"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
Saturday, January 9, 2010
A few of you have noticed that the Edit button under your just-created comments is gone. This is not on purpose; there's some issue/bug on Thinklings related to this. It's only happening here, from what I can tell (haven't seen it on other Bloo blogs). And it's not affecting everyone on Thinklings, just some.
I think I know what it is, but could use some experimentation: if you're having this problem (nhe, I believe you've experienced it) and would be willing to clear your cookies and let me know if that fixes things, that would be awesome. Let me know.
New Year's Resolution: go to monthly releases of Bloo. We'll see.
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Comments on "Where's the Edit Button?":
2. Bill
- 01/10/2010 5:23 pm CST
No, I don't think you're a moron :-) - I was cringing that you weren't able to edit. We all make mistakes.
There was some "cookie residue" (that's the only way I can put it) from an earlier version of Bloo that appeared to cause the problem. We'll see if this fixes it.
Thanks nhe!
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yes, I'm the moron who kept hitting "quote" instead of "bold" in the last thread (the b before the quote threw me off).
edit: Deleting my cookies worked.