> 
-> JO>17 posts in this one packet
-> JO>I'll not take the time to attack it
-> JO>You opinions are presented as facts
-> JO>Assumptions are not what it lacks
-> JO>The word is critical: The word 'begotten'
-> JO>By Gnostics a quarrel not forgotten
-> JO>Without that word the answer is easy:So
-> JO>Easy, of course to simply say, no.
-> JO>Solomon (And others) Called 'a son of God'
-> JO>Forgive me if I opine that it is odd
-> JO>That you write (and often are reaching)
-> JO>With distractions apart from Jesus' teaching
-> JO>I don't mean to be insulting when I declare
-> JO>For Authority I go elsewhere...
-> 
-> What book did Jesus use when he was making the rounds preaching
-> His word?  What was His Authority?
He used a lot of books; prob'y memorized stuff from 'em when he spent time
talking to Rabbi's at the temple - a habit he picked up when he was 12...

OK, I got one for YOU: Was Jesus being accurately mathematical when he said
that the truth will set you free? Is the degree of freedom that comes
indicate the percentage of truth? 
-> 

-> >>... Man is truly an odd
-> >>beast to think that he can defy his Creator;
-> 
-> JO>Or to think that they can understand Her :-)
-> 
-> You understand women?  I certainly don't...
-> 
-> JO>What was God THINKING when he forbade the fruit?
-> 
-> Sex.
-> 
-> JO>What were Adam and Eve thinking when they partook?
-> 
-> Food.
No, no, not what YOU are thinking...what THEY were thinking! :-)
-> 
-> Of course, I could be wrong.
-> Maybe God was thinking about food,
-> with Adam and Eve thinking about sex.
-> Which can be quite good under the old
-> apple tree.

:-)

-> 
-> But that would be illogical.  You see,
-> God's first commandment was for Adam and
-> Eve to make babies.  Lots of babies.  And
-> Adam and Eve certainly knew how to make
-> babies...

Terrible parenting. "Now boys, get along..." Just didn't seem to work...

-> JO>There are a lot of altruistic atheists... :-)
-> 
-> Yeah.  Right.  Just as there are a lot of platonic relationships.  :)
->
Just wait 'till you're 81. You'll learn that it's nice to have
relationships with women who admire you for your brain...and stop that
clawing after your body as they do until you are...uh...80. Ok. 60. OK!
FIFTEEN!


-> 
-> JO>All days are 'last days'...
-> 
-> And then there will be a new heaven and a new earth.

Which happens when you think in different categories (Gurdjieff)...
It's ALL 'subjective'...



-> 
-> >>You may recall that earlier in this article...
-> 
-> >>, I mentioned
-> >>that Melchizedek actually means "King of Righteousness". As
-> >>I have pointed out in some of my Endtime articles, the Book
-> >>of Revelation tells us a number of times that we too, as
-> >>members of the Order of Melchizedek, will be given priestly
-> >>Robes of Righteousness; which we are informed is symbolic of
-> >>our sins being washed away by the shed Blood of Jesus
-> >>Christ, our Sacrificial Lamb:
-> 
-> JO>Interpreting the message in Revelation is great fun for hobbyists...
-> JO>I agree with Martin Luther: It's "a right strawey Epistle" :-)
-> 
-> It is very easy interpreting the message in Revelation.
-> However, interpreting it correctly is another matter...

Yey, mon.
-> 
-> JO>I skipped your other posts: Not accepting your premises, I'm not
-> JO>about to accept your conclusions. Let me tell you about MY Church:
-> JO>coming up in a 45,342 series of posts...stay tuned!
-> 
-> Wow!  Just think of all the traffic it would create for this echo!
Traffic in what? Sedatives? :-)

-> Fidonet lives!...
with a limp,,,
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