tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8807685073027188764.post1849159691328008842..comments2024-03-14T08:38:46.219-07:00Comments on Biophilia: I attend a religious serviceBurkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08135758421220520531noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8807685073027188764.post-87179606690167933812012-08-01T18:22:29.329-07:002012-08-01T18:22:29.329-07:00Excellent! I am a baseball lover and I have alwa...Excellent! I am a baseball lover and I have always seen a clear parallel between sport and religion (and the arts as well).<br /><br />The rules may seem arbitrary, but they are constructed to enhance the human drama - so in a way, they are seeking a kind of objective truth. <br /><br />And there are literalists, who care way more about the rules than the goal of the rules - and there are those who think it's nothing but trying to hit a ball.<br /><br />Good stuff! <br /><br />Basketball as ballet? Sure! I have always though of it as jazz (the music, not the style of dance necessarily....) ;)Steven Starkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07677314285938844360noreply@blogger.com