--- The Fool <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> quoted: > http://www.gate.com/~zardoz/heaven.htm > > "Unfortunately most Christians believe heaven as a > pleasant eternal vista > for which their souls reside as one with their God, > forever. Oh, but what they have misconstrued. > If one considers the Bible an authoritative source > (and after all, that's > where the idea of Christian heaven comes from) then > you will find little > to be desiring about the place called heaven unless > you wish to become a > mindless soul in a utopian world similar to the > world of the Borg as > presented by the Star Trek series.
Much more imaginative than Hank's donkey, but curiously weighted heavily towards Revelations, which he(the author) admits is judged by scholars to be allegorical not factual, yet then he proceeds to quote from Rev _as if_ it is to be taken literally... In the Star Trek movie-that-didn't-really-happen, "god" turns out to be a mad, evil, almost-invincible being caged in the center of the galaxy (by whom? - in a ST book, it was the Q, who also erected the Great Barrier around the galaxy as a way to keep out the evil, mad X (or possibly it was Null or The One - I read it a while back)); only science and humanoid courage save the galaxy from a hideous fate... FVP Nephelim __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
