From: Nick Naym on 5 Apr 2010 10:37 In article 1jggxn2.1dwj2wj111jxkwN%mikePOST(a)TOGROUPmacconsult.com, Mike Rosenberg at mikePOST(a)TOGROUPmacconsult.com wrote on 4/5/10 9:26 AM: > 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! He cut class at Bible School on the day they explained that Jesus was Jewish....and I bet he was throwing spitballs when they mentioned that the Last Supper was a Pesach meal. -- iMac (27", 3.06 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, 4 GB RAM, 1 TB HDD) � OS X (10.6.3)
From: Nick Naym on 5 Apr 2010 10:38 In article 1jggxqz.1alewij16nm1t2N%mikePOST(a)TOGROUPmacconsult.com, Mike Rosenberg at mikePOST(a)TOGROUPmacconsult.com wrote on 4/5/10 9:26 AM: > 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. You're wasting your breath. -- iMac (27", 3.06 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, 4 GB RAM, 1 TB HDD) � OS X (10.6.3)
From: Fred Moore on 5 Apr 2010 11:28 In article <wF7un.57314$y13.56446(a)newsfe12.iad>, 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? The True High Holy Trinity: The Three Stooges ---- Ashes to ashes, Dust to dust, Game over, Pass me the jelly beans.
From: George Kerby on 5 Apr 2010 11:30 On 4/4/10 4:38 PM, in article wF7un.57314$y13.56446(a)newsfe12.iad, "John Wolf" <jwolf6589(a)THUNDERBIRDgmail.com> wrote: > On 4/4/10 5:34 PM, The Doctor wrote: >> The Jewish Celebration commemorating the liberation of the Jews >> from Pharoah. > > 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? > > > John > A bumper sticker read, �Honk if you love Jesus. Text if you want to meet Him.�
From: Sherm Pendley on 5 Apr 2010 11:59
Ian Gregory <ianji33(a)googlemail.com> writes: > There is no "other side", a fact which .... is a belief, not a fact. Absence of proof is not proof of absence. sherm-- |