meet a really smart fellow named anselm 1043--1109 a.d.. .
he was elected abbot in lombardy in 1078 a.d.. .
that than which nothing greater can be thought exists in the understanding.
I understand faith or not in a possible God.
"Anselm's argument was not presented in order to prove God's existence;
rather, Proslogion was a work of meditation in which he documented how the
idea of God became self-evident to him."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ontological_argument#Anselm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proslogion
PS: it's brought up in chap. eight of Adler's book.
i posted this 10 years ago.
here is an updated version fresh for the 2012 holidays :.
1. jehovahs witnesses claim to have no clergy and hence are supposed to be totally unlike christendoms' rulers who get special reverence and lord it over their brothers.
The GB can read research material to (mis)use for their articles meant to
show the best evidence and reasoning supports their distinctive policies/rela-
tively distinctive policies distinctively taught. Followers shouldn't--it's
apostate material (and they'll realize how it's been misused).
This quite naturally seques into:
Followers who persist in disagreeing with any GB distinctions are to be
shunned.
what does the bible actual refer to when it states "world".
i really hate the society's use of "worldly" and use of "christendom".
in fact i hate all things that put others in a bad light and demonize them.
"Worldly" in the Bible
http://glenster1.webs.com/gtjbrooklyn5.htm
Christiandom
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christendom
View of the GB
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Of02afJDBLQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xsuk9S0XknE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0KJrfHxOL-A
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3BeHi7ajJYY
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/We%27re_Only_in_It_for_the_Money
so this statue of jesus appears to be weeping which brings in the flock.
parishiners begin collecting it and distrubuting the water as 'holy water' and people drink it in hope it may cure then of their ailments.
man investigates and discovers it is actually coming from a leaking sewerage pipe.. in exchange for telling this, he is now being charged with blasphemy... for intruding on the church's right to believe that it's holy water... gimme a break.
I don't want anyone hurt or killed over such things, either, but I'm pretty sure
you meant guiltless crime.
actually i don't care if they are.....enjoy.
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tracking the rolling stones of racetrack playaby: shannon dybvigit's the time of year when the sailing stones of racetrack playa in california's death valley are on the move.
no one has actually seen these huge rocks move along the flat, dry lake bed.
sometime, when no one's looking, usually after freezing weather or heavy wind or rain, the rocks up and scoot themselves leaving unmistakable travel grooves in their wake.
actually i don't care if they are.....enjoy.
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the voynich manuscript, described as "the world's most mysterious manuscript",is a work which dates to the early 15th century, possibly from northern italy.
it is named after the book dealer wilfrid voynich, who purchased it in 1912.. some pages are missing, but the current version comprises about 240 vellum pages, most with illustrations.
much of the manuscript resembles herbal manuscripts of the 1500s, seeming to present illustrations and information about plants and their possible uses for medical purposes.
Most impressive out of place artifact--an early 1st cent. BC analog computer:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antikythera_mechanism
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Out-of-place_artifact
related
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archimedes_Palimpsest
That's how Christmas was celebrated 1,000's of years before Christ (thanks Jon
Stewart):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pyKWIpr_IWw
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Flintstone_Christmas
retrospectively looking back at some the music that was being produced during .
the 60's, 70's and even in the 1950's there really was a lot of good music without the.
entailing commercial visual hype that so apparent in popular music today.. this was of course pre music videos, the music had to stand on its own to create its own public appeal.. whats some of the music that you fondly remember all you baby boomers ?
