Posted on 03/12/2005 8:12:49 PM PST by familyop
if you will recall, the Catholic church WROTE the bible
The Catholic church was no where around when Moses, Paul, Matthew, Mark, John, Luke, Isaiah among others wrote the Bible. Perhaps you meant to say PRINT the Bible?
for the first 1,500 years of church history, all Christians were Catholic
The Romans were busy killing Christians until the 3rd century A.D. Those same Romans started the Catholic church.
Here's the scoop. GOD inspired the Bible, the word Catholic means Universal. We believe in the "Holy Catholic" church, which means God's Universal Church for all faiths. The first 5 books of the Bible were written by Moses. (Called the Law of Moses). Also in the Torah & the Pentateuch;
The survival manuals for the Jewish Nation. The current ROMAN CATHOLIC Church is a break off from the Jewish Nation too. Martin Luther started the Lutheran Church as a break off of the Roman Catholic Church, and on and on it goes. I don't recall them being Roman Catholic Monks?
Got no problem with that, mind you, but I think another venue would be more appropriate.
That said, I would like to see a pic of the actress.
But it also says that the Ten Sefirot are not considered to be separate deities (but rather, attributes of one).
I read some commentaries by rabbis after Madonna announced that she was delving into some Hollywood revision of Kabbalah study. The rabbis had written that Orthodox Jews are discouraged by some from reading the Kabbalah at all, and by others, from reading it until they have read/written the Torah (long term undertaking) and been Orthodox Jews for a very long time.
Personally, I carefully avoid any and all polytheism by avoiding all mysticism (including increasingly popular "inner light" doctrines) and spiritualism (talking to the dead, dead being omnipresent, etc.). I study, having started with "In the Beginning."
Remember, what I said was "multiple personalities," not "multiple Gods." So I don't see a correction here from you.
I believe all mysticism is wrong. That holds for Christians and for Jews.
The idea that there is "special, private knowledge" that God didn't want His followers to know about is perverted in itself.
San Francisco will celebrate Easter, as will the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence (gay group).
"Come celebrate with the Sisters at their 26th annual Easter event. Fun for the whole family, including the Bonnet Contest and infamous Hunky Jesus contest."
At Christmas, there was a disgusting cover on one of the local gay newspapers - at every newsstand. It was very offensive. You couldn't not see it. These people plan and intend to be provocative and profane. They must get some secret thrill out of it.
There is no 'interpretation' of who Jesus was. Whether or not you believe he was God, he was a living, breathing historical figure. He cannot be a she any more than Julius Caesar, Leonardo Da Vinci, George Washington, or Bob Hope.
Who elected these people God and gave them the power to declare the particulars of historical people and events? This is not an 'interpretation' this is a bunch of self-righteous elitist jackboots dictating what our religious beliefs should be.
Moral Absolutes Ping.
Not only is this idiot casting a woman as the MAN Jesus Christ, but she is an admitted non-believer.
Anyone who witnesses this play will have his or her faith harmed. Why even see such a piece of blasphemy?
I hope the citizens of this town who still have their hearts and wits intact turn their backs on the production, or, better yet, attend with pitchforks and torches.
Let me know if anyone wants (back) on or off this revived ping list.
Note: Atheists and blasphemers should stay away from God, holy scriptures, Jesus Christ, the holy name of God, religious holidays, religious believers, and so on. Let the atheists and blasphemers start their own traditions, plays, and so on. But no, they feel compelled to sully and destroy the religious life of others.
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