Moll - imagine me saying to you 'come here and I'll make you into a man' - 
I'm sure the only paradox to embrace would involve howling laughter!

On Tuesday, February 3, 2015 at 11:56:06 AM UTC, Molly wrote:
>
> I've learned to not take these literally, but as a diagram for internal 
> life as in the mystical tradition. We all have a male and female aspect, 
> and like all other aspects of being, they integrate before we realize the 
> heaven withing. Likewise with the bit on the soul. Like our finite heart 
> and brain organs, the soul is an organ of our infinite selves, and not the 
> whole shebang.
>
> On Tuesday, February 3, 2015 at 1:28:20 AM UTC-5, archytas wrote:
>>
>> Took me a while to find it, but I recommend these lines reported by 
>> Thomas:
>>
>> 114. Simon Peter said to them, "Make Mary leave us, for females don't 
>> deserve life."
>>
>> Jesus said, "Look, I will guide her to make her male, so that she too may 
>> become a living spirit resembling you males. For every female who makes 
>> herself male will enter the kingdom of Heaven."
>>
>> I'd be lynched in one of my own classes if I said this.
>>
>> And Allan's a bit out in the cold on this one:
>>
>> 112. Jesus said, "Damn the flesh that depends on the soul. Damn the soul 
>> that depends on the flesh."
>>
>> You just have to love it.  An all male heaven, except for those who sneak 
>> in after an operation in 'Brazil'.  Damned if you do, damned if you don't.
>>
>> No one shoot the messenger on the above, please.
>>
>>  
>>
>> On Monday, February 2, 2015 at 9:47:21 PM UTC, Allan Heretic wrote:
>>>
>>> I am a fan of doubting Thomas too..  cool dude  he went into Egypt and 
>>> India.   You can read his teachings in the Gospel of Thomas.. Coptic 
>>> teachings from what I understand..  someone wrote down what he said and 
>>> taught.
>>> It is very interesting as they are the only writing directly attributed 
>>> to sn actual apostle of Jesus.. saul of tarsus commonly know as paul never 
>>> even met Jesus. . Peter and the other actual apostles didn't care much for 
>>> him from what I understand..
>>> The Christian gospels the earliest some 60 years after Jesus's death  
>>> there are a lot of historical record problems. . Like paul's miracle cure 
>>> from a poisonous snake bite.. archological record indicate there are no 
>>> poisonous snakes inhabiting Malta.. .  Leaves doubt.  A lot of conclusion 
>>> jumping.  Old testement and moses.. love it  archeology is showing the 
>>> pyramids were built by labour unions. .  Definitely not slaves  
>>> So what it comes download to is truth and what is fable..  easy to 
>>> justify what you find of value the rest throw in storage  it may make sense 
>>> later..
>>> I am lucky as i have no problems with the existence of God due to 
>>> psychotic episodes i choose to call spiritual experience(s)..l  am a great 
>>> believer in sharing as everyone ones has a gift(s) to contribute.
>>>
>>> As for education IQ test have some good qualities  but they only show 
>>> part of the truth. As for education. My Dad did his doctorate in education. 
>>> .. as my dad associate professor at the time all the professor brats were 
>>> subjected doctoral research testing.. amazing what kids can learn.. lol  
>>> poor teachers. What we learned you do not teach teenagers. .  
>>>
>>> Society has its problems lack of internal guidance is a major problem.  
>>> I like what has and is being said.  Very positve and uplifting. I think we 
>>> are on a good start. 
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> تجنب. القتل والاغتصاب واستعباد الآخرين
>>> Évitez; assassiner, le viol et l'esclavage des autres
>>> Avoid; murder, rape and enslavement of others
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: archytas <[email protected]>
>>> To: [email protected]
>>> Sent: Mon, 02 Feb 2015 2:10 PM
>>> Subject: Re: Mind's Eye Moral compass
>>>
>>> Molly - we've been friends too long for you to think I mean this in any 
>>> nasty sense - but this is also the fascist credo.  Quite obviously not what 
>>> you mean and something I'm sure you stand against.  Once you have the 
>>> light, not grounded in Reason, it excuses anything.  Reason itself is even 
>>> problematic once one becomes so sure you have it.  Candy rots teeth.
>>>
>>> We might get round the problems with love.  It didn't help Moses any 
>>> with the Midianites and seems a rather vain hope.  I had a friend who 
>>> wished she had been born good.  Temptation to the directive light is 
>>> obvious.  Yet this and other 'inner subjective' claims are the easiest to 
>>> lie about.  Of course, the only enlivening part of the Bible for me was 
>>> Doubting Thomas.  I suppose number one for me is wondering whether the 
>>> preacher is any different from a double-glazing salesman.
>>>
>>> Heidegger argues that, in the present crisis, we are waiting for a god 
>>> who will reawaken us to the poetic, and thereby enable us to dwell in the 
>>> fourfold. This task certainly seems to be a noble one. Unfortunately, 
>>> however, it plunges us into the murkiest and most controversial region of 
>>> the Heideggerian intellectual landscape, his infamous involvement with 
>>> Nazism. Heidegger sometimes seems to use the term ‘god’ or ‘divinity’ to 
>>> refer to a heroic figure (a cultural template) who may initiate (or help to 
>>> initiate) a transformational event in the history of Being by opening up an 
>>> alternative clearing. These heroic figures are the grounders of the abyss, 
>>> the restorers of sacredness (Allan's avatars, perhaps).
>>>
>>> Which brings me to my second.  I want to know from real history, not 
>>> text rendered holy.  This may be because I'm Protestant and don't like 
>>> priests telling me where to learn from.
>>>
>>> Molly always get me going!
>>>
>>> On Monday, February 2, 2015 at 12:09:48 PM UTC, Molly wrote:
>>>>
>>>> At some point, we give up all the do nots and live according to a 
>>>> guiding light (is it a principle?) that needs no words, but includes all 
>>>> creation in love. (sacred heart of Christ? Am sure each form of faith has 
>>>> a 
>>>> symbol for it) Until we know this (and have to feel it first) creeds and 
>>>> moral compasses, affirmations and mantras, candy in many forms sweetens 
>>>> the 
>>>> pot we sit on.
>>>>
>>>> On Monday, February 2, 2015 at 6:55:20 AM UTC-5, Allan Heretic wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> The objective is a social experiment..  starting with a moral 
>>>>> guideline. Or as RP put it creed which is probably Is better word to 
>>>>> use.. 
>>>>>
>>>>> I have cut and pasted the different moral guides members use in day to 
>>>>> day life.. they are submitted for easier study.
>>>>>
>>>>> Love the Allfather with my whole Soul & being...
>>>>> Love my neighbor as myself
>>>>> As I judge other so too will I be judge
>>>>> Do No Harm
>>>>> Avoid murder, rape or enslavement of others
>>>>> Avoid being enslaved by possessions
>>>>>
>>>>> Molly :-)
>>>>> It’s a Sufi saying: Before you speak, let your words pass through 
>>>>> three gates. At the first gate, ask yourself ‘Is is true.’ At the second 
>>>>> gate ask, ‘Is it necessary.’ At the third gate ask, ‘Is it kind.
>>>>>
>>>>> RP :-)
>>>>> My moral compass
>>>>> Don't fear anything , but use your reasoning faculty to do the right 
>>>>> thing.
>>>>> do not covet but earn and save for the needs of yourself and family.
>>>>> Do not be lustful but be happy with your spouse.
>>>>> Do not be arrogant but respect yourself and others.
>>>>> Don't be angry but take care to do your duties.
>>>>>
>>>>> Chris:
>>>>>  If it harms none, do as you will.  :-)
>>>>>
>>>>> Neil:
>>>>> I don't really do creed Allan.  Found too many people who talk them 
>>>>> and mean none.
>>>>>
>>>>> Molly made a comment about the end of my own submission which I 
>>>>> thought was valid so I chopped it..  only because it was my own 
>>>>> submission 
>>>>> I felt free to modify  without group input.
>>>>>
>>>>> All of the submissions I found fascinating. The award for the most 
>>>>> original goes to RP. The difference in cultures shows up well. His 
>>>>> submission is extremely honest.. Molly's is an excellent way of handing 
>>>>> the 
>>>>> events of day to day basis. Chris's guide is another of wicca in general 
>>>>> (a 
>>>>> poor attempt humor)  ☆ "burning at the stake is not allowed" . Neil's no 
>>>>> guideline and reasons given are very valid, showing effort not to fall 
>>>>> into 
>>>>> te next category.
>>>>>
>>>>> This category can maybe  best described as a cork (being nice) 
>>>>> floating in the ocean of humanity being tossed around by whichever 
>>>>> direction the wind is blowing or the current flowing caught within the 
>>>>> gyres of greed and  selfishness fostered by the news, games and 
>>>>> entertainment. 
>>>>>
>>>>> To have a successful experiment we need to design a common moral 
>>>>> guidelines for the experiment. So gentle people start your shredders.
>>>>>   
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> تجنب. القتل والاغتصاب واستعباد الآخرين
>>>>> Avoid; murder, rape and enslavement of others
>>>>
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