Complain to the ADF ;) Hatton
Larry Lyons wrote: >This talk of occultist, Christian, Deist and agnostic is pure bigotry. Where >is the inclusion of Druids! Pure and absolute prejudice! Next thing you know >there's going to be talk of the Spanish Inquisition, but I don't really >expect it. > >larry > >-- >Larry C. Lyons >ColdFusion/Web Developer >Certified Advanced ColdFusion 5 Developer >EBStor.com >8870 Rixlew Lane, Suite 204 >Manassas, Virginia 20109-3795 >tel: (703) 393-7930 >fax: (703) 393-2659 >Web: http://www.ebstor.com >email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Chaos, panic, and disorder - my work here is done. >-- > > > >>-----Original Message----- >>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >>Sent: Friday, October 04, 2002 12:43 AM >>To: CF-Community >>Subject: Re: Any occult ColdFusion developers out there? >> >> >> >> >>>Mind you it's been a while now since I've re-read any of >>> >>> >>the books, but if >> >> >>>I understood what it was saying (as opposed to what modern Christian >>>preachers say it says) the reasoning was this: That the >>> >>> >>dead are dead, and >> >> >>>necromancy doesn't work. If you do try to talk to the dead >>> >>> >>and some... >> >> >>>thing answers, it is not your deceased beloved but a >>> >>> >>demonic presence >> >> >>>*pretending* to be them. As to what it seeks to gain by >>> >>> >>this deception >> >>No, I'm saying the exact opposite. Necromancy works and it >>disturbs the dead >>who are the ones your actually talking to (in most cases). >> >> >> >>>Again, mind you, this is simply how it read to me. Even if >>> >>> >>you can read >> >> >>>ancient Aramaic and Greek there are many sayings and >>> >>> >>general assumptions >> >> >>>whose context has been lost over the ages making it difficult to >>> >>> >>understand >> >> >>>what they are truly saying, especially when they take >>> >>> >>poetic license. >>(Such >> >> >>>as the phrase "40 days and 40 nights" -- supposedly this >>> >>> >>was simply a >> >> >>>common phrase that meant "a long time", and not necessarily >>> >>> >>40 actual >>days. >> >> >>>I am amused, continuing on that point, that most people >>> >>> >>though think the >> >> >>>entire "flood" incident took 40 days. As I recall, it >>> >>> >>actually says from >> >> >>>the day Noah and kin got on the boat till they finally >>> >>> >>embarked was about >>1 >> >> >>>year and 1 week.) >>> >>> >>Again, I disagree. My people have been discussing these >>topics non-stop for >>literally thousands of years. The ancient Aramaic you mention >>is taught to >>just about every Jewish teenager who goes to a Yeshiva. Yes, >>there are some >>terms that are used poetically but there are others that mean >>exactly what >>they say. >> >> >> >>>>In the Jewish realm of writings, there's a lot more dealing with >>>> >>>> >>necromancy >> >> >>>>and necromancers. A few pages of Talmud Sanhedrin (The Talmud is >>>> >>>> >>basically >> >> >>>>commentary on the oral law) deals with the punishment for >>>> >>>> >>necromancers >>and >> >> >>>>other places talk on the what and how of it. >>>> >>>> >>>It's been many a year since I've read through the Jewish >>> >>> >>books... the one >> >> >>>with the talking mule(?) and the angel who stops in for a >>> >>> >>bite to eat come >>The part of Bamidbar (numbers) where God opened the mouth of >>the mule to >>speak to its master and the part in Berashis (genesis) where >>God has his >>angels stop by Avraham's tent on their way to destroy Sidom >>and Amora are >>taken quite literally. If God can create reality I have no >>problem with him >>doing the little things like making an animal talk. >> >> >> >>>One thing the Christian community could borrow from Jewish >>> >>> >>tradition is >> >> >>>semi-mandatory reading of the Bible as adults. Aside from >>> >>> >>preachers/deacons >> >> >>>I could easily count the number of people I know that have >>> >>> >>read through it >> >> >>>as an adult on one hand. >>> >>> >>We actually just passed the holiday of Simchas Torah, where we end the >>reading of the entire Torah for the year and start over >>again. I'd remove >>the semi-mandatory from your sentence above. :) >> >> >> >> >> > ______________________________________________________________________ Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
