Yes stop this! This is wayyy off topic. Kevin email: kjsisco at rcn.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Buddy Brannan" <davros@xxxxxxxxxx> To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Sunday, November 16, 2003 1:24 PM Subject: Re: Proving Myself > On Sun, Nov 16, 2003 at 12:56:22PM -0500, Chris Gilland wrote: > > tell you this: my truth will not come from a web site, but from the true > > book, of the Word of God... > > > > Ah, we are agreed on that point. However, I think you'll find that > there is little agreement on what is and what is not in the "true word > of God". The true word of god was, after all, transcribed--and > manipulated--by very fallible men, including the church leaders > (political figures...one and the same, generally) of the day, being in > the first three or four centuries of the last millennium. Far be it > for me, one uneducated in these things and one who hasn't memorized > the whole of the Bible from front to back, to argue theology > though. (Besides, I expect there are those who would have it that I'm > not even Christian, and have, therefore, no place for an opinion, but > whether I am or am not isn't for anyone else to decide anyway.) > Another point of reference though; All Things Considered (www.npr.org) > a couple Saturdays ago--I'd like to say three weeks ago, but as time > passes, one week seems about like another--was where I first even > heard of the book of Thomas. Certainly I'd heard of the Apocrypha, but > only vaguely. I understand there was also, somewhere, a book of Mary > (as in Mary Magdelene), but I'm afraid I don't know much about > that. Less, in fact, about that than this, and about this I know > precious little. Anyway, I, also, don't take anything on the Internet > as Gospel, but I don't totally discount it out of hand either. It's > another source of information. Anyway, if you care to discuss this > further, let's not bore the rest of the list, shall we? > -- > Buddy Brannan, KB5ELV/3 | But I will lay my burden > Email: davros at ycardz.com | in the cradle of your grace, > ICQ: 36621210 | And the shining beaches of your love, > http://www.ycardz.com | and the sea of your embrace.--Dave Carter > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >
