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To: Emile Vidrine who wrote (5524)	10/1/2001 11:07:15 AM
From: goldsnow	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 23908

Some education for you, you seem to use words that you do not understand.... themystica.com The Kabbalists share similar goals as did the Gnostics: each group set out to answer the religious paradoxical questions of life. Such as why does the world possess both good and evil characteristics when it was created by a God Who is all good? Why is the world finite when it was created by an infinite God? Similar questions which are asked concerning the world can also be asked of humankind. Of all of the questions concerning God's relationship with the world and humankind, there seems to be one ultimate question: God, by his very nature of being infinite, all good and knowing, seems unknowable; then, how is it possible for humankind to know him? The Kabbalah seems to serve to answer this question in two ways: the first is in the explanation that every idea contains its own contradiction, and God Who is the sum of all ideas contains all contradictions. Therefore God is both good and evil, just and unjust, merciful and cruel, limitless and limited, unknowable and knowable. All things, which contain their contradictions or opposites, unite to form a greater whole which is God. From this first answer comes the Kabbalah's second answer which indirectly relates God to the world. Another basic teaching shared by Gnosticism and the Kabbalah was that the divine spirit, or the soul, had descended from God and became trapped in the human body or matter. This was a prevalent theory shortly after time of Christ within the Mediterranean area. This and other religious teachings exemplify how such teachings can reflect the beliefs of the peoples of the time.

To: Emile Vidrine who wrote (5524)	10/1/2001 11:13:04 AM
From: goldsnow	Respond to of 23908

The best summation is that of Albert Einstein.. "Imagination is more important than knowledge" PS Does not apply to the sick-minds like yours, right? <ggg>

To: Emile Vidrine who wrote (5524)	10/2/2001 8:37:05 PM
From: goldsnow	Respond to of 23908

Emile, found a fascinating book, unbelievable reviews, you will be astonished...nothing like you have read before.... yale.edu "...This book, by an anthropologist and practicing psychoanalyst, offers a brilliant reinterpretation of these works, presenting them instead as versions and unwitting analyses of the great mythic narrative underlying Judeo-Christian civilization, found principally in the Five Books of Moses."... "Moses and Civilization is full of intelligence and wit, a captivating and illuminating grand tour of one of the foundation myths of our culture. It is certain to be a spring board for new theories and analyses in the continuing anthropological project to slough off Freud's errors and misunderstandings in order to build upon the enduring value of his work."--Allen Johnson, American Anthropologist

To: Emile Vidrine who wrote (5524)	10/2/2001 8:49:59 PM
From: goldsnow	Respond to of 23908

Is'nt the World unreal and interesting..Some food for thought, ah? krsna.com Modern historical sciences share the basic Judeo-Christian assumptions about time. The universe we inhabit is a unique occurrence. Humans have arisen once on this planet. The history of our ancestors followed a unique though unpredestined evolutionary pathway. The future pathway of our species is also unique. Although this pathway is officially unpredictable, the myths of science project a possible overcoming of death by biomedical science and mastery over the entire universe by evolving, space-traveling humans. One group, the Santa Fe Institute, sponsor of several conferences on "artificial life", predicts the transfer of human intelligence into machines and computers displaying the complex symptoms of living things. "Artificial life" thus becomes the ultimate transfiguring salvation of our species. Finally, the collapse of the Big Bang universe will bring everything to a close.