[geocentrism] Re: What went wrong to cause it.
- From: Paul Deema <paul_deema@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: geocentrism@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2009 10:30:58 +0000 (GMT)
Philip M
Yes -- you may call it 'making an assumption' and I won't argue since
definitive evidence isn't available. But a supreme intelligence organising or
staging a specific event is also an assumption, especially from a period so
long ago.
Concerning voluntary martyrdom -- I have a Sunday morning recollection from
long long ago suggesting that the Pope of the day had spoken out or forbidden
such actions as 'forcing God's hand'. Martyrdom was valid only when you
resigned yourself to your fate when forced upon you by others. I think Islam
has still to draw this conclusion. I would however, definitely question your
suggestion that drugs are needed. We have three recent appalling examples
demonstrating that this is not necessary -- Jim Jones, David Koresh and Do (of
Heaven's Gate). I'm sure there are many other similar events.
Paul D
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From: philip madsen <pma15027@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: geocentrism list <geocentrism@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, 11 January, 2009 11:33:36 PM
Subject: [geocentrism] Re: What went wrong to cause it.
Paul said.
Paul, nothing monumental about that statement? History is formed by events.
But you make a presumption that every event is random, simply becauise you
refuse to accept, for no real good reason, that a supreme Intelligence can
organise events. Even intervene with a specific event, as happened 2000 years
ago. I find it very difficult to believe that many thousands of quite
ordinary, and some many thousands of quite extraordinary people would
voluntarily throw themselves to the lions or the fire, without there having
been some sort of extraordinary supernatural events driving them . Of course
one could point out that others of another extreme will happily (we are told)
volunteer for explosive suicide duty, which cannot be due to any such
experience for Islam. But surely you can appreciate the different
circumstances.. These latter came out of life long indoctrinated extremism of
drug induced endorphins perhaps, whereas the former calmly made
reasoned decisions based upon supernatural evidence presented, becoming born
anew, and completely rejecting their lifelong held beliefs and life style.
Philip.
----- Original Message -----
From: Paul Deema
To: geocentrism@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Friday, January 09, 2009 7:08 PM
Subject: [geocentrism] Re: What went wrong to cause it.
Philip M
I missed the incongruity you highlight. Caught me he did. However I counter
with the observation that many words in language are contractions of earlier
expressions. Contemporary example (in advertising commercials) " ...
Australia's favourite air! " (For those not living in this fair land -- for air
read 'air conditioning'). Also "Put it in the microwave for 30 seconds," or "I
saw it on the television." Microwave receiver? Television transmitter? I think
you get the picture.
The council of Nicaea interests me because it is the forum which gave such
weight to the views of Paul the Roman while sidelining Luke the Greek and
others. It is from such random events that history is made and religious dogma
develops. Had Luke et al been more politically acceptable in a Roman world,
surely Christianity today would be quite different.
For the record, I'm not an "... antiCatholic antichrist, antiGod self confessed
athiest ... " as you say. You would be aware of the difference between passive
and active support for a given action. 'Anti' implies active. Somewhere in my
memory of Sunday mornings, there is the recollection of a homily which drew
attention to ... Jesus said "If they are not for us they are against us,"
and at another time ... Jesus said "If they are not against us they are for
us." I just think that as people become better educated, more widely read, they
will see religion for the invention that it is and support for it will decline
further till eventually it will pretty much lose its influence in the world.
That is not to say that the temporal values will be lost or abandoned. They
exist in non Christian non Jewish non Islamic -- lumped together as pagan I
suppose -- societies anyway. The values I speak of are utilitarian and will be
discovered by any society
eventually with or without 'divine revelation'.
Paul D
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From: philip madsen <pma15027@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: geocentrism@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Friday, 9 January, 2009 7:39:18 AM
Subject: [geocentrism] Re: What went wrong to cause it.
Oh how they hate the Cross... Shame on you Paul. They , even Rome, who would
help promote the lies, any lie, to change the tradition of a cross support the
Jewish High Priest, who denied He was the King of the Jews.. There is no
evidence other than some writings which need not be valid, to support your
charge. Some even call the cross a tree.
All of the scripture you quoted contradicts your final assertion,
"It was written on a board and nailed to the crossbeam above Jesus' head giving
rise to the erroneous notion that He was hung on a 'cross'."
read it again... "And Pilate wrote a title, and put it on the cross. ..."
Not the crossbeam..
Its strange to me that you an antiCatholic antichrist, antiGod self confessed
athiest suddenly leaps to the defence of a jew loving, jew supporting
antiCatholic Pope.. ????Or is it? not so strange after all.
Nice to know you are reading all our religious stuff.. Hope for you abounds.
You should revisit your catechism, before these protties get you... lol....
In geocentrism's name,
Philip.
----- Original Message -----
From: Paul Deema
To: geocentrism@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Friday, January 09, 2009 3:42 PM
Subject: [geocentrism] Re: What went wrong to cause it.
Peter C
As I understand it, the Romans crucified people by attaching the condemned to a
cross beam which was then placed on top of a pole. That was all that was
needed, and it cost less. If they wanted the condemned to linger, a seat and/or
footrest was sometimes provided.
When Jesus was crucified, Pilate "... wrote a title and put it on the cross ...
"
19:19 And Pilate wrote a title, and put it on the cross. And the writing was
JESUS OF NAZARETH THE KING OF THE JEWS.
19:20 This title then read many of the Jews: for the place where Jesus was
crucified was nigh to the city: and it was written in Hebrew, and Greek, and
Latin.
19:21 Then said the chief priests of the Jews to Pilate, Write not, The King of
the Jews; but that he said, I am King of the Jews.
19:22 Pilate answered, What I have written I have written.
(King James Bible, John)
Today this is given as INRI -- the Latin initialism for
IESVS·NAZARENVS·REX·IVDÆORVM (Jesus Nazarenus, rex Judæorum). It was written on
a board and nailed to the crossbeam above Jesus' head giving rise to the
erroneous notion that He was hung on a 'cross'.
Paul D
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From: PETER CHARLTON <peter.nambo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: geocentrism@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Thursday, 8 January, 2009 5:18:18 PM
Subject: [geocentrism] Re: What went wrong to cause it.
I read that when the Jews where kicked out of Spain, the Sanhedrin told Jews to
convert to Catholisism, in order to subvert it.
The current Pope looks rather Jewish with his skull cap, ephod for the 12
tribes of Israel, and notice that his crucifix is now a blatent " T ", not even
pretening to be a cross but the sacred T of the Sun God Tammuz who the Jewish
Women used to weep over.
Pete Charlton
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weight to the views of Paul the Roman while sidelining Luke the Greek and
others. It is from such random events that history is made and religious dogma
develops. Had Luke et al been more politically acceptable in a Roman world,
surely Christianity today would be quite different."
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