There is a good article in the latest National Geographic, basically it states that during the 1st and 2nd centuries, there were numerous documents used by various Christian congregations, including the books which would later be chosen for inclusion in the Bible canon, and also including others. The gospel of Judas was one of these. Judas was portrayed as the disciple who understood most clearly why Jesus was there, and he carried out his part, in accord with Jesus will, in helping Jesus fulfill the prophecies, knowing that the other disciples would not understand and would turn against him. The National Geographic article is highly recommended for further details.
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Gospel of Judas???
by Confucious incan anyone give me a lay man's version of what this is all about??
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What religion is Brad Pitt?
by MsMcDucket inok, i just did this to see if we'd get any pop ups on him.
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gaiagirl
It occurred to me that some, especially men, might say that Brad is a Goddess worshipper.
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Say something Philosophical and Deep
by JH insay something philosophical and deep so that we can all benefit from what you're going to say.
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gaiagirl
No matter where you go, there you are.
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Looking for input on the "Rapture" doctrine...
by Jamelle insaw a documentary on tv this weekend about it.
have heard about the "left behind" series of books that deal with this belief.. one thing that caught my attention about the belief in the rapture was that it seemed very dark.
it seems to focus more on the scary things that are talked about in revelation than the message of peace and love that i admire in the teachings of christ.. the other thing that bothered me is that it seemed similar to the witnesses in that you have to be "saved" or you are going to die.
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gaiagirl
Wasn't this supposed to happen in the 1st century, during the lifetime of the original apostles?
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I need to lose weight. but HOW?
by Sirona ini've gained a lot of weight recently.
i really need to lose some.
now, my diet isn't the problem as such....its the excersize part.
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gaiagirl
Drink WATER between meals to help reduce hunger. You should carry a water bottle of at least 1/2 litre around with you, and preferably drink its entire capacity at least twice during the day. A lot of what people perceive as hunger is actually thirst.
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Do the Original books of the Bible still exist?
by Gill ini was talking about a born again neighbour of ours on my topic on 'is j k rowling a witch?
' today.. one thing, during our discussion that she brought out was that she had actually seen first hand the original books of the bible.
i told her that the whole, unconditional, originally written scrolls books as first put down, 'pen to paper' as it was no longer existed.. she said she had seen them herself in israel and hence 'knew for certain that these bible books are from god!'.
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gaiagirl
The May 2006 National Geographic has an article about the "Gospel of Judas", and how it relates to other scriptural works used by early Christians. On page 89, there is a photograph with the caption "part of the Codex Sinaiticus, a Greek Bible from around A.D. 350 that contains the oldest surviving full New Testament."
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Did you ever get "hit" on by someone of the same sex?
by ButtLight inor opposite sex if your gay?
how did you react if you did?.
i seem to attract the more "butch" type, dont ask me why.
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gaiagirl
I've was approached by a close friend once, and at the time, it seemed like an interesting idea. The experience was actually quite good, and we've remained friends, and repeated the "experiment" from time to time.
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E. Coli or Flying Spaghetti Monster?
by Elsewhere ini have found that postafarians around the world are without a means to purchase a likeness of the flying spaghetti monster.. as luck would have it, i stumbled upon a possible solution!
e. coli plush toys!
http://www.thinkgeek.com/geektoys/plush/6708/images/1430/.
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gaiagirl
www.evolvefish.com has chrome FSM emblems to put on your car
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Not ONE JW superhero!!!
by Bumble Bee ini found this site today.
it lists pretty much every superhero out there and what religion they are supposed to be.
i scrolled through the list and saw a bunch of religions i've never even heard of before but not one jw superhero!!
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gaiagirl
He's not a JW, but "Orgazmo" is a MORMON super-hero, and he's on DVD. Naughty, off-color, something to offend almost everyone, but quite amusing also.
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Your frst ever computer
by greendawn inwhat was the first ever computer that you owned?
no doubt some here had some of the earliest home computers that came out such as the commodore 64. .
i bought my first one relatively late in 1997, it had cpu 200 mhz mmx, 2.3gb hard disk, 64mb ram, 2mb graphics card, modem 36k.
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gaiagirl
OK, my geekiness comes out. My first computer was a Commodore 64, which used an adapter to a tiny black and white television for a monitor. I used to play a text version of a game called "Zork". My next machine was a genuine IBM PS/2 386, and then a 300 Mhz AMD K6-2 machine purchased from Computer Renaissance (still have this one, although I don't often use it). Finally, I built my current machine, a 900 Mhz Celeron with 768 MB RAM, a 256 MB graphics card, and a 30 GB Western digital hard drive. This machine doesn't even have Windows in it, instead I dual boot with the Zeta operating system and the older BeOS system. Work is in progress for a new version of BeOS called "Haiku" and I am waiting for that eagerly.