet idols on our own terms because they are our own creations. They are safe, predictable, and controllable; they are, in Jeremiah's colorful language, the 'scarecrows in a cornfield' (10:5). They are portable and completely under the user's control. They offer nothing like the threat of a God who thunders from Sinai and whose providence in this world so often appears to us to be incomprehensible and dangerous . . . [People] need face only themselves. That is the appeal of idolatry."
- David F. Wells
Tuesday, February 1, 2011
I avoided it when i saw the post, which was really hard when it dominated "recent comments", but now that I've seen the movie I'd really like to see what people said about it. But now I can't find it.
Now that you know what this post is about, how did you like my title? Good, huh?
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Comments on "Was There Post Here About "Inception" Or Did I Just Dream It?":
2. Shrode
- 02/02/2011 10:29 am CST
Um, where is it? I can't find it.
Are you sure it was here? Maybe we both dreamed it. (Check your totem.)
3. Shrode
- 02/03/2011 11:56 am CST
OK, seriously, what happened to it?
I googled "thinklings inception" and clicked the link to the post from there and got a blank thinkling page. Who removed it and why?
Bird, my "shared dream theory" about that post is starting to make more sense...
6. Shrode
- 02/05/2011 3:25 pm CST
Aha...the mystery solved.
Thanks Andrew.
Too bad though. I really wanted to come to the party, even though I was late. Too bad to hear that the cops were called and everyone went home. Sigh. This always happens to me. 
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There was, indeed.
I've seen it twice. Good movie. :-)