tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5541500.post5890446311089260203..comments2024-03-29T07:31:49.016+09:00Comments on BigHominid's Hairy Chasms: watch itKevin Kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01328790917314282058noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5541500.post-11703804464129510102012-02-28T18:03:15.496+09:002012-02-28T18:03:15.496+09:00One commenter at that site cleverly remarked that ...One commenter at that site cleverly remarked that the watering can might be an analogue for Bertrand Russell's famous <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russell%27s_teapot" rel="nofollow">celestial teapot</a>. If that's what the art student was aiming for, then there's a chance he was critiquing both the object of belief and the actions people take in the name of that belief. (Loved that "pouring" gesture.)Kevin Kimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01328790917314282058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5541500.post-57628940459147606582012-02-28T10:11:10.881+09:002012-02-28T10:11:10.881+09:00I think people like Rick Santorum might say, "...I think people like Rick Santorum might say, "You can't equate my belief in God with belief in a watering can!"<br /><br />But it's not about the object of the belief, it's about the actions people take in the name of that object. Once you strip the object of its sacred nature, the insanity of some of those actions is laid bare.Charleshttp://www.liminality.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5541500.post-34722922232617506722012-02-28T08:52:21.697+09:002012-02-28T08:52:21.697+09:00I don't think we ought to make fun of people&#...I don't think we ought to make fun of people's sincere belief in the watering can. Besides, it's not as though the belief is crazy -- there is evidence that the can exists and provides life-giving water!<br /><br />Jeffery Hodges<br /><br />* * *Horace Jeffery Hodgeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16684513618463766017noreply@blogger.com