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Politics : Should God be replaced? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Solon who wrote (16446)	2/29/2004 1:58:06 PM
From: briskit	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 28931

Thanks for the posts. I will get to them later today or tomorrow. The discussion sounds to me a lot like the WMD debates. The one side is screaming, "...you lied. Where are the WMD's? You made this all up under false pretenses. We would have found them by now if there had been any. Show me one." The other side has not been able to show a nuclear bomb as evidence. So of course they are subject to the accusation that none ever existed. Rather, it has to rely on statements that were made, and the behavior of Hussein, earlier reports and intelligence. Both sides feel quite sure about their position, and it is happening today, and who knows when it will be resolved.....it probably won't. The same is true for the "stolen election in Florida," and all the various events under the analysis of historians and scientists today. Anyway....that analogy is at best only partly useful, more probably not at all from your perspective.

To: Solon who wrote (16446)	2/29/2004 5:54:08 PM
From: briskit	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 28931

New Testament scholars cannot be made interested in the TJ because: It is very seriously heretical in several ways; Its originals are no longer extant; It indicates that certain gospel events were UFO related, and the UFO topic is taboo for scholars to discuss openly in print or on the Web; It is connected with an alleged UFO contactee, and as noted many ufologists shun contactees; It is sensational, and scholars tend to shy away from the sensational, or from what they perceive as radical; Certain verses, if taken out of context, may seem pro-Aryan; others are anti-Judaistic and may be misconstrued as anti-Semitic; It indicates that Jmmanuel had been a long-range prophet, not just short-range; and It indicates that the Gospel of Matthew had come first, not Mark. Jmmanuel's teachings on spirituality commenced after he was returned by his contacting aliens to the land of Galilee after having been instructed by them for forty days and nights. However, even before then he already had acquired firsthand knowledge of his spirit and spiritual power, due to having spent many years in India, studying under their masters, during his youth and early manhood. His teachings about the human spirit accompanied his healings, which began after he acquired his first four disciples: Peter, Andrew, and the two Zebedee sons. At his Sermon on the Mount, he taught, among many other things, that it is good to be rich in spirit, to be spiritually balanced, and to continue learning throughout life. Doing the latter is essential so that in the course of many incarnations -- reincarnations -- your spirit can approach the perfection of Creation itself, which created your spirit in the first place, and with which your spirit will eventually reunite. He taught that one's spirit is of great power after it becomes knowledgeable through continued learning converted into wisdom. This should be interesting. I must say I am quite surprised at what you are suggesting as counter-evidence up to this point. UFO related gospels? I wonder what historical authenticity we should ascribe to this idea, and how to substantiate it. I am surprised from my initial readings that you are sceptical about the historical authenticity of gospel literature, but prefer to believe in the authenticity of this kind of work. But let me keep reading. I am only just starting.