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Quran was written over 600 years after Yeshua's crucifixion, Peter's book was published in 2003. I'd love to see anything from the Yeshua time period, anything by a writer, a poet, a record, the Roman Empire, the Jews, anything at all!

The Simon of the Acts and the Simon of the fathers both retain the two features of the possession of magical power and of collision with Peter, the tone of the narratives is entirely different. Though the apostles are naturally shown as...

Baptism: Not originally a Christian practice The practice of baptism in pagan religions seems to have been based on a belief in the purifying properties of water. In ancient Babylon, according to the Tablets of Maklu (no relation :P), water was important as a spiritual cleansing agent in the...

All of Samaria, where Simon was from, were Simonians . . . Simon had already begun a Belief practice that would eventually become Gnosticism. It was later that he became a disciple of the Christ. But even that information is cloudy because of the hatred towards Simon the Heretic by most of the...

John mentioned a messiah that would be greater than he, Christians commonly refer to John as the precursor or forerunner of Jesus (^ Meier, John (1994). Mentor, Message, and Miracles (A Marginal Jew: Rethinking the Historical Jesus, Vol. 2). 2. Anchor Bible. ISBN 0-385-46992-6.) Some of Jesus'...

Thomas, as usual your scholar is excellent. But, from my understanding . . . John the Baptist could quite possibly have been the Fathering religious figure for both Yeshua and Simon. That Simon lost his life because of his slightly Left Hand views and that Yeshua remained to carry on John's...

:) Thank you SG! The power just came on, getting warmed up and organized! How did you guys make out?

“Reality leaves a lot to the imagination.” ― John Lennon

iron out what & who's differences (no, you're not angering me in the least bit) How would the OU determine what goes on in our SU? Do you mean in terms of whatever can be imagined has already been experienced somehow? That the SU is limited in some way because of this? Agreed, and that is...

LOL . . .Yes, I agree! **disclaimer: I KNOW nothing, just what I am told (by Myself!)

"As far as we can discern, the sole purpose of human existence is to kindle a light in the darkness of mere being." - Carl Jung “We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light.” - Plato "Lucifer, the Son of the...

Yet they are all RHP because they seek to atone with a divine principle that lies outside of themselves. Fantasy is defined in many ways. 1. The creative imagination; unrestrained fancy. 2. Something, such as an invention, that is a creation of the fancy. 3. A capricious or fantastic idea...

I believe you are referring to objective & subjective reality, which is not what I am talking about. The objective universe (OU) is all that abides by the laws of physics, the natural universe, the material/physical universe. This is what is understood by many as the divine, god, nature, etc...

Simply, it relates because it is the pursuit of the True Self and not the objective self which is what one will only find when approaching from a natural/material/objective stance. Do you feel as though only naturalists live better lives?

Your cousin is not much of an atheist if he is inquiring about this H E double toothpicks crap! Tell him to go read Nietzsche's "Will to Power" and get over it

Happy Celebrations everyone!

But wasn't the Hebrew ha satan merely carrying out the orders of Yahweh? Lucifer is first mentioned (under that name) in the writings of Origen (end of the second century) some two hundred years before Jerome puts it into his Latin text. Tertullian and others of the early fathers of the...

I must say, you brought up some very relevant points and I hope didn't come across too crass in my reply/post :D

Actually both Set and Horus the Elder were patrons of the two Egyptian lands (Upper & Lower) both revered gods. It wasn't until much later during the Osirian religion's reign did all that anti-Set stuff come about, and the new Horus was associated as the child of Isis & Osiris . . . it was...

When I said "you guys" I was speaking about the Abrahamics which according to you, you are not. The Abrahamic texts as a whole dictate processes that many of us would consider "Evil", as I stated in my reply to Thomas, it doesn't matter which denomination one hides behind, it is the same god...