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2014-01-03 Thread wgm4u
In Autobiography of a Yogi Paramahansa Yogananda reported that he witnessed the resurrection of the PHYSICAL body of Swami Yukteswar, his Master. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, punditster@... wrote: On 1/2/2014 3:46 PM, authfriend@... mailto:authfriend@... wrote: Nobody is said

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Get Your Ducks in a Row

2014-01-03 Thread Richard J. Williams
On 1/3/2014 12:11 AM, Duveyoung wrote: Okay, I'm corrected on the second point. Thanks. So, let's review what we know: Mary dated Jesus for a number of years. They killed Jesus and hung him on a tree. Mary buried Jesus in Joe's tomb. Jesus was raised from the dead; he ascended up in the

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Get Your Ducks in a Row

2014-01-03 Thread Mike Dixon
OY VEY! Forgive them Father for they know not what they do. From: Richard J. Williams pundits...@gmail.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, January 3, 2014 6:25 AM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Get Your Ducks in a Row   On 1/3/2014 12:11 AM, Duveyoung wrote: Okay, I'm

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Get Your Ducks in a Row

2014-01-03 Thread Richard J. Williams
On 1/3/2014 8:41 AM, Mike Dixon wrote: Forgive them Father for they know not what they do. Only a poseur or a caviler would deny the scriptures right in front of their face, and no child who is old enough to think for himself or herself thinks that God Almighty lives in a local heaven down

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Get Your Ducks in a Row

2014-01-03 Thread Share Long
This was pretty funny, Richard but I still think Mary M did not see the actual moment that Jesus returned to life, the resurrection. Nor did she see Jesus ascend into heaven 40 days later. It sounds like she saw him standing around looking like a gardner. Go figure! On Thursday, January 2,

[FairfieldLife] Re: Get Your Ducks in a Row

2014-01-03 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Share Long wrote: This was pretty funny, Richard but I still think Mary M did not see the actual moment that Jesus returned to life, the resurrection. Nor did she see Jesus ascend into heaven 40 days later. It sounds like she saw him standing around looking

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Get Your Ducks in a Row

2014-01-03 Thread Mike Dixon
Good one! From: TurquoiseB turquoi...@yahoo.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, January 3, 2014 8:50 AM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Get Your Ducks in a Row   --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Share Long wrote: This was pretty funny, Richard but I still think Mary M did

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Get Your Ducks in a Row

2014-01-03 Thread Richard J. Williams
On 1/3/2014 10:25 AM, Share Long wrote: Mary M did not see the actual moment that Jesus returned to life, the resurrection. There actually two parts to the resurrection of Jesus. The first part is rising the physical body from the dead. Probably only some angels saw that who were inside

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Get Your Ducks in a Row

2014-01-03 Thread anartaxius
For me, the question of Jesus' resurrection is rather like the resurrection of Sherlock Holmes. But if in fact he did exists as a person, I would say he experienced enlightenment, taught others, and then died, perhaps not so nicely. Some of his followers caught on to what he was doing, but most

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Get Your Ducks in a Row

2014-01-03 Thread Mike Dixon
10:26 AM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Get Your Ducks in a Row   On 1/3/2014 10:25 AM, Share Long wrote: Mary M did not see the actual moment that Jesus returned to life, the resurrection. There actually two parts to the resurrection of Jesus. The first part is rising the physical body from

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Get Your Ducks in a Row

2014-01-03 Thread Mike Dixon
A lot of people still haven't caught on to what he was doing. I guess we'll all just have to wait and see. From: anartax...@yahoo.com anartax...@yahoo.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, January 3, 2014 10:34 AM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Get Your Ducks in a Row

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Get Your Ducks in a Row

2014-01-03 Thread Richard J. Williams
On 1/3/2014 10:25 AM, Share Long wrote: Nor did she see Jesus ascend into heaven 40 days later. You are really bringing up some important issues, Share. We don't have a Bible in the house so I'm depending Judy, and on my local Monsignor - he can read Greek - and Dad, who is in his third

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Get Your Ducks in a Row

2014-01-03 Thread Richard J. Williams
On 1/3/2014 10:50 AM, TurquoiseB wrote: Back in Santa Fe I had a gardener named Jesus, and I saw him standing around quite often. What else would a gardener in Santa Fe be doing, since there's hardly any gardening to be don in the high desert. Go figure. Does that make me a New

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Get Your Ducks in a Row

2014-01-03 Thread Richard J. Williams
On 1/3/2014 1:01 PM, Mike Dixon wrote: However she never said anything about seeing him floating away, Mary told the other apostles exactly what Jesus instructed her to tell them. The only thing that was important at that moment was for Mary to tell the other guys that Jesus had risen

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Get Your Ducks in a Row

2014-01-03 Thread Share Long
Richard, sorry I haven't replied. I've been out of town today. A friend and I went to see Saving Mr. Banks. Tom Hanks and Emma Thompson were wonderful. On Friday, January 3, 2014 1:18 PM, Richard J. Williams pundits...@gmail.com wrote:   On 1/3/2014 10:25 AM, Share Long wrote: Nor

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Get Your Ducks in a Row

2014-01-02 Thread Richard J. Williams
On 1/1/2014 4:29 PM, Share Long wrote: Richard, I always thought that Jesus rose from the dead body and spirit. According to what I've read, Jesus was raised from the dead - the key word here is risen - he rose up from the dead inside the tomb - in body AND spirit - he left the tomb by

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Get Your Ducks in a Row

2014-01-02 Thread Share Long
Richard, I haven't really thought about it much til now! But now thinking about it, maybe Jesus rose body and soul THROUGH the stone on top of his crypt. And that's why he was nekkid. The cloth couldn't make it through the stone! but but but...if he was already in a bullock cart, why was he

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Get Your Ducks in a Row

2014-01-02 Thread Richard J. Williams
No surprise, Share. You simply aren't big enough or brave enough to admit your pal has been dishonest, despite all the evidence. Everyone knows that you don't believe in the Bible as history. So, I don't know what your problem is - everyone knows that Jesus as the Christ could fly up

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Get Your Ducks in a Row

2014-01-02 Thread Richard J. Williams
On 1/2/2014 6:41 AM, Share Long wrote: But now thinking about it, maybe Jesus rose body and soul THROUGH the stone on top of his crypt. So, let's review what we know: They killed Jesus. Mary put him in Joseph's tomb. Some guys put a big heavy stone blocking the entrance to the crypt.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Get Your Ducks in a Row

2014-01-02 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Richard J. Williams wrote: The first phase of lying is to be able to hover. Clearly, Judy doesn't believe that any of the people she's accused of lying over the decades really ARE lying, because she's never claimed that any of them are able to hover. Go

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Get Your Ducks in a Row

2014-01-02 Thread Richard J. Williams
On 1/1/2014 9:43 PM, anartax...@yahoo.com wrote: As Paul's letters are generally considered to have been written before the Gospels, he was likely referring to various prophesies in the Jewish scriptures that 'foretell' the Messiah Paul's fifteenth chapter of the First Epistle to the

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Get Your Ducks in a Row

2014-01-02 Thread Richard J. Williams
On 1/1/2014 8:18 PM, steve.sun...@yahoo.com wrote: I just noticed that Judy is anxious, as always, to stretch some tiny point into a prolonged disagreement. So, let's sum up what we know, Steve: Judy does not believe the Bible as history. She does not believe that angels, spirits, and

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2014-01-02 Thread authfriend
Richard, I haven't really thought about it much til now! But now thinking about it, maybe Jesus rose body and soul THROUGH the stone on top of his crypt. And that's why he was nekkid. The cloth couldn't make it through the stone! Hans Multscher, 1437

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Get Your Ducks in a Row

2014-01-02 Thread Richard J. Williams
On 1/1/2014 7:32 PM, Share Long wrote: Richard kept saying that the spirit of Jesus rose from his body but the scripture says the tomb was empty. No body. For Christians, Jesus rose up from the dead in body AND soul. That's why there was an empty tomb. According to Mary, I saw the Lord in

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Get Your Ducks in a Row

2014-01-02 Thread Richard J. Williams
On 1/1/2014 6:10 PM, steve.sun...@yahoo.com wrote: ...you continually show an extreme amount of intolerance, judgementalness, (if that's a word), and narrow mindedness. Judy is what used to be called a TMer fundie on Google Groups. For years over there she defended MMY's Yogic Flying

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Get Your Ducks in a Row

2014-01-02 Thread Richard J. Williams
On 1/1/2014 5:44 PM, Mike Dixon wrote: One account of some of the first people to see Christ after resurrection said that they were walking towards Galilee and someone joined them on their walk and it turned out to be Jesus. So, I guess He did do some walking. Sure, the Christ could

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Get Your Ducks in a Row

2014-01-02 Thread authfriend
Never a fundie in terms of anything but Maharishi's teaching on the nature and mechanics of consciousness. And I don't believe I ever said anything about flying around the room with arms flailing. That would have been odd indeed since I repeatedly pointed out that nothing except hopping had

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Get Your Ducks in a Row

2014-01-02 Thread Richard J. Williams
On 1/1/2014 4:38 PM, authfri...@yahoo.com wrote: Next time you're talking about what the Bible says, Richard, when you add something you made up out of your own head that isn't in the Bible at all, it would be good if you'd say so. Let's get this on record, Ms Stein -it was YOU that cited

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Get Your Ducks in a Row

2014-01-02 Thread Richard J. Williams
On 1/1/2014 4:52 PM, authfri...@yahoo.com wrote: Nobody is said in the Bible to have seen the actual resurrection, as you know. You are mistaken. Mary Magdalene was a witness to the resurrection - she was the first to realize that Jesus had risen from the tomb and that Jesus was the

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Get Your Ducks in a Row

2014-01-02 Thread authfriend
Next time you're talking about what the Bible says, Richard, when you add something you made up out of your own head that isn't in the Bible at all, it would be good if you'd say so. Let's get this on record, Ms Stein -it was YOU that cited the Bible in defense of your outrageous and

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Get Your Ducks in a Row

2014-01-02 Thread authfriend
Nobody is said in the Bible to have seen the actual resurrection, as you know. Nobody is said in the Bible to have seen the actual resurrection, as you know.You are mistaken. Mary Magdalene was a witness to the resurrection - she was the first to realize that Jesus had risen from the

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Get Your Ducks in a Row

2014-01-02 Thread Mike Dixon
, you could at least walk with your feet on the ground. From: Richard J. Williams pundits...@gmail.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, January 2, 2014 6:14 AM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Get Your Ducks in a Row   On 1/1/2014 5:44 PM, Mike Dixon wrote: One account of some

[FairfieldLife] RE: Get Your Ducks in a Row

2014-01-02 Thread awoelflebater
create the world, including being able to raise yourself from death, you could at least walk with your feet on the ground. From: Richard J. Williams punditster@... To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, January 2, 2014 6:14 AM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Get Your Ducks in a Row

[FairfieldLife] Re. Get your Ducks in a Row

2014-01-02 Thread Mike Dixon
I think we should all take bets on who gets the last word in on this one! LOL!

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2014-01-02 Thread Share Long
Ok, Richard and Judy, based on this painting, I wonder if Jesus rose THROUGH the stone, but nekkid. Three beings were there on the outside. They helped him move the stone so he could retrieve his garments. Then the three men fell asleep, they were so tired from moving that rock! What do you all

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re. Get your Ducks in a Row

2014-01-02 Thread Share Long
dear Mike, Happy New Year to you and your critters! Now could you please define *last word?!* On Thursday, January 2, 2014 9:04 AM, Mike Dixon mdixon.6...@yahoo.com wrote:   I think we should all take bets on who gets the last word in on this one! LOL!

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Get Your Ducks in a Row

2014-01-02 Thread authfriend
Look more closely. The painting shows him in the process of emerging from the tomb right through the stone lid fully clothed (or draped), while the guards are snoring away. This is my favorite painting of the Resurrection, both because Christ looks kind of beat up and even a little

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Get Your Ducks in a Row

2014-01-02 Thread Share Long
I agree, Judy, it is an imaginative composition. What I especially like is that the artist seems to be playing with perspective. BUT from the point of view of the human body, rather than a line of columns or some other architectural structure. Also, I like that by costume he places the three

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2014-01-02 Thread awoelflebater
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, punditster@... wrote: On 1/1/2014 4:52 PM, authfriend@... mailto:authfriend@... wrote: Nobody is said in the Bible to have seen the actual resurrection, as you know. You are mistaken. Mary Magdalene was a witness to the resurrection - she was

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Get Your Ducks in a Row

2014-01-02 Thread awoelflebater
: Thursday, January 2, 2014 6:14 AM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Get Your Ducks in a Row On 1/1/2014 5:44 PM, Mike Dixon wrote: One account of some of the first people to see Christ after resurrection said that they were walking towards Galilee and someone joined them on their walk

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2014-01-02 Thread authfriend
Is there some reason why there would have to be some *small space of air beneath his feat*? Would it not be possible for Him to walk, not appear to walk but actually make contact with the earth? I would think that if you can create the world, including being able to raise yourself from death,

[FairfieldLife] RE: Get Your Ducks in a Row

2014-01-02 Thread awoelflebater
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend@... wrote: Is there some reason why there would have to be some *small space of air beneath his feat*? Would it not be possible for Him to walk, not appear to walk but actually make contact with the earth? I would think that if you can

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Get Your Ducks in a Row

2014-01-02 Thread Mike Dixon
Actually, I think we're all pushing each others buttons and my sides are aching right now LOL! From: awoelfleba...@yahoo.com awoelfleba...@yahoo.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, January 2, 2014 10:09 AM Subject: [FairfieldLife] RE: Get Your Ducks in a Row

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2014-01-02 Thread Richard J. Williams
On 1/2/2014 8:21 AM, authfri...@yahoo.com wrote: the Bible doesn't say anything about Jesus being up in the air after his resurrection (until the Ascension 40 days later). Do you even have a Bible in your house? Everyone knows about Christ being in the clouds in hundreds of depictions in

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Get Your Ducks in a Row

2014-01-02 Thread Richard Williams
Paul doesn't say anything about Christ hovering up in the air above the 500 eyewitnesses, as you know. He just says Christ appeared to them. Where do you think the 500 people saw the risen Lord - under ground? Of course the risen Christ was up in the sky - how else do you think 500 people

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Get Your Ducks in a Row

2014-01-02 Thread Richard Williams
Nobody is said in the Bible to have seen the actual resurrection, as you know. You are mistaken. Mary Magdalene saw the actual resurrection. She was the first. It say so in the Bible - Mary Magdalene was the first to witness the resurrection of Christ. Can't you read? [image: Inline image 1]

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2014-01-02 Thread authfriend
I have several Bibles in my house, including one on my Kindle. None of them says anything about Jesus being up in the air after his resurrection (until the Ascension 40 days later). the Bible doesn't say anything about Jesus being up in the air after his resurrection (until the Ascension 40

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Get Your Ducks in a Row

2014-01-02 Thread Richard Williams
pundits...@gmail.com *To:* FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com *Sent:* Thursday, January 2, 2014 6:14 AM *Subject:* Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Get Your Ducks in a Row On 1/1/2014 5:44 PM, Mike Dixon wrote: One account of some of the first people to see Christ after resurrection said that they were

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Get Your Ducks in a Row

2014-01-02 Thread Richard J. Williams
On 1/2/2014 8:56 AM, awoelfleba...@yahoo.com wrote: Were you thinking that Jesus had to grunt, and bow and scrape to get off the ground? You mean like the Yogic Flyers? Well yeah, I had Judy in mind - bow and scrape to bun-hop.

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re. Get your Ducks in a Row

2014-01-02 Thread Richard J. Williams
On 1/2/2014 9:04 AM, Mike Dixon wrote: I think we should all take bets on who gets the last word in on this one! How much would you be willing to wager? Judy and Bob have their macros, but even then, I think I could beat them, even with one hand tied behind my back. I have been known to be

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Get Your Ducks in a Row

2014-01-02 Thread authfriend
Paul doesn't say anything about Christ hovering up in the air above the 500 eyewitnesses, as you know. He just says Christ appeared to them. Where do you think the 500 people saw the risen Lord - under ground? Of course the risen Christ was up in the sky - how else do you think 500 people

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Get Your Ducks in a Row

2014-01-02 Thread authfriend
Nobody is said in the Bible to have seen the actual resurrection, as you know. You are mistaken. Mary Magdalene saw the actual resurrection. She was the first. It say so in the Bible - Mary Magdalene was the first to witness the resurrection of Christ. Can't you read? No, as you know,

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Get Your Ducks in a Row

2014-01-02 Thread Richard J. Williams
On 1/2/2014 3:00 PM, authfri...@yahoo.com wrote: Paul doesn't say anything about the risen Christ floating in the sky when he appeared to the 500 brethren. So, where do you think the Christ appeared to the 500, under a rock? In order for 500 people to see Christ all at the same time, he

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Get Your Ducks in a Row

2014-01-02 Thread Richard J. Williams
On 1/2/2014 3:13 PM, authfri...@yahoo.com wrote: Ordinary human beings speak to 500 or many more people all the time without being up in the sky. So, you're thinking that Jesus appeared to the 500 behind a podium, bowing and scrapping like an ordinary human being? In that case, why do you

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Get Your Ducks in a Row

2014-01-02 Thread Richard J. Williams
On 1/2/2014 3:16 PM, authfri...@yahoo.com wrote: Nobody is said in the Bible to have seen the actual resurrection, as you know. You are mistaken. Mary Magdalene saw the actual resurrection. She saw Jesus die and then she saw him rise from the dead. She was the first one to see the

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2014-01-02 Thread authfriend
Nobody is said in the Bible to have seen the actual resurrection, as you know. Nobody is said in the Bible to have seen the actual resurrection, as you know. You are mistaken. Mary Magdalene saw the actual resurrection. She saw Jesus die and then she saw him rise from the dead. She was

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Get Your Ducks in a Row

2014-01-02 Thread Mike Dixon
: [FairfieldLife] Re: Get Your Ducks in a Row   Paul doesn't say anything about Christ hovering up in the  air above the 500 eyewitnesses, as you know. He just says  Christ appeared to them. Where do you think the 500 people saw the risen Lord - under ground? Of course the risen Christ was up in the sky

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Get Your Ducks in a Row

2014-01-02 Thread Mike Dixon
ROFLMAO! From: Richard Williams pundits...@gmail.com To: Richard J. Williams FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, January 2, 2014 1:02 PM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Get Your Ducks in a Row   Is there some reason why there would have to be some *small  space of air beneath

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Get Your Ducks in a Row

2014-01-02 Thread Mike Dixon
I tend to have more sweat under my feet... but then I am a water sign. From: Richard Williams pundits...@gmail.com To: Richard J. Williams FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, January 2, 2014 1:02 PM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Get Your Ducks in a Row   Is there some reason why

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Get Your Ducks in a Row

2014-01-02 Thread Richard J. Williams
On 1/2/2014 3:46 PM, authfri...@yahoo.com wrote: Nobody is said in the Bible to have seen the actual resurrection, as you know. Mary Magdalene saw the actual resurrection. It says so in the Bible. Mary saw Jesus dead and she saw Jesus come back to life. She was the first to see the

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Get Your Ducks in a Row

2014-01-02 Thread Richard J. Williams
On 1/2/2014 3:47 PM, Mike Dixon wrote: He didn't actually see Jesus but a brilliant light that blinded him for days. Jesus Christ appeared to be a brilliant light up in the sky - Paul saw it and he spoke to the Christ. Where else do you think light comes from, if not up in the sky? From a

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2014-01-02 Thread authfriend
Nobody is said in the Bible to have seen the actual resurrection, as you know. Nobody is said in the Bible to have seen the actual resurrection, as you know. Mary Magdalene saw the actual resurrection. It says so in the Bible. Mary saw Jesus dead and she saw Jesus come back to life.

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Get Your Ducks in a Row

2014-01-02 Thread Duveyoung
But did Mary watch the dead body of Jesus for three days solid and then become enlivened before her living eyes? Nope. Did she see the stone from the door being removed? Nope. Stinks of a magic trick, eh?

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Get Your Ducks in a Row

2014-01-02 Thread Mike Dixon
Jesus could have been using a very powerful flashlight to get his attention. Kind of like a cop dose at night. Hey you! Freeze! From: Richard J. Williams pundits...@gmail.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, January 2, 2014 3:30 PM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Get Your

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2014-01-02 Thread s3raphita
Re But did Mary watch the dead body of Jesus for three days solid and then become enlivened before her living eyes? Nope. Did she see the stone from the door being removed? Nope.: YES! Matthew 28:1-6 (NIV) After the Sabbath, at dawn on the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene and

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2014-01-02 Thread Richard Williams
But did Mary watch the dead body of Jesus for three days solid and then become enlivened before her living eyes? Nope. Did she see the stone from the door being removed? Nope. According to the Bible, Jesus' body was raised from the dead but his soul did not get raised until he was outside the

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Get Your Ducks in a Row

2014-01-02 Thread Richard J. Williams
On 1/2/2014 5:35 PM, authfri...@yahoo.com wrote: Nobody is said in the Bible to have seen the actual resurrection, as you know. Mary Magdalene saw the Resurrection - she saw Jesus ascend to the Father. She saw it, according to the Bible. Mary sees two angels and then Jesus, whom she does

[FairfieldLife] RE: Get Your Ducks in a Row

2014-01-02 Thread Duveyoung
Okay, I'm corrected on the second point. Thanks.

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2014-01-01 Thread awoelflebater
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, punditster@... wrote: On 12/31/2013 7:50 PM, awoelflebater@... mailto:awoelflebater@... wrote: Ahh, I think Judy may have the court advantage at this point. The Ascension is what clinched it for me. Richard? The Ascension came forty years later

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2014-01-01 Thread authfriend
Yes, Seraphita, I know what your point was. It wasn't clear to me whether you were making it as a way of joining the dispute, but if you weren't, and aren't confused by Richard, more power to you. Several of the noncanonical Gospels featuring Mary Magdalen include much reported sniping by

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2014-01-01 Thread awoelflebater
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, punditster@... wrote: On 12/31/2013 7:22 PM, awoelflebater@... mailto:awoelflebater@... wrote: I could buy that if I could first buy the fact that there was a Christ, a Mary Magdalene and a rising. Nobody is asking you to buy anything, but it

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2014-01-01 Thread authfriend
He means 40 days afterward. He's a little overexcited at this point. Ahh, I think Judy may have the court advantage at this point. The Ascension is what clinched it for me. Richard? The Ascension came forty years later - that's when Christ went up to heaven. Everyone knows that Mary

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2014-01-01 Thread awoelflebater
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend@... wrote: He means 40 days afterward. He's a little overexcited at this point. Yes, that is why I had to put it in pink. Excitement from Ricky deserves a little blush. Ahh, I think Judy may have the court advantage at this point.

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2014-01-01 Thread authfriend
The trick Richard has been trying to play here in his series of posts last night is to make it seem as though his quotes from Wikipedia are refuting me. If you've been following this (God only knows why you would), you know (and he knows) I have no dispute with anything Wikipedia says in the

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2014-01-01 Thread Richard J. Williams
On 12/31/2013 11:03 PM, s3raph...@yahoo.com wrote: My point is that choosing a *woman* to be the first witness makes the story more believable (to moderns) as a made-up account would have had the first witness a male in that patriarchal society. Angels don't count being non-sexual! Most

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2014-01-01 Thread Richard J. Williams
On 1/1/2014 8:40 AM, awoelfleba...@yahoo.com wrote: forty years later, that's a long time to have waited for that. Old Magdalene coulda been dead by then. Or, she could have been alive; or,she could have been Jesus' concubine. Or, even his wife for all we know. The Bible doesn't say what

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2014-01-01 Thread authfriend
Most of the Gospels in the Bible were all written by men All four Gospels in the Bible were written by men. so it is very important that all the Gospel writers agree that Jesus appeared to Mary first Except for Luke, of course. In Luke, the risen Jesus appears first to two of the

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2014-01-01 Thread Richard J. Williams
On 1/1/2014 9:00 AM, awoelfleba...@yahoo.com wrote: why not put this thing about risen into your own words so that there is not this ambiguity about what risen means? The term risen means in this context that Jesus had risen from the grave - Jesus was resurrected from the dead. His soul

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2014-01-01 Thread Richard J. Williams
On 1/1/2014 9:04 AM, authfri...@yahoo.com wrote: He means 40 days afterward. Yes, he meant 40 days until the Ascension. So, it has finally been established that Mary Magdalene was the first to see the risen Christ along with James' mother. There may have been others who were with Mary at

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Get Your Ducks in a Row

2014-01-01 Thread Richard J. Williams
On 1/1/2014 9:14 AM, awoelfleba...@yahoo.com wrote: Yes, that is why I had to put it in pink. Excitement from Ricky deserves a little blush. what you should have put in red was that Luke wasn't at the resurrection so he was told by Mary about it. Even if Luke didn't mention Mary by name

[FairfieldLife] RE: Get Your Ducks in a Row

2014-01-01 Thread awoelflebater
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, punditster@... wrote: On 1/1/2014 9:00 AM, awoelflebater@... mailto:awoelflebater@... wrote: why not put this thing about risen into your own words so that there is not this ambiguity about what risen means? The term risen means in this context

[FairfieldLife] Re: Get Your Ducks in a Row

2014-01-01 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Richard J. Williams wrote: Yes, he meant 40 days until the Ascension. So, it has finally been established that Mary Magdalene was the first to see the risen Christ along with James' mother. There may have been others who were with Mary at the empty

[FairfieldLife] RE: Get Your Ducks in a Row

2014-01-01 Thread awoelflebater
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Richard J. Williams wrote: Yes, he meant 40 days until the Ascension. So, it has finally been established that Mary Magdalene was the first to see the risen Christ along with James'

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Get Your Ducks in a Row

2014-01-01 Thread Share Long
turq, I admit to very much enjoying the semantics of it all. But that might be because Mercury and Jupiter are aspecting each other (-: Happy, Healthy, Prosperous 2014! On Wednesday, January 1, 2014 11:12 AM, TurquoiseB turquoi...@yahoo.com wrote:   --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Get Your Ducks in a Row

2014-01-01 Thread Richard J. Williams
On 1/1/2014 9:24 AM, authfri...@yahoo.com wrote: The points in dispute are, or were, his original claim that Mary M. was the first to see the Jesus rise up into the sky Obviously Judy wasn't there at the resurrection and so she doesn't know what Mary saw. All Judy knows is what she reads

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Get Your Ducks in a Row

2014-01-01 Thread authfriend
So, it has finally been established that Mary Magdalene was the first to see the risen Christ along with James' mother. As you know, it was never in question that this is what Matthew, Mark, and John report (although Mark and John do not include James's mother; it's only Mary M. who

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Get Your Ducks in a Row

2014-01-01 Thread authfriend
Yes, that is why I had to put it in pink. Excitement from Ricky deserves a little blush. This, as Richard knows, is with reference to his error about the Ascension taking place 40 years after the resurrection--i.e., nothing to do with what he goes on to say. what you should have put

[FairfieldLife] Re: Get Your Ducks in a Row

2014-01-01 Thread authfriend
I have to think that what's going on is dueling egos -- *My* opinion about this fictional story is RIGHT, and all others are WRONG. What a waste of life... FWIW, this isn't about opinion, but about fact: What does the Bible actually say? Since we know what the Bible says, It's a very

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Get Your Ducks in a Row

2014-01-01 Thread authfriend
But I'd be willing to bet quite a substantial sum of money that Share will still not acknowledge that Richard has been trolling and lying throughout the discussion. Right, Share? Sorta like you refuse to acknowledge your falsehoods about my September 2012 post. turq, I admit to very much

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Get Your Ducks in a Row

2014-01-01 Thread Richard J. Williams
On 1/1/2014 10:46 AM, authfri...@yahoo.com wrote: Except for Luke, of course. In Luke, the risen Jesus appears first to two of the disciples (men) on the road to Emmaus. Apparently Luke was a non-believer in Mary's message. Luke 24:9-11 says: When (the women) came back from the tomb, they

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Get Your Ducks in a Row

2014-01-01 Thread Richard J. Williams
On 1/1/2014 11:12 AM, TurquoiseB wrote: I guess it's just what some people think of as fun, but personally I can find zero interest in any of this Now this is funny - a guy that claims to have read over 200 books on the Cathars isn't interested in the Cathar legend of Mary Magdalene. So

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Get Your Ducks in a Row

2014-01-01 Thread Richard J. Williams
On 1/1/2014 11:14 AM, awoelfleba...@yahoo.com wrote: think you're taking it all too seriously. No one else here is, except maybe Ricky. Apparently Judy has learned nothing from her years as a TMer Siddha. Everyone knows that the soul or the spirit can transcend the gross body and lift up

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Get Your Ducks in a Row

2014-01-01 Thread Richard J. Williams
On 1/1/2014 11:20 AM, Share Long wrote: I admit to very much enjoying the semantics of it all. According to Paul, after the resurrection the risen Christ was seen above five hundred brethren all at once, floating in the sky. The Conversion of Paul the Apostle, was, according to the New

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Get Your Ducks in a Row

2014-01-01 Thread Richard J. Williams
On 1/1/2014 11:34 AM, authfri...@yahoo.com wrote: As you know, it was never in question that this is what Matthew, Mark, and John report (although Mark and John do not include James's mother; it's only Mary M. who sees him). No finally established about it in this discussion. Let me

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Get Your Ducks in a Row

2014-01-01 Thread Richard J. Williams
On 1/1/2014 11:42 AM, authfri...@yahoo.com wrote: what you should have put in red was that Luke wasn't at the resurrection Neither was anybody else. In the Gospel of John, Mary Magdalene ...is recorded as the first witness of Jesus' resurrection (John 20:14–16); (Mark 16:9 later

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Get Your Ducks in a Row

2014-01-01 Thread Richard J. Williams
On 1/1/2014 11:46 AM, authfri...@yahoo.com wrote: this isn't about opinion, but about fact: What does the Bible actually say? The important question is what did Mary see and what did he say to the Apostles? The Bible doesn't say exactly what Mary said, but according to the Gospel of Mary

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Get Your Ducks in a Row

2014-01-01 Thread Richard J. Williams
On 1/1/2014 11:49 AM, authfri...@yahoo.com wrote: But I'd be willing to bet quite a substantial sum of money that Share will still not acknowledge that Richard has been trolling and lying throughout the discussion. How much would you be willing to wager? You being a non-believer, your

[FairfieldLife] Re: Get Your Ducks in a Row

2014-01-01 Thread emptybill
You declared your zero interest yet you read the post and thus your mind is now boggled. You called it a waste of life - thus admitting to wasting your life by reading it. Dueling Egos need to be occupied to maintain a sense of worth. Don't discourage them from frivolous pursuits. It

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Get Your Ducks in a Row

2014-01-01 Thread authfriend
As you know, it was never in question that this is what Matthew, Mark, and John report. No established, finally in this discussion. It was established a very long time ago. As you know, it was never in question that this is what Matthew, Mark, and John report (although Mark and John do

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Get Your Ducks in a Row

2014-01-01 Thread authfriend
As you know, she was a witness to the risen Christ, not to the resurrection itself. Nobody saw that. what you should have put in red was that Luke wasn't at the resurrection Neither was anybody else. In the Gospel of John, Mary Magdalene ...is recorded as the first witness of

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