judge

Yes I recently picked this up.

Layman

A seemingly benign subject that nevertheless could not escape the topic of Christianity.

Chili

Better yet judge is that intuitly we also know that it is true for at least those of us who are exposed to it by our soul nature, which precisely is that part of us that we do not know until we know who we really and after that will have no soul left in eternity.

Chili

Thirty seven is mid-life Jiri which is the right time for meno-pause to begin (meno means "I remain" as in "I become eternal") which really is what metamorphosis is all about. All the giants of human history went through this same experience at about that age (37-39).

Chris Weimer

You could pick up on a new quest?

http://neonostalgia.com/weblog/?p=266

Sauron

Of course, you are trying to steer the conversation towards your desired (yet poorly reasoned) conclusion: to wit, that the only reason skeptics and nonbelievers are interested in the origins of christianity is because they somehow realize that it must be true, and therefore they decide that it must be squelched or gainsayed.

However, a far more obvious answer to your question practically suggests itself - and has been relayed to you before: given the large impact of christianity on the western world, it might be useful to know something about it. Moreover, given the massive influence that christians wield over society, it might pay to know what motivates them.

I'm not a muslim. But I've studied islam extensively. Do you think a knowledge of islam, even by a non-believer of that religion, might be useful in the modern world?

Here's to hoping you can connect the rest of the dots for yourself.

Chris Weimer

This statement baffles me. Surely not only Olympian worshippers study the Greek Classics, or those who have altars to the Lares and Penates study the Roman Classics? I've studied Buddhist writings, early Christian writings, Jewish writings, Daoist writings. I study foreign languages, but I'm neither French, nor Latin, nor German, nor Greek, nor Hebrew, nor Aramaean, nor Russian, nor Italian, nor Egyptian.

Riverwind

Yeah, but some people have a life! :Cheeky:

(You know I'm just kidding...everyone's taking things so personally lately...I'm bowing out for a while...still, thanks for your help elsewhere...later!)

Chris Weimer

I wasn't trying to be personal with Roger. I just don't understand where the comment came from.

And no problem, amice. Any time.

youngalexander

I rather like: What is the answer? That is the question!