I’m sure you know, however, that USENET is full of provocative questions, and I’m the first to admit that SOME things I read on USENET go right to the anger center of my brain. That good ‘ole righteous wrath juice gets to flowing and sometimes I post something that I can regret at my leisure [...]
Entries from July 1996
Hasty words
July 23, 1996
Jesus Second Coming (Whoops, you missed it)
July 16, 1996
Re: Second Coming of Jesus.
Someone asked me in E-mail what I thought of the idea that the Second Coming of Jesus might have conincided with the destruction of Jerusalem in 70 AD. This is my reply:
As you of course know, this is a large subject.
I am one of those who believe that all of the [...]
Gospel of Philip
July 15, 1996
This is the text in question (maybe others):
As for the Wisdom who is called “the barren,” she is the mother of the angels. And the companion of the Savior is Mary Magdalene. But Christ loved her more than all the disciples and used to kiss her often on her [...]
Bunker Mentality
July 8, 1996
In these days when conservatives are very vocal politically, and when Christian Television is uniformly fundamentalist, it is possible to get into a “bunker mentality” and forget all the openness, love and generosity left in the world.
Public Prayer
July 8, 1996
When I was in school, in the 50’s, we had school-wide announcements and prayers over the intercom. I don’t think anyone benefitted from them. One summer I took a course at a Catholic college, and every class was opened and closed with a prayer. A Catholic friend asked me why I wasn’t saying the prayers [...]