Ahhh, an intermezzo of silent voices...
On Jun 24, 2010, at 11:09 AM, John Carl wrote: > Andre: > > Andre: >> No, the only evangelist I seem to remember bearing the name 'Andreas' was >> taken care of by the Romans: they crossed the wood and hanged him...upside >> down...as his request. He felt himself unworthy to die in the same manner as >> his master. (is this about right John?) > > > Hey, I didn't know Andre was Dutch for Peter. > > Although you bring up an interesting MoQ parallel in your reference to the > "little rock", Cephas. There's a passage where Jesus says to him, "And on > this rock, I will build my church." And the catholic interpretation of the > passage says its the man that will be the foundation, since Peter was the > first bishop of Rome, that led to all the popes since. > > But his term "this rock" used a different formulation than Peter's name, it > was a pun, a play on words pointing to the real foundation of the church > which was the spirit that puts intellectual insight over social pressure. > Jesus had been bemoaning everyone leaving, and asked his disciples if they > were gonna leave too. Peter says no, where is there to go? And Jesus says > it could only be DQ that revealed this to Peter. If he was following social > patterns of affirmation, he'd have left too. And the Rock of foundation is > Peter's apprehension of DQ. > > See the stuff you find in old mythos when read under the lamplight of new > realization? > > > >> Andre: >> >> Somewhere in ZMM, after they have come down from the mountain, Chris tells >> his Dad; You're not very brave, are you? To which his Dad replies, that may >> be so but you'll be surprised how smart I am. >> >> > > HAH! I misread this Andre, just after thinking about your "evangelization" > and how to answer and instead of "Chris", I thought you said "Christ"! And > you know what? It really made it an interesting story. Christ coming down > from the cross and saying to his dad, "you're not very brave, are you.?" > Implication that a guy who sends his son to do his dirty work doesn't seem > too moral. > > And then picture the booming voice from heaven, "But you'd be surprised at > how smart I am." > Moq_Discuss mailing list > Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. > http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org > Archives: > http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ > http://moq.org/md/archives.html Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org/md/archives.html
