tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-682315958695733655.post5152339403068622960..comments2023-06-01T06:19:43.368-07:00Comments on Clueless Honky: Post 3: The Sorcerer's ApprenticeClueless Honkyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06655284653621810752noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-682315958695733655.post-34664230708341043762013-11-21T16:25:01.273-08:002013-11-21T16:25:01.273-08:00I just read you message on Facebook. I'm tryi...I just read you message on Facebook. I'm trying this one more time.<br /><br />For clarification I’m posting my comment on your “The Sorcerer’s Apprentice” blog though I have read all three.<br /><br />Just one comment on your posting of October concerning Thomas Jefferson. While Jefferson is given credit of the Declaration of Independence, it is my understanding he only singular wrote the draft which was presented to the Continental Congress. There it was edited and became a collectively written document. <br /><br />In my opinion, while very intelligent, Jefferson was a very conflicted man. Just think of the two writings you mentioned. “That all men are created equal” is the exact phrase Jefferson used in his draft and was retained by the Congress. Then the man fathers children by one of his slaves while at the same time questioning the intellect of those individuals. <br /><br />We have allowed ourselves to become so enamored with Jefferson that we fail to recognize he was just a man. Even President Kennedy alluded to Jefferson’s intellect in a manner beyond human acceptance when he told a meeting of his Cabinet that, and I paraphrase, never has a collection of intellect been so great in this room since Jefferson dined here alone.<br /><br />As to a Creation Story: That’s something I do have in my mind and my soul. While it’s there, it is something that I have never been able to articulate since my story creates more questions than answers. I will try something here and see how it bounces off you. <br /><br />An example is my use of the word or term “soul.” In my story it is something that is very important, but, what is one’s soul. Is it spiritual, physical or metaphorical? In my story I believe it to be, for lack of anything better to describe it, an energy. As such this leaves me a “Clueless Honky.” Every time I believe there is an answer, a deeper question appears.<br /><br />Consider the question: Who are we? To use your metaphor of “The Sorcerer’s Apprentice” my story has man as being, not the apprentice, but the result of the magic the apprentice has conjured up, energy spinning out of control. Brooms, mops and buckets of water continually appear. Think of the population explosion that has occurred over the past two centuries. Accepting this leads then to the question of Who is the Apprentice?<br /><br />When I come to question where are we, I go deeper. I want to know where are we not? To me that’s logical since where denotes that there is something beyond the place we currently occupy. <br /><br />Why are we here? Consider this: The brooms, the mops and the buckets of water are not the mess, they are the creators of the mess. Man today is the creator of the mess as the result of the apprentice conjuring man up. <br /><br />The ultimate question in my mind is who is the apprentice and who is the sorcerer? I don’t think we can route the spell conjured by the apprentice back to its source until we discover who the sorcerer is. <br /><br />Thank you and looking forward to the next “Clueless Honky.”<br />TerryAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02387209827995397397noreply@blogger.com