tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5578675.post5029632821466937289..comments2024-01-30T08:28:36.859-05:00Comments on The Crusty Curmudgeon: A pet peeveScott McClarehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16860823837991898060noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5578675.post-29968020483731347632011-11-12T07:52:41.003-05:002011-11-12T07:52:41.003-05:00“Deconstruction is a form of literary theory, foun...“<i>Deconstruction is a form of literary theory, founded in the 1960s by Jacques Derrida, who famously wrote, "il n'y a pas de hors-texte" ("there is nothing outside the text"). He challenged the assumption that words have a stable reference point outside of other words (there is no objective link between a word and the object it symbolize). Words can only be defined with other words, which can only be defined with other words, and so on and so forth.</i>”<br /><br />This is very, truly profound, even more so coming from another curmudgeon as it does. Please see the discussion of this same concept in my recent post <a href="http://wp.me/ppQvv-7Z" rel="nofollow">What Sin Is</a><br /><br /><b>“Turn your back on the turbulent desires of youth and give your positive attention to goodness, faith, love and peace in company with all those who approach God in sincerity. But have nothing to do with silly and ill-informed controversies which lead inevitably, as you know, to strife.<br /><br /> And the Lord’s servant must not be a man of strife: he must be kind to all, ready and able to teach: he must have patience and the ability gently to correct those who oppose his message. He must always bear in mind the possibility that God will give them a different outlook, and that they may come to know the truth. They may come to their senses and be rescued from the power of the devil by the servant of the Lord and set to work for God’s purposes.”</b> ~ <a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=2%20Timothy%202:22-26&version=PHILLIPS" rel="nofollow">2 Timothy 2:22-26 (PHI)</a>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com