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Abt_Nihil on Jan. 4, 2008
Here's the last character I'm introducing to the cast. You might have guessed it's one of the angels Mercury spoke of. Some more info about him will be given later on…
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DAJB: Thanks! Just experimenting with ink ;-) As to the angels-on-a-pin-issue, it's basically the same discussion with photons today, isn't it :-) IMHO the point behind this discussion was bringing order to a chaotic mythology, to take the Christian mythology out of the hands of individuals, streamline it and hand it to the top of the hierarchy. The most prominent problem probably being the Holy Trinity: A definite solution had to be found to keep people from speculating whether Jesus was himself divine or not. So (again IMHO) people in the Scholastic tradition were one of the important forefathers of “rational” philosophy (Kant's “reason”), meaning they sought to derive clear answers from unclear questions. Their specific answers do appear ridiculous from today's perspective; but whoever ridicules the basic method would only ridicule himself - this method being rationalization. Enough rambling - Thanks for the info!
Rockster: Thanks!
Midge: Thanks, this guy here's basically just… cloaked in shadows. And yup, she kicked off the door! Dang! I think you're right on the infinity issue; see also my reply to DAJB above.
TheMidge28 at 9:57PM, Jan. 5, 2008
really sweet scene here. I thought this was the zealot warrior who sliced the other cracky's head off...but it isn't. Now did Mercury go and kick the door off? dang! and to DAJB, the idea is more that outside of time and space there is no distinction of multiplicity. as the number may be infinite because there is no space or time as to resolve the problem. my 2 cents worth.
DAJB at 11:08AM, Jan. 5, 2008
P.S. Lifted from another website: "The question "How many angels can dance on the head of a pin?" is associated with medieval theology of the Scholastic school, the best-known representative being Saint Thomas Aquinas, the 13th-century Christian philosopher (and a Dominican monk). "I'm not sure that Aquinas originated the question; maybe someone with a better grounding in Catholic thought can help us out. Nowadays the question often appears when someone is ridiculing theologians, but I believe the drift of the original discussion about angels and pinheads concerned infinity and different kinds of being. Something like this: Angels aren't spatial, and so an infinite number of them could occupy a point." Fun stuff, huh?
DAJB at 10:52AM, Jan. 5, 2008
Nice panel with the angel bleeding colour ... Very cool.