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From: Ian Gregory on 4 Apr 2010 21:54 On 2010-04-04, John Wolf <jwolf6589(a)THUNDERBIRDgmail.com> wrote: > I see. To you who is Jesus? A mythical entity that Christians believe in? A character in "The Big Lebowski"? If you had asked who *was* Jesus then I would have said a charismatic Jewish guru about whom his followers concocted many wacky stories - and possibly the most misrepresented man in history. > If you were to die today where would you go, Probably Garston crematorium just outside Watford. > and if you met Jesus on the other side, as well as every major > religious figure, who would you believe and why? There is no "other side", a fact which many people find too disturbing to contemplate but one which I long ago accepted as the self-evident truth. So if I am to meet any religious figures it will have to be before I die. The only one I can think of who I might like to meet is the Dalai Lama (not that I would necessarily believe anything he said). Ian -- Ian Gregory http://www.zenatode.org.uk/
From: JF Mezei on 4 Apr 2010 22:17 Has Apple released any easter eggs for 10.6.3 ?
From: Mike Rosenberg on 5 Apr 2010 09:26 John Wolf <jwolf6589(a)THUNDERBIRDgmail.com> wrote: > On 4/4/10 4:49 PM, Michelle Steiner wrote: > > In article<9b5un.31881$u62.31395(a)newsfe10.iad>, > > John Wolf<jwolf6589(a)THUNDERBIRDgmail.com> wrote: > > > >> Want to wish everyone a happy Easter. > > > > Happy Passover to you, John. > > > Thank you. > > What do you mean by Passover? You seriously don't know what Passover is? How can you claim to know anything about the Bible or Christianity without knowing about Passover? Passover is central to the Easter parable! -- My latest dance performance <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_9pudbFisE> Mac and geek T-shirts & gifts <http://designsbymike.net/shop/mac.cgi> Prius shirts/bumper stickers <http://designsbymike.net/shop/prius.cgi>
From: Mike Rosenberg on 5 Apr 2010 09:26 John Wolf <jwolf6589(a)THUNDERBIRDgmail.com> wrote: > I see. To you who is Jesus? If you were to die today where would you go, > and if you met Jesus on the other side, as well as every major religious > figure, who would you believe and why? You know damn well this is all off-topic for any of the newsgroups you crossposted to. Anyway, to me Jesus is the name commonly used for Yeshua, the name of the central character in that little supplement that Christians appended to the Holy Scriptures and called The New Testament while renaming the Holy Scriptures themselves The Old Testament. If I were to die today, I'd go exactly where everyone else goes, just like you. And, just like you and every other living human being, having not died yet I have know idea where that is or what it's like, or ever if there's a "there" there. It's all explained by the parable of the blind men and the elephant. When I die, there won't be anything to "believe" since whatever I encounter (assuming there's anything to encounter) will be exactly what it is. As for meeting Jesus, if I get to meet characters from books after I die, I have to say I'd be much more interested in talking to Yossarian or Holden Caulfeld. Or perhaps Dorothy and Toto. -- My latest dance performance <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_9pudbFisE> Mac and geek T-shirts & gifts <http://designsbymike.net/shop/mac.cgi> Prius shirts/bumper stickers <http://designsbymike.net/shop/prius.cgi>
From: Mike Rosenberg on 5 Apr 2010 10:30
Michelle Steiner <michelle(a)michelle.org> wrote: > > As for meeting Jesus, if I get to meet characters from books > > after I die, I have to say I'd be much more interested in talking to > > Yossarian or Holden Caulfeld. Or perhaps Dorothy and Toto. > > Or Kim Kinniston. Or Sam Kinison. Oh, wait, he was a real person. -- My latest dance performance <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_9pudbFisE> Mac and geek T-shirts & gifts <http://designsbymike.net/shop/mac.cgi> Prius shirts/bumper stickers <http://designsbymike.net/shop/prius.cgi> |