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Sannhet, some people are in grade school; some are in college.
Sometimes it seems an awful lot are in middle-school...
posted by
Ciel
on June 27, 2006 at 8:13 AM
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Ciel -
Unfortunately, too many people are afraid of being wrong, so they never question anything.
posted by
sannhet
on June 27, 2006 at 6:43 AM
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Ciel
I certainly have plans on reading a lot of your past posts. It's hard to find people who think along the same lines about certain things.
posted by
Afzal_Sunny7
on June 26, 2006 at 6:06 PM
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Ciel, the urge arises to write volumes in response to your last comment......instead, I'll simply say this..... 
......Samhain_Moon 
posted by
syzygy
on June 26, 2006 at 10:02 AM
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Samhain Moon, I am glad to report, I am back on my own PC this morning, and
very glad of it,too! Though it was kinda fun to thumb my nose at limitation, in a small, nonsensical way...
Thanks for your very kind words in your previous comment. I appreciate it very much! The understanding I pursue has been a life-long imperative, that and finding true romance. I finally gave up on the one, but the Universe is still there, still winking and beckoning...
posted by
Ciel
on June 26, 2006 at 9:48 AM
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Sunnybeach--
The 'what if...' questions that arise as we confront new information, with new implications, and new explications, for that matter, are dazzling! I hope you will take a peek at some of my other entries in this blog, and tell me how they fit or affect your own model--which, so far as I've seen it, makes me applaud your line of questioning. You've of transcended the boundaries of the basic teaching that beyond a certain point of awareness and understanding no longer makes sense. You've stepped away from the simplistic metaphors, and are reaching for something more.
I agree that God and Science can't be reconciled if we disregard common sense. And in a whole Universe, that reconciliation is a necessity.
posted by
Ciel
on June 26, 2006 at 9:42 AM
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Ciel, Thanks for the scoop. Yes, that is weird about the Mac. There were any number of theories about why you were doing that as I moved up your 'Jacob's Ladder' for the surprise ending. LOL. Samhain_Moon
posted by
syzygy
on June 25, 2006 at 10:44 PM
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It really makes you think...
I don't believe Jesus have been "The Son of God", so to speak. No more than anyone else is anyway.
Divine certainly, but a divinity that we all can ultimately acheive.
This brings an interesting difference from what's in the Bible about the actual reason surrounding his death.
posted by
Afzal_Sunny7
on June 25, 2006 at 10:23 PM
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(On a Mac, can't post more than subject line today... Weird, eh?)
posted by
Ciel
on June 25, 2006 at 7:19 PM
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In yours, they made him bring the kid back to life. So the tale goes.
posted by
Ciel
on June 25, 2006 at 7:18 PM
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so the other children would play with him...
posted by
Ciel
on June 25, 2006 at 7:17 PM
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called Mary Mild abt how he built a bridge of sunlight over rainpuddles
posted by
Ciel
on June 25, 2006 at 7:17 PM
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about his delinquent childhood-- my favorite was made into a folk song
posted by
Ciel
on June 25, 2006 at 7:16 PM
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Samhain Moon, that story from the Book of Nicodemus, is one of several
posted by
Ciel
on June 25, 2006 at 7:15 PM
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Ciel, I am most impressed by your commitment to and relentless search for truth. I read very little any more. About all I can handle is the daily verses which appear in my blog "Sanathana Dharma." Maybe I 'read myself out' in my youth. I do recall perusing a little of the Gnostic gospels a few years ago. One parable stands out. Well, actually it was not a parable, it was story from Jesus' youth. I loved it. It was fascinating. I don't recall the specifics - I'm taking liberties here - some parents of a local child confronted Mary and Joseph and complained that the young Jesus had killed their child. Apparently, Jesus was really angry with the kid and 'withered' him - i.e., killed him. I always thought that that story must have been what eventually made it into the Bible as the withering of the fig tree. I know I have the facts skewed but, the essence of the story is there. I hope we hear more from you on the Gospel of Judas. I've read a little of this and Judas and the role he actually played are fascinating. Samhain_Moon
posted by
syzygy
on June 25, 2006 at 4:41 PM
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TVblogger, The Gnostic Bible is on my acquisition list--
posted by
Ciel
on June 25, 2006 at 11:08 AM
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mneme, I daresay offspring created in the image of that particular one
posted by
Ciel
on June 25, 2006 at 11:04 AM
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Here's a couple more....
books you might want to check out. I've found them interesting. One is "The Hidden Gospel" by Neil Douglas-Klotz. It takes what few texts are available in Aramaic (typically gnostic texts) which is the language Jesus actually spoke in. Then they try to do a more faithful translation within the context of the times. It's a fascinating alternate to familiar passages and paints the picture of a very different mission.
Another is "The Lost Years of Jesus." I'm more sceptical of this book because of the author (leader of a cult-like group in Montana - Church Universal & Triumphant) but the information inside is intriguing. It presents the possibility and some evidence that in the years of Jesus' life between 13-32 he was travelling throughout Asia, spending time studying the more esoteric spirtual beliefs in India, Nepal and Tibet. Check 'em out, I think they would interest you.
posted by
TVBlogger
on June 25, 2006 at 6:07 AM
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That's got me thinking...
If your description is accurate, I have met a few earthly "Yahwehs" in my time... just try disagreeing with one.
posted by
mneme
on June 25, 2006 at 1:57 AM
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