--- In [email protected], "Llundrub" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Yes, I do not know if the Atwill hypothesis is correct, but I do like > to ask -- "Cui bono?" -- "Who benefits?" and generally find this leads > to useful ideas or insights in things as diverse as 9/11, the London > bombings (nicely timed to distract from the G8 issues and put the > focus back on terrorism), and Christianity itself, which nicely > channelled previously-rebellious, anti-Roman Messianic expectations > into pro-Roman, "quisling" Messianic fervor. > > -----In fact the very concept deserves much more consideration in light of the exact same empire of America in bed with fundamentalist Christian thought. the irony is so apparent considering that the original Christians were slaves, former slaves, outcastes and their kith and kin, ie., all those who were not valued by the Roman empire.
Not sure this is entirely true -- Atwill points out a number of Flavians mentioned by name in the New Testament as "believers." Xianity may well have been the "pet religion" of the Flavians, just as other emperors had created other religions to keep the masses in line. Of course, if all this is true, the chances are a large number of the Flavians were probably "in on the joke" perpetuated by their adopted son Josephus (whom some have identified as the Apostle Paul himself!). >Then what happened? The Empire moved to incorporate the myth and >the disenfranchised peoples. Now what is happening, the myth and disenfranchised peoples are running the whole show. It's a real turnabout, but not really. Those Christians who are siding with Bush are the dupes of the entire sordid and inconceivably huge conspiratorial Roman motion to quell dissent and discontent over 1700 years ago. Only now has it finally really worked. The people call the Church and the Government their saviors. Yes, we agree; (Fundamentalist) Christianity is serving Bush precisely as it did the Roman empire -- if Atwill is correct, serving precisely as it was designed to do all along. Interestingly, there is a strong chance that George W. Bush (as well as his distant cousin John Kerry, as well as millions of other Americans of royal descent) are descendants of those same Flavians -- though this particular lineage is not proven thoroughly ATM to my satisfaction, anyhow. (It *has* been proven though that those who descend from England's Edward III are direct descendants of Muhammed!) :-) To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
