tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12954391.post3435080945884392898..comments2023-11-28T22:47:40.465-05:00Comments on Tales from FAR Manor: FAR Future, Episode 23: The ProphetLarry Kollarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08317037795075278427noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12954391.post-82687507127288732492008-02-21T09:15:00.000-05:002008-02-21T09:15:00.000-05:00Hey Far! Yup, and our pal John, is the master at t...Hey Far! Yup, and our pal John, is the master at this eh? ha!ha! Hey, have your read "Atlantis"? If you want, I'll send you my copy.<BR/><BR/>Thanks, yooperyooperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11297259993402713368noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12954391.post-31565888661774313722008-02-20T22:49:00.000-05:002008-02-20T22:49:00.000-05:00I thought about the Obama thing too. This install...I thought about the Obama thing too. This installment did start things in a new direction. I'll be interested to see just where it goes.boran2https://www.blogger.com/profile/10483728578007756485noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12954391.post-64403281483408942892008-02-20T22:44:00.000-05:002008-02-20T22:44:00.000-05:00Jen, you're perceptive! I have several plot lines ...Jen, you're perceptive! I have <I>several</I> plot lines I'm working on… of course, the one that comes next is the least thought-out. ;-P As for The Prophet, he sort of elbowed his way into my head about a month ago and we'll both get to see what he's about when the time comes. I hope you're feeling better — you sound like you are, anyway. Sorry about the session not going well, keep poking at it & you'll get there eventually.<BR/><BR/>Yooper, you've laid your finger on something (I think) so fundamental it's easy to look right over: incomplete message, not getting the beginning so they can't see the end… how often that's true in real life! But The Prophet has a message. Stay tuned. ;-)Larry Kollarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08317037795075278427noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12954391.post-4925852015791515182008-02-20T21:28:00.000-05:002008-02-20T21:28:00.000-05:00Hey Far! I suppose, I wasn't really making any con...Hey Far! I suppose, I wasn't really making any connection with the Black Prophet and Prophet OBama, or Prophet Hilary in disguise, or Prophet Kunstler with a can of shoe polish in his back pocket. I guess it really doesn't matter who it is on the corner wearing signs straped onto their sholders, pronouncing the "end of the world". We think they have a message, but it's incomplete. We like what we hear in bits and pieces but want the whole thing!<BR/><BR/>Suppose The Prophet and his "chroniclers" will be like Forrest Gump and his followers? For no particular reason... Well, since I've made it this far, why not go a little further? Like those followers, they never got the beginning so they couldn't see the end? But there they were running, waiting for something to happen, that just wasn't there.<BR/><BR/>I think, life can be that way for a lot of people. They're just running because they felt like running and have no particular reason or understanding, of why they're doing it. Kinda like mice running a tread mill, going nowhere.<BR/><BR/>Tell ya what Far, I'm very leary of people with incomplete messages. Perhaps, they're holding back just to keep our attention? Perhaps, they're just like Forrest Gump, there was no message in the first place.<BR/><BR/>Thanks, yooperyooperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11297259993402713368noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12954391.post-29073500490457636402008-02-20T09:18:00.000-05:002008-02-20T09:18:00.000-05:00I’ve been debating about whether to include this e...<I>I’ve been debating about whether to include this episode, or just work it in sideways.</I><BR/><BR/>Fwiw, I agree with the gents upthread that this installment has a very strong resonance. As I've been reading along, it's all been interesting, but this piece is where I started to get that tingly feeling in my reader-brain that usually accompanies a major plot-line opening itself up. If it's any use, my reader-brain also wants The Prophet to be not quite what he seems to be; close to what he seems to be, but the truth hiding an angle somewhere.<BR/><BR/>Good stuff!Jenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00793793027935224823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12954391.post-37293628369831447712008-02-20T08:15:00.000-05:002008-02-20T08:15:00.000-05:00Hey guys!I'm glad you liked it — like I said in th...Hey guys!<BR/><BR/>I'm glad you liked it — like I said in the intro notes, I was a little hesitant to post it. Not because of the content, mind you, but I didn't want to throw *too* much of a twist into the story. But he's going to be part of several of the sub-plots going forward, so in the end I thought it would be best to introduce him to you. Looks like I made the right decision.<BR/><BR/>In my latter years, I "know them by their works" and a lot of the church seems to have gone the wrong way in several respects. A counter-example, even a fictional one, could be useful.<BR/><BR/>Yooper, I hadn't made the Prophet-Obama connection, consciously anyway. But people in hard times will often turn to God… I just hope most of them will find someone who can lead them that way.<BR/><BR/>FM, I hope he is. He reflects a lot of what I think is good about religion.Larry Kollarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08317037795075278427noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12954391.post-62400494518005744272008-02-20T07:05:00.000-05:002008-02-20T07:05:00.000-05:00Morning FAR.I agree with yooper - Excellent.Yep, a...Morning FAR.<BR/><BR/>I agree with yooper - Excellent.<BR/><BR/>Yep, after the fall there will be a lot of people preaching hope and some false prophets. Although this preacher seems to be preaching pretty good stuff.Family Manhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17101125448247590979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12954391.post-22728426027242487082008-02-19T23:57:00.000-05:002008-02-19T23:57:00.000-05:00Excellent Far! In my opinion, this is you're best ...Excellent Far! In my opinion, this is you're best in the series, so far! Very provative! In the end times, there will be many false prophets, that doesn't imply all, right?<BR/><BR/>Now I'm going to stick my neck out here, which I almost never do. There is a black man out there who's promoting change. Come on, Bush, Clinton, Bush, then another Clinton? What would this suggest to you? Does this even matter? I suspect not.<BR/><BR/>But when push comes to shove, perhaps in five years, people will be looking for "truth". If we cannot find the truth in this society, perhaps, the bible will be the only place to find it! Suppose, it's been there all the time, if people will only look...<BR/><BR/>I very much suspect in five years this may be the only thing people will be able to hold onto, because there might not be much else, (as if there ever was).<BR/><BR/>Thanks, yooperyooperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11297259993402713368noreply@blogger.com