tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7241057393602065840.post8438927998104683193..comments2023-04-07T19:33:19.607+10:00Comments on Caliban's Dream: Numbers add up to nothing.Alcibiadeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13132420102550256958noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7241057393602065840.post-54432229938747796562007-12-21T16:29:00.000+11:002007-12-21T16:29:00.000+11:00Thanks for sharing this with us. I actually get wh...Thanks for sharing this with us. <BR/><BR/>I actually get what you mean. <BR/><BR/>I dont know if it scares me more that I actually understand what you are saying or that this disorder is possibly the underpinning of the current unpleasantness in the church.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7241057393602065840.post-3456216024087050092007-12-21T10:04:00.000+11:002007-12-21T10:04:00.000+11:00I've been quite surprised at how many members of t...I've been quite surprised at how many members of the clergy have at least a mild case of OCD. Mine manifests in patterns, and it hasn't become a problem, but i want to thank you for your story. <BR/><BR/>May God bless you and your family in all you do.Padre Mickeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07580459577853346369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7241057393602065840.post-22276483985459499172007-12-21T09:42:00.000+11:002007-12-21T09:42:00.000+11:00Thank you! Beautifully written.This is a very help...Thank you! Beautifully written.<BR/><BR/>This is a very helpful post, not only for those with OCD, but others who do not have it, but live with (can I say?) OCDers.<BR/><BR/>Yes, I think we all have it to some degree. <BR/><BR/>Have a Blessed Christmas!susan s.https://www.blogger.com/profile/03679099677585214433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7241057393602065840.post-88782091657358119052007-12-21T09:38:00.000+11:002007-12-21T09:38:00.000+11:00A brilliant piece, my friend. A strangely wonderf...A brilliant piece, my friend. A strangely wonderful Christmas present which opens the eyes of the heart to the dynamics of human suffering. The gift of compassion is one that never gets returned.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7241057393602065840.post-77712077497481395322007-12-21T07:51:00.000+11:002007-12-21T07:51:00.000+11:00Thank you for offering this to the world. I join ...Thank you for offering this to the world. I join Lindy in hoping it finds its way to help and encourage those who struggle with OCD. <BR/><BR/>Blessings.Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06090720645937634051noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7241057393602065840.post-15590627199670485672007-12-21T07:33:00.000+11:002007-12-21T07:33:00.000+11:00Ahhhh.... This is incarnational. Merry Christmas...Ahhhh.... This is incarnational. <BR/><BR/>Merry Christmas and peace of Christ in the new year.KJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15701224049914946896noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7241057393602065840.post-34777246671435505022007-12-21T07:14:00.000+11:002007-12-21T07:14:00.000+11:00I read a wonderful article the other day which sug...I read a wonderful article the other day which suggested that the reason middle-class people buy fancy furniture which requires constant dusting is so that they can relieve their obsessions by dusting them constantly!<BR/><BR/>Thanks so much for a superb post!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7241057393602065840.post-55470639780353739742007-12-21T06:17:00.000+11:002007-12-21T06:17:00.000+11:00This is such a beautiful post! Thank you. I hope...This is such a beautiful post! Thank you. I hope it finds its way to those who most need your hopeful message. I feel proud just to be on the planet with you! <BR/>LindyLindyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04662429826507775390noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7241057393602065840.post-68620878043914143022007-12-21T06:05:00.000+11:002007-12-21T06:05:00.000+11:00Thanks for opening a window into your world and yo...Thanks for opening a window into your world and your ability to share the journey.Annhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07287169546184325690noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7241057393602065840.post-57647961697500831142007-12-21T02:37:00.000+11:002007-12-21T02:37:00.000+11:00Alcibiades, thanks for your story. I'm so pleased...Alcibiades, thanks for your story. I'm so pleased that you are well and living a "life of wonder and joy" now.<BR/><BR/>I have long thought that those folks have a form of OCD. I even did a thought for the day post to that effect: <BR/><BR/>"Some folks are obsessed with sex. Some folks are obsessed with other people's sex."<BR/><BR/>I have no doubt that they have a sort of mental abnormality. The surprise is that they get so many "normal" folks to play into their nasty fantasies.June Butlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01723016934182800437noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7241057393602065840.post-22030783895329591302007-12-21T02:36:00.000+11:002007-12-21T02:36:00.000+11:00A very interesting post since I suspect that the m...A very interesting post since I suspect that the majority of folks have at some stage in their life at least nibbled at the edges of obsessive-compulsive behaviour. Interestingly and paradoxically it suggests a frame of reference for the "Anglican" homophobes that brings an element of reason to their behaviour and offers the possibility of examining them without absolute bafflement. Dwelling compulsively on the details of the sex-life of any two men or women is bizzare, particularly since similar images of the sex-life of the majority of heterosexual couples of one's acquaintance are unlikely to inflame lust.<BR/><BR/>The observation "I would have been compelled to re-arrange the pews" interests me. Would you have returned them to conventional numerical sequence, or constructed a mathematical sequence involving the numbers in different order and arranged them in accordance with this? None of my business and feel free to tell me so, but of interest.Lapinbizarrehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07686990585795363001noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7241057393602065840.post-6528474609510167812007-12-21T00:18:00.000+11:002007-12-21T00:18:00.000+11:00Thanks for this. I will be reflecting today on sol...Thanks for this. I will be reflecting today on solo v. shared obsessions, and how they differ from the mission of the church, which is to share new life. May you continue to be blessed with new life and insight.Ninahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05414248070555399826noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7241057393602065840.post-44583002778627531932007-12-20T23:46:00.000+11:002007-12-20T23:46:00.000+11:00Thank you for such an open and refreshing reflecti...Thank you for such an open and refreshing reflection. I have thought myself that all human beings have some sort of compulsion which is obsessive. It is probably the flip side of nihilism. That which ends up as medically/psychologically defined is simply as you say relative to the number of people who define it as sufficiently abnormal to require a box to put it in. +Schofield et.al. are only different in that they define their own box and who is or is not allowed in.Revd. Neal Terryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09542436308490963201noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7241057393602065840.post-83555699648716089762007-12-20T16:19:00.000+11:002007-12-20T16:19:00.000+11:00I have some understanding although mathematics has...I have some understanding although mathematics has always been an enigma to me, I always must hang the washing in the same way, like next to like, and will even unpeg things if I find a sock at the bottom of the basket. My neighbour is amused.<BR/>Obviously librarianship was my forte :-)<BR/>Glad things are so much better for you now. Enjoy celebrating the birth of our Lord "God with us"Brian Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10802352695666737088noreply@blogger.com