TheInvisibleDan

I think part of this problem is considering where God exists or when.

I've heard from a lot of people that God exists outside of time... "a day is as a thousand years and a thousand years as a day."

I've also heard the the idea that God sees time from a birds eye view, so to speak, seeing it all at once.

So, I don't think the ratio of 1:365,250 (one day to the number of days in a thousand years) is of importance, it could be a million years or a trillion years as a day. It's the concept being expressed.

So what of the "days" of creation. I've heard this point made that "a day is as a thousand years" so the six days of creation could have been the millions of years that science says. Why stop there, though? What about the other side of that quote... "a thousand years as a day"? For God existing outside of time he would not just create the beginning but he would create the beginning to the end all at once.

"FOREknowledge" and "PREdestination" are too linear for a being existing outside of time. Foreknowledge is a human perspective. For God as most Christians and some other religions perceive him it is just knowledge of all things... all knowing. Predestination is again a human perspective. For God it would just be creation.

I wonder in what way might these notions affect (if at all) the idea of a deity which had absolutely nothing to do with bringing about this "creation" about us?

Countless numbers among Christian movements during the 2nd century didn't view the "creation" as having originated with the deity announced

and revealed by the heavenly "Krestus" Spirit. Many among the same did not subscribe to the view that the Stranger from another World

had entered this realm with the purpose of fulfilling any plans laid out by the Old Testament demiurge through his lying prophets.

According to the ideas held among at least half the Christian population throughout the Roman empire, they didn't deem "Isu" as having even been prophesied or foreseen

at all by the demiurge Jehovah and his angelic minions.

It's interesting that the expression, "from before the foundation of the world" (Eph.1), might also be interpreted, "before the overthrow of this Aeon" or if you will,

"before the overthrow of the god", according to that peculiar perspective among half the Christian population during the second century.

Question: Is Jesus all that he's cracked up to be?

I am, however, working from the prospective that God's Word is truth.

Have you ever seriously questioned this "prospective"?

I was so looking forward to eventually using my super-psychic believing energy rays to lift up an entire mountain to plunge into the sea.

That was my retirement plan - to make a fantasy island. Next to the Rapture, of course.

What would the royal Claudette say about...my messy home?

Would she gasp in horror and run away...like "Jesus"?

Shoot, I don't even have an appointment book.

Though I do tend to jot things down on a wall calender.

I wouldn't put it below him if he feasted on the fresh blood of newborn babies.

Have there been any ponds drained in New Knoxville lately?

C-

I was wondering whether or not to add "at this very moment" -

yet one might ask: how long does it take for thought to travel across the universe?

For the Prophet Barney thus verily spoke:

"Just use your imagination kids!! ga-faw, ga-faw!"

Like Jesus in a purple dinosaur suit.

Perhaps purple dinosaurs are worshipped as gods on other planets.

Impossible?

Who can say for certain.

I have some things I alway wanted to know and figured this would be the best place to post.

How was the war fought in heaven?

Is masturbation a sin?

Is there life other than us according to the bible (I seen a documentary that called "aliens and the bible" and it confused me)?

Throughout this vast universe, on other worlds of distant galaxies, exist multitudes of warring, masturbatory creatures

not unlike ourselves, raising the same questions.

If Jesus comes in the wintertime, I'll be in a bind, because Abbotts will be closed for the season.

I hope he doesn't mind fish-sticks and tater-tots, along with a simmering bowl of Snow's clam chowder.

And if he can do that multiplying the fish-stick trick, that would be a great blessing for our grocery bill.

Being that Jesus is pretty good at cleaning things, I would hand Him a mop.

And a paintbrush. The kitchen could sure use a new coat of paint.

Then I could treat Him to lunch at Abbott's seafood restaurant, on the shore.

But seriously though - if any bearded hippy sporting a robe and sandals came to your door -

how would you know it's "Jesus"?

Glow-the-dark eyeballs?

An angelic choir singing in the background?

Too cliche. He'll need to prove himself.

If however, he could clean my entire house in the space of 5 minutes - that would be a miracle...

De Mille's "The King of Kings", 1927 silent version.

Which actually doesn't belong in the top 10 bad Jesus flicks.

Picture Mary Magdala, the wealthy courtesan, riding a chariot pulled by zebras,

jealously searching for her lover Judas who had recently joined a cult.

Or the first appearance of Christ on the screen through the perspective

of a blind girl receiving her sight.

Very cleverly done.

Sounds like Velikovsky's "Worlds in Collision" colliding with Toho's "Monster Zero".

No "The Gospel According to St. Matthew", "Barabbas", "Passover Plot"..."Demetrius and the Gladiators"?

"Jesus the Vampire Hunter" sounds pretty cool.

For prospective producers toying with this USA-channel made-for-TV movie, to be most likely filmed in New Zealand -

let me volunteer my services for composing the soundtrack, which will be a mix of motifs from "Sing Along the Way"

blended with the dissonant genre of "Creature of the Black Lagoon", underscored by the ethereal ambiance of a

theremin and gong (with tinkling bells punctuating the June blizzard in the dental office).

I vote Richard Simmons to play 1980s LCM.

Pirate -

Make that a double-feature with "Kingdom of the Spiders" starring William Shatner.

Highway,

Your recollections at the movie theater have made me seriously consider wanting to attend a Blobfest.

Tommy,

would love to see such a collection also.

In the meantime, I'm enjoying some of the cheapie horror/sci-fi dvd collections out there, even though some prints look like they've been through a cheese grater.

The Universal Classic Sci-Fi collection looks like a lot of fun. "The Incredible Shrinking Man" was a fantastic film.

Highway,

Though I didn't know it at the time, that "scaring-the-deaf-mute-to-death" color sequence (which I didn't actually see in color till years later, because my family still had b&w tvs into the early 70s) was the earliest depiction of an LSD "trip" on film. Still, those old William Castle films were pretty creepy, along with "Thirteen Ghosts" and especially the "House on Haunted Hill".

Another favorite "Creature Feature" just came to mind: "Horror Hotel" with Christopher Lee.

Does anyone else here recall seeing this little gem?

I just finished watching "The Giant Claw", a great 1957 movie about a buzzard from outer space. I love those old movies that used to be on shows like "Creature Features" and "Chiller Theater". I was one of those kids in the 60's who had those Aurora models of the Universal monsters and my stack of "Famous Monsters Of Filmland" magazines. "Gorgo", "The Giant Behemoth" and "The Beast From 20,00 Fathoms" were favorites of mine and I love it that you can find so many of them on DVD these days. Anybody else out there still enjoying those old movies ? What were some of your favorite movies of the genre ?

Hi Tommy,

Growing up in central CT., I also had the good fortune of being able to receive "Chiller Theater" (WPIX, channel 11) and "Creature Feature" (WNEW, channel 5) on the weekends,

and enjoying a good share of classic "B" movies from other Long Island channels as well. "The Giant Claw" was also one of my favorites at the time. As also

"The Deadly Mantis"

"Terror from the Year 5000"

"The Manster"

"The Tingler"

"Invaders from Mars"

"The Crawling Eye"

"Horror of Party Beach"

"Dr. Cyclops"

"Robinson Caruso on Mars"

"Invisible Fiends"

"It Conquered the World"

There's so many...

And of course, "The Blob" , to which I just picked up the complete soundtrack containing many familiar music library cues used and reused throughout a number of those old movies.

Hmmm...reminds me of that "Treehouse of Horror" Simpson's episode I saw a few years ago, where Homer turns his toaster into a time machine.

And if we were robots, would we even be aware of it ?

Penworks,

Thank you.

That was what I felt when I brought up this issue to the founder of the first twi offshoot, which I mentioned in the beginning of this post. I understood he did not want to address my question. It's scary. It had been frightening for me at first to consider what I'd learned in twi might not be the whole story. If you start thinking about these things, you begin to doubt what you know. One question leads to another. Then you don't have a nice doctrine to promote.

And the "scary" questions don't stop. Never in my past wildest, christian daze would I have ever imagined the questions now raised in my older - hopefully somewhat slightly wiser - mind. "Treading where angels dare not tread." But for all the uncertainties I think it's all worth it.

Hi Socks.

Hi Mr. Happy.

Hi Excy.

Danny

Was this one of the first pronouncements of ex cathedra from the first pope? Looking at this as a book in the Canon it is one that has been questioned as authentic from the earliest of Christian authorities, Usebius of Caesarea and Origen were at least two of them. So who exactly wrote this and what their authority was in making such a claim is up for grabs if you ask me.

You are absolutely right, Lindy.

The same goes for other writings of about the same second century period - liked the so-called Pastoral epistles (1 & II Timothy, Titus) most certainly not written by Paul.

One French writer, P. L Couchoud, joked that he got the sense that it was the same writer wearing different masks behind the production of the later NT material.

One of the primary intents behind the production of this apocrypha was one movement promoting their canon against the canons of other rival movements - and one way to carry this out was to argue for the inarguability and infallibility of their "product" against all others. That is why they are underscoring that their canon is "God breathed", is "complete" , is to be "rightly divided" according their "righteous" "teachings", conveniently validated in their canon against oft unnamed heretics and their teachings and their writings bearing uncanny resemblance to that of heretics who actually lived and thrived during the second century.

It served it's purpose, and alas all too well; preachers and charlatans continue to derive a number of expressions for promoting the authority of a "god-breathed Word" from those dubious writings - indeed, outright fictions - attached near the end of their new testaments.

Danny

It's funny, but I was thinking just an hour ago about that final scene from the "Ten Commandments"

of Moses ascending the mountain, accompanied by Elmer Bernstein's angelic choir and lush orchestration.

And then I read online that "Moses" really has left us.

Thank you Charlton Heston. You have truly been a gift to mankind, and will continue to

entertain all for ages to come.

Congratulations Eyesopen upon the publication of your book.

Have you considered including among your excerpts at your website the table of contents to your work?

I know Amazon usually provides these in their excerpts, which allows readers and prospective buyers

a better sense of what is actually covered in a work.

Danny

Happy Birthday Kathy!

Anyone have any experience with the Marantz PMD 660 Digital Recorder. I'm thinking about this one, but they are a bit pricey. I am going to be doing some remote podcast and wanting something smaller than a laptop.

You might want to look into the Zoom or Tascam digital multitrack recorders at the guitar stores ( Sam Ashe, Musicians Friend).

I picked up a Zoom MRS8 8 track awhile back for about $299, which stores everything on an SD card, and includes a built-in mic,

as well a numerous special effects.

Some recorders in this range also have a built-in HD.

And they are definately smaller than a laptop.

Don't know if you considered a multitrack, but you could certainly enhance your podcasts with other tracks with which to add music or whatever.

Danny