All Jews know about the Golum. Pity you haven't even bothered.
"Day Brown" <daybrown@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> Curmudgeon wrote:
>> "Day Brown" <daybrown@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>>Get a copy of Schoenfield's "The Passover Plot". It shows Jesus did not
>>>die on the cross. You mite have a look at "Satanic Verses" as well,
which
>>>challenges many of the ideas in Islam.
>>>
>>>One of the reasons I've returned to the study of Native European
>>>spirituality is a result of reading Nietzsche, "The Birth of Tragedy".
>>>
>>>He notes that while Dionysianism (ie traditional Native European
>>>religion) was based on works of theater claiming allegorical truth, the
>>>Levantine religions (including Islam) was based on works of literature
>>>claiming literal truth.
>>>
>>>If you just dont get it, it makes perfect sense to prefer a Levantine
>>>religion. But when you look at the history, its what you do *NOT* see
in
>>>Native European religions. We didnt hold heresy trials, witchunts,
>>>inquisitions, or genocides of those who had other beliefs.
>>>
>>>We didnt go to war in the name of Allah, Jesus, or Jehovah, but for our
>>>own political and economic interests. We were not hypocrites.
>>
>>
>> Just out of curiousity, have you ever discussed your ideas with the
>> Golum?
> I've no idea who Golum is. Folks mite also look at Joseph Campbell,
> "Occidental Mythology". He noted that whereas the pagan Greeks relied on
> direct experience in life, the Levantines relied on a sacred text, whose
> mandate was to ignore the world and use every effort to extract the
least
> grain of truth from the blessed lines.
>
> Which would be OK if they could agree on which sacred text, and which
> interpretation; but as David Hume noted, they instead rely on violence,
> the survivors assumed to be on the "side of god". Hume advised staying
out
> of the crossfire. Good advice in the days of muskets, but no longer
> adequate in the age of WMD.
>
> The only rational option left is to return to the direct experience of
> existence.
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