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Maybe since it's summer now, I'll just share videos the whole time. We'll see!
The sinister turn at the end of the video points to the overall failure of Descartes' philosophical method. While you can systematically doubt everything until you realize you can't doubt that you're the one doubting, making yourself the foundation of certainty ultimately leads to an inability to know anything about the world outside your own sense perceptions (as Locke and then Hume pointed out).
Descartes took us on an epistemological turn in modern philosophy, but unfortunately, it's a dead end street.
Stanley E. Porter, ed., Those Who Can, Teach: Teaching as Christian Vocation (McMaster Divinity College Press General Series). Eugene, OR: Pickwick Publications, August, 2013. 226 pp. Paperback, $25.00.
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I've realized recently that I need to do more practical reading. That used to be the bulk of what kind of reading I did, but seminary shifted me more toward the theoretical. There is of course value to both types of reading and balance is not necessarily the end goal. But there is something to be said for reading both practical application and for expanding your understanding. Since I've been more focused on knowledge acquisition, I'm taking a more practical turn. Also, now that it's summer, I'm taking a more enjoyable turn and re-read several books for pleasure.
This brings us to the book at hand, Those Who Can, Teach: Teaching as Christian Vocation. Edited by Stanley Porter (who seems to edit everything), this collection of essays overlaps for the most part with a typical "Teaching in Christian Higher Education" class you might take in seminary. I took one of these classes my last semester (it was required), but it was hard to apply the material in the absence of an actual teaching position. Now that I've been teaching for a few years, this kind of thing is supremely practical.
Stan Porter's opening essay is on developing a philosophy of education, something that every teacher has, whether it is clearly articulated or not. Included are essays the basics of class design like developing course objectives (Michael Knowles), a syllabus (Cynthia Westfall), and learning experiences (Mark Boda). Additional topics include the art of sculpting a lesson (Lee Beach), encouraging theological reflection in the classroom (Wendy Porter), and even how to transition from the doctoral program to the classroom (Steven Studebaker). Though not as applicable in my case, there are also two essays on teaching introductory Greek and Hebrew respectively. The final two essays are more reflections on teaching as a whole, focusing first on teaching within a Christian institution (Gordon Heath) and then integrating spirituality into your teaching (Phil Zylla).
As I'm preparing to take a break this summer and revisit and refine my courses, the wisdom in this book is just what I needed. My subjects are set, but they could be more focused in terms of objectives and learning outcomes. I anticipate using the insights from the authors in this book as I get my prep for next year underway next week. If you are currently a teacher, or anticipate being one soon, this book is worth checking out. Though not as exhaustive as the material you might get in a full blown class on the same subject, it is a nice compact manual on how to structure a class and teach it well. Even though it is focused more on teaching in higher education, rather than high school, the basics of structuring a course apply just the same. Teachers at any level then, who want to take their vocation seriously, will benefit from this book.
Ronald E. Osborn, Death Before The Fall: Biblical Literalism and The Problem of Animal Suffering. Downers Grove, IL: IVP Academic, February 2014. 197 pp. Paperback, $25.00.
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Since it was only 2 days ago, you might remember my first post on Death Before The Fall. My review was critical, but I did not do a good job of giving you a thorough summary before getting to those criticisms. Also, the author pushed back a good bit in the comments, suggesting in part that I needed to give the book a second reading. He also felt that readers needed to know the scope of his argument better. As a result, I decided I've give a more blow by blow account of the book here.
Chapter 1 starts with the creation accounts. Osborn provides his initial reading, raising the reader's awareness that creation is nowhere described as "perfect" (29). Part of this is because creation is not entirely God's work, but rather a collaborative effort between God and man (31). There is then a wildness to creation that in Osborn's account, does not conflict with it being "very good." (32) Neither is everything said in these accounts that we might wonder about. There are many "lacunae and unanswerable riddles that should prevent careful readers from making very many dogmatic statements of any kind" (35). Osborn points out that Adam must have known what death was in order for the prohibition and warning to not eat from the tree to be intelligible (36). This reading then provides an opening for understanding wildness and potentially death in nature to preceded the fall of man.
Chapter 2 begins with Osborn telling us "my reading of Genesis has taken the form it has because I have been writing from the start with questions of modern science and evolutionary biology very much in mind" (39). Though his goal is not reconciliation between Darwin and Moses, he does want to clear a space for questions about how the two relate. In order to do this, he must deconstruct a way of approaching the text of Scripture that cuts off questions from the start (and is also a bad hermeneutical practice). This approach, called "literalism" is the way young-earth creationists read Genesis. I would call it "wooden" literalism, or better "literalistic" since it is not an authentic and "literate" form of literal reading. Nevertheless, Osborn rightly notices how problematic it is, and he ties this way of reading Scripture to the epistemological approach of foundationalism (as his analysis unfolds, he is clearly thinking of strong foundationalism).
In chapter 3, Osborn compares this literalistic hermeneutic to scientism. Literalism, as he notes, is "scientism's reactionary doppelganger and pale mimetic rival, enraptured by the very thing it seeks to resist" (58) This is why as he noted earlier, creationists are able to cite authors like "Dawkins and Dennett with approval to support their claim that we are faced with only two live options: fundamentalist-style creationism [young-earth creationism] or atheistic Darwinism" (46). In reality, there is a broad spectrum of positions that are neither militant young-earth creationism (what Osborn has in mind) nor full blown atheistic evolution.
Chapters 4 takes a side road into the nature of science. Kuhn features prominently and his work on paradigms in scientific thought. After summarizing Kuhn, Osborn points out that the question for young-earth creationist is whether or not theirs is the most "richly theory-generating scientific research program available," to which is the answer is "resoundingly clear" (64). Osborn then says that "virtually all qualified scientists" agree that scientific creationism just can't keep up with other, better paradigms (65).
Chapter 5 poses further problems to the literalist(ic) hermeneutic. Osborn also briefly discusses what kind of theological beliefs should animate scientific pursuits. He then summarizes the literalist position, seeing it as essentially a method rather than a doctrine (74-75). Joining up with others committed to this method creates a movement, and that movement can develop an enclave mentality which is the focus of chapter 6. That particular movement is fundamentalism, though Osborn points out not all literalists are fundamentalists and vice versa (76). Still, there is a lot of overlap, and rather than a doctrine of creation, they are trying to advance a dogma of creationism (78). This leads not only to a way of reading texts, but to political action as well (80). The end result is an understanding of hermeneutics and biblical authority that leaves no room for interpretive differences about passages like Genesis 1 (85).
Chapter 7 is where Osborn introduces his theory on the Gnostic Syndrome. It is also where he took the most offense to my summarization. Originally I said he "equates" people holding to a "literalistic" hermeneutic with a type of gnosticism (lower case "g"). I recanted the "equating" part, but here's the rub. What Osborn is actually arguing is that when creationists (or fundamentalists) exhibit 12 different psychological traits in conjunction they have fallen prey to what he calls "Gnostic Syndrome," which is not the same as "Gnosticism" (capital "G"). There is more to Osborn's analysis (like what those 12 traits are), but I don't think he realizes how rhetorically charged "gnostic" and "gnosticism" are in theological discourse. The illocutionary force of his locutionary claims about Gnostic Syndrome is that fundamentalists have potentially gnostic tendencies. This is not the same as saying they are "Gnostics" or that they are secretly propagating old school capital G "Gnosticism." But if the 12 psychological traits in conjunction are full blown Gnostic Syndrome, I don't think it's a stretch to say that exhibiting some of the traits within your movement is having gnostic tendencies, or "could fall prey to gnostic temptations" which is the way I reworded it in Tuesday's post. I removed the part about "demonizing approaches he doesn't like," since a) "demonizing" was the wrong word, and b) the doesn't like part is suggestive on my part and so inappropriate.
Chapter 8 is also a place Osborn pushed back on my brief comments. For space, I'll focus on my problem with his treatment of Calvin. For both Calvin and Augustine, they are being used to support reading Genesis in a non-scientific way (which they did). But at the same time, they were both essentially young-earth creationists, but maybe not in the problematic way Osborn is addressing (but they still read the Bible literally).
As for Calvin, Osborn asserts that Calvin's approach to reading Genesis was to not take it literally (102). He then quotes at length from Calvin's Genesis commentary to support this point. But, Calvin doesn't say not to take Genesis literally. I can see how Osborn could take it that way, but it is conflating the meaning of "literalistic" and "literal." Calvin practiced authentically "literal" interpretation, meaning you read a passage according to its intended sense. "Literalistic" reading takes everything in a literal fashion whether the intended sense points in a more poetic direction or not. It is also obsessed with precision, and can try to force ancient texts to conform to a modern mindset. Calvin was rightly against this, but he wasn't against literal reading in the proper sense. Not differentiating a sound literal interpretation from the unsound version practiced by fundamentalists and militant young earth creationists creates problems in Osborn's analysis.
After the analysis, Osborn unfortunately brings up the Servetus affair. Osborn feels that Calvin failed "to consistently exemplify virtues of intellectual openness, toleration and respect for freedom of conscience within the body of Christ" (103). This is a simplistic and naive understanding of what was at stake (no pun intended) with what Servetus was teaching. Servetus was actively going to church to church with his denial of the deity of Christ and trying to shake things up. He had a reputation before even showing up in Geneva. It is not an issue of "intellectual openness, toleration and respect for freedom of conscience," on an issue like that. Other things, certainly. Denying a fundamental confession of the faith, not so much.
He next discusses how Calvin was complicit in Servetus' trial and execution, but it is presented as if Calvin was somehow the exception to the 16th century climate and relationship of church and state. It was not an ecclesiatical council that condemned Servetus but a civil one, meaning Calvin really had no say in the matter. He approved of the execution, which is unfortunate, but he did not stand responsible for it. In fact, he visited Servetus almost daily to urge him to repent. He wanted to see Servetus repent and be welcomed into full fellowship. But if he would not, heresy was a capital crime at that point in history, and the penalty was death. Calvin approving of the death penalty is not an indication of his close-mindedness. Hence my originally terse comment that it is unfortunate the Servetus affair was brought into the discussion. It doesn't make the point Osborn wants it to make and so is irrelevant to the overall discussion.
The final chapter of part one is where Osborn makes a push for a postfoundationalist epistemology as a way of navigating between modernist style foundationalism and postmodernist style antifoundationalism (119). This is a much bigger issue that can be reasonably discussed in a 9 page chapter, so that probably feeds into why I found it less than convincing. But I've read longer treatments elsewhere and didn't find those convincing either. It was a necessary step for his overall argument, but that supports my earlier contention that this book should have been longer. It is true that strong foundationalism and literalistic readings of Scripture go hand in hand, so if you can undermine the philosophical basis, the Jenga tower falls (an image Osborn uses earlier in the book to describe the theology of the literalists, 45)
The second part of the book is much shorter (as noted earlier). The first chapter presents three literalist dilemmas. The first is the stasis dilemma arising from the problem of living creatures procreating and filling the earth. In a deathless world, a stasis would eventually be achieved and then no new births would happen (128). The second is the deceiver dilemma, resulting from the belief God might have created a universe with only apparent age. The third is the divine curse dilemma, which asks what we are to do with animals that are irreducibly predatory (134). For readers who attribute all death to the curse after Adam's fall, there are three possibilities for explaining these animals, and Osborn examines all and find them wanting.
This leads to a discussion of C. S. Lewis' theodicy in The Problem of Pain (chapter 11). He sees Lewis' cosmic conflict idea as recovering a form of biblical interpretation from Jewish faith, namely, the Midrash (147). It provides room for ambiguity, mystery and even poetry in a worldview account (148). Osborn in the end doesn't find it entirely convincing, but continues on to examine the book of Job for insights into the created order (chapter 12). He notes that it is hard to find evidence that the biblical writers conceived of animal suffering as a mark of sin (150). He then briefly (5 pages) explores wisdom from Job on living in a world of suffering. Rather than criticizing his exegesis here (he is mostly relying on commentators), I'll just say I think this chapter would have been much better had it been longer and more commentators on the purpose and meaning of Job had been brought into the discussion.
The next chapter uses kenosis to provide an explanation for how God self-limits in creation so that creatures can have freedom, even if that freedom results in evil. As he puts it, "in the same way we speak of moral evil as resulting from human free will, we should now somewhat analogously speak of natural evil and animal suffering as emerging from free or indeterminate processes, which God does not override and which are inherent possibilities in a creation in which the Creator allows the other to be truly other" (161-162). He notes that this might be hard for "believers in conservative wings of the Reformed tradition to accept" (161), and I suppose it would if it were the correct account of God's providence. That's a different discussion entirely, and I've got 2 books to review that cover it, so I won't go there here.
The final chapter connects animal ethics and Sabbath rest, and is probably the one part of the book where Osborn's Seventh Day Adventism comes to the forefront. I found his reflections on Sabbath keeping interesting. Personally, I take a weekly Sabbath, and it happens to be on Saturday at the moment, but it has also been on Friday and Monday. Sometime it's on Sunday. The point is to take a weekly day of rest and worship, but the particular day doesn't matter (Osborn would disagree, hence Seventh Day Adventism). The chapter then ends with an environmentalist plea, which is not entirely misplaced, but because of the constraints of space, is not as convincing as it might have been had it been more fully developed.
I think the bottom line is that this book tries to do too much in too little space. There is a broad range of issues covered in roughly 175 pages. Ideally, Osborn's case could have been better made in either a 300 page book, or two separate books under 150 pages. I think the compacted space hurts Osborn's analysis. Nuance is needed in the midst of careful analysis. Osborn provides that in some places, but it isn't evenly distributed across the book. Because there is such a broad range of topics more space is needed to really make the case Osborn wants to make. I'm sure that in some places he could have said more and made the case better and I realize that sometimes editors make choices for you in terms of space. If that's what happened, I think it made the final product weaker than it could have been.
With issues relating to origins and reading Genesis, there is a lot of rhetorical and emotional energy. If nothing else, my first take at a review revealed that problem. When you say things too concisely, even if you have good reasons supporting your point, it doesn't go over so well. I thought it best to go back and expand in another post and make Osborn's argument clearer and nuance my critical comments. Part of me wishes I had just done this to begin with, but I usually don't like to make reviews over 1000 words. At least now you can compare this blow by blow overview to my original comments and decide for yourself whether I initially summarized well or not. I definitely lacked nuance here and there, but my main criticism still stands. Hopefully in the future we can see a revised and expanded edition of this book, in which case, most of my criticisms might be eliminated.
Every now and then, ideas I have for blog posts indirectly relate to larger online conversations. Even before this week, I was planning on talking about this chapter from Think Like A Freak. Given the discussions I've seen on Twitter (as a result of blog posts and movements in evangelicalism), I hope you find this useful.
As a bit of background, Think Like A Freak is a kind of practical how-to counterpart to Freakonomics and SuperFreakonomics, books I'd recommend you add to your summer reading, if you haven't read them (and even if it's been a while). In those books, authors Steven Levitt (a University of Chicago economist) and Stephen Dubner (an award winning writer) explain the results of their research to dig beneath the surface of cultural trends and phenomena. In this book, they explain some basic principles for how to think and approach problems they way they did in their books.
The second to last chapter is titled "How to Persuade People Who Don't Want to Be Persuaded," and it is a brief goldmine of practical advice if you spend time on the internet (particularly Twitter). Especially in light of recent online discussions, here's some important tips to keep in mind if you're truly trying to persuade people.
Understand how hard persuasion will be – and why
Especially if you are having a discussion with people who are intellectual, keep this in mind. Persuasion (which is different than proving a point) requires you to move someone from thinking one way about a subject to thinking differently. If you're talking to smart people (or people who think they are smart), this is even more difficult. As Levitt and Dubner point out:
Smart people simply have more experience with feeling they are right, and therefore have greater confidence in their knowledge, whatever side of an issue they're on. But being confident you are right is not the same as being right (171).
Further, smarter people have probably thought about the issue more (if they're arguing about it), and "when someone is heavily invested in his or her opinion, it is inevitably hard to change the person's mind" (171-172).
So how do you deal with this? Don't assume that a person's position is based on pure fact and logic. If it were, all you would need to do is deconstruct their position logically and they should be persuaded. If that doesn't happen, then it means there are deeper ideological and possibly emotional factors playing into their position. A negative way of framing it (which will get you nowhere) is to call it some variants of this "herd thinking." That certainly plays a part, but pointing it out will undermine your efforts.
It's not me; it's you
Keep in mind that persuasion is difficult because it does not rest on logic alone. This points to the fact that a lot depends on how you present the argument. As Levitt and Dubner explain,
Whenever you set out to persuade someone, remember that you are merely the producer of the argument. The consumer has the only vote that counts. Your argument may be factually indisputable and logically airtight but if it doesn't resonate for the recipient, you won't get anywhere. (173)
In other words, you have to keep your audience in view. If your goal is persuasion, then your argument will look much different than if your goal is merely to prove the other person's position wrong. In the evangelical world, we see an awful lot of the latter and much less of the former. The latter is preaching to the choir while the former is actually capable of producing dialogue.
Don't pretend your argument is perfect
As Levitt and Dubner say, "Show us a 'perfect' solution and we'll show you our pet unicorn" (173). The same goes for theological argumentation. "If you want your argument to be taken seriously, you'd do well to admit the potential downsides," Levitt and Dubner point out (175). Likewise, you'd do well to acknowledge tensions and potential problems in your espoused theological positions. That's not the same as admitting they are wrong. Rather, it's acknowledging your creatureliness when it comes to what you know and how you know it. We worship a perfect savior, but have no perfect arguments.
Acknowledge the strengths of your opponent's argument
This may seem counter-intuitive. After all, why lend credence to the other position?
One reason is that the opposing argument almost certainly has value – something you can learn from and use to strengthen your own argument. This may seem hard to believe since you are so invested in your argument, but remember: we are blind to our blindness
Furthermore, an opponent who feels his argument is ignored isn't likely to engage with you at all. He may shout at you and you may shout back at him, but it is hard to persuade someone with whom you can't even hold a conversation (177, bold added).
It isn't likely that the person you are trying to convince is articulating a value-less position. There is probably some aspect of the truth in what they are saying, otherwise it wouldn't gain any traction. If their argument was 100% worthless, no one would listen or care. If people are listening and caring, try to find out what is resonating and what has value that you can affirm before moving to your critique.
Keep the insults to yourself
You may name-call if you'd like, but it will not get you anywhere if you're trying to be persuasive. Case in point, if you label someone a heretic (rightly or wrongly so), you've just made it very unlikely they will listen to your argument and will probably double-down on their position. Once you start using unflattering labels, you've decided implicitly that you're not interested in persuasion. Here's how Levitt and Dubner put it:
If you are hoping to damage opponents' mental health, go ahead and tell them how inferior or dim-witter or nasty they are. But even if you are certifiably right on every point, you should not think for a minute that you will eve be able to persuade them. Name-calling will make you an enemy, not an ally, and if that is your objective, then persuasion is probably not what you were after in the first place (181).
Why you should tell stories
Lastly, we need more storytelling in our persuasive efforts. In reality, it is the most powerful form of persuasion, and Levitt and Dubner use the story of Nathan and King David to illustrate its power. A story, keep in mind, is not the same as an anecdote, which something that happened to you this one time. Stories, as Levitt and Dubner say, fill out the picture and use "data, statistical or otherwise, to portray a sense of magnitude" (182). Stories are powerful tools in teaching and capture attention better than a syllogism (however accurate and precise the latter may be).
In the end, whether we follow these steps will show whether we are interested in persuasion or proving our point. They are not mutually exclusive. You can have the latter without the former. But, you cannot have the former without the latter. If we believe our positions on important matters, theological or otherwise, are true, then we should hope to persuade as many people are we can. But that requires much more than presenting a sound argument. It may require more work, but in the end, it should be something we all aspire to in our conversations about things that count.
Ronald E. Osborn, Death Before The Fall: Biblical Literalism and The Problem of Animal Suffering. Downers Grove, IL: IVP Academic, February 2014. 197 pp. Paperback, $25.00.
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Ronald Osborn has published articles in numerous journals and magazines and was a Bannerman Fellow at the University of Southern California (where he also received his Ph.D). He is not a biblical scholar, but he is a Seventh-Day Adventist. The latter group is almost exclusively young-earth creationists, and as he portrays them, it would seem like Ken Ham could be their patron saint (if they were into that sort of thing).
Osborn grew up as a missionary kid in Zimbabwe where animal on animal violence was much more commonplace than here (squirrels in my backyard notwithstanding). This forms a backdrop to his reaction against young earth creationism.
As the subtitle suggests, Osborn is exploring the problem of animal suffering. The basic question is whether or not animal suffering is a result of the fall of man, or whether it is to a certain extent woven into the fabric of nature. Osborn thinks the latter, but rather than confront that head on, he begins with the hermeneutics of young earth creationism. Hence the first part of the subtitle "biblical literalism."
After reading the book, I think the subtitle is a bit misleading. The book is actually an extended critique of a literalistic (not necessarily "literal" in the true sense) hermeneutic, with a follow up exploring the problem of animal suffering. The first part of the book is about 100 pages, the second is about 50. Nothing wrong with this of course. It just means you should realize most of the book is focused on deconstructing not only literalistic hermenuetics but also its philosophical underpinnings.
Now, I keep saying "literalistic" rather than "literal." As Osborn sees it, "literalism" is a product of buying into Enlightenment categories of thought. To a certain extent, he is correct. Reading Genesis (or any other part of Scripture) in a woodenly literal way such that everything is interpreted in its "plainest sense," is a kind of Enlightenment way of doing things. There isn't much nuance, and in that sense it isn't really "literal" in the truest sense of the word. Rather, it is "literalistic," ignoring markers of genre and going with what makes the most straightforward sense to a modern rational reader. Osborn is attacking this latter approach, which is part of a general fundamentalistic ethos. As he notes in a later chapter in part 1, fundamentalism can fall prey to gnostic temptations, something no one would want to actively be apart of.
Still, he is to be commended for critiquing this wrongheaded way of reading Scripture. He even marshals support from historical figures who've grappled with Genesis (chapter 8), focusing on Barth, Calvin, Augustine, and Maimonides (chapter 8). Unfortunately, in Calvin's case (and perhaps Augustine's as well), they don't necessarily say what he thinks they say. His treatment/interaction with Calvin was particularly disappointing, mainly because a misinterpretation of the Servetus affair was trotted into the conversation to make a point about Calvin's personality.
Included in the critique of literalism is a critique of foundationalist epistemology. They do go together to a certain extent. I would imagine that most people who read Genesis in a literalistic way also hold to a correspondence theory of truth and believe foundationalism is the best account of the structure of knowledge. Osborn hopes that undermining the foundationalist epistemology literalism is founded on will be the death blow to the whole way of reading Scripture. However, he really only argues against strong foundationalism and neglects to offer a good argument against a modest foundationalist paradigm. Alvin Plantinga is referenced once in the book, and for a different issue entirely. I had hoped if he were going to really try to argue against foundationalism, he would have dealt with Plantinga's re-booted model, but that didn't happen.
All of this is a precursor to dealing with the second part of the subtitle, and what the title actually implies is the main subject of the book. Instead, Osborn deals mostly with issues of theodicy, which granted, do pertain to animal suffering before and/or after the fall. The book of Job gets a good treatment (chapter 12) and C. S. Lewis makes an extended appearance (chapter 11). In the end though, it didn't seem to me much of an exploration of the nature and purpose of animals, and whether there was nature red in tooth and claw before the fall.
Now this isn't to say the subject isn't touched on. Rather, actual discussion of the problem of animal suffering occupies about less than half of the book. His basic conclusion is that the biblical writers do not consider animal death and suffering an effect of the fall. I would in general agree with this. I think "death" in Romans 5 refers to human death, and even before Adam and Eve sinned, death was present at the cellular level (and seems woven into the seed cycle of Day 3). While I agree with Osborn on his main point, I would have liked more actual discussion of the issue rather than an extended deconstruction of a literalstic hermeneutics. It seems like this book would have benefited from being much longer. It's not that the setup dealing with hermeneutics is misplaced, it just that it leaves the book imbalanced.
The biggest problem though is not the imbalance, which is forgivable, and may just reflect my personal preference. The biggest issue is one of audience. As I was reading the book, I was trying to figure out who the book was for. People who espouse the type of hermeneutics Osborn is arguing against (Seventh Day Adventist or otherwise) will probably not find his argument inviting. It could be much worse as far as the rhetoric goes, but it's a strident critique that left me wondering who exactly the book would convince.
I more or less agree with Osborn's point, but found his critique of literalistic readings unhelpful. This is especially true if I were going to recommend the book to someone who is trying to sort through the issues. The explanation of animal suffering would have worked better in a book that was aimed at people already on-board with a more nuanced reading of Genesis. Instead, Osborn tries to tackle a poor approach to reading Genesis, doesn't offer a ton of nuance, and then is left with little space to actually cover what would appear to be the main topic of the book (given the title and cover). Given that he isn't a biblical scholar, he might do a fair job of deconstructing a bad way of reading Scripture (and showing its antecedents), but he doesn't offer much in terms of a useful constructive approach.
As a result, while I found parts beneficial, I'm not sure I'd recommend the book. I think if you're interested in Genesis, you should probably pick up a copy. If you're a young earth creationist, you'll probably hate it, and I wouldn't blame you. While Osborn is trying to move the conversation forward, the end result isn't very successful, but it does have a pretty metal cover for a book on hermeneutics.
Over at Christ and Pop Culture, you can read my latest review. It's just a brief overview of Susan Cain's Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking. Not mentioned in the review, but worth checking out is the part where she compares and contrasts a Tony Robbins workshop and a church service at Saddleback.
To help further the conversation, I thought I'd point you along to several other posts at Christ and Pop Culture that interact with the book and introversion in general:
The Kiddy Pool: Ins and Outs—Reading Susan Cain's Quiet
The prevailing mainstream mentality is that wanting to be by oneself sometimes (or a lot) is selfish, anti-social, and ultimately broken. Yet Cain's Quiet argues precisely the opposite. Throughout her text, Cain asserts that critical traits like creativity, exceptional achievement in any field (from technology to the arts to athletics), and ethical-decision making require working alone. It is in the intensely thoughtful, sometimes obsessive ruminations of introverts that the brightest ideas often occur—not in the ubiquitous group work that Cain says produces lots of ideas but few brilliant ones. Introverts and extroverts alike need to balance group interactions with time alone, a dualism known throughout monastic history as the active and contemplative lives.
The Persecution Complex of the Modern Introvert
The last few years have been pretty good for introverts. Researchers have found that activities usually regarded as "extraverted"—meetings, brainstorming, group work—are not nearly as effective or productive as people think they are, and that better results occur if you just leave people alone and let them work. A host of books, including Susan Cain's acclaimed Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking, have been published in recent years that proclaim the value that introverts bring to the world, and offer advice to introverts on how to be better and happier. There's even a book—Adam S. McHugh's Introverts in the Church: Finding Our Place in an Extroverted Culture—on ministering to introverts in the Church and recognizing their unique gifts.
I've detected an underlying theme in these things: It's an extravert's world out there, and we introverts are just passing through as best we can, and hoping nobody talks to us along the way. Extraverts rule the world because, well, they're extraverts, and they put themselves out there more often. What's more, many of the economic, social, and power structures in place reward extraversion. Meanwhile, because introverts prefer to sit on the sidelines and in the shadows, we are marginalized and forgotten along with any gifts and contributions that we might bring to the table.
Introverts, Unite! Stop Calling Us Shy!
I immediately clicked on Jessica Lahey's article "Introverted Kids Need to Learn to Speak Up at School" because I am both a teacher and an introvert. As far as the headline goes, I agree with Lahey's argument as well as her premise—that the outside world demands dialogue and discussion, and educators who coddle children and never require them to speak ultimately do the children a disservice.
What Memes Mean: A Disheartening Meme On Introversion
God created each of us with certain attributes, according to a sovereign plan and with a certain vocation, "[making] from one man every nation of mankind to live on all the face of the earth, having determined allotted periods and the boundaries of their dwelling place, that they should seek God, and perhaps feel their way toward him and find him" (Acts 17:26-27). Temperament is an integral part of this calling, a fascinating divine ordainment. It is something to be praised, properly understood, and developed, and never an excuse to avoid personal growth.
This meme illustrates a frustrating misunderstanding of many of the qualities of introversion, painting them with a level of neediness that is much more aligned with base immaturity than the particular personality type in question. I was hoping that our culture was getting over some of its stigmas. But then a meme like this pops up, and I'm disheartened once again.


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I have a raised garden bed on the Toronto Island, it is about 15 feet from the lake on two sides. Does being so near water make the zone rating higher or lower?
I planted some gladiolus last year and removed them in the fall. But I just found that a cormlet left behind has sprouted so the winter didn't kill it - mind you it was a very mild winter. |
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Absolutely.....until the ice forms, then you're cold like everyone else. Toronto Islands benefit from both the Toronto heat island and Lake Ontario but winter N, NW, or NE winds don't warm up a whole lot by going over 1.5km of water and they won't warm up at all if the lake is frozen. That said, I have a clump of showy red glads that have survived 5 years (Kingston, ON) though the lack of snow this year may have cut them back a bit. So growing glads in warmer areas of southern Ontario may not actually be very difficult. |
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Hi, I'm in Toronto beaches and that makes my area Canadian Zone 6b. I noticed that compared to downtown it's a little cooler by the lake in the summer and a little warmer in the winter. From the Toronto Gardens blog: Within the GTA, the specifics of your landscape can push you higher or lower. Close to Lake Ontario, you're more likely to be Zone 6b and might have a microclimate (a pocket that is a zone unto itself) that's Zone 7. In a more exposed situation, or farther from the lake, you might be Canadian Zone 5a or 5b." That being said, I don't think it makes a huge difference in our plant selections. Climate change is scary but it we had a great winter, didn't we:) |
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I think it does in one way, and not in another if that makes any sense. We're across the water from you on the NY side of Ontario. We always talk about the "invisible line" that exists here in the spring especially-you can drive from about 10 miles away and go from "omg it's SOOOO HOTTTT" to "uh, where's my sweatshirt". The "line" does seem to move. Earlier it was about 2-3 miles inland, then about a week ago it seemed to go through our backyard (we're directly on the lake). I noticed my plants bloom about 1-3 weeks behind others that are more inland. I also noticed that plants that aren't supposed to do well here do. There's a specific lavender, I'd have to look it up, that isn't supposed to be hardy here and it's grown HUGE at our cottage! In fact, it's sending up flowers right now :) So..I think it throws the seasons off a little, but they are still about the same-just a little later. |
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People shouldn't excuse this. I know the usual response is "they would have a career high payday" but it doesn't make the deal fair. Plenty of guys who challenge for a title are given their career high payday but it's still a fair deal. I don't know of ANY fighters who have been associated with low balling so often and what about these three fight deals? Has there ever been a more unfair deal? Specifically, I have never, ever heard of a more unfair deal in all of boxing, than the one David Haye actually accepted.
The people defending them: Can you name any boxer who low balled so many fighters? And can you give specific examples of more unfair, biased deals than the ones we know the Klitschko's have offered?
When the Klitschko's talk about having every title in the family, maybe this is why? Maybe they want to create a monopoly on the division where they can dictate how much a fighter earns, if they want a shot. They know that if a fighter wants to be a world champion, they have to go through both Klitschko's or Haye, so if they get Haye out of the equation, they can offer guys awful money and, if they want a title shot, they have to accept. They can insist on poor money and a four fight deal, where both brothers must be fought twice and what can the opponent say? Nothing.
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Telefonica Czech Republic AS (SPTT), the country's largest phone operator, posted a 6.9 percent decline in first-quarter profit as clients spent less on calls and mobile termination rates eased.
Net income for the three months ended March 31 was 1.62 billion koruna ($83 million) down from 1.74 billion koruna a year ago, the Prague-based company said, according to a statement. Revenue declined 3.3 percent to 12.47 billion koruna.
"Revenues continued to be impacted by prevailing competitive pressure largely in corporate and small and medium business mobile segments and lower mobile termination rates year on year," the company said today.
Telefonica Czech is battling a decline in earnings, which peaked in 2005, by streamlining operations and laying off employees. The Czech unit of Spain's largest telecommunications company plans to start deploying fiber-optic network and next- generation mobile technology to offset a decline in traditional voice services and competition in mobile broadband.
Revenue from fixed-line services in the Czech Republic fell 6.2 percent to 5.3 billion koruna in the quarter from a year ago, the company said. Mobile revenue dropped 5 percent to 6.1 billion koruna. Sales in Slovakia continued with a "solid growth" of 27 percent to 43.9 million euro ($56 million) in the quarter from a year ago.
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Telefonica Czech, which said today it would buy back shares as much as 2 percent of shares outstanding, rose 7.5 koruna or 2 percent to 376 koruna as of 2 p.m. in Prague.
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1 side fresh salmon, boned but skin on (about 3 pounds)For the marinade:
2 tablespoons Dijon mustard
3 tablespoons good soy sauce
6 tablespoons good olive oil
1/2 teaspoon minced garlic
Light charcoal briquettes in a grill and brush the grilling rack with oil to keep the salmon from sticking.While the grill is heating, lay the salmon skin side down on a cutting board and cut it crosswise into 4 equal pieces. Whisk together the mustard, soy sauce, olive oil, and garlic in a small bowl. Drizzle half of the marinade onto the salmon and allow it to sit for 10 minutes.
Place the salmon skin side down on the hot grill; discard the marinade the fish was sitting in. Grill for 4 to 5 minutes, depending on the thickness of the fish. Turn carefully with a wide spatula and grill for another 4 to 5 minutes. The salmon will be slightly raw in the center, but don't worry; it will keep cooking as it sits.
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When the calendar page turns to October, we Rejects have only one thought: horror. To celebrate this grandest and darkest of months, we'll cover one excellent horror film a day for the entirety of the month. That's 31 Days of Horror and 31 Films perfect for viewing on a dark, chilly, October night. If you, like us, love horror and Halloween, give us a Hell Yeah and keep coming every day this month for a new dose of adrenaline. Synopsis The Others begins with a scream when Grace Stewart (Nicole Kidman)awakens from a nightmare. Grace and her children Anne and Nicholas live in isolation in a fog shrouded house on the Jersey Islands in 1945. She and the children had been living under German occupation, but even though the war has ended and the occupation is over life is still fraught with tension. The children are so photosensitive they will die if exposed to sunlight. The windows are shrouded in blackout curtains leaving them in darkness only relieved by candlelight or gas lamps. Grace's husband Charles is missing in action and she's on her own struggling to keep her children safe. Grace's struggle to maintain an orderly life is disrupted by the arrival of three mysterious servants. The secretive trio arrives out of nowhere, but good help is hard to find so Grace hires them, leading them from room to room, instructing them on how to keep the children away from sunlight. It's Anne who is aware of the others […]
It's possible to admire the grand, sweeping ambitions poured into the production of Agora without having much use for the movie itself. Alejandro Amenábar delves into a milieu — 4th century Alexandria — that's rarely, if ever, been depicted on film. Therein, he constructs a narrative centered not on the standard ancient conceits of big battles and grand speeches about liberty, but the struggle to comprehend mankind's place in the cosmos.
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Our work focuses on the first of three critical moments in the life of a new venture—the entrepreneurial leap. This is the moment (that can take months, or more if not careful) when the original entrepreneurs make the decision whether to start a new venture or not, and take the first steps that, often unknowingly, send them down paths they may take years, if ever, to recover from."
"I wrote yesterday on the race to the bottom — how corporations play states, and even cities, off one another in pursuit of the most lucrative benefits. At the same time, they complain about the burdensome taxes and regulations of California. But, as my colleague Martin Kenney so nicely notes in a recent column,[1] California seems to be holding its own in spite of playing hard to get."
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31 And as if it had been a light thing for him to walk in the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat, he took as his wife Jezebel daughter of King Ethbaal of the Sidonians, and went and served Baal, and worshiped him. | 31 He not only considered it trivial to commit the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat, but he also married Jezebel daughter of Ethbaal king of the Sidonians, and began to serve Baal and worship him. |
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It's a place where important issues are debated and laws are created- the state Capitol. But one day a state lawmaker reached out to help a victim of domestic violence who literally had no where else to go.
Feud Between Parties Leaves Sweeping State Crime Bill In Jeopardy
A blow up between Democrats and Republicans at the state Capitol has put a sweeping anti-crime measure in jeopardy.
Emergency Cellphone Access For Police Considered
Cellphones may be subject to warrantless review by law enforcement in times of emergency under a bill up for review in Colorado Tuesday.
Online Sales Tax Has A Better Chance This Time Around
One of the benefits of shopping online is consumers often don't have to pay sales taxes, but a couple of bills at the state House would change that.
Bill To Repeal Colorado Adultery Law Passes House
A bill to erase the crime of adultery from Colorado's law books got approval from House Democrats who say it's an antiquated measure that's rarely enforced and opens the door for invasion of privacy.
Bill To Help Rape Victims Pay For Hospital Exams Moves Forward
A state House committee has unanimously approved a bill to help victims of rape.
Company Threatens To Leave Colorado If Ammo Limit Law Is Passed
A Colorado company is threatening to leave the state if a bill to ban high-capacity ammunition magazines becomes law.
Insanity Pleas Would Be Tougher Under Colorado Bill
Lawmakers in Colorado are considering a measure that would make it tougher for defendants to plead not guilty by reason of insanity.
State Lawmaker Wants To Ban BPA From Baby Bottles, Pacifiers
A Colorado lawmaker is taking the first step in banning bisphenol A, known as BPA from baby bottles and pacifiers.
Bill To Align Colleges, Labor Data Wins Approval
Colorado's colleges would have to work with labor experts to find out where jobs are under a bill that received bipartisan backing in a state House committee Wednesday.


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20 And he made a vow, saying: If God shall be with me, and shall keep me in the way, by which I walk, and shall give me bread to eat, and raiment to put on, | 20 Then Jacob made a vow, saying, "If God will be with me and will watch over me on this journey I am taking and will give me food to eat and clothes to wear |
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Consumers have been spending more on gasoline than they have in nearly three decades.
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I think it's Cedar Apple Rust, very common apple disease. Some varieties are more susceptible than others. There is spray for it. I use myclobutanil, the brand I use called Immunox. (Not Immunox Plus). Here's some info. |
Here is a link that might be useful: Cedar Apple Rust (CAR)
- Posted by WrittenOnWater N. VA 7a (My Page) on Wed, Jun 25, 14 at 14:32
I agree - that looks like the CAR on my tree. Even when spraying with Immunox every 2 weeks, my leaves are always at least spotted like that, but without the spray, the apples would all be deformed too. |
This does look like Cedar Apple Rust. The first picture, in the other post, didn't. You might have two different issues. I've got a tree that gets Cedar Apple Rust, and then several that get leaves that look like the picture in your first post. |
Spraying for CAR now won't work. It has to be done in the early spring, around bloom time. |
Thanks for the responses everyone. The original post looked different as haldog mentioned so I just pulled those leaves off. Should I just hope for the best and treat when dormant and early spring next year? |
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" | All you care about is your own fragile mortality. But, what if you were made vulnerable? What then? | " |
The relationship between Original brothers Kol and Finn. They didn't get along well with each other.
[show]Early HistoryEdit
Finn was the second-born child of Mikael and Esther, after their firstborn. Kol was the fifth born child, after their two brothers Elijah and Niklaus. They were also very close once before they became vampires. Their mother, with the help of their father, turned them into vampires to protect them from the local werewolves. Once vampires, Kol grew to relish being a vampire while Finn hated it, ashamed by what they had become.
1114, Italy Edit
In the early 1100s, while Kol in particular was making the Originals infamous for his reckless behavior, Kol and Finn were tricked by a group of vampire hunters known as The Brotherhood of the Five. The hunters had acquired daggers that were capable of neutralizing the Original Vampires and they used them to great effect. At a party they had been invited to, the hunters ambushed the siblings, daggering them one by one. Luckily Finn and Kol's half-brother, Klaus, who was part werewolf, wasn't effected by the daggers, killing the vampire hunters and undaggering his siblings; all except Finn. He left him daggered after he'd grown sick of his judgemental attitude. Klaus would use the daggers for his own purposes in the following centuries, eventually daggering Kol as well in the early 1900s, about 800 years since Finn had been neutralized. Klaus brought their daggered bodies, which he kept in coffins, around with him wherever he went, keeping his family close, hoping he'd be able to revive them one day when he felt the time was right.
Throughout The Vampire Diaries SeriesEdit
Season ThreeEdit
In Bringing Out The Dead, after a struggle over the Originals' daggered bodies between Klaus and Stefan Salvatore, the coffins were returned to Klaus. The daggers were removed from both Finn and Kol by their brother, Elijah, who also undaggered their sister, Rebekah. Kol and Finn both struck out with anger against Klaus for keeping them in coffins. They planned on leaving Klaus behind and going away with Elijah and Rebekah but were interrupted by the sudden return of their mother, whose body had been preserved by the spirits of nature since she was a powerful witch. She told them she wanted to be a real family again.In Dangerous Liaisons, while preparing for a ball the family was throwing to celebrate their reuniting, Kol tried to brag about how great he looked in his tuxedo, asking Rebekah to tell him how handsome he was to which Rebekah sarcastically told him that she couldn't be compelled. Her retort actually brought a rare smile to Finn's face, amused at Kol's expense. Later, at the ball, Finn and Kol danced with the other guests and after, were conversing in the crowd when their mother gave a toast, standing beside each other as they raised their glasses. Unknown to Kol though, his older brother was helping their mother perform a spell that would link all of the siblings together, making them easier to kill when the time. Unlike Kol, Finn despised being a vampire and was willing to die to rid himself of his eternity of shame. Drinking from their glasses, Kol unwittingly became part of the spell, successfully being linked to his siblings so whatever happened to one happened to all. Finn, on the other hand, drank his glass with a concealed look of satisfaction, knowing he was one step closer to his goal.
In All My Children, having all been linked together, when Kol was daggered by Alaric Saltzman in a surprise attack, the power of the dagger also neutralized all of his siblings. Finn had been in the middle of helping his mother with her spell to turn them all human and kill them by sacrificing Finn when he felt the effects of being neutralized, turning gray and collapsing to the ground in the center of the magical pentagram his mother had him stand in. However, Klaus was not effected by the daggers, removing the dagger from Kol which in turn, allowed Finn to move again. Having discovered their mother's plans, Kol, along with Klaus and Elijah, confronted and Finn and Esther. They were unable to enter the pentagram that Finn stood in, only minutes away from their possible deaths. Kol insulted Finn for being stupid enough to sacrifice himself for their mother, calling him pathetic. Their mother defended Finn, though, telling Kol that Finn knew virtues that he couldn't even imagine. With the help of the Salvatores, the spell to turn them human was interrupted and Finn fled with his mother, leaving Kol and the others to stand at the pentagram, unsure of what just happened. Kol himself fled town immediately after their mother's attempt to kill them.
In The Murder of One, while Kol was in Denver keeping an eye on Jeremy Gilbert, Klaus made it priority to find a way to unlink all of the siblings. He found Finn and dragged him back to Mystic Falls, telling him to give him his blood since it was necessary for the spell to unlink them. Kol had already contributed his own blood and Finn finally did too after some persuasion from Klaus. However, Finn was killed that night, stabbed with the white oak stake by Matt Donovan but it didn't effect Kol since Klaus had managed to unlink them moments beforehand.
In Heart of Darkness, when Kol faced off with Damon Salvatore in Denver, he brought up the fact that Damon had been involved in killing his brother, wrathfully pummeling him with a baseball bat for Finn's murder.
Throughout The Originals seriesEdit
Season TwoEdit
In Rebirth, it was revealed that when Esther returned from the Other Side, she brought back both Finn and Kol, putting their spirits into new bodies. They were going to help her in her plans of a family reunion now that the vampires were exiled from the city and they'd be able to take root in their new home. Both brothers kept an eye on a woman of interest to their plans, Finn with Camille O'Connell while Kol befriended Davina Claire.
In Alive & Kicking, Kol and Finn remained in their new warlock bodies as they continued their plans for the city. While walking with their mother, Finn chastised Kol for his cheeky and rebellious attitude while Kol asked Finn if he'd ever stop being so attatched to their mother after one thousand years. Later, while Kol used his persona as Kaleb to bring Davina on a date to learn more information, Finn confronted him when he was alone to tell him to stop stalling by asking her questions and find out what she knew. Kol assured his brother that he was, he was just wooing her to find out. Finn said if Kol didn't hurry it along, they'd do it Finn's way, to which Kol cheekily asked if that meant boring it out of her. Soon after Finn walked away, the restaurant was filled with werewolves who tried to attack Davina. In the struggle, Kol was tossed aside with ease due to his new body but also learned that Mikael was alive and being controlled by Davina.
Later, Kol confroned Finn, pushing him against a wall, furious that he had brought the werewolves. Esther took responsibility for the order so Kol released Finn and seemed to be put in his place by Esther using her magic to cause him pain. However, Kol didn't tell either of them that Mikael was alive and under Davina's control, keeping what they wanted to know from them.
In Every Mother's Son, Finn told Esther that he'd heard from Kol, who was still tracking Davina. Later, Finn revealed to Klaus and Elijah that their younger brother was alive. Klaus retorted by saying that Kol would never go along with Esther, because the only thing that he listens to is his ego, but Finn used Kol as an example to demonstrate how strong their mother's cause is, saying that she had won over even the wildest of the Mikaelsons.
In Live and Let Die, while Kol was helping his mother track Davina, Finn arrived at chastised Kol for being unable to keep track of a teenager. Kol happily scoffed back, mocking Finn for having just as little success with his mission of watching Camille. Before their argument could get too heated, their mother intervened.
In Red Door, when Kol was with Davina Claire he received a phone call from Finn, initially ignoring it. However, his nose started bleeding and the phone rang again. He picked up, telling Finn that he didn't have to use his magic to get his attention. Finn asked him if he had found the white oak stake and Kol told him about Davina's plan to unlink Klaus's bloodline. Finn wondered what Davina was using as a binding agent and Kol had been curious about that too. Finn then said that if he couldn't find the binding agent and make it useless, he'd have to kill Davina instead. Kol grudgingly agreed to the terms, not wanting to have to kill Davina.
In Chasing the Devil's Tail, Kol and Finn were both taken captive by Klaus's allies. They were brought to the compound in chains where they were presented to their brothers.
In The Brothers That Care Forgot, Finn and Kol remained prisoners at the compound while Klaus tried to have them turn on their mother. Finn remained firm in his loyalty while Kol eventually decided to side with Klaus, knowing that Esther was the bigger threat.
In Gonna Set Your Flag On Fire, Finn infiltrated the compound and immediately went to Kol's new room where Kol was talking with Klaus. Finn demanded the location of their mother but only received sarcasm from his brothers. He then left, putting a boundary spell on the compound so no one could leave.
In Brotherhood of the Damned, Finn used a spell to bring all his brothers into an astral plane, away from their bodies so they could speak. While there, Kol tried to reason with Finn, telling him that he wasn't his enemy like Klaus and Elijah were. Finn refused to listen and used his magic to cause Kol pain. Shortly after, Kol demanded to be released back to his body since he was in a threatening situation with vampires. Finn appeased Kol's wish after bringing up his recent actions against Rebekah, sending his mind back to his body.
Quotes Edit
The Originals Season 2 Edit
- Kol (To Klaus and Elijah): "Rebekah does what she's told because she fears, Nik. And Finn; is in no position to argue, given the dagger in his heart."
- Finn/Vincent (Sneaks up and clasps Kol/Kaleb's shoulder): "Your stalling."
- Kol/Kaleb (Breaths out heavily): "That's not creepy at all. Watching me on my own date."
- Finn: "Stop complimenting her and find out what she's hiding."
- Kol: "I'm wooing her, Vincent. It requires charm and personality. Something you know nothing about."
- Finn (Smirks): "Our Mother wants answers, and if you can't get them we'll do this my way."
- Kol: "Ahh, what are you going to do, you gonna bore her? Until she can't help but tell you everything."
- Finn: "If you want to find out if someone has a weapon you provoke them into using it."
- Both were killed by a white oak stake, Finn by Matt Donovan and Kol by Jeremy Gilbert.
- They were undaggered on the same night, during the events of Bringing Out the Dead.
- Both left Mystic Falls for an extended amount of time and both were brought back for the purposes of their siblings; Finn in The Murder of One to supply Klaus and Rebekah with his blood and Kol in After School Special to help in Rebekah's search for the cure.
- Both of their deaths greatly saddened Rebekah but only Kol's visibly effected Klaus.
- Kol and Finn were both introduced in the same episode.
- Finn seemed to be much closer to their mother, while Kol seemed more distant, even willing to disobey the rules she had set for them at the ball just for the sake of amusement.
- Both Kol and Finn were brought back from the Other Side by their mother, their spirits put into new bodies.
- Kol, like Klaus, makes jabs at Finn's reserved personality, calling it boring.
- They have very different ways of going about casually getting information. Kol favors using his charm before resorting to his wild hostility while Finn prefers using what he considers "persuasion" which involves torture and violence to get what he wants.
- Despite having to work together, they often bicker. Kol sees Finn as a sycophant while Finn is constantly frustrated by Kol's rebellious antics.
- Finn views the world as being very black and white while Kol seems to be more care-free about right and wrong.
- Finn views Kol as the wildest of the Mikaelsons, even compared to Klaus.
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1 These things Jesus spoke: and lifting up his eyes to heaven, he said: the hour is come. Glorify thy Son, that thy Son may glorify thee. | 1 After Jesus said this, he looked toward heaven and prayed: "Father, the time has come. Glorify your Son, that your Son may glorify you. |
2 As thou hast given him power over all flesh, that he may give eternal life to all whom thou hast given him. | 2 For you granted him authority over all people that he might give eternal life to all those you have given him. |
3 Now this is eternal life: That they may know thee, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent. | 3 Now this is eternal life: that they may know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent. |
4 I have glorified thee on the earth; I have finished the work which thou gavest me to do. | 4 I have brought you glory on earth by completing the work you gave me to do. |
5 And now glorify thou me, O Father, with thyself, with the glory which I had, before the world was, with thee. | 5 And now, Father, glorify me in your presence with the glory I had with you before the world began. |
6 I have manifested thy name to the men whom thou hast given me out of the world. Thine they were: and to me thou gavest them. And they have kept thy word. | 6 "I have revealed you to those whom you gave me out of the world. They were yours; you gave them to me and they have obeyed your word. |
7 Now they have known that all things which thou hast given me are from thee: | 7 Now they know that everything you have given me comes from you. |
8 Because the words which thou gavest me, I have given to them. And they have received them and have known in very deed that I came out from thee: and they have believed that thou didst send me. | 8 For I gave them the words you gave me and they accepted them. They knew with certainty that I came from you, and they believed that you sent me. |
9 I pray for them. I pray not for the world, but for them whom thou hast given me: because they are thine. | 9 I pray for them. I am not praying for the world, but for those you have given me, for they are yours. |
10 And all my things are thine, and thine are mine: and I am glorified in them. | 10 All I have is yours, and all you have is mine. And glory has come to me through them. |
11 And now I am not in the world, and these are in the world, and I come to thee. Holy Father, keep them in thy name whom thou hast given me: that they may be one, as we also are. | 11 I will remain in the world no longer, but they are still in the world, and I am coming to you. Holy Father, protect them by the power of your name--the name you gave me--so that they may be one as we are one. |
12 While I was with them, I kept them in thy name. Those whom thou gavest me have I kept: and none of them is lost, but the son of perdition: that the scripture may be fulfilled. | 12 While I was with them, I protected them and kept them safe by that name you gave me. None has been lost except the one doomed to destruction so that Scripture would be fulfilled. |
13 And now I come to thee: and these things I speak in the world, that they may have my joy filled in themselves. | 13 "I am coming to you now, but I say these things while I am still in the world, so that they may have the full measure of my joy within them. |
14 I have given them thy word, and the world hath hated them: because they are not of the world, as I also am not of the world. | 14 I have given them your word and the world has hated them, for they are not of the world any more than I am of the world. |
15 I pray not that thou shouldst take them out of the world, but that thou shouldst keep them from evil. | 15 My prayer is not that you take them out of the world but that you protect them from the evil one. |
16 They are not of the world, as I also am not of the world. | 16 They are not of the world, even as I am not of it. |
17 Sanctify them in truth. Thy word is truth. | 17 Sanctify them by the truth; your word is truth. |
18 As thou hast sent me into the world, I also have sent them into the world. | 18 As you sent me into the world, I have sent them into the world. |
19 And for them do I sanctify myself, that they also may be sanctified in truth. | 19 For them I sanctify myself, that they too may be truly sanctified. |
20 And not for them only do I pray, but for them also who through their word shall believe in me. | 20 "My prayer is not for them alone. I pray also for those who will believe in me through their message, |
21 That they all may be one, as thou, Father, in me, and I in thee; that they also may be one in us: that the world may believe that thou hast sent me. | 21 that all of them may be one, Father, just as you are in me and I am in you. May they also be in us so that the world may believe that you have sent me. |
22 And the glory which thou hast given me, I have given to them: that, they may be one, as we also are one. | 22 I have given them the glory that you gave me, that they may be one as we are one: |
23 I in them, and thou in me: that they may be made perfect in one: and the world may know that thou hast sent me and hast loved them, as thou hast also loved me. | 23 I in them and you in me. May they be brought to complete unity to let the world know that you sent me and have loved them even as you have loved me. |
24 Father, I will that where I am, they also whom thou hast given me may be with me: that they may see my glory which thou hast given me, because thou hast loved me before the creation of the world. | 24 "Father, I want those you have given me to be with me where I am, and to see my glory, the glory you have given me because you loved me before the creation of the world. |
25 Just Father, the world hath not known thee: but I have known thee. And these have known that thou hast sent me. | 25 "Righteous Father, though the world does not know you, I know you, and they know that you have sent me. |
26 And I have made known thy name to them and will make it known: that the love wherewith thou hast loved me may be in them, and I in them. | 26 I have made you known to them, and will continue to make you known in order that the love you have for me may be in them and that I myself may be in them." |
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