i havent been here in a while. i go to make a post and now i see we are not allowed to post anywhere but the specific directory which i have tried to add but apparently it will not let me as i still can not post anything.
guess i will back burner this site again and maybe try again in a year...
i always thought it interesting that all the super rich elite preachers trained at Oral Roberts.
not saying preachers should be dirt poor but multi million dollar mansions, private jets and luxury car collections is defiantly sending the wrong message. sure he has a big following and is...
Joel sure makes a lot of money off the Lord. doesnt seem to line up so much with what Jesus and James taught.
does Joel have the CC machines in the lobby like Joyce meyer?
when John was in prison and asked Jesus "are you the one or should we expect another" some believe this might be John asking if there was a 2nd Christ coming. it syncs with the Essene theology of Qumran and most agree John was one of them or closely connected with their teachings.
i agree on the protestant aggression, maybe they are at the same stage Catholics were at 500 yrs?
one thing i have learned about religion is the leaders can not speak for the people that make up the faith. you see this a lot when reading the writings of many of the missionaries back in the...
im a bit rusty on my ancient Norse creation stories. but i knew their was a big cow in there somewhere.
who was the guy that had to hold his hand in the giant wolfs mouth?
this is why they didnt have cable tv back then, with giant cows and wolf stories you didnt need it.
I grew up in the same atmosphere (baptist), Jews, Catholics were wrong, the enemy and were gonna pay! Lucky for me my family was never into that philosophy to much and it never really sunk in with me. Funny thing was I was only a few generations removed from Catholicism with my Italian...
Nag Hammadi Library Alphabetical Index
that link has some info on nag hammidi. also has a list of books with translation. i dont agree with many of the books but i think its good to have a source that was outside the influence of rome.
the DSS and nag hammidi librqaries are 2 of the biggest spiritual finds ever, we know they were buried to be hid from rome. one before roman Christianity, one after. we also know that after nicaea the works of arius were destroyed along with the sources he used.