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Thomas exquisite creature okay , i read "A Review of John Dominic Crossan’s The Historical Jesus" by Anthony Horvath jeez , Thomas ! that's an hour of my life i'll never get back ! (u actually spend u'r days reading such BS ? ) even if Crossan's scholarship is as problematical as u say why...

my body wakes moist our crotches gravitate , sweat- heavy , devouring

Thomas exquisite creature in the doctrinal battles between early-Church intellectuals in order to establish the canons of faith , yes there are many different mythic-narratives being argued-over (narratives about Jesus , & narratives about Peter & Paul & others) but to average-folk...

Thomas exquisite creature John Dominic Crossan has written another thin little book , one which greatly influences how i read scripture The Dark Interval : towards a theology of story (1988) once u get beyond the book's attempt to sound academically systematic the text has a very...

Thomas exquisite creature medicine in the Hellenistic era is extremely primitive but even today , even in 21st century medicine scientific studies demonstrate that for certain diseases a placebo is just as effective as the normally-prescribed narcotic hope (hope for a magic cure) is one of a...

AndrewX exquisite creature the idea of the spiritual body is key to the thinking of Paul of Tarsus , in his Corinth-letters u are correct to query about it xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx to Paul of Tarsus Jesus the Galilean is essentially no different than any other human-being Jesus' corpse (at...

AndrewX exquisite creature Jesus the Galilean is a parablist & parables create expectations , then subtly (or not so subtly) work-against those expectations xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 1. in the ancient (polytheistic) world Temple gods are there to be served (thru songs of praise & edible sacrifices) &...

Thomas exquisite creature i am talking , here about a picture in my head , from my reading not a "belief" (i have no personal stake , one way or the other) i too have read Paul & read John (no doubt not as often nor as carefully as u) but i recall no passage which would substantiate...

if u really believe in "one Gyd" (genuine monotheism) u can't have other supernatural creatures running around what the Midrash does (so brilliantly , not just in "reading text" but in "reading the world") is begin to put a tight rein upon 1. one's dreams 2. one's imagination thus ...

Thomas exquisite creature wanted to thank u for u'r lengthy answer though what i was looking for (with my original question) are just two things 1. a year 2. a couple documents to corroborate the date (i fear u have missed the simple character of my question)...

Thomas exquisite creature returning to earth from the realm of the dead then proceeding from earth (like Jesus) straight to heaven the widow's son & Shunammite woman's son are miraculous healing-acts (performed by Elijah & Elisha , respectively acts of "bringing the dead back-to-life" , acts...

spirit-of-Gyd steering

to steer (to be a partner of Gyd , not merely a servant)

to steer Radarmark exquisite creature i know u still cleave to the faith (Society of Friends) but "spirit-within" , as u use the term (i.e. inner-light) while it does work for me , morally (as witnessing , an ego-free connection with another person connection beyond the emotion of compassion ...

even after a statement about Gyd's love & forgiveness , immediately before this pronouncement is pretty harsh stuff children paying for the crimes of their father (or crimes of their grandfather or crimes of their great-grandfather) this kind of harsh sentiment can be found elsewhere in...

creature of flesh , creature of spirit xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx what we call "life" is a particular kind of delusion u or i or the spider-climbing-the-bathroom-wall is just a well-organized combine of mechanical & chemical & electrical processes what "organizes this...

he's in a better place some person (not a Quaker) says , shaking my hand & i have to wonder where this notion comes from xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx when u die , u "go to heaven" (or to someplace not nearly so nice) is the assumption of American Christianity & is an assumption...

the spiritual (in 58 words) xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx this is written by the E-author of the Torah (the Elohist) while (overall) i prefer the J-author (the Yahwist) her or his very-fluid & slyly ironic storytelling (the distancing wit of a secular scribe , not a priest) really high-caliber...

in an era (Hellenistic) when the high gods seem increasingly far-away & impersonal (relevant only to the rich & powerful who can afford to sacrifice at their temples) Asclepius garners a strong appeal to the average Jenny & Joe not a god of strength or speed or beauty or authority , (but...

the "church" as a place of fellowship , to prepare u for the afterlife is just a social institution no different from any (secular) social institution no different than the company i am employed by we have a rulebook of do-s & don't-s a dress-code , a grooming-code no explicit dietary-code ...