Comments on: “I can’t help but look at those pages and have a vague sense that this is giving me a glimpse of God’s mind.” http://www.sundriesshack.com/2006/06/12/i-can%e2%80%99t-help-but-look-at-those-pages-and-have-a-vague-sense-that-this-is-giving-me-a-glimpse-of-god%e2%80%99s-mind/ Delivering the Best of the New Media Since 2004. Tue, 22 May 2012 02:51:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Jimmiehttp://www.sundriesshack.com/2006/06/12/i-can%e2%80%99t-help-but-look-at-those-pages-and-have-a-vague-sense-that-this-is-giving-me-a-glimpse-of-god%e2%80%99s-mind/comment-page-1/#comment-225304 Jimmie Tue, 13 Jun 2006 09:01:01 +0000 http://sundriesshack.com/?p=2477#comment-225304 It's a fair enough criticism, EricH, but I'm not a journalist and I have never said I was anything even close to it. When I said "budding" I honestly meant in the sense that you walk by a tree in the spring (or a grown plant) and see it full of buds and note that it's budding. That is what I believe to be common usage. Nevertheless, I correct. It's a fair enough criticism, EricH, but I'm not a journalist and I have never said I was anything even close to it.

When I said "budding" I honestly meant in the sense that you walk by a tree in the spring (or a grown plant) and see it full of buds and note that it's budding. That is what I believe to be common usage.

Nevertheless, I correct.

]]> By: EricHhttp://www.sundriesshack.com/2006/06/12/i-can%e2%80%99t-help-but-look-at-those-pages-and-have-a-vague-sense-that-this-is-giving-me-a-glimpse-of-god%e2%80%99s-mind/comment-page-1/#comment-225303 EricH Tue, 13 Jun 2006 08:48:46 +0000 http://sundriesshack.com/?p=2477#comment-225303 From Merriam-Webster online: budding <i>adj</i> being in an early stage of development. It is, specifically, improper to call his belief "budding", if you don't intend to indicate that he has only recently come by it. You needn't be indicating that study of the genome was his conversion experience, but you <i>are</i> implying that it was recent. Better words would be "growing," or "flowering," if you insist on the plant metaphor. Your response indicates that you thought of your own personal variation on the common usage, and followed that instead. That's encouraged in poetry, but in journalism it's called slanted writing. When we're trying not to be too harsh... From Merriam-Webster online: budding adj being in an early stage of development.

It is, specifically, improper to call his belief "budding", if you don't intend to indicate that he has only recently come by it. You needn't be indicating that study of the genome was his conversion experience, but you are implying that it was recent. Better words would be "growing," or "flowering," if you insist on the plant metaphor. Your response indicates that you thought of your own personal variation on the common usage, and followed that instead. That's encouraged in poetry, but in journalism it's called slanted writing. When we're trying not to be too harsh…

]]> By: Jimmiehttp://www.sundriesshack.com/2006/06/12/i-can%e2%80%99t-help-but-look-at-those-pages-and-have-a-vague-sense-that-this-is-giving-me-a-glimpse-of-god%e2%80%99s-mind/comment-page-1/#comment-225202 Jimmie Mon, 12 Jun 2006 19:25:12 +0000 http://sundriesshack.com/?p=2477#comment-225202 I'm not saying that Collins' study of the genome was his conversion experience but I don't think it's improper to call his belief "budding". A budding plant is one that is putting out new flowers or stalks and it's proper, I believe, to say that his study of the human genome has caused his belief to put out a new flower in the form of his book. I'm not saying that Collins' study of the genome was his conversion experience but I don't think it's improper to call his belief "budding". A budding plant is one that is putting out new flowers or stalks and it's proper, I believe, to say that his study of the human genome has caused his belief to put out a new flower in the form of his book.

]]> By: Tanohttp://www.sundriesshack.com/2006/06/12/i-can%e2%80%99t-help-but-look-at-those-pages-and-have-a-vague-sense-that-this-is-giving-me-a-glimpse-of-god%e2%80%99s-mind/comment-page-1/#comment-225201 Tano Mon, 12 Jun 2006 19:16:11 +0000 http://sundriesshack.com/?p=2477#comment-225201 No, it is not a statement of "budding belief" - though one could conclude that from the misleading title and lead paragraphs. Fact is, Collins has been committed Christian for a long time - there is nothing new about this, and he certainly did not come by any conversion because of his genome work. That much is explained deeper in the article, but the lede is very misleading. No, it is not a statement of "budding belief" – though one could conclude that from the misleading title and lead paragraphs. Fact is, Collins has been committed Christian for a long time – there is nothing new about this, and he certainly did not come by any conversion because of his genome work. That much is explained deeper in the article, but the lede is very misleading.

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