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and energetically - i bet they sing a pleasant song together... :)

with just this, huh? not the folks i know..... edit: just look up a little about Constantine's wife....

:D I like this!

wouldn't we first have to define "Christianity"? seems otherwise there will be differing thoughts....

In the effort to share - not to judge.... I see the whole thing as further proof that judgement about matters we CANNOT completely understand is antiproductive. If we force ourselves out of the "groups" we have become comfortable in, and seek Truth for the sake of Truth, EVERYONE benefits - and...

:D one must find their entertainment where it presents itself.... and I just don't get the same material for thought from TV.... We seem to be coming from worlds apart, but i do not really feel we are, and every exchange we have adds to the material i have to make further jumps of thought...

trying to figure how he related is all...

you so commonly devalue HALF the Law? because that was my understanding of it's value....

I hope that sometime the conversation gets to where I can go into this more deeply... i believe this is one of those "Matryoshka doll" things... like an onion... with meaning within meaning

to show them how to atone for their OWN deeds? just throwing that out there....

Just wanted to acknowledge this..... from the ( more or less accepted ) date of Abraham's life - approx 2000BC it was the habit of Jews to witness and record all the interactions their God had with them.... and this was mainly done by recording the words of Prophets.... Agreed again - Abraham...

Try again, Ben... this time dig a lil deeper... what's the "el" on the end of Azazel mean?

the message of Jesus, which was the message of Paul, was incompatible with the established methods.... it required a change that was not expected, desired, and didn't match with the OLD WAY.... If the Jews had embraced the message, as their historical precedent would require, it would have been...

Sure - but I am attempting to step away from the current understanding of things.... as i have been.... I believe that the original concept the Jews were to carry, was of a close and personal relationship with God..... It is due to the development of souls that there needs to be New Messages...

oh, believe me, i have stumbled and tripped over Hindu and Buddhist language for years and years.... the terms just do not stick..... as far as a timeline goes - it would appear that there is evidence that the Hindu and Zoroastrian faiths were appearing at the same time - but the...

I use Paint.net ..... :) i will give a quick example of how things work for me visually.... in trying to understand reincarnation - I came to the question with the preconceived notion of a straight line - with points along the line representing incarnations... it was a completely...