tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11874540.post117115335543802310..comments2023-12-25T01:26:27.096-07:00Comments on Radical Goddess Thealogy: Scratching MY HEADAthanahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02037246663178726395noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11874540.post-1171572672852121672007-02-15T13:51:00.000-07:002007-02-15T13:51:00.000-07:00I believe the woman that wrote it was a catholic n...I believe the woman that wrote it was a catholic nun. She had heard this business<BR/>about Jesus being married and such and she decided to investigate in order to dispell the myth. Through her journey she seemed to discover the myth may not have been a myth at all. <BR/><BR/>Very interesting read I highly recommend it.Anti-thesisofreasonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09610518409214095000noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11874540.post-1171498310924340032007-02-14T17:11:00.001-07:002007-02-14T17:11:00.001-07:00anti-thesis, no I haven't. Would you recommend it...anti-thesis, no I haven't. Would you recommend it? Is it well-written (and therefore fun to read) as well as full of good, solid, carefully-researched info?Athanahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02037246663178726395noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11874540.post-1171498296607373022007-02-14T17:11:00.000-07:002007-02-14T17:11:00.000-07:00anti-thesis, no I haven't. Would you recommend it...anti-thesis, no I haven't. Would you recommend it? Is it well-written (and therefore fun to read) as well as full of good, solid, carefully-researched info?Athanahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02037246663178726395noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11874540.post-1171473601991966622007-02-14T10:20:00.000-07:002007-02-14T10:20:00.000-07:00@Paxton - The bit about rendering unto Caesar was ...@Paxton - The bit about rendering unto Caesar was a response to a group of Pharisees who were trying to see that Christ get killed because of his claims to be the son of god. The question of taxation was an important one as most Jews were fine living under another's rule as long as it was limited to taxation; however it was certainly the topic of much discussion. Therefore it was easy to bring upAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11874540.post-1171469555197342782007-02-14T09:12:00.000-07:002007-02-14T09:12:00.000-07:00Have you read Woman With an Alabaster Jar?At least...Have you read Woman With an Alabaster Jar?<BR/><BR/>At least I think that is the title.Anti-thesisofreasonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09610518409214095000noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11874540.post-1171467985279223512007-02-14T08:46:00.000-07:002007-02-14T08:46:00.000-07:00"I don't know why you think they were seeking to b..."I don't know why you think they were seeking to bring about the fall of Rome..." (Paxton)<BR/><BR/>Paxton, it was because Rome was pagan. If you read the Bible, you see that Jehovah is a "jealous" god, wanting no other gods before him. People who worship other gods are to be converted or slaughtered. Your religion is a bloody, bloody, barbaric desert religion that's here now only because it'sAthanahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02037246663178726395noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11874540.post-1171460944929990952007-02-14T06:49:00.000-07:002007-02-14T06:49:00.000-07:00Anti-thesis, I think you're on to something here. ...Anti-thesis, I think you're on to something here. Mary Magdalene orginally would have been the daughter of the Great Mother, and Christ would have been the Great Mother's son. That'd be why it was only Mary Magdalene and her women who were allowed to go to the tomb where the god Jesus (her brother) arose. Nice job.Athanahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02037246663178726395noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11874540.post-1171426993120230552007-02-13T21:23:00.000-07:002007-02-13T21:23:00.000-07:00Seein' as how John the Baptist told soldiers and t...Seein' as how John the Baptist told soldiers and tax collectors to keep working...Christ himself told people to pay taxes (if I correctly understand "render unto Caesar")...and Paul (possibly others I am forgetting) taught a lot about obedience to authority and government,<BR/><BR/>I don't know why you think they were seeking to bring about the fall of Rome. There were certainly some Jewish Paxtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15623428660838341011noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11874540.post-1171398276142369952007-02-13T13:24:00.000-07:002007-02-13T13:24:00.000-07:00Jesus had numerous wonderful elements to his teach...Jesus had numerous wonderful elements to his teaching. I lot of it was love and peace oriented; do unto others as you would have done unto you kind of stuff. However; we must remember. The life of Jesus as we have it now was written by a radical group known as Christians, 60-120 years after his death. That is the sum of generations post-christ who are relating stories that were passed down from Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11874540.post-1171395815824496272007-02-13T12:43:00.000-07:002007-02-13T12:43:00.000-07:00Athana,Perhaps the other Mary would be the sister/...Athana,<BR/><BR/>Perhaps the other Mary would be the sister/daughter, Magdalen. That would make sense wouldn't it?Anti-thesisofreasonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09610518409214095000noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11874540.post-1171291078571695932007-02-12T07:37:00.000-07:002007-02-12T07:37:00.000-07:00Andy, What you say makes sense. I can somewhat se...Andy, What you say makes sense. I can somewhat see Jesus as the son of the Great Mother Goddess. Of course in the Bible Mary is a dead stick figure -- does nothing, feels nothing, is nothing. And I think the Great Mother Goddess had a daughter and a son. Where's Jesus' sister, the sister who would become the Great Mother as She grew older? <BR/><BR/>Also, Jesus is great re: love and equalityAthanahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02037246663178726395noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11874540.post-1171252634566607572007-02-11T20:57:00.000-07:002007-02-11T20:57:00.000-07:00I think Jesus' ideas of equality and love for all ...I think Jesus' ideas of equality and love for all people make much more sense if you consider that Jesus was born and raised by Mary, whom I consider to be an embodiment of the Great Mother. In this context, Jesus is the Son of the Goddess, who preaches love to all people. But hey, this is just my opinion. <BR/><BR/>--AndyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11874540.post-1171243474650631892007-02-11T18:24:00.000-07:002007-02-11T18:24:00.000-07:00Andy, I like Jesus's fierce love for people. But ...Andy, I like Jesus's fierce love for people. <BR/><BR/>But he's god #2 in the Bible, after the *War*-god Jehovah, who the famous scientist Richard Dawkins rightly calls "a misogynistic, homophobic, racist, infanticidal, genocidal, filicidal, pestilential, megalomaniacal, sadomasochistic, capriciously malveolent bully" (The God Delusion p. 31). <BR/><BR/>The trick with the Bible is, people have aAthanahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02037246663178726395noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11874540.post-1171242544758225592007-02-11T18:09:00.000-07:002007-02-11T18:09:00.000-07:00Anne, As well you should! As you well know, vultu...Anne, As well you should! As you well know, vultures are one of the most important creatures on the planet -- in charge of cleaning and converting old end-of-its-time stuff into new, hot-off-the-shelf produce! What would we do without them?!?Athanahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02037246663178726395noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11874540.post-1171238744637359582007-02-11T17:05:00.001-07:002007-02-11T17:05:00.001-07:00above comment from Andy.above comment from Andy.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11874540.post-1171238719841367392007-02-11T17:05:00.000-07:002007-02-11T17:05:00.000-07:00I was wondering...Jesus isn't necessarily a war go...I was wondering...Jesus isn't necessarily a war god, and his teachings aren't very war-god like, at least not on their own. Is it possible that the whole Jesus thing was just distorted, taken out of context, and abused by the Yahwist/Jehovist culture?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11874540.post-1171226505816423402007-02-11T13:41:00.000-07:002007-02-11T13:41:00.000-07:00You've got me there. I find turkey vultures more w...You've got me there. I find turkey vultures more worthy of my prayers that mean man war gods.Anne Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18083739996560380258noreply@blogger.com