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Thanks, Sacredstar-- Dali has also taken the Crucifixtion as a subject: Crucifixion (Hypercubus) Christ of St. John of the Cross Athough both are powerful represntations of the Crucifixion, I'm particularly struck my the second work, with the Crucifix suspended above a landscape...

Well said, Jamal. With a little revision, your message could be directed to many Christians who appear to place their faith in the innerancy of Scripture above their faith in the Christ.There are those who believe that one cannot be a Christian if one does not believe that God created the Earth...

Good point. I'm one North American who feels we tend to overplay our importance on the world stage, military and economic power notwithstanding. I don't believe the Bible refers to North America at all, for the simple reason that, inspired or not, the writers knew nothing of the existence of the...

Van Morrison did a great cover of "Bein' Green" on his 1973 album Hard Nose the Highway--beautiful song!

One of my favorites from Jethro Tull:

Quite true! PNG, your link didn't work well for me--: http://www.archive.org/texts/texts-details-db.php?collection=millionbooks&collectionid=ThePoliticalHistoryOfTheDevilVolumeONE But the Internet Archive is an amazing resource--

One form of peak experience can actually be communal. Musicians and athletes speak of being "in the zone"--a state wherein the individual is no longer self-consciously aware of directing his actions. The musician is played by the music--the basketball player whips a pass to a spot before she...

Would this be the place? It's Tibetan, not Zen, though. It's leader is the brother of H. H. the Dalia Lama. the Dalai Lama visited this retrest this spring, but I couln't affort the tickets, altough I"m sure I would have benefited by the very proxiimty of His Holiness...

Many, if not most, belief systems have a rich tradition of visual representations of faith, reglious tradition and history, spirituality, and mystical experience. From graceful Islamic calligraphy to Russian Orthodox icons to sensual Hindu sculpture to magickal pagan formulas, we've found ways...

Jesus himself refused to be limited by description. "You, who do you say that I am?" (Mk. 8:29) One can speculate, imagine, and logically deduce who or what Jesus was, but in so doing, one runs the risk of assuming a certainty that we just don't have. Pinning down the figure of Jesus to...

So, if the seers of General Powell have it right, Iran?

Music for The Native Americans, Robbie Robertson (of the Band) and the Red Road Ensemble, is an essential disc for anyone interested in modern American Indian music--profoundly moving music. "Ghost Dance" never fails to move me to tears. Honor the Earth Powwow: Songs of the Great Lakes...

Yes.

LOL, png!! You definitely do not lack for wit:) ! However, my post certainly lacks comprehensibility, which isn't a good substiture for wit, but can pass, in a pinch:D

The Future of Music is a strange and slippery idea--we start with present trends and try to project into the future, usually with absurd results-- The German composer Kurt Weill once said At about the same time, on the other side of the Atlantic, Duke Ellington states: If you have the wit...

I see a Peace Church thread coming on.... At Goshen, for many years--prolly still is--a course entitled "War, Peace, and Nonresitance" was taught. For a while in the Mennonite Church, there was talk of a Peace Brigade type of organization being organized. If international or internicene...

Well, I like green beans :) A friend of mine, after living in China for some time, was led to embrace Buddhism. Those whom he took instruction from would gently remind him that he already had a great religious tradition, Christianity, to draw from, but he perservered, and was accepted. Many...

...and Atlantis is back in the news again-- From the online magazine Slate:

Crete or Thera seem to be reasonable origins for the Atlantean myth

However, to contribute something more germain to the thread, here are Mark Twain's thoughts on the True Cross, from The Innocent's Abroad: