Upon Reflection

Meant to post Wednesday, but time has run away with me this week. At any rate:

The election was almost exactly as predicted by the center group of pollers and pundits. My first thought is that the Republicans did this to themselves. They got themselves into a couple of scandals, couldn't show unity on important issues, and had the dynamic duo of Frist and Hastert as leaders. It's a wonder they didn't lose more seats. That's my story and I'm sticking to it.

Rummy's departure is only a mild surprise and disappointment. He is a hard-edged gentleman of great drive and integrity, but perhaps stubborn, and done in by the shenanigans of the CIA, who hate him and the Defense Department. And we get a CIA man as replacement. . . .

Friendship inherent in creation

Why its logically consistent to understand that we're made, in some fashion, resembling the Creator--

1. To have friendship with the Creator, who sees the divine goodness reflected back to God through the character of the unique human person;
2. To allow humans to maintain friendship with one another, because friendship is of its essence a mutual reflection of the good that humans delight in and treasure. Without that reflection even the possibility of friendship is mitigated because humans generally aren't close to perfect.