by teejay 3 Replies latest jw friends
yo, unc (and whoever else might be eavesdropping and can help),
since you never answer your emails, i have to reach you this way... :-P
in the past, you've made some rather provocative comments about
biblical figures (Abraham, Moses, etc.) and the life and times of one Jesus
of Nazareth.
if you can, would you please recommend three books that you feel would
help someone (me) lets say ... widen their perspective. i sure would
appreciate it.
your nephew,
tj
G'day scholar Todd,
The Hight Priest put up a thread here a few weeks back titled "The Hiram Key" In it I recommended reading 'The Messianic Legacy', 'The Dead Sea Scroll Deception', 'The Holy Blood and The Holy Grail' for their historical perspective and the context they provide in thinking about the life and times of Jesus and early Christianity.
There are many good books recommended here. E.G: yesterday Regan O'Conner posted this: "Have any of you ever read "The Day Christ Was Born" and "The Day Christ Died" by Jim Bishop? They are two best-sellers, combined into one book. An excellent read."
Sorry about the email thing, I read what I can but usually only respond to personal messages. (your daughter and you have a wonderful relationship - you should post some of her pearls of wisdom here - pure delight) My girls are officially adults but I'll always be their Dad - it's great.
I haven't much time for reading posts or emails and haven't posted anything serious in quite a few months. Things are reaching a cresendo here and I'll be off the air shortly ... (Susan and Renee move to Sydney tommorrow {with the computer} :) and the phone lines being moved to make way for a road .. might just live with a mobile for a few months and drop in to the internet cafe for my JW/apostate fix) I hope to do lots of reading and writing real letters .. please give me your snail mail address - (not sure if it's in my little black apostate book)
cheers, unc
PS: I've searched high and low for the witchcraft book showing Moses as a warlock and explaining all about his garb (zodiac gemstones of the breastplate etc...)
PSS: The best way to reach somewhere here is in the chatroom, you can grope sisters, boot brothers and be gone before they know who did what to whom
Uncle and teejay,
If you both would love some interesting reading go to this site:
http://www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/Parliament/3460/quest.html
This stuff is very interesting reading about who Jesus really was, how his line got started and what really happened to him.
I have read Genisis of Grail Kings, The Bloodline of the Holy Grail, Realm of the ring Lords, White Powder Gold-The Elixer of Life? off the list given. Thought provoking to say the least. Some cool pictures too. Shows where fairies and such come from. (Always wondered that.)I have to show the fairies to my daughter.
This stuff is heavy reading so make some time for it. My husband recieved this site from a friend of his who does a lot of religious research. He had put it on Word and we just printed it out. I found that a lot of it makes a lot of sense compared to "modern" christian religion.
Hey Unc, you old codger, your old antique here will miss your humor and wit and intelligence on this site. Come back soon, yu'all! Daughters and a road moving? Wow, excitement in them there hills!
As Always,
Lindy (Antique)
Teejay, this may not be the sort of thing you're looking for, but I can recommend "The Mind of Jesus" by William Barclay, Professor of Divinity at the University of Glasgow. Barclay is familiar with NT Greek and brings in many fascinating points of history, social customs, and archaelogy to this discussion of Jesus' life and work.
More theological and less biographical is "The Meaning of the Cross" by Leslie Weatherhead, a prominent Methodist minister in Britain.
And of course, for a challenging intellectual workout, I recommend anything by C. S. Lewis. His book "Miracles" has several chapters on those of Christ.
Bill
"If we all loved one another as much as we say we love God, I reckon there wouldn't be as much meanness in the world as there is."--from the movie Resurrection (1979)
