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6,846 | continuing part #4 (I think); used by permission,
THE SOURCE AND NT MEANING
OF ARSENOKOITAI, WITH IMPLICATIONS
FOR CHRISTIAN ETHICS AND MINISTRY
James B. DeYoung
W. Petersen
More recently Wright's understanding has itself been questioned from a
different direction. In a b... | 4religion |
3,414 | RAPTURE - OCTOBER 28, 1992
WHAT TO DO IN CASE YOU MISS THE RAPTURE
I. STAY CALM AND DO NOT PANIC
Your natural reaction once you realize what has just occurred is to
panic. But to do so is absolutely useless now. If you had wanted to get right
with God before the rapture, you could have, but you chose to wait. ... | 4religion |
4,654 | I'm looking for the following article:
``The War Within: an Anatomy of Lust''
Leadership 3 (1985), pp 30-48
I've looked in the libraries of 3 UK Bible Colleges, but none of them subscribe
to the Magazine (its a US publication, btw). If anyone has access to this
article and would be willing to post me a photocopy (I... | 4religion |
209 | But whoso hearkeneth unto me shall dwell safely, and shall be quiet
from fear of evil. | 4religion |
1,539 | 930425
Rome was under attack by barbarians, they sent for advice to some Oracle,
and she said Worship Cybele and you'll be saved. They did, they were.
Cybele was the quintessential wiccan goddess, there was Her and her son &
lover, Attis. Yucky idea if you ask me. OK the book says she was Phrygian,
from the neolith... | 4religion |
1,016 | But wouldn't that go for any sin. My father told me when he was growing
up Catholics were not allowed to associate with anyone who was divorced.
There are a few verses prohibitting divorce. Somehow, divorce became
acceptable (even in Catholicism anullments). Certainly it is no longer
a sin to associate with a divorc... | 4religion |
3,731 |
Michael> The kind of interpretation I see as "incredibly perverse" is
Michael> that applied to the story of Sodom as if it were a blanket
Michael> equation of homosexual behavior and rape. Since Christians
Michael> citing the Bible in such a context should be presumed to have
Michael> at least READ the story, it amou... | 4religion |
6,583 |
I heard about the arms sale to Saudi Arabia. Now, how is it such a grave
mistake to sell Saudi Arabia weapons? Or are you claiming that we shouldn't
sell any weapons to other countries? Straightforward answer please.
Who benefits from arms sales? Hint, it isn't normally the gov't. It is
the contractor that buil... | 4religion |
4,146 |
Someone stated that the Davidian cult should not be associated
with Christianity. Well, I read all those four postings, and I'm
now even more convinced that Davididians are truly Christian
in nature. But sometimes it makes sense to re-label the cult,
especially if the ugliness is too much to handle.
Cheers,
Kent | 4religion |
250 | Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly as you teach and admonish one
another with all wisdom, and as you sing psalms, hymns and spiritual songs with
gratitude in your hearts to God.
Colossians 3:16
A reminder: These verses are from the New International Version. As with any
translation, faithfulness to the origin... | 4religion |
5,507 | I recall a discussion I had heard years ago. It went something like this:
The problem with omnipotence (at least as I perceive it) as personified by
the christian God ideal is that it is potentially contradictory. If a
manifestation such as God is truly infinite in power can God place limits
upon itself?
.
.
Some ... | 4religion |
1,861 |
I think C.S. Lewis has argued that medieval people did not all think the
world is flat.
However, this argument goes both ways. Pretend someone telling Plato that
it is highly probable that people do not really have souls; their minds
and their consciousness are just something their brains make up, and
their brains (... | 4religion |
6,679 |
As I don't know this book, I will use your heresay.
It depends on how he defines God. The way I understand the meaning
of that term preclues it being used in a useful way in science. Ideas drawn
from an understanding that God is supernatural precludes us from forming
scientific assertions that can be falsified, th... | 4religion |
3,592 |
> Can't someone describe someone's trinity in simple declarative
> sentences that have common meaning?
I offer him four attempts.
First is an essay by me (largely indebted to Attempts Two and
Three), obtainable by sending the message GET TRINITY ANALOGY to
LISTSERV@ASUACAD.BITNET or to LISTSERV@ASUVM.INRE.ASU.EDU
... | 4religion |
2,527 | You forgot one thing "All have sinned and fallen short of the glory of
God".
Mark
| 4religion |
2,455 |
It wasn't Jesus who changed the rules of the game (see quote above),
it was Paul.
Cheers,
Kent
| 4religion |
4,412 |
Aaron> Colossians 2:11-12 "In him you were also circumcised, in the
Aaron> putting off of the sinful nature, not with a circumcision done
Aaron> by Christ, having been buried with him in baptism and raised
Aaron> with him through your faith in the power of God, who raised him
Aaron> from the dead."
Aaron> In baptism,... | 4religion |
6,817 |
...in other words faith in a .357 is far stronger than faith in a
God providing a miracle for his followers. Interesting. Now, if
David Korresh was God, why couldn't he use lightning instead of
semi-automatic rifles? It seems even he didn't trust in himself.
Cheers,
Kent | 4religion |
7,228 |
I thought your nickname was "UnEnlightened"
--
Maddi Hausmann madhaus@netcom.com
Centigram Communications Corp San Jose California 408/428-3553 | 4religion |
4,405 |
First, you seem to assume all atheists think alike. An atheist does not
believe in the existence of a god. Our opinions on issues such as
capital punishment and abortion, however, vary greatly.
If you were attacking the views of a particular atheist (Benedikt, I
presume), then please present your argument as s... | 4religion |
4,506 | Surely you are not equating David Koresh with Christianity? The two are
not comparable. | 4religion |
2,058 |
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^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
[underlining mine/Quean Lutibelle]
Yes, those who apply it hatefully would be better served if they if
they could alter the Bible to reflect their views:
Scene 1:... | 4religion |
7,269 | If you would like to understand better the sort of behavior
that we saw in connection with the Waco tragedy, I'd strongly
recommend reading _When Prophecy Fails_, by Leon Festinger,
Henry Riecken, and Stanley Schachter (available as a Harper
Torchbook). It goes a long way towards explaining how a
belief system can be ... | 4religion |
5,889 | Ok, what's more important to gay Christians? Sex, or Christianity?
Christianity I would hope. Would they be willing to forgo sex
completely, in order to avoid being a stumbling block to others,
to avoid the chance that their interpretation might be wrong,
etc? If not, why not? Heterosexuals abstain all the time.
(I... | 4religion |
365 |
I once heard an arguement from a xtian friend similar to this.
"Christianity is a Higher Logic. Athiest like u will not be able
to understand it. Your atheist logic is very low. Only thru faith can
we understand the Higher Logic in God".
So I asked him, "So what is this Higher Logic?"
His answer, "I don't know... | 4religion |
6,660 |
I read it when it first came out, and the controversy broke. Put my name
on the waiting list at the library (that way if the book was really
offensive, none of my money would find its way to the author or
publisher), and read it, "cover to cover" (to use a phrase that seems
popular here right now).
And I *liked* it. ... | 4religion |
2,924 | Note: the following article is submitted on behalf of someone (Frank
daniels) who has difficulty posting to s.r.c, email replies to
daniels@math.ufl.edu
I am unable to post to the bitnet groups.
Here is a capsule history of the Shepherding/Discipleship Movement in
the Churches of Christ (i.e. Crossroads/Boston):
... | 4religion |
711 |
Well, where is he? Another false Messiah shot down in flames.
Matthew 24:4
"Watch out that no one deceives you. For many will come in my
name, claiming, 'I am the Christ', and will deceive many."
Matthew 24:23
"At that time if anyone says to you, 'Look, here is the Christ!'
or 'There he is!' do not b... | 4religion |
5,183 |
Exactly. Although this may be a dissapointing answer, there has to be an
interplay of the two. Personal Ethos and Societal Morality. A person's
self-generated/learned set of beliefs are usually expressed on a purely
mental/verbal level, and don't usually find expression in society except in an
impure (not in the se... | 4religion |
4,404 | From the June newsletter of the Latin Liturgy Association:
There is a new e-mail discussion group: LATIN-L, a forum for people
interested in classical Latin, medieval Latin, Neo-Latin; the languages of
choice are Latin (of course) and whatever vulgar languages you feel
comfortable using. Please be prepared to transla... | 4religion |
183 |
It is still incestuous.... :)
| 4religion |
2,421 |
From whose point of view would you like to know what relativism concludes?
One of the people involved in the argument, or some third person observing
the arguers?
| 4religion |
199 |
I'm not sure that you can distinguish between myth and legend so
neatly, or at all. A myth is more than a single story. The thought
structure and world-paradigm in which that story is interpreted is as
important a part of the myth as the story itself. Thus, I can think of
no story which is meant to be conveyed un... | 4religion |
6,391 |
The entire business of a Bank is the management of risk. That's
what a Bank is for. That's what people who work for Banks do.
OK, but in that case why are you posting about it? What I
hear you saying is "I don't understand this stuff, but if Islam
says it's so, it's so".
| 4religion |
3,002 | In the course of discussing the Sabbath with some folks,
I came across something that was completely new to me,
and I thought I'd offer it for comment.
To keep this as brief as possible, let me state my
observation as a declarative statement, and then whoever
wants to can comment on it. Basically, what I think
I... | 4religion |
3,673 |
Okay, I see smilies, so this isn't supposed to be a serious post.
On the other hand, I would suppose it does has some motivation behind
it. Apparently the idea is to poke fun at religion, but there is
presumably some sort of reasoning behind it. As an argument, this
statement is worthless. Presuming the Qur'an ... | 4religion |
2,906 | nelson_p@apollo.hp.com (Peter Nelson) writes...
The rest of the story seems to be that the agreement for the broadcast
was for prime-time, and that Koresh never even heard it played. Wasn't
even tuned in to the radio when it aired -- so no reason to come out.
If later they had given him a copy of the grossly twisted... | 4religion |
4,074 | Persons interested in the tongues question are are invited to
peruse an essay of mine, obtainable by sending the message
GET TONGUES NOTRANS
to LISTSERV@ASUACAD.BITNET or to
LISTSERV@ASUVM.INRE.ASU.EDU | 4religion |
3,186 |
...
Regarding the first paragraph, I would say that I didn't write it. I
don't believe that unbaptized babies are put in Hell. I don't even
believe in Hell. At least, I don't believe in a fiery place where
there will be "gnashing of teeth". | 4religion |
2,242 | 4religion | |
6,087 |
You said everyone in the world. That means *everyone* in the world, including
children that are not old enough to speak, let alone tell lies. If Jesus
says "everyone", you cannot support that by referring to a group of people
somewhat smaller than "everyone".
--
"On the first day after Christmas my truelove served t... | 4religion |
1,036 |
Riddle me this. If a god(s) exist why on earth should we grovel? Why on earth
should we give a damm at all? What evidence do you have that if such a
creature(s) exist it deserves anything beyond mild admiration or sheer
hatred for what it/they have done in the past (whichever god(s) you care to
pick). That is assu... | 4religion |
6,146 | I baptize you with water for repentance.
But after me will come one who is more powerful than I,
whose sandals I am not fit to carry.
He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire. | 4religion |
5,806 |
> A Christian friend of mine once reasoned that if we were never
> created, we could not exists. Therefore we were created, and
> therefore there exists a Creator.
I hesitate to comment on the validity of this, because I do not know
what your friend meant by it. If he meant that whatever exists must
have been crea... | 4religion |
3,277 |
Throw away the FAQ. We can all just ask Mr O'Dwyer, since he can
define the thing that the rest of us only talk about. | 4religion |
5,102 | I have given you authority to trample on snakes and scorpions and to overcome
all the power of the enemy; nothing will harm you.
Luke 10:19
| 4religion |
3,498 | [...details of US built chemical plant at Al Alteer near Baghdad...]
: However, the plant's intended use was to aid the Iraqi infrastructure.
: It is not an example of selling a weapon. May sound nitpicking,
: but are we going to refuse to sell valuable parts that build the
: infrastructure because of dual use techno... | 4religion |
3,093 | #|> #
#|> #False dichotomy. You claimed the killing were *not* religiously
#|> #motivated, and I'm saying that's wrong. I'm not saying that
#|> #each and every killing is religiously motivate, as I spelled out
#|> #in detail.
#|>
#|> Which killings do you say are religously motivated?
#
#For example, I would claim ... | 4religion |
1,891 | existance.
***************************************************************************
I just thought it necessary to help defend the point that Jesus
existed. Guys: Jesus existed. If he didnt, then you have to say that
Socrates didnt exist cuz he, like Jesus, has nothing from his hands that
have survived. O... | 4religion |
6,526 | [continuing with Dr. DeYoung's article-]
SURVEY OF NEW INTERPRETATIONS OF ARSENOKOITAI
D.S. Bailey
D.S. Bailey was perhaps the trailblazer of new assessments of the meaning
of arsenokoitai. He takes the term in I Cor 6:9 as denoting males who actively
engage in homosexual acts, in contrast to m... | 4religion |
2,038 |
I've done all those things, and I've regretted it, and I learned
a lesson or two. So far an aspirin, a good talk with your wife,
or a one week vacation has cured me -- no need for group therapy
or strange religions!
Cheers,
Kent | 4religion |
7,364 | #[reply to frank@D012S658.uucp (Frank O'Dwyer)]
#
#>>The problem for the objectivist is to determine the status of moral
#>>truths and the method by which they can be established. If we accept
#>>that such judgements are not reports of what is but only relate to
#>>what ought to be (see naturalistic fallacy) then the... | 4religion |
7,453 | Jim and Andy both have it incorrect I believe:
The *facts* are what is there, the processes that exist in the
present or the physical evidence of the processes having occured
in the past. These *facts* exist with or without a theory.
The *theory* tries and explains the *facts* and how they relate
to the rest of the p... | 4religion |
4,434 | [my stuff about dealing with defferences deleted]
i am sorry; i did not mean to. i think i understand how your
experiences were much worse than the small bit of ridicule i have had
to put up with. i guess i didn't really understand before; now i do.
wow, pretty conservative church. (please excuse me if this seem... | 4religion |
2,502 | On one of the morning shows (I think is was the Today Show), David Koresh's
lawyer was interviewed. During that interview he flipped through some letters
that David Koresh wrote. On one of letters was written in Hebrew (near the
bottom of the page):
koresh adonai | 4religion |
73 |
No, which is why I want an investigation.
Who ever said he was? What is obvious is that he was defending himself, and his
followers, from the government. Whether you think he was right or wrong in
this is another question. If he was right, then he had the moral right to kill
those kgBATF agents.
--Ray Cote | 4religion |
1,393 |
Ultimately it rests with personal opinion...in my opinion. :-)
The question doesn't make sense to me. Maybe it would be better to ask,
"What makes a democracy better than [for example] a totalitarian
regim?" | 4religion |
4,252 | Here is someones "biblical" claim for the characteristics of Satan:
And separately:
We have here three distinct claims concerning the results of the devil's
decision making, a specific desire, and a physical description. Now, in
support (aside from the minor detail that an author seldom writes an unbiased
account ... | 4religion |
1,426 | The universe, mirrored in a puddle.
Isn't it amazing how there *always* seems to be *another* bottle of bheer there?
Aleph *one* bottles of beer on the wall, Aleph *one* null bottles of beer!
you, too, are a puddle.
As above, so below. | 4religion |
4,694 | On 21-Apr-93 in Re: ABORTION and private he..
Not so in PA. Recently the gender inequity in auto insurance was
removed. Just a point.
| 4religion |
4,572 | [Someone quoted the following. I've removed the name because it's not
clear which name goes with which level of quote. --clh]
On the basis of these examples I would say that Joe Moore was only wrong
in claiming Augustine as a prime mover of the sin=sex view. These quotes
clearly equate sexuality with defilement a... | 4religion |
2,878 |
From a parallel thread. Much about definitions of bombs, etc. deleted.
[...]
Mathew, I agree. This, it seems, is the crux of your whole position,
isn't it? That the US shouldn't have supported Hussein and sold him arms
to fight Iran? I agree. And I agree in ruthlessly hunting down those
who did or do. But we *... | 4religion |
3,051 |
I also heard the Romans had a large Solar festival on this day because this
day, about 3 days after the Winter Solstice, was when you could notice a
change in the shadows and be sure that the Sun was indeed returning. In fact,
I remember the latin phrase Natalis Solis Invicti (sp!) associated here.
I can't say for ce... | 4religion |
2,046 |
Once the Rushdie situation exploded into the media, the Muslim voice on
the matter of the book was effectively restricted to short video bytes
showing
the dramatic highlights of Muslim demonstrations. For every twenty or so
newspaper, magazine articles, interviews etc. supporting Rushdie, there
would
appear one Muslim... | 4religion |
4,040 |
You may not think that it is fair, but how many sins do you know of
that affect only the sinner? Is it fair for us even to be able to get
into Heaven? Do we have a _right_ to Heaven, even if we were to lead
sinless lives? Anyway, your argument seems to be saying, "If _I_ were
God, I certainly wouldn't do things ... | 4religion |
4,092 | Ok, let me see if I can get all this out concisely. I am on an
information gathering venture regarding the various expressions of
Christianity/churches there are.
My husband and I come from very different, but completely
Christian backgrounds. I was a Lutheran when I met him and he was a
born and raised Chu... | 4religion |
6,765 | :
: > Surely you are not equating David Koresh with Christianity? The two are
: > not comparable.
:
: This is always an option: when the sect is causing harm, re-label
: the cult to something else.
:
: Cheers,
: Kent
Good point.
I would not doubt that DK could have spouted verse and debated with best.
According to... | 4religion |
1,515 | "CHRISTIANITY IN CRISIS"
by: Hank Hanegraaff
"Controversy for the sake of controversy is a sin.
Controversy for the sake of truth is a divine command."
-Dr. Walter Martin
Dr. Walter Martin personally selected Hank Haneg... | 4religion |
3,069 | }It is so simple.... I'm surprised that this subject gets
}beat to death about once a month. A quick glance in a dictionary
}would clear up 99% of the confusion and bandwidth in this
}newsgroup.
Reading Stephen Jay Gould's essay "Evolution as Fact and Theory" wouldn't
hurt, either. It appears in _Hen's Teeth and Hors... | 4religion |
2,901 | : The willingness of true believers
: to die for their belief, be it in Jesus or Jim Jones, is
: well-documented, so martyrdom in and of itself says little.
It does say something about the depth of their belief. Religion has
both deluded believers and con men. The difference is often how far
they will follow their b... | 4religion |
6,023 | God ItSelf appeared to me and spoke to me, saying "Rawlins has been listening to
a deamon, and has been taken in by its satanic words!" | 4religion |
5,593 | Question for those of you who seem to be fundamentalists (Stephen
Tice, the Cotera, Joe Gaut, et al)(apologies if I've mislabelled any
of you, I've only started reading t.r.m since the BD disaster. But I
know the Cotera is a fundy) and are defending Koresh and his beliefs
as an example of True Christianity under perse... | 4religion |
1,519 |
Though this will be addressed in the series of articles I'm posting now under
"ARESNOKOITIA", I can't wait. This just really blew my socks off. Read I Tim
1: 3-11. Verses 3-8 speaks against those who have perverted the teachings of
the Mosaic Law. In vv.9-10, we have, *IN ORDER*, the 5th thru the 9th
commandments... | 4religion |
5,711 | marshall@csugrad.cs.vt.edu (Kevin Marshall) <1r2eba$hsq@csugrad.cs.vt.edu>
Faith and dogma are dangerous because they cause people to act on
faith alone, which by its nature is without justification. That
is what I mean by the word ``faith'': belief without justification, or
belief with arbitrary justification, or wi... | 4religion |
5,179 | What is the basis of the idea of hell being a place of eternal
suffering? If it is Biblical, please reference.
Here's my train of thought: If God is using the Earth to manufacture
heavenly beings, then it is logical that there would be a certain
yield, and a certain amount of waste. The yield goes to Heaven, and
the... | 4religion |
1,283 | : Ok, what's more important to gay Christians? Sex, or Christianity?
: Christianity I would hope. Would they be willing to forgo sex
: completely, in order to avoid being a stumbling block to others,
: to avoid the chance that their interpretation might be wrong,
: etc? If not, why not? Heterosexuals abstain all th... | 4religion |
7,307 | ...
I had an ehum, interesting experience with the Rosicrucians, or at
least Rosicrucians of some sort last Sunday. They had advertised that
they were holding a lecture titled The Graal of the King -- the room
of the heart (which rhymes in Swedish). Out of curiosity, I went to
the lecture.
There were four people ther... | 4religion |
5,446 | Brian Ceccarelli wrote (that's me):
Kent Sandvik responds:
I think I see where you are coming from Kent. Jesus doesn't view
guilt like our modern venacular colors it.
"Feelings" have nothing to do with guilt. Feelings arise from the state of
being guilty. Feeling and guilt are mutally exclusive. Feelings a... | 4religion |
3,297 |
It isn't. And I wasn't aware that this O'Hair chick was a reader of
a.a., so that doesn't support your assertion that the argument is
"the whole basis of a great many HERE rejecting...". | 4religion |
7,408 | 4religion | |
1,251 | Does anyone belong to or know any facts about the
Christian Reformed Church? | 4religion |
6,666 | FREE-ENERGY TECHNOLOGY
by Robert E. McElwaine, Physicist
Ninety to a hundred years ago, everybody "knew" that a
heavier-than-air machine could not possibly fly. It would
violate the "laws" of physics. All of the "experts" and
"authoriti... | 4religion |
5,701 |
He appears to have believed that. He had a view which was condemned by conciliar
action, which is often taken to be condemnation of the idea of reincarnation.
What was actually condemned was the doctrine of the pre-existence of the soul
before birth. Similar, but not exactly the same thing.
Larry Overacker (ll@sh... | 4religion |
6,123 |
More to the point, how long are atheists going to be insulted
by the disgraceful addition of religious blah-blah to our
money and out pledge?
--
"What's big, noisy and has an IQ of 8?" | 4religion |
3,529 | I wasn't sure if this was the right newsgroup to post this to, but I guess
the misc is there for a reason. Here goes... I am getting married in June to
a devout (Wisconsin Synod) Lutheran. I would classify myself as a strong
agnostic/weak athiest. This has been a a subject of many discussions between
us and is re... | 4religion |
7,531 |
Fine, but one of the points of this entire discussion is that "we"
(conservative, reformed christians - this could start an argument...
But isn't this idea that homosexuality is ok fairly "new" [this
century] ? Is there any support for this being a viable viewpoint
before this century? I don't know.) don't believe tha... | 4religion |
5,773 |
[The only reason for the death penalty is revenge?? If you are going to
try to refute a position, try to refute the whole position or acknosledge
that you are only speaking to small piece of the problem. Broad sweeping
"the only reason, " etc on as tough nut to crack as the death penalty
reallly doesn't help much.
Ev... | 4religion |
3,788 |
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(rest deleted)
That's a fallacy, and it is not the first time it is pointed out.
For one, you have never given a set of morals people agree upon. Unlike
a football. Further, you conveniently ignore here that there are
many who would not agree on tghe morality of something. The analogy
does not hold.
On... | 4religion |
2,990 |
I am not exactly known as a Flower Child Pacifist, but lets call
cowpoop cowpoop.
"The peaceful attempt to serve the warrant" consisted of the following
actions, in order:
1) BATF agents forcing their entry of the "compound" through second
story windows.
2) BATF agents loosing some grenades (allegedly "stun" or "f... | 4religion |
4,538 | Once again, this posting has been delayed for about a week by falling
between some software cracks...
[Here follows an introduction to the controversial incident, and an
apologetic explanation purporting to show why it couldn't actually
have happened. The historicity of the episode doesn't matter to what
follows]... | 4religion |
3,400 |
Well, as I remember Jacoby's "Mythmaker" talks about this to cite
one source -- but I'm not sure if all Christians have read this book.
In addition my social experiences is from being raised and educated
as a Lutheran, having a lot of Christian friends, and I even
have played in two Christian rock bands!
So, over to ... | 4religion |
2,233 |
Yes, that's exactly what I felt. My heart just felt that what I was
being taught was *wrong* -- a basically good message, but framed in
errors. I could not with a clear conscience accept that women were
somehow not equal to men, that homosexuals are "guilty" of their
lifestyle, that pride in one's work is a bad thin... | 4religion |
2,916 | [I write:]
#>>> Imagine that 1000000 Alterian dollars turn up in your bank account every
#>>> month. Suppose further that this money is being paid to you by (a) your
#>>> big-hearted Alterian benefactor, or (b) a bug in an Alterian ATM. Let's
#>>> suppose that this is a true dichotomy, so P(a)+P(b)=1. Trouble is, Alt... | 4religion |
6,161 |
Hmm, it seems that this is the core of Christianity then, you
have to feel guilty, and then there's this single personality
that will save you from this universal guilt feeling.
Brian, I will tell you a secret, I don't feel guilty at all,
I do mistakes, and I regret them, however I've never had this
huge guilt feeli... | 4religion |
7,150 |
ra> Robert, you keep making references to "orthodox" belief, and saying
ra> things like "it is held that..." (cf. "Kermit" thread). On what
ra> exact body of theology are you drawing for what you call "orthodox?"
"Orthodox" is a compound word. It comes from 'orthos' (straight, true,
right) and from 'do... | 4religion |
3,900 | Who is Ram Das?
According to his brochures, he is a.k.a. Richard Alpert, PhD, and is
somehow associated with the:
Seva Foundation
8 N. San Pedro Road
San Rafael, CA 94903
and the:
Hanuman Foundation
524 San Anselmo Ave #203
San Anselmo, CA 94960
He speaks publically on such topics as "Consciousness &... | 4religion |
4,875 |
What do you accept as a fact -- the roundness of the earth (after
all, the ancient Greeks thought it was a sphere, and then Newton said
it was a spheroid, and now people say it's a geoid [?])? yourself
(isn't your personal identity just a theoretical construct to make
sense of memories, feelings, perceptions... | 4religion |
2,566 |
Not true. Only an observer at rest at infinite distance from the black hole
will see the particle take infinite time to reach the horizon. In the
particle's own reference frame, it takes a very finite time to reach the
horizon and the singularity. The math does indeed predict this. Take a look
at Mitchner, Thorne, and... | 4religion |
6,371 |
The OED gives the etymology of "sibyl" as coming from the ancient Greek
sigma iota beta upsilon lambda lambda alpha
( S i b ih l l a )
which is claimed to come from the Doric
sigma iota omicron beta upsilon lambda lambda alpha
( s i o b ih l l a )
which (if I read it properly) in turn came from the Attican... | 4religion |
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