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That was tougher than I thought it would be. Turns out that ‘callithump’ as a word generates a huge number of results that are nothing more than definitions of callithump. Not surprisingly at flickr I had to search for ‘parade’ instead.
Fr. Gee captures an interestingly mundane moment in the life of Jesus and I think makes a great connection between the Apostles’ decision and those of ordinary people.
I like the idea of a decision that is not a decision. It makes me think of two possible ways for this to happen: one, thought about the decision ahead of time and have been waiting for the crux; two, the decision is simply ‘undecidable’ and there is no crux.
Oh dear God. I believe I have stumbled into the discussion between fate and free will. A debate which I find neither compelling nor worthy of my time.
Let’s pretend I didn’t….
Pre-decided: I have taken the time to consider what paths lay before me and made many of the choices I expect to encounter in the future. This option demonstrates the capacity for analytical extrapolation and essentially allows the decision maker to remove or at least mitigate the influence of emotion. This way you can plan to go to McDonald’s for lunch rather than being swayed by the flashy sign you see at Taco Bell as you are driving around town not having considered lunch till the value menu splashed across your windshield. This is the tack that the Just Say No drug plan operated under.
The part of this that appeals to me is that I get to think about stuff ahead of time. I daydream with some boundries. I get to say ‘Yes’ to an ‘Or’ question then fanticize which will(would) have been better.
Undecidable: not ‘undecided’. Here I am so compelled by one leg of the bifurcation that the other leg is invisable. In contrast to the above, this option demonstrates the capacity for faith–or laziness, depending. An unthinking trust that the outcome will be so pleasant that no effort is required. Ironically–this is the lazy part–this also applies to decisions that are so minor as to barely merit attention. Like whether McDonald’s or Taco Bell are better for lunch.