tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10166090.post1769728543948232568..comments2024-02-17T07:59:18.705-08:00Comments on Grad Student Madness: Laughing through the Dark AgesRufushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17762279210783841414noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10166090.post-52135099846577876212007-08-26T07:16:00.000-07:002007-08-26T07:16:00.000-07:00I've been meaning to read more gnostic texts actua...I've been meaning to read more gnostic texts actually. It's interesting to me that there's a gnostic tradition in every religion. I've always wondered how much similarity there is to their experiences.<BR/><BR/>Incidentally, I do find it funny how many people you encounter on the Internet who will post something like: "I disagree with what you have said. In lieu of making a substantive argument to refute you, I'm going instead to link you to some stranger's webpage and let them do my thinking for me."Rufushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17762279210783841414noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10166090.post-12507854781032736092007-08-25T08:36:00.000-07:002007-08-25T08:36:00.000-07:00Yes. Both of those observations seem spot-on to me...Yes. Both of those observations seem spot-on to me. It's too bad Gnosticism didn't take off more as it appeals to me far more than the mainstream Paul-driven Christianity.Greg von Winckelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00187475294800057360noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10166090.post-18443489391080242462007-08-25T04:36:00.000-07:002007-08-25T04:36:00.000-07:00Right I remember some of this. Granted, I haven't ...Right I remember some of this. Granted, I haven't read any of this for about a decade. But I'm going to go back through it this fall. Mostly I remember thinking that Paul was a dick and that Revelations must have been chemically-induced.Rufushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17762279210783841414noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10166090.post-18258489641153500392007-08-25T01:18:00.000-07:002007-08-25T01:18:00.000-07:00Yeah, sort of. It depends who you ask. Some people...Yeah, sort of. It depends who you ask. Some people regard cockatrice and basilisk as synonyms:<BR/><BR/>http://bestiary.ca/beasts/beast265.htm<BR/><BR/>Others distinguish the two by saying a basilisk does not have legs and a cockatrice does. <BR/><BR/>The King James Version mentions the cockatrice several times (mostly in Isaiah - the weirdest book in the OT), however Zondervan came along with the NIV bible and started claiming that the real word was viper in an effort to whitewash the lunacy. There are those who go so far in their criticisms of the NIV's poetic license as to decry it as heretical, although this is in regards to calling cockatrices vipers.Greg von Winckelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00187475294800057360noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10166090.post-80838408753167825482007-08-24T17:47:00.000-07:002007-08-24T17:47:00.000-07:00I thought the cockatrice was a lizard with the hea...I thought the cockatrice was a lizard with the head of a chicken. Basically what I see every time I drink vodka.Rufushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17762279210783841414noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10166090.post-1311296388030257202007-08-24T07:02:00.000-07:002007-08-24T07:02:00.000-07:00What nonsense is this? Creationists without the co...What nonsense is this? Creationists without the courage to post their names? Is your name in the "book of the lamb" anonymous also?<BR/><BR/>That definition of cockatrice stinks of NIV heresy.Greg von Winckelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00187475294800057360noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10166090.post-91563638375203059152007-08-23T14:11:00.000-07:002007-08-23T14:11:00.000-07:00Unicornhttp://www.creationontheweb.com/content/vie...Unicorn<BR/>http://www.creationontheweb.com/content/view/1954/<BR/><BR/>Cockatrice<BR/>http://www.studylight.org/dic/hbd/view.cgi?number=T1346Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10166090.post-21966198900842642942007-08-22T23:14:00.000-07:002007-08-22T23:14:00.000-07:00Do they have cockatrices too?Do they have cockatrices too?Greg von Winckelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00187475294800057360noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10166090.post-34243143477668080062007-08-22T21:45:00.000-07:002007-08-22T21:45:00.000-07:00http://www.assistnews.net/Stories/2007/s07080035.h...http://www.assistnews.net/Stories/2007/s07080035.htm<BR/><BR/>[snip]<BR/><BR/>18. What was Ned referring to when he told Bart: "Well, this certainly seems odd, but--heh--who am I to question the work of the Almight-en-y? Oh, we thank you Lord for this mighty fine intelligent design! Good job!"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com