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Old 05-25-2006, 11:50 AM   #21
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Odin from the Norse mythology was a god of wisdom who hung himself from a tree as an offering to himself. If the authors of the Bible had some chance to speak to Norse travellers, they might have borrowed this idea...
You may find that Odin became the god of wisdom after he hung his ego so he could be himself. We have Jesus crucified on a cross that resembles the crossroads of his chest that is the home of the ego. The crucifixion of Jesus liberated Christ the man.

The difference between a tree and a cross is that a tree must be found in resemblance while a cross is made to fit so it can be carried around as the living proof of sin-manship. After all, carpenters make many things and since all things are made in sin carpenters must be big sinners. From this point of view it seems that Odin should have been asking us a question or two and he might still be around today.
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Old 05-25-2006, 12:36 PM   #22
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Check this out.

When Jesus was about to be mobbed by the crowds in the temple, he was not seen among them for a moment, as if they were blind to him.

Just checking facts re light and plants and our physical sight, an interesting thing popped up.

Humans are the most sensitive to green light, in fact we miss it more often than not picking up more red yellow or blue in green than is actually there. Green is the middle color of the 7 colors we see and a total of only 40 in all. Green rods are centered in the eye and even the sky has a green flash right at sunset we miss seeing because it goes so fast, and if hit right in the eye with a flash of green light, humans are blinded for a moment.

Hummmmmmmmmmmm. :huh: driving me nuts.

I know also that these 7 colors are part of a larger array that goes through spectrums beyond. Birds see ultra violet light and snakes sense infra red, on sides beyond those are x-rays, micro-waves, and radio waves. Looking at a simple parakeet under ultra violet light the cheek patches glow like fire, and even the most unattractive bird is pure beauty in a new light. Like who knew that? As I said, it has hooks into me this subject.

Any more help weeding this plant that has taken root in my brain, gimme please for the sake of compassion. Thanks.

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