Greg Hurwitz

And so there's a circularity too in God was the Word and the Word was with God and the Word was God. that temporally this is that same fractal thing that's also being expanded across time and space, that the meaning is embedded in the object as it exists, what its use is and what its end is are all simultaneous. I think that's a connection back to some of your thinking.

And so there's a circularity too in God was the Word and the Word was with God and the Word was God. that temporally this is that same fractal thing that's also being expanded across time and space, that the meaning is embedded in the object as it exists, what its use is and what its end is are all simultaneous. I think that's a connection back to some of your thinking.

Well, we see also this unconscious porting over of nature worship that nature is elevated. It's the Rousseauian ideal where nature is elevated above man, right? So it gets out of place if you don't have that separation necessarily.

Well, we see also this unconscious porting over of nature worship that nature is elevated. It's the Rousseauian ideal where nature is elevated above man, right? So it gets out of place if you don't have that separation necessarily.

And it's almost this porting over of a notion of original sin that elevates it that we have in some way that makes us inferior to the thing to be worshipped if it's not differentiated from God, then we worship nature and hold it higher than us.

And it's almost this porting over of a notion of original sin that elevates it that we have in some way that makes us inferior to the thing to be worshipped if it's not differentiated from God, then we worship nature and hold it higher than us.

It's almost like the association with conscience. The conscience is what has to lead the way first to prepare the people to receive Jesus. Because if he just arrives without there being... So first of all, in a dramatic sense, every introduction for dramatic effect, and I know that we're talking about this on different levels, but for the theatrical, the introduction of a character is always key.

It's almost like the association with conscience. The conscience is what has to lead the way first to prepare the people to receive Jesus. Because if he just arrives without there being... So first of all, in a dramatic sense, every introduction for dramatic effect, and I know that we're talking about this on different levels, but for the theatrical, the introduction of a character is always key.

I mean, you think about in... Casablanca, the number of times that Rick is mentioned before his back is turned in a chair and you see the cigarette smoke and he turns around. Dramatically, and I'm not implying this is merely dramatically, you want to set the stage for the arrival of a major character. And I think you have a culture in which the stage must be set before his arrival.

I mean, you think about in... Casablanca, the number of times that Rick is mentioned before his back is turned in a chair and you see the cigarette smoke and he turns around. Dramatically, and I'm not implying this is merely dramatically, you want to set the stage for the arrival of a major character. And I think you have a culture in which the stage must be set before his arrival.

Yeah, and we do this all the time dramatically. You have an opening act for a concert. You have somebody... An overture. Yeah, you have an overture. You have, if there's a late night show, they'll have somebody warm up the crowd as a comedian, right? You have to set the stage.

Yeah, and we do this all the time dramatically. You have an opening act for a concert. You have somebody... An overture. Yeah, you have an overture. You have, if there's a late night show, they'll have somebody warm up the crowd as a comedian, right? You have to set the stage.

And the precursor to Elijah in certain regards is Enoch right before the flood. The other thing I was thinking is that there's these different sides that we're discussing of what Jesus is, and he also is a man, because if he's not a man, then the story doesn't make sense. And so it comes along to say, Why is Jesus baptized? That's a very unusual question.

And the precursor to Elijah in certain regards is Enoch right before the flood. The other thing I was thinking is that there's these different sides that we're discussing of what Jesus is, and he also is a man, because if he's not a man, then the story doesn't make sense. And so it comes along to say, Why is Jesus baptized? That's a very unusual question.

But if there's not a human being who predates him with some moral authority who represents the voice of conscience, then he can't be baptized as a man. He just comes down with the full glory and righteousness and fear of God.

But if there's not a human being who predates him with some moral authority who represents the voice of conscience, then he can't be baptized as a man. He just comes down with the full glory and righteousness and fear of God.

And the movement to the desert, to the River Jordan, is a movement from the strictures of law and architecture and ritual, right? It's all a movement out to take it out.

And the movement to the desert, to the River Jordan, is a movement from the strictures of law and architecture and ritual, right? It's all a movement out to take it out.

Oh, I mean from the conventional ones in the temple. Why is he not in the temple? Why is he in the desert? Why is he committing baptism? His movement is out from the convention. Like you were asking, why isn't he in the temple given his background? So he's moving out into nature and into... Is it a radical archaism?

Oh, I mean from the conventional ones in the temple. Why is he not in the temple? Why is he in the desert? Why is he committing baptism? His movement is out from the convention. Like you were asking, why isn't he in the temple given his background? So he's moving out into nature and into... Is it a radical archaism?