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To: Greg or e who wrote (41193)	9/7/2013 12:26:33 PM
From: Solon	1 Recommendation Recommended By average joe Respond to of 69300

Get off your human sacrifice kick! How many times do I have to tell you that civilized people no longer believe in that pagan crap! Human sacrifice just KILLS A HUMAN! It doesn't make your crops grow or expiate guilt for bad deeds. Get it through your noggin! HUMAN SACRIFICE KILLS. AIEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!

To: Greg or e who wrote (41193)	9/7/2013 12:29:11 PM
From: 2MAR$	Respond to of 69300

There are so many wonderful ways that discussion can go, the details in these many past centuries of human cultural evolution (history) are just that fascinating. One doesnt get away with all this generalizing , there is a continuum of human world that modern archaelogy which is far more informed,more realistically views which clearly blends in a far wider perspective of the past. (like that Hellenizing influence which was huge or Cyrus the Persian kings influence or the Babylonian or the Egyptian, all had tremendous effect) As i said before some of the best elements & essences of the whole affair are identified clearly with that Nature loving Earth centered base, this goes far back (India /China are ancient too) dont even start to kid yourself. Before you get into all that other nonsense of geneology & who begat who, the first & most universally loved part of the Bible is Genesis. God so loved the world Even if not historically true, though it should get some acknowledgement, the story of enslavement out of Egypt worked its charm on the human imagination, so it goes, we can give that a check mark. (even if not true) Touchy feelie? What do you call washing his brother's feet? The sermon on the mount? Pretty touchie feelie to me and to that we give another check mark too. Idolatrous? That nonsense is highly debateable too, the mother Church loved & loves its symbols,iconography, yet another example of different strokes for different folks. You get literally stoned for that & hung by your balls in Islam, its not even considered an option. You see how normal discussions go , fairly considering & taking into view all facts in rspectful exchanges?

To: Greg or e who wrote (41193)	9/7/2013 12:54:31 PM
From: 2MAR$	Respond to of 69300

Another simple tie in observation to what i was saying, since you might be paying attention to respectful discourse for once instead of coming here to disrupt & name call, how does the scripture go? For God So Loved The World ...that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. Well, we certainly have here one big beautiful, perfect example of what i was getting the essence of, here's your own scripture in bold beginning saying its "The World" that God so loved. That doesnt sound like an earth centered religion to you? If not then you'll have to excuse me for the rest of the day , for it sure sounds *world centered* to me. And what makes your earth centered religion & messiah any better than the ones that preached love & kindness before, he was late to that party by 1000yrs easily. ( Jain saints from India go back to 1400Bc) I could go on to discuss this is also like an expanded mind/body/spirit discussion, we have the World which is filled with marvelous things ( evolving) both physical & in one sense spirit ,life has an energy & variety , then we have the reality of Nature & she is nobody's bitch. (Nobody needs to hear that crackpot Lane Craig go into who created it all nonsense, thats far too removed to mean anything to anyone, and only to a primitive does eternal life mean anything , beyond anyone's power to imagine)