Of course it was impossible. Over 50,000 species of dinosaurs alone are known to have existed. Imagine for a second if the story WERE real. Some dinosaurs crapped a ton a day. A ton. Imagine Noah and the boys cleaning that stuff up! Talk about a shit job.
TraderZones: >Try doing your homework first before displaying >so much ignorance. You don't even qualify as a >rank amateur. smilingsynic: >I have a degree from an evangelical university >(minored in Bible), and have a Ph.D. in religious >history. TZ, perhaps you should do *your* homework before popping off regarding others. ROFLAO. JB
You are indeed a scholar. These sources conformed to an evolved theology. The principle sources were attacked as the theology continued to evolve. For example, "Words of the Master" is gone from history, and the 'sayings' gospel of Thomas was almost destroyed. The lack of respect for original source material is seen in how a good 30% of Thomas' gospel was added later by the rumor-mill. In other words, do not discount the extent of man's resistance to the truth. It denies man's existence. Man has a way of using it to support his existence by appropriating language and capitalizing on general ignorance. Jesus
You are right. There is not necessarily any correlation. Many promoted a link, which is why the NT starts with a geneology threading through Hebrew lines. It makes me special and subverts my message. I told the truth about equality and oneness. What prophecy applies to me applies to all, and visa versa. Jesus
1. You are right. But I believed it, and so did many of those who met the persona "Jesus". I proved it to myself by ignoring the laws of this world...such as death. Each must prove it to himself, that he is the same as I, equal to God. As he does, miracles will light his path. 2. Primary documentation was attacked. So it is "nil". What you think of and call "Christianity" is not what I taught. What I taught is subversive to the fantasy that makes this world. Whether written or spoken, the truth is "enemy" to the world. Stephen was stoned, and his primary document "Words of the Master" was appropriated, retranslated, and discarded. Jesus
A.) True enough. Only an "echo" of the original can be heard through the din of voices. It does not matter because I can still get the job done, along with my brothers. The world is, has been, under deconstruction. As far as I am concerned, it is finished. B.) Right. They are not. Adam symbolizes a pre-space/time condition of mind. It then sleeps and splits. Later, the "second Adam" wakes and unifies back to the One Mind. C. ) Right. There is no original sin. However, there is a belief in sin, and a belief in guilt and a belief in fear. These are phsycological abberations, invoked for the experience of something different than reality. They are deep seeded, and are used to build and maintain this world as a fantasy in the One Mind. D.) Right. There is no need to save what cannot ever be changed: The pristine perfection and innocence of the One Mind, equal to it's Creator. Salvation, then, is a *game* that happy children play. Children live in fantasy worlds. They are very adept at playing 'make believe'. And they are also adept at stopping whatever game they are playing to switch to another, or none at all. Salvation - the quitting of a game of pretend - comes from One Self. Each is saved by Self, including "Jesus". Each one who surrenders to Self becomes a link in an unbroken chain of salvation from delusion. When it is finished, the world will have passed away. In the end, self-concepts are replaced by Self-reality. And that Self is One. It is equal to God, created by "our Father" to create like Him, not to make fantasy worlds of make-believe. Jesus