• Re: L. Ron Hubbard said you don't get rich writing sci-fi

    From Cujo DeSockpuppet@3:633/10 to All on Fri Aug 14 21:38:24 2026
    kludge@panix.com (Scott Dorsey) wrote in
    news:115o0t0$1jb$1@panix2.panix.com:

    In article <115mum5$2fsp7$3@dont-email.me>,
    Daniel70 <daniel47@nomail.afraid.org> wrote:
    On 13/08/2026 11:19 pm, Scott Dorsey wrote:
    Daniel70 <daniel47@nomail.afraid.org> wrote:
    "someone descended and returned" "looking for a pattern"

    Buddha born approx 623 B.C.
    Jesus born approx 0 B.C./A.D. (Was there even a Year
    Zero??) Muhammad born approx 570 A.D.

    My theory E.T. that visited Earth three times ..... and then
    returned to E.T.'s Home Planet each time before returning.

    So about every 600 years. So we should have seen one around 1200
    and one around 1800 presumably?

    Yeah .... except they were probably dismissed as Witches or some such.

    Would make sense. I am sure if Jesus came again today, He would be
    denounced at a peacenik hippie and held down by police while they cut
    his hair. --scott

    ICE would have deported him to Zomboanga.

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    the group by flooding it, and that most of the people he called
    "trolls" were actually the members of the group.
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    another asskicking from The One True Melissa

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  • From Scott Lurndal@3:633/10 to All on Fri Aug 14 22:14:33 2026
    kludge@panix.com (Scott Dorsey) writes:
    In article <115mum5$2fsp7$3@dont-email.me>,
    Daniel70 <daniel47@nomail.afraid.org> wrote:
    On 13/08/2026 11:19 pm, Scott Dorsey wrote:
    Daniel70 <daniel47@nomail.afraid.org> wrote:
    "someone descended and returned" "looking for a pattern"

    Buddha born approx 623 B.C.
    Jesus born approx 0 B.C./A.D. (Was there even a Year Zero??) >>>> Muhammad born approx 570 A.D.

    My theory E.T. that visited Earth three times ..... and then returned to >>>> E.T.'s Home Planet each time before returning.

    So about every 600 years. So we should have seen one around 1200 and one >>> around 1800 presumably?

    Yeah .... except they were probably dismissed as Witches or some such.

    Would make sense. I am sure if Jesus came again today, He would be denounced >at a peacenik hippie and held down by police while they cut his hair.

    Well, Joe Smith made his mark; but then there were the
    Branch Davidians and Heaven's Gate....


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  • From Bruce@3:633/10 to All on Sat Aug 15 04:26:56 2026
    The Binky Doctor wrote:

    Do the wrds


    That's not a word, dumb fuck.

    https://myimgs.org/image/joByyZGb

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  • From Scott Dorsey@3:633/10 to All on Sat Aug 15 10:01:37 2026
    The Doctor <doctor@doctor.nl2k.ab.ca> wrote:

    You cannot hold down Jesus.

    Now, THAT would make a good refrain for a gospel song.
    --scott

    --
    "C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."

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  • From Paul S Person@3:633/10 to All on Sat Aug 15 08:56:06 2026
    On Fri, 14 Aug 2026 12:31:30 -0700, BobbieSellers <bliss-sf4ever@dslextreme.invalid> wrote:

    On 8/14/26 11:42, William Hyde wrote:
    Daniel70 wrote:
    On 14/08/2026 5:27 am, BobbieSellers wrote:


    You leave out Arius who was skinned and his hide hung on the City
    walls, he was responsible for the Arian heresy which the French
    crusade wiped out by killing everyone in the South of France and at
    which the memorable phrase "Kill them all and let God sort them
    out".

    Wasn't South France widely Muslim ... or am I thinking of Southern
    Spain?

    A part of Southern France was under Muslim occupation in the 700s, but

    there wasn't much conversion.

    The crusade referred to is the anti-Albigensian crusade, against the
    Cathars, dualists who believed that the old testament god was an evil
    one who created the world for us to suffer in while the real god,
    represented by JC would welcome our souls once we lived a life of
    grace
    (and we got an infinite number of chances).

    Thanks to your numerous corrections to my confused (by RC HS) rendition.


    Cathars were to attempt to abstain from sex, meat, and violence (but
    wine was OK) and if they succeeded in this they attained the status of

    "perfect" and went to heaven on death.? If not, try again.

    While the Cathars were wiped out or dispersed, the bulk of the
    casualties were local Catholics who defended their Cathar neighbors.
    The
    war became a religious pretext for landless northerners to grab
    southern
    estates.

    Well some of them had estates by which murders of the locals they
    increased.


    Arius had nothing to do with this.? He would have abhorred
    Catharism,
    and he lived in the time of Constantine. His "heresy" was to believe
    that JC was a created being. He was exiled from the empire, allowed
    back
    in, and died, some said of poison.? Orthodox Christians took great
    delight in inventing a painful and embarrassing death for him, but he
    was never skinned.

    Jesus not the Christ was a created being. It is part of the mystery of
    the Incarnation aka being in the meat.

    If that is your memory of RC theology, you may want to find the
    Catholic Encyclopedia on line and give it a read on this topic.

    Then again, a recent report on a survey had more than half of
    self-indentified Evangelicals agreeing with a statement that Jesus was
    just of human being. Note that there are entire denominations based on
    the idea that Jesus was a Great Teacher, and nothing more, so ...
    confusion ... on this point is nothing to get excited about.
    --
    "Here lies the Tuscan poet Aretino,
    Who evil spoke of everyone but God,
    Giving as his excuse, 'I never knew him.'"

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  • From BobbieSellers@3:633/10 to All on Sat Aug 15 10:31:35 2026
    On 8/15/26 08:56, Paul S Person wrote:
    On Fri, 14 Aug 2026 12:31:30 -0700, BobbieSellers <bliss-sf4ever@dslextreme.invalid> wrote:

    On 8/14/26 11:42, William Hyde wrote:
    Daniel70 wrote:
    On 14/08/2026 5:27 am, BobbieSellers wrote:


    You leave out Arius who was skinned and his hide hung on the City
    walls, he was responsible for the Arian heresy which the French
    crusade wiped out by killing everyone in the South of France and at
    which the memorable phrase "Kill them all and let God sort them out". >>>>
    Wasn't South France widely Muslim ... or am I thinking of Southern Spain? >>>
    A part of Southern France was under Muslim occupation in the 700s, but
    there wasn't much conversion.

    The crusade referred to is the anti-Albigensian crusade, against the
    Cathars, dualists who believed that the old testament god was an evil
    one who created the world for us to suffer in while the real god,
    represented by JC would welcome our souls once we lived a life of grace
    (and we got an infinite number of chances).

    Thanks to your numerous corrections to my confused (by RC HS) rendition.


    Cathars were to attempt to abstain from sex, meat, and violence (but
    wine was OK) and if they succeeded in this they attained the status of
    "perfect" and went to heaven on death.˙ If not, try again.

    While the Cathars were wiped out or dispersed, the bulk of the
    casualties were local Catholics who defended their Cathar neighbors. The >>> war became a religious pretext for landless northerners to grab southern >>> estates.

    Well some of them had estates by which murders of the locals they
    increased.


    Arius had nothing to do with this.˙ He would have abhorred Catharism,
    and he lived in the time of Constantine. His "heresy" was to believe
    that JC was a created being. He was exiled from the empire, allowed back >>> in, and died, some said of poison.˙ Orthodox Christians took great
    delight in inventing a painful and embarrassing death for him, but he
    was never skinned.

    Jesus not the Christ was a created being. It is part of the mystery of >> the Incarnation aka being in the meat.

    If that is your memory of RC theology, you may want to find the
    Catholic Encyclopedia on line and give it a read on this topic.

    I thought it was fairly obvious that I am a heretic.
    Jesus aka Reb Jeshua was human and Christ is an old myth with
    many heroes from mythology taking that role.



    Then again, a recent report on a survey had more than half of self-indentified Evangelicals agreeing with a statement that Jesus was
    just of human being. Note that there are entire denominations based on
    the idea that Jesus was a Great Teacher, and nothing more, so ...
    confusion ... on this point is nothing to get excited about.

    Indeed.


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  • From William Hyde@3:633/10 to All on Sat Aug 15 15:50:54 2026
    The Doctor wrote:
    In article <115nnj6$2p4io$1@dont-email.me>,
    William Hyde <wthyde1953@gmail.com> wrote:
    Daniel70 wrote:
    On 14/08/2026 5:27 am, BobbieSellers wrote:


    You leave out Arius who was skinned and his hide hung on the City
    walls, he was responsible for the Arian heresy which the French
    crusade wiped out by killing everyone in the South of France and at
    which the memorable phrase "Kill them all and let God sort them out".

    Wasn't South France widely Muslim ... or am I thinking of Southern Spain? >>
    A part of Southern France was under Muslim occupation in the 700s, but
    there wasn't much conversion.

    The crusade referred to is the anti-Albigensian crusade, against the
    Cathars, dualists who believed that the old testament god was an evil
    one who created the world for us to suffer in while the real god,
    represented by JC would welcome our souls once we lived a life of grace
    (and we got an infinite number of chances).

    Cathars were to attempt to abstain from sex, meat, and violence (but
    wine was OK) and if they succeeded in this they attained the status of
    "perfect" and went to heaven on death. If not, try again.

    While the Cathars were wiped out or dispersed, the bulk of the
    casualties were local Catholics who defended their Cathar neighbors.
    The war became a religious pretext for landless northerners to grab
    southern estates.

    Arius had nothing to do with this. He would have abhorred Catharism,
    and he lived in the time of Constantine. His "heresy" was to believe
    that JC was a created being. He was exiled from the empire, allowed back
    in, and died, some said of poison. Orthodox Christians took great
    delight in inventing a painful and embarrassing death for him, but he
    was never skinned.

    The Albigensians show up in some SF, in particular in Meredith's
    Timeliner trilogy.


    Iberia was muslim at the start of the 11th Century.

    Mostly Muslim ruled from the early 700s. What percentage of the
    population was Muslim at various times is unclear.

    In the early years a number of Visigothic nobles converted so as to save
    their lands. The sincerity of their conversions can be doubted (they
    had only recently converted from Arian to Catholic), though they did
    wage war against the remnant Christian states of the north.

    Politics frequently trumped religion. Christian-Muslim alliances
    against other Christian or Muslim powers were common. Even Duke Odo of Aquitaine was allied with a Berber lord who was on the outs with the
    Muslim noble who claimed to rule all Iberia. Just as Odo was on the outs
    with Charles Martel.

    William Hyde



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  • From Robert Woodward@3:633/10 to All on Sat Aug 15 21:58:04 2026
    In article <115qfva$3lkpj$1@dont-email.me>,
    William Hyde <wthyde1953@gmail.com> wrote:

    The Doctor wrote:

    (Snip!)


    Iberia was muslim at the start of the 11th Century.

    Mostly Muslim ruled from the early 700s. What percentage of the
    population was Muslim at various times is unclear.

    In the early years a number of Visigothic nobles converted so as to save their lands. The sincerity of their conversions can be doubted (they
    had only recently converted from Arian to Catholic), though they did
    wage war against the remnant Christian states of the north.

    Politics frequently trumped religion. Christian-Muslim alliances
    against other Christian or Muslim powers were common. Even Duke Odo of Aquitaine was allied with a Berber lord who was on the outs with the
    Muslim noble who claimed to rule all Iberia. Just as Odo was on the outs with Charles Martel.

    About 3 centuries later (after the collapse of the Caliphate of
    Cordoba), the great Spanish national hero Rodrigo DĦaz de Vivar (aka El
    Cid) served under Islam rulers about as much time he served under
    Christian rulers.

    --
    "We have advanced to new and surprising levels of bafflement."
    Imperial Auditor Miles Vorkosigan describes progress in _Komarr_. ?-----------------------------------------------------
    Robert Woodward robertaw@drizzle.com

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  • From Paul S Person@3:633/10 to All on Sun Aug 16 09:55:23 2026
    On Sun, 16 Aug 2026 01:44:21 -0000 (UTC), doctor@doctor.nl2k.ab.ca
    (The Doctor) wrote:

    In article <115q7pp$3iq3m$1@dont-email.me>,
    BobbieSellers <bliss-sf4ever@dslextreme.invalid> wrote:
    On 8/15/26 08:56, Paul S Person wrote:
    On Fri, 14 Aug 2026 12:31:30 -0700, BobbieSellers
    <bliss-sf4ever@dslextreme.invalid> wrote:

    On 8/14/26 11:42, William Hyde wrote:
    Daniel70 wrote:
    On 14/08/2026 5:27 am, BobbieSellers wrote:


    You leave out Arius who was skinned and his hide hung on the City >>>>>>> walls, he was responsible for the Arian heresy which the French
    crusade wiped out by killing everyone in the South of France and
    at
    which the memorable phrase "Kill them all and let God sort them
    out".

    Wasn't South France widely Muslim ... or am I thinking of Southern
    Spain?

    A part of Southern France was under Muslim occupation in the 700s,
    but
    there wasn't much conversion.

    The crusade referred to is the anti-Albigensian crusade, against
    the
    Cathars, dualists who believed that the old testament god was an
    evil
    one who created the world for us to suffer in while the real god,
    represented by JC would welcome our souls once we lived a life of
    grace
    (and we got an infinite number of chances).

    Thanks to your numerous corrections to my confused (by RC HS)
    rendition.


    Cathars were to attempt to abstain from sex, meat, and violence
    (but
    wine was OK) and if they succeeded in this they attained the status
    of
    "perfect" and went to heaven on death.˙ If not, try again.

    While the Cathars were wiped out or dispersed, the bulk of the
    casualties were local Catholics who defended their Cathar
    neighbors. The
    war became a religious pretext for landless northerners to grab
    southern
    estates.

    Well some of them had estates by which murders of the locals they
    increased.


    Arius had nothing to do with this.˙ He would have abhorred
    Catharism,
    and he lived in the time of Constantine. His "heresy" was to
    believe
    that JC was a created being. He was exiled from the empire, allowed
    back
    in, and died, some said of poison.˙ Orthodox Christians took
    great
    delight in inventing a painful and embarrassing death for him, but
    he
    was never skinned.

    Jesus not the Christ was a created being. It is part of the mystery
    of
    the Incarnation aka being in the meat.

    If that is your memory of RC theology, you may want to find the
    Catholic Encyclopedia on line and give it a read on this topic.

    I thought it was fairly obvious that I am a heretic.
    Jesus aka Reb Jeshua was human and Christ is an old myth with
    many heroes from mythology taking that role.


    Please explain the Virgin birth.

    Given her point of view, I would say she just did.
    --
    "Here lies the Tuscan poet Aretino,
    Who evil spoke of everyone but God,
    Giving as his excuse, 'I never knew him.'"

    --- PyGate Linux v1.5.19
    * Origin: Dragon's Lair, PyGate NNTP<>Fido Gate (3:633/10)
  • From Paul S Person@3:633/10 to All on Sun Aug 16 09:57:50 2026
    On Sun, 16 Aug 2026 01:37:37 -0000 (UTC), doctor@doctor.nl2k.ab.ca
    (The Doctor) wrote:

    In article <he218ltdungk393uteva42aktr7tbdrgt8@4ax.com>,
    Paul S Person <psperson@old.netcom.invalid> wrote:
    On Fri, 14 Aug 2026 12:31:30 -0700, BobbieSellers >><bliss-sf4ever@dslextreme.invalid> wrote:

    On 8/14/26 11:42, William Hyde wrote:
    Daniel70 wrote:
    On 14/08/2026 5:27 am, BobbieSellers wrote:


    You leave out Arius who was skinned and his hide hung on the City >>>>>> walls, he was responsible for the Arian heresy which the French
    crusade wiped out by killing everyone in the South of France and
    at
    which the memorable phrase "Kill them all and let God sort them
    out".

    Wasn't South France widely Muslim ... or am I thinking of Southern Spain?

    A part of Southern France was under Muslim occupation in the 700s,
    but
    there wasn't much conversion.

    The crusade referred to is the anti-Albigensian crusade, against the

    Cathars, dualists who believed that the old testament god was an
    evil
    one who created the world for us to suffer in while the real god,
    represented by JC would welcome our souls once we lived a life of
    grace
    (and we got an infinite number of chances).

    Thanks to your numerous corrections to my confused (by RC HS)
    rendition.


    Cathars were to attempt to abstain from sex, meat, and violence (but

    wine was OK) and if they succeeded in this they attained the status
    of
    "perfect" and went to heaven on death.? If not, try again.

    While the Cathars were wiped out or dispersed, the bulk of the
    casualties were local Catholics who defended their Cathar neighbors.
    The
    war became a religious pretext for landless northerners to grab
    southern
    estates.

    Well some of them had estates by which murders of the locals they >>>increased.


    Arius had nothing to do with this.? He would have abhorred
    Catharism,
    and he lived in the time of Constantine. His "heresy" was to believe

    that JC was a created being. He was exiled from the empire, allowed
    back
    in, and died, some said of poison.? Orthodox Christians took great

    delight in inventing a painful and embarrassing death for him, but
    he
    was never skinned.

    Jesus not the Christ was a created being. It is part of the mystery
    of
    the Incarnation aka being in the meat.

    If that is your memory of RC theology, you may want to find the
    Catholic Encyclopedia on line and give it a read on this topic.

    Then again, a recent report on a survey had more than half of >>self-indentified Evangelicals agreeing with a statement that Jesus was
    just of human being. Note that there are entire denominations based on
    the idea that Jesus was a Great Teacher, and nothing more, so ...
    confusion ... on this point is nothing to get excited about.

    Jesus is the Son of God and part of the Holy Trinity.

    The RCC is the propecied Church of Thyatira.

    That is one theory, yes. It is based on the idea that the Seven
    Churches represent different historic periods.

    Another theory is that they are examples of what the Church, and each individual Church, down to each and every congregation, is, and was,
    and will be: a mix of different believers in different states.
    --
    "Here lies the Tuscan poet Aretino,
    Who evil spoke of everyone but God,
    Giving as his excuse, 'I never knew him.'"

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  • From William Hyde@3:633/10 to All on Sun Aug 16 15:50:37 2026
    The Doctor wrote:
    In article <robertaw-7C31C0.21580415082026@news.individual.net>,
    Robert Woodward <robertaw@drizzle.com> wrote:
    In article <115qfva$3lkpj$1@dont-email.me>,
    William Hyde <wthyde1953@gmail.com> wrote:

    The Doctor wrote:

    (Snip!)


    Iberia was muslim at the start of the 11th Century.

    Mostly Muslim ruled from the early 700s. What percentage of the
    population was Muslim at various times is unclear.

    In the early years a number of Visigothic nobles converted so as to save >>> their lands. The sincerity of their conversions can be doubted (they
    had only recently converted from Arian to Catholic), though they did
    wage war against the remnant Christian states of the north.

    Politics frequently trumped religion. Christian-Muslim alliances
    against other Christian or Muslim powers were common. Even Duke Odo of
    Aquitaine was allied with a Berber lord who was on the outs with the
    Muslim noble who claimed to rule all Iberia. Just as Odo was on the outs >>> with Charles Martel.

    About 3 centuries later (after the collapse of the Caliphate of
    Cordoba), the great Spanish national hero Rodrigo D??az de Vivar (aka El
    Cid) served under Islam rulers about as much time he served under
    Christian rulers.


    Such is Holy War.

    No, that was secular war.

    Which is the point of the previous two posts. Religious wars often
    change into secular wars. As in the 30 years war where Catholic France weighed in on the Protestant side, because an Austrian/Spanish victory
    would be bad for France while the Protestant Dutch helped France repress
    it's own Protestants because they needed French support for the wider war.

    And the Spanish allowed their enemies, the Dutch, to run the Spanish
    coastal trade because they themselves could not, and the Dutch did this because they needed the money from Spain to fight Spain.


    William Hyde


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  • From BobbieSellers@3:633/10 to All on Sun Aug 16 13:38:08 2026
    On 8/16/26 09:55, Paul S Person wrote:
    On Sun, 16 Aug 2026 01:44:21 -0000 (UTC), doctor@doctor.nl2k.ab.ca
    (The Doctor) wrote:

    In article <115q7pp$3iq3m$1@dont-email.me>,
    BobbieSellers <bliss-sf4ever@dslextreme.invalid> wrote:
    On 8/15/26 08:56, Paul S Person wrote:
    On Fri, 14 Aug 2026 12:31:30 -0700, BobbieSellers
    <bliss-sf4ever@dslextreme.invalid> wrote:

    On 8/14/26 11:42, William Hyde wrote:
    Daniel70 wrote:
    On 14/08/2026 5:27 am, BobbieSellers wrote:


    You leave out Arius who was skinned and his hide hung on the City >>>>>>>> walls, he was responsible for the Arian heresy which the French >>>>>>>> crusade wiped out by killing everyone in the South of France and at >>>>>>>> which the memorable phrase "Kill them all and let God sort them out". >>>>>>>
    Wasn't South France widely Muslim ... or am I thinking of Southern Spain?

    A part of Southern France was under Muslim occupation in the 700s, but >>>>>> there wasn't much conversion.

    The crusade referred to is the anti-Albigensian crusade, against the >>>>>> Cathars, dualists who believed that the old testament god was an evil >>>>>> one who created the world for us to suffer in while the real god,
    represented by JC would welcome our souls once we lived a life of grace >>>>>> (and we got an infinite number of chances).

    Thanks to your numerous corrections to my confused (by RC HS) rendition. >>>>>

    Cathars were to attempt to abstain from sex, meat, and violence (but >>>>>> wine was OK) and if they succeeded in this they attained the status of >>>>>> "perfect" and went to heaven on death.?˙ If not, try again.

    While the Cathars were wiped out or dispersed, the bulk of the
    casualties were local Catholics who defended their Cathar neighbors. The >>>>>> war became a religious pretext for landless northerners to grab southern >>>>>> estates.

    Well some of them had estates by which murders of the locals they
    increased.


    Arius had nothing to do with this.?˙ He would have abhorred Catharism, >>>>>> and he lived in the time of Constantine. His "heresy" was to believe >>>>>> that JC was a created being. He was exiled from the empire, allowed back >>>>>> in, and died, some said of poison.?˙ Orthodox Christians took great >>>>>> delight in inventing a painful and embarrassing death for him, but he >>>>>> was never skinned.

    Jesus not the Christ was a created being. It is part of the mystery of >>>>> the Incarnation aka being in the meat.

    If that is your memory of RC theology, you may want to find the
    Catholic Encyclopedia on line and give it a read on this topic.

    I thought it was fairly obvious that I am a heretic.
    Jesus aka Reb Jeshua was human and Christ is an old myth with
    many heroes from mythology taking that role.


    Please explain the Virgin birth.

    Given her point of view, I would say she just did.

    The Virgin Birth is an RC and maybe Orthodox doctrine that
    alleges that God was present in Jesus and that only a virgin could
    be worthy of such birth. Some say that the child emerged from her
    side, that she was impregnated by Divine Action. Further that
    G*d had intervened to free Mary from the taint of Original Sin.

    But in those times a Virgin was an independent woman not
    subjected to the authority of a husband. Not necessarily a
    virgo intacto or woman who had not had intercourse.
    A particular strain of heresy, not mine, states that
    Mary was a temple virgin and thus open to sacred prostitution
    and that the father of Jesus was a Greek soldier.

    i also fail to believe in Original Sin or the Doctrine
    that through disobedience to divine orders, Eve or Zoe ate an
    apple by which she became aware of the difference between good
    and evil. I believe that people are naturally selfish and
    self-centered.
    As for Sin a former moon god of Babylon who was believed
    to be the father of all children he has been downgraded to the
    the alleged inconvenience caused to others by our selfish
    actions. Now I can readily understand how I by my actions and
    others can inconvenience myself and others but looking out
    upon the vast universe which G*d is alleged to be responsible
    for I doubt very much that my actions could ever bother
    that deity in the slightest. So I doubt that any order against
    eating from the fruit of the Tree of Knowledge could
    bother that One.

    I believe that doctrine of Original Sin is the merest patriarchal invention to help ensure the subjection of women
    to male authority.

    Remember that I believe in evolution and that original
    state of womankind and man was ignorance. Stories were invented
    to explain anything of interest as soon as homo sapiens or homo
    sapiens sapiens evolved/invented language. These stories if
    they satisfied some need were repeated through oral recitation.

    We moved from stories to real explanations for natural
    phenomenon from the 17th century through the present. Some
    people who derives power from the stone age stores resist
    these explanations which still give men power over women at
    the least and impose a hierarchical order on society.

    People who benefit from that hierarchical order feel
    that civilization will collapse if they do not have lower
    ranked people to push around physically or verbally.

    I am an agnostic Deist but if any divinity rules
    human society it must be Eris who controls the counsels
    of mankind.

    bliss - study, practice, experience.

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  • From Paul S Person@3:633/10 to All on Mon Aug 17 09:05:12 2026
    On Sun, 16 Aug 2026 13:38:08 -0700, BobbieSellers <bliss-sf4ever@dslextreme.invalid> wrote:

    On 8/16/26 09:55, Paul S Person wrote:
    On Sun, 16 Aug 2026 01:44:21 -0000 (UTC), doctor@doctor.nl2k.ab.ca
    (The Doctor) wrote:


    <snippo mostly confused bits and pieces. sorry about that, but that's
    how I see it.>

    Please explain the Virgin birth.

    Given her point of view, I would say she just did.

    The Virgin Birth is an RC and maybe Orthodox doctrine that
    alleges that God was present in Jesus and that only a virgin could
    be worthy of such birth. Some say that the child emerged from her
    side, that she was impregnated by Divine Action. Further that
    G*d had intervened to free Mary from the taint of Original Sin.

    It is rather more general than that. At least, in official doctrine.

    But in those times a Virgin was an independent woman not
    subjected to the authority of a husband. Not necessarily a
    virgo intacto or woman who had not had intercourse.

    There was no such thing as an "independent woman". This was the time
    of the /real/ Traditiional Family Values, and there was /always/ a man
    holding her leash: a father, a husband, a brother, an uncle, a son ...
    always.

    This is based on Isaiah, and the Hebrew there means "young woman".

    <snippo as much babbling as possible>

    We moved from stories to real explanations for natural
    phenomenon from the 17th century through the present. Some
    people who derives power from the stone age stores resist
    these explanations which still give men power over women at
    the least and impose a hierarchical order on society.

    Your faith in the reality of those explanations is touching.

    People who benefit from that hierarchical order feel
    that civilization will collapse if they do not have lower
    ranked people to push around physically or verbally.

    That's actually not a bad summary. Except that "heirarchical" is
    inherently religious (see derivation) and so limited in scope and "civilization" is often claimed but rarely defined.

    I am an agnostic Deist but if any divinity rules
    human society it must be Eris who controls the counsels
    of mankind.

    Classic deists don't believe God is present in the world at all and
    are monotheists[1] so, for them, no other gods exist.


    [1] I'm not sure "monodeist" is ever used. The confusion, of course,
    is because some terms use Latin /deus/ and others use Greek /theos/
    for "God".

    Wikipedia <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deism#Contemporary_Deism>

    but I don't think believing in other gods, such as Eris, fits well
    into any of them.
    --
    "Here lies the Tuscan poet Aretino,
    Who evil spoke of everyone but God,
    Giving as his excuse, 'I never knew him.'"

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  • From Paul S Person@3:633/10 to All on Mon Aug 17 09:15:33 2026
    On Sun, 16 Aug 2026 18:43:34 -0000 (UTC), doctor@doctor.nl2k.ab.ca
    (The Doctor) wrote:

    In article <9sq38lhiuee8gc0uue4r5ethms1u9mo62l@4ax.com>,
    Paul S Person <psperson@old.netcom.invalid> wrote:
    On Sun, 16 Aug 2026 01:37:37 -0000 (UTC), doctor@doctor.nl2k.ab.ca
    (The Doctor) wrote:

    In article <he218ltdungk393uteva42aktr7tbdrgt8@4ax.com>,
    Paul S Person <psperson@old.netcom.invalid> wrote:
    On Fri, 14 Aug 2026 12:31:30 -0700, BobbieSellers >>>><bliss-sf4ever@dslextreme.invalid> wrote:

    On 8/14/26 11:42, William Hyde wrote:
    Daniel70 wrote:
    On 14/08/2026 5:27 am, BobbieSellers wrote:


    You leave out Arius who was skinned and his hide hung on the
    City
    walls, he was responsible for the Arian heresy which the French >>>>>>>> crusade wiped out by killing everyone in the South of France and
    at
    which the memorable phrase "Kill them all and let God sort them
    out".

    Wasn't South France widely Muslim ... or am I thinking of
    Southern Spain?

    A part of Southern France was under Muslim occupation in the 700s,
    but
    there wasn't much conversion.

    The crusade referred to is the anti-Albigensian crusade, against
    the
    Cathars, dualists who believed that the old testament god was an
    evil
    one who created the world for us to suffer in while the real god, >>>>>> represented by JC would welcome our souls once we lived a life of
    grace
    (and we got an infinite number of chances).

    Thanks to your numerous corrections to my confused (by RC HS)
    rendition.


    Cathars were to attempt to abstain from sex, meat, and violence
    (but
    wine was OK) and if they succeeded in this they attained the
    status of
    "perfect" and went to heaven on death.? If not, try again.

    While the Cathars were wiped out or dispersed, the bulk of the
    casualties were local Catholics who defended their Cathar
    neighbors. The
    war became a religious pretext for landless northerners to grab southern
    estates.

    Well some of them had estates by which murders of the locals they >>>>>increased.


    Arius had nothing to do with this.? He would have abhorred
    Catharism,
    and he lived in the time of Constantine. His "heresy" was to
    believe
    that JC was a created being. He was exiled from the empire,
    allowed back
    in, and died, some said of poison.? Orthodox Christians took
    great
    delight in inventing a painful and embarrassing death for him, but
    he
    was never skinned.

    Jesus not the Christ was a created being. It is part of the mystery
    of
    the Incarnation aka being in the meat.

    If that is your memory of RC theology, you may want to find the >>>>Catholic Encyclopedia on line and give it a read on this topic.

    Then again, a recent report on a survey had more than half of >>>>self-indentified Evangelicals agreeing with a statement that Jesus
    was
    just of human being. Note that there are entire denominations based
    on
    the idea that Jesus was a Great Teacher, and nothing more, so ... >>>>confusion ... on this point is nothing to get excited about.

    Jesus is the Son of God and part of the Holy Trinity.

    The RCC is the propecied Church of Thyatira.

    That is one theory, yes. It is based on the idea that the Seven
    Churches represent different historic periods.

    Another theory is that they are examples of what the Church, and each >>individual Church, down to each and every congregation, is, and was,
    and will be: a mix of different believers in different states.

    If it is propecised, it is done.

    Well, yes, but is it? Or is "prophesy" merely a (very popular)
    interpretation? Which may be in error, who can say?
    --
    "Here lies the Tuscan poet Aretino,
    Who evil spoke of everyone but God,
    Giving as his excuse, 'I never knew him.'"

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  • From Paul S Person@3:633/10 to All on Mon Aug 17 09:17:12 2026
    On Mon, 17 Aug 2026 14:37:28 -0000 (UTC), doctor@doctor.nl2k.ab.ca
    (The Doctor) wrote:

    In article <115uoho$trf9$1@dont-email.me>,
    Daniel70 <daniel47@nomail.afraid.org> wrote:
    On 17/08/2026 2:57 am, Paul S Person wrote:
    On Sun, 16 Aug 2026 01:37:37 -0000 (UTC), doctor@doctor.nl2k.ab.ca
    (The Doctor) wrote:
    In article <he218ltdungk393uteva42aktr7tbdrgt8@4ax.com>, Paul S
    Person <psperson@old.netcom.invalid> wrote:
    On Fri, 14 Aug 2026 12:31:30 -0700, BobbieSellers
    <bliss-sf4ever@dslextreme.invalid> wrote:
    On 8/14/26 11:42, William Hyde wrote:

    <Snip>

    Arius had nothing to do with this. He would have abhorred
    Catharism, and he lived in the time of Constantine. His
    "heresy" was to believe that JC was a created being. He was
    exiled from the empire, allowed back in, and died, some said
    of poison. Orthodox Christians took great delight in
    inventing a painful and embarrassing death for him, but he
    was never skinned.

    Jesus not the Christ was a created being. It is part of the
    mystery of the Incarnation aka being in the meat.

    If that is your memory of RC theology, you may want to find the
    Catholic Encyclopedia on line and give it a read on this topic.

    Then again, a recent report on a survey had more than half of
    self-indentified Evangelicals agreeing with a statement that
    Jesus was just of human being. Note that there are entire
    denominations based on the idea that Jesus was a Great Teacher,
    and nothing more, so ... confusion ... on this point is nothing
    to get excited about.

    Jesus is the Son of God and part of the Holy Trinity.

    The RCC is the propecied Church of Thyatira.

    And where does YOUR Church fit in here, Binky(Word used by paedophiles
    to indicate their joy of child sexual molestation)??

    That is one theory, yes. It is based on the idea that the Seven
    Churches represent different historic periods.

    Sorry!! "the Seven Churches"?? What are they, please??

    The seven churches Paul writes to in Asia minor now modern day Turkey.

    Jesus did the writing, but otherwise you are correct.

    The letters are found in the first few chapters of Revelation.
    --
    "Here lies the Tuscan poet Aretino,
    Who evil spoke of everyone but God,
    Giving as his excuse, 'I never knew him.'"

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  • From BobbieSellers@3:633/10 to All on Mon Aug 17 09:21:30 2026
    On 8/17/26 09:05, Paul S Person wrote:
    On Sun, 16 Aug 2026 13:38:08 -0700, BobbieSellers <bliss-sf4ever@dslextreme.invalid> wrote:

    On 8/16/26 09:55, Paul S Person wrote:
    On Sun, 16 Aug 2026 01:44:21 -0000 (UTC), doctor@doctor.nl2k.ab.ca
    (The Doctor) wrote:


    <snippo mostly confused bits and pieces. sorry about that, but that's
    how I see it.>

    Please explain the Virgin birth.

    Given her point of view, I would say she just did.

    The Virgin Birth is an RC and maybe Orthodox doctrine that
    alleges that God was present in Jesus and that only a virgin could
    be worthy of such birth. Some say that the child emerged from her
    side, that she was impregnated by Divine Action. Further that
    G*d had intervened to free Mary from the taint of Original Sin.

    It is rather more general than that. At least, in official doctrine.

    But in those times a Virgin was an independent woman not
    subjected to the authority of a husband. Not necessarily a
    virgo intacto or woman who had not had intercourse.

    There was no such thing as an "independent woman". This was the time
    of the /real/ Traditiional Family Values, and there was /always/ a man holding her leash: a father, a husband, a brother, an uncle, a son ... always.

    This is based on Isaiah, and the Hebrew there means "young woman".

    <snippo as much babbling as possible>

    We moved from stories to real explanations for natural
    phenomenon from the 17th century through the present. Some
    people who derives power from the stone age stores resist
    these explanations which still give men power over women at
    the least and impose a hierarchical order on society.

    Your faith in the reality of those explanations is touching.

    People who benefit from that hierarchical order feel
    that civilization will collapse if they do not have lower
    ranked people to push around physically or verbally.

    That's actually not a bad summary. Except that "heirarchical" is
    inherently religious (see derivation) and so limited in scope and "civilization" is often claimed but rarely defined.

    hierarchical order is most clearly experienced not only in religion but
    in the Military organizations.


    I am an agnostic Deist but if any divinity rules
    human society it must be Eris who controls the counsels
    of mankind.

    Classic deists don't believe God is present in the world at all and
    are monotheists[1] so, for them, no other gods exist.

    I am not even classy, much less Classical in any sense.


    [1] I'm not sure "monodeist" is ever used. The confusion, of course,
    is because some terms use Latin /deus/ and others use Greek /theos/
    for "God".

    And Thea was earlier, the Goddess Themis representing law and ordered society

    Wikipedia <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deism#Contemporary_Deism>

    but I don't think believing in other gods, such as Eris, fits well
    into any of them.

    Who cares about fitting into any system, Eris is a metaphor for the disputatious nature of mankind. She is, recall, the Goddess who tossed
    the golden apple to Paris to be awarded to the most beautiful of
    the Goddesses there assembled which sparked the Trojan War.

    Since she is female she is another patriarchal scapegoat as well. Men are always blaming women for their own sexual drives and disputes.



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  • From William Hyde@3:633/10 to All on Mon Aug 17 15:32:28 2026
    The Doctor wrote:
    In article <115t4ar$eqpr$1@dont-email.me>,
    William Hyde <wthyde1953@gmail.com> wrote:
    The Doctor wrote:
    In article <robertaw-7C31C0.21580415082026@news.individual.net>,
    Robert Woodward <robertaw@drizzle.com> wrote:
    In article <115qfva$3lkpj$1@dont-email.me>,
    William Hyde <wthyde1953@gmail.com> wrote:

    The Doctor wrote:

    (Snip!)


    Iberia was muslim at the start of the 11th Century.

    Mostly Muslim ruled from the early 700s. What percentage of the
    population was Muslim at various times is unclear.

    In the early years a number of Visigothic nobles converted so as to save >>>>> their lands. The sincerity of their conversions can be doubted (they >>>>> had only recently converted from Arian to Catholic), though they did >>>>> wage war against the remnant Christian states of the north.

    Politics frequently trumped religion. Christian-Muslim alliances
    against other Christian or Muslim powers were common. Even Duke Odo of >>>>> Aquitaine was allied with a Berber lord who was on the outs with the >>>>> Muslim noble who claimed to rule all Iberia. Just as Odo was on the outs >>>>> with Charles Martel.

    About 3 centuries later (after the collapse of the Caliphate of
    Cordoba), the great Spanish national hero Rodrigo D?Ÿ??az de Vivar (aka El >>>> Cid) served under Islam rulers about as much time he served under
    Christian rulers.


    Such is Holy War.

    No, that was secular war.

    Which is the point of the previous two posts. Religious wars often
    change into secular wars. As in the 30 years war where Catholic France
    weighed in on the Protestant side, because an Austrian/Spanish victory
    would be bad for France while the Protestant Dutch helped France repress
    it's own Protestants because they needed French support for the wider war. >>
    And the Spanish allowed their enemies, the Dutch, to run the Spanish
    coastal trade because they themselves could not, and the Dutch did this
    because they needed the money from Spain to fight Spain.


    William Hyde


    Ever read Doctor Who : The Massacre of St. Bartholomew?

    No. I've only read works of history on that day and that time.

    William Hyde

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  • From Your Name@3:633/10 to All on Tue Aug 18 11:39:38 2026
    On 2026-08-17 10:41:57 +0000, Daniel70 said:
    On 17/08/2026 2:57 am, Paul S Person wrote:
    On Sun, 16 Aug 2026 01:37:37 -0000 (UTC), doctor@doctor.nl2k.ab.ca (The
    Doctor) wrote:
    In article <he218ltdungk393uteva42aktr7tbdrgt8@4ax.com>, Paul S
    Person <psperson@old.netcom.invalid> wrote:
    On Fri, 14 Aug 2026 12:31:30 -0700, BobbieSellers
    <bliss-sf4ever@dslextreme.invalid> wrote:
    On 8/14/26 11:42, William Hyde wrote:

    <Snip>

    Arius had nothing to do with this. He would have abhorred
    Catharism, and he lived in the time of Constantine. His
    "heresy" was to believe that JC was a created being. He was
    exiled from the empire, allowed back in, and died, some said
    of poison. Orthodox Christians took great delight in
    inventing a painful and embarrassing death for him, but he was never skinned.

    Jesus not the Christ was a created being. It is part of the
    mystery of the Incarnation aka being in the meat.

    If that is your memory of RC theology, you may want to find the
    Catholic Encyclopedia on line and give it a read on this topic.

    Then again, a recent report on a survey had more than half of
    self-indentified Evangelicals agreeing with a statement that
    Jesus was just of human being. Note that there are entire
    denominations based on the idea that Jesus was a Great Teacher,
    and nothing more, so ... confusion ... on this point is nothing
    to get excited about.

    Jesus is the Son of God and part of the Holy Trinity.

    The RCC is the propecied Church of Thyatira.

    And where does YOUR Church fit in here, Binky??

    That is one theory, yes. It is based on the idea that the Seven
    Churches represent different historic periods.

    Sorry!! "the Seven Churches"?? What are they, please??

    From Mr Google:

    The Seven Churches of Revelation, also known as the Seven Churches
    of the Apocalypse and the Seven Churches of Asia, are seven churches
    of early Christianity mentioned in the Book of Revelation, part of
    the New Testament. All of them were located in then-Greek-speaking
    Anatolia, and currently sit within the borders of present-day Turkey.

    <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven_churches_of_Asia>





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  • From William Hyde@3:633/10 to All on Mon Aug 17 20:08:06 2026
    The Doctor wrote:
    In article <115vnkd$18t03$2@dont-email.me>,
    William Hyde <wthyde1953@gmail.com> wrote:
    The Doctor wrote:
    In article <115t4ar$eqpr$1@dont-email.me>,
    William Hyde <wthyde1953@gmail.com> wrote:
    The Doctor wrote:
    In article <robertaw-7C31C0.21580415082026@news.individual.net>,
    Robert Woodward <robertaw@drizzle.com> wrote:
    In article <115qfva$3lkpj$1@dont-email.me>,
    William Hyde <wthyde1953@gmail.com> wrote:

    The Doctor wrote:

    (Snip!)


    Iberia was muslim at the start of the 11th Century.

    Mostly Muslim ruled from the early 700s. What percentage of the >>>>>>> population was Muslim at various times is unclear.

    In the early years a number of Visigothic nobles converted so as to save
    their lands. The sincerity of their conversions can be doubted (they >>>>>>> had only recently converted from Arian to Catholic), though they did >>>>>>> wage war against the remnant Christian states of the north.

    Politics frequently trumped religion. Christian-Muslim alliances >>>>>>> against other Christian or Muslim powers were common. Even Duke Odo of >>>>>>> Aquitaine was allied with a Berber lord who was on the outs with the >>>>>>> Muslim noble who claimed to rule all Iberia. Just as Odo was on the outs
    with Charles Martel.

    About 3 centuries later (after the collapse of the Caliphate of
    Cordoba), the great Spanish national hero Rodrigo D?Ÿ’?????az de
    Vivar (aka El
    Cid) served under Islam rulers about as much time he served under
    Christian rulers.


    Such is Holy War.

    No, that was secular war.

    Which is the point of the previous two posts. Religious wars often
    change into secular wars. As in the 30 years war where Catholic France >>>> weighed in on the Protestant side, because an Austrian/Spanish victory >>>> would be bad for France while the Protestant Dutch helped France repress >>>> it's own Protestants because they needed French support for the wider war. >>>>
    And the Spanish allowed their enemies, the Dutch, to run the Spanish
    coastal trade because they themselves could not, and the Dutch did this >>>> because they needed the money from Spain to fight Spain.


    William Hyde


    Ever read Doctor Who : The Massacre of St. Bartholomew?

    No. I've only read works of history on that day and that time.


    It is a rather intresting book.

    It does explain the British psyche against the RCC.

    That's a much more complicated issue.

    I had an uncle whose paternal line left Europe for England shortly
    after, and because of, St Barts. Given where they lived, it proved to
    be a good idea.

    William Hyde


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  • From Paul S Person@3:633/10 to All on Tue Aug 18 08:55:12 2026
    On Mon, 17 Aug 2026 09:21:30 -0700, BobbieSellers <bliss-sf4ever@dslextreme.invalid> wrote:

    <snippo>
    hierarchical order is most clearly experienced not only in religion but

    in the Military organizations.

    Again: check the derivation. The original meaning was religious.

    It was later broadened to any ranked organization, not just military,
    but governmental as well.

    But you appear to be applying it to society as a whole. The fact that
    1%-ers act to maintain their dominance does not make society a
    hierarchy.
    --
    "Here lies the Tuscan poet Aretino,
    Who evil spoke of everyone but God,
    Giving as his excuse, 'I never knew him.'"

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    * Origin: Dragon's Lair, PyGate NNTP<>Fido Gate (3:633/10)
  • From Paul S Person@3:633/10 to All on Tue Aug 18 09:04:17 2026
    On Mon, 17 Aug 2026 16:33:36 -0000 (UTC), doctor@doctor.nl2k.ab.ca
    (The Doctor) wrote:

    In article <tbc68l154vev3a5qne9p7b5d6bbduhbkis@4ax.com>,
    Paul S Person <psperson@old.netcom.invalid> wrote:
    On Sun, 16 Aug 2026 18:43:34 -0000 (UTC), doctor@doctor.nl2k.ab.ca
    (The Doctor) wrote:

    In article <9sq38lhiuee8gc0uue4r5ethms1u9mo62l@4ax.com>,
    Paul S Person <psperson@old.netcom.invalid> wrote:
    On Sun, 16 Aug 2026 01:37:37 -0000 (UTC), doctor@doctor.nl2k.ab.ca
    (The Doctor) wrote:

    In article <he218ltdungk393uteva42aktr7tbdrgt8@4ax.com>,
    Paul S Person <psperson@old.netcom.invalid> wrote:
    On Fri, 14 Aug 2026 12:31:30 -0700, BobbieSellers >>>>>><bliss-sf4ever@dslextreme.invalid> wrote:

    On 8/14/26 11:42, William Hyde wrote:
    Daniel70 wrote:
    On 14/08/2026 5:27 am, BobbieSellers wrote:


    You leave out Arius who was skinned and his hide hung on the
    City
    walls, he was responsible for the Arian heresy which the
    French
    crusade wiped out by killing everyone in the South of France
    and at
    which the memorable phrase "Kill them all and let God sort
    them out".

    Wasn't South France widely Muslim ... or am I thinking of
    Southern Spain?

    A part of Southern France was under Muslim occupation in the
    700s, but
    there wasn't much conversion.

    The crusade referred to is the anti-Albigensian crusade, against
    the
    Cathars, dualists who believed that the old testament god was an
    evil
    one who created the world for us to suffer in while the real
    god,
    represented by JC would welcome our souls once we lived a life
    of grace
    (and we got an infinite number of chances).

    Thanks to your numerous corrections to my confused (by RC HS) rendition.


    Cathars were to attempt to abstain from sex, meat, and violence
    (but
    wine was OK) and if they succeeded in this they attained the
    status of
    "perfect" and went to heaven on death.? If not, try again.

    While the Cathars were wiped out or dispersed, the bulk of the >>>>>>>> casualties were local Catholics who defended their Cathar
    neighbors. The
    war became a religious pretext for landless northerners to grab southern
    estates.

    Well some of them had estates by which murders of the locals they

    increased.


    Arius had nothing to do with this.? He would have abhorred
    Catharism,
    and he lived in the time of Constantine. His "heresy" was to
    believe
    that JC was a created being. He was exiled from the empire,
    allowed back
    in, and died, some said of poison.? Orthodox Christians took
    great
    delight in inventing a painful and embarrassing death for him,
    but he
    was never skinned.

    Jesus not the Christ was a created being. It is part of the
    mystery of
    the Incarnation aka being in the meat.

    If that is your memory of RC theology, you may want to find the >>>>>>Catholic Encyclopedia on line and give it a read on this topic.

    Then again, a recent report on a survey had more than half of >>>>>>self-indentified Evangelicals agreeing with a statement that Jesus
    was
    just of human being. Note that there are entire denominations based
    on
    the idea that Jesus was a Great Teacher, and nothing more, so ... >>>>>>confusion ... on this point is nothing to get excited about.

    Jesus is the Son of God and part of the Holy Trinity.

    The RCC is the propecied Church of Thyatira.

    That is one theory, yes. It is based on the idea that the Seven >>>>Churches represent different historic periods.

    Another theory is that they are examples of what the Church, and each >>>>individual Church, down to each and every congregation, is, and was, >>>>and will be: a mix of different believers in different states.

    If it is propecised, it is done.

    Well, yes, but is it? Or is "prophesy" merely a (very popular) >>interpretation? Which may be in error, who can say?

    Thell me which propesies of the Bile are false?

    Nice moving-of-the-goalposts!

    I did not dispute the prophecy the letter contains. It is the
    historical interpretation -- something /not/ in the Bible -- that I
    point out is only one of at least two theories about these letters.

    What /you/ need is something /in the Bible/ that supports the
    historical interpretation. To be fully effective, it must state that,
    by Thyatira stands for the Roman Catholic Church.

    Without it you have a theory, but not a prophecy equating Thyatira to
    Rome.

    Good hunting!
    --
    "Here lies the Tuscan poet Aretino,
    Who evil spoke of everyone but God,
    Giving as his excuse, 'I never knew him.'"

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  • From oldernow@3:633/10 to All on Tue Aug 18 16:10:27 2026
    In article <gjv88ltamsuftmto7tjgqg1a5g8h27ae42@4ax.com>,
    Paul S Person <psperson@old.netcom.invalid> wrote:

    But you appear to be applying it to society
    as a whole. The fact that 1%-ers act to
    maintain their dominance does not make
    society a hierarchy.

    Mind seems a hierarchical re-presentation of an
    alleged reality. It makes sense there might seem
    to be hierarchification in such a context.
    --
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  • From BobbieSellers@3:633/10 to All on Tue Aug 18 13:28:02 2026
    On 8/17/26 09:05, Paul S Person wrote:
    On Sun, 16 Aug 2026 13:38:08 -0700, BobbieSellers <bliss-sf4ever@dslextreme.invalid> wrote:

    On 8/16/26 09:55, Paul S Person wrote:
    On Sun, 16 Aug 2026 01:44:21 -0000 (UTC), doctor@doctor.nl2k.ab.ca
    (The Doctor) wrote:


    <snippo mostly confused bits and pieces. sorry about that, but that's
    how I see it.>

    Please explain the Virgin birth.

    Given her point of view, I would say she just did.

    The Virgin Birth is an RC and maybe Orthodox doctrine that
    alleges that God was present in Jesus and that only a virgin could
    be worthy of such birth. Some say that the child emerged from her
    side, that she was impregnated by Divine Action. Further that
    G*d had intervened to free Mary from the taint of Original Sin.

    It is rather more general than that. At least, in official doctrine.

    But in those times a Virgin was an independent woman not
    subjected to the authority of a husband. Not necessarily a
    virgo intacto or woman who had not had intercourse.

    There was no such thing as an "independent woman". This was the time
    of the /real/ Traditiional Family Values, and there was /always/ a man holding her leash: a father, a husband, a brother, an uncle, a son ... always.

    Actually there were independent women in every era no matter
    how the Society of the time attempted to repress them. Suppression
    of the stories of their lives is part of patriarchal oppression.
    It is like saying that there were no women artists or composers before
    modern times.


    This is based on Isaiah, and the Hebrew there means "young woman".

    <snippo as much babbling as possible>

    We moved from stories to real explanations for natural
    phenomenon from the 17th century through the present. Some
    people who derives power from the stone age stores resist
    these explanations which still give men power over women at
    the least and impose a hierarchical order on society.

    Your faith in the reality of those explanations is touching.

    I read the bible in 3 evangelical churches and in RC HS so I
    know what it says and how phony it is.

    People who benefit from that hierarchical order feel
    that civilization will collapse if they do not have lower
    ranked people to push around physically or verbally.

    That's actually not a bad summary. Except that "heirarchical" is
    inherently religious (see derivation) and so limited in scope and "civilization" is often claimed but rarely defined.

    USA present day, on top white men of wealth, next down white women of wealth, less wealthy people, poor white people, poor people who
    are not white.



    I am an agnostic Deist but if any divinity rules
    human society it must be Eris who controls the counsels
    of mankind.

    Classic deists don't believe God is present in the world at all and
    are monotheists[1] so, for them, no other gods exist.

    In no way except age am I classic. How could anyone tell if G*d is in the world. We are evolved creatures and we evolved to survive as
    did the rest of the Universe. Almost everyone who really sees thru one
    method or another their Deity suffers from impairment of survival.

    Does time exist? Most people take it for granted but the supreme personification of time is Kali whom most misunderstand as a murdering
    witch. Or you could call it Chronos or Saturn, all eat all their
    children. Pancreator = Panphage.



    [1] I'm not sure "monodeist" is ever used. The confusion, of course,
    is because some terms use Latin /deus/ and others use Greek /theos/
    for "God".

    Wikipedia <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deism#Contemporary_Deism>

    but I don't think believing in other gods, such as Eris, fits well
    into any of them.

    Who believes? As the Shinto priests say they have no dogma but they dance. The world is full of people who claim belief but then act
    in ways contrary to the teachings that they are supposed to be following.

    Agnostics just don't know. Deists hope there was an author.


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  • From Scott Dorsey@3:633/10 to All on Tue Aug 18 20:42:44 2026
    The Doctor <doctor@doctor.nl2k.ab.ca> wrote:
    Paul S Person <psperson@old.netcom.invalid> wrote:

    But you appear to be applying it to society as a whole. The fact that >>1%-ers act to maintain their dominance does not make society a
    hierarchy.

    But did Jesus call for hierarchies?

    No, but Paul did.
    --scott


    --
    "C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."

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  • From Blueshirt@3:633/10 to All on Wed Aug 19 08:51:39 2026
    BobbieSellers wrote:

    The world is full of people who claim belief but then
    act in ways contrary to the teachings that they are
    supposed to be following.

    Bingo!

    It's the biggest problem I have with a lot of religious
    people.

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  • From Blueshirt@3:633/10 to All on Wed Aug 19 13:04:58 2026
    Daniel70 wrote:

    I read the Lesson in two regional Roman Catholic
    Churches about fifteen times a year.

    Congratulations, here's your no-prize...

    The bad news is, you're still going to Hell.

    See you there mate...

    :-)

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  • From Scott Lurndal@3:633/10 to All on Wed Aug 19 14:47:46 2026
    doctor@doctor.nl2k.ab.ca (The Doctor) writes:
    what it says and how phony it is.

    Sorry! "RC HS"??

    I read the Lesson in two regional Roman Catholic Churches about fifteen >>times a year.

    Roman Cathlolic Hierarchical system IIRC.

    High school.


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  • From BobbieSellers@3:633/10 to All on Wed Aug 19 08:26:45 2026
    On 8/19/26 02:56, Daniel70 wrote:
    On 19/08/2026 6:28 am, BobbieSellers wrote:
    On 8/17/26 09:05, Paul S Person wrote:
    On Sun, 16 Aug 2026 13:38:08 -0700, BobbieSellers
    <bliss-sf4ever@dslextreme.invalid> wrote:

    <Snip>

    ˙˙˙˙We moved from stories to real explanations for natural
    phenomenon from the 17th century through the present.˙ Some
    people who derives power from the stone age stores resist
    these explanations which still give men power over women at
    the least and impose a hierarchical order on society.

    Your faith in the reality of those explanations is touching.

    ˙˙˙˙˙I read the bible in 3 evangelical churches and in RC HS so I
    know what it says and how phony it is.

    Sorry! "RC HS"??

    I read the Lesson in two regional Roman Catholic Churches about fifteen times a year.

    Roman Catholic High School

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  • From BobbieSellers@3:633/10 to All on Wed Aug 19 08:34:13 2026
    On 8/19/26 06:04, Blueshirt wrote:
    Daniel70 wrote:

    I read the Lesson in two regional Roman Catholic
    Churches about fifteen times a year.

    Congratulations, here's your no-prize...

    The bad news is, you're still going to Hell.

    See you there mate...

    :-)

    We are there already or in Heaven already depending
    on how you experience a world where murder is an everyday
    affair and the peoples who like to consider themselves the
    chosen of G*d are up to their elbows in blood. ;^|

    Even the Buddhists have their factions.

    bliss- study, practice, experience

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  • From Cryptoengineer@3:633/10 to All on Wed Aug 19 12:14:00 2026
    On 8/19/2026 5:56 AM, Daniel70 wrote:
    On 19/08/2026 6:28 am, BobbieSellers wrote:
    On 8/17/26 09:05, Paul S Person wrote:
    On Sun, 16 Aug 2026 13:38:08 -0700, BobbieSellers
    <bliss-sf4ever@dslextreme.invalid> wrote:

    <Snip>

    ˙˙˙˙We moved from stories to real explanations for natural
    phenomenon from the 17th century through the present.˙ Some
    people who derives power from the stone age stores resist
    these explanations which still give men power over women at
    the least and impose a hierarchical order on society.

    Your faith in the reality of those explanations is touching.

    ˙˙˙˙˙I read the bible in 3 evangelical churches and in RC HS so I
    know what it says and how phony it is.

    Sorry! "RC HS"??

    Roman Catholic High School.>
    I read the Lesson in two regional Roman Catholic Churches about fifteen times a year.


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  • From Paul S Person@3:633/10 to All on Wed Aug 19 09:25:18 2026
    On Tue, 18 Aug 2026 13:28:02 -0700, BobbieSellers <bliss-sf4ever@dslextreme.invalid> wrote:

    On 8/17/26 09:05, Paul S Person wrote:
    On Sun, 16 Aug 2026 13:38:08 -0700, BobbieSellers
    <bliss-sf4ever@dslextreme.invalid> wrote:

    <snippo stuff before and after>
    <the "hierarchy" in USA society>
    USA present day, on top white men of wealth, next down white women of
    wealth, less wealthy people, poor white people, poor people who
    are not white.

    That is not a heirarchy. This would be a hierarchy

    1. The one and only 1%er. Note: at the top of any hierarchy, there can
    be only one.
    2. Every 2%-er reports to the 1% for orders, and follows them. Note:
    in a hierarchy, everybody except the top person is subordinate to
    someone, and does what they are told. Well, their are supposed to,
    anyway.
    3. And so forth. A place for everyone -- and everyone in their place.
    Note: a hierarchy includes /everyone in the organization/, whether
    they like it or not.

    What you are describing is a social system based, not on class but on
    wealth.

    There are, however societies that /can be described as hierarchies, in
    the sense "ruled by the high priest" (the original meaning, it
    appears):
    Iran -- although the Supreme Leader is a Muslim cleric, he is on top
    and he is a religious leader.
    North Korea -- although a Communist country, the leader heads a /cult
    of personality/. And "cult" is a term with heavy religious
    associations. [1]

    The USA, however, is not one of them. Except for MAGA, perhaps.

    [1] And the leader is a Friend of Trump, as Trump himself just
    reaffirmed. The Republicans are trying to paint the Dems as Reds (that
    is, communists) but their ever-more-clearly fearful Leader is best
    buds with one. Do they /really/ think this will work? We shall see, in November.

    The Wikipedia article
    <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cult_of_personality> is quite
    interesting, documenting how these things occur just about anywhere in
    any political system, including failed states (discussed here <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Failed_state>. It might be worth
    running down the list of Failed State Characteristics andconsidering
    how far from being a failed state the USA is today.
    --
    "Here lies the Tuscan poet Aretino,
    Who evil spoke of everyone but God,
    Giving as his excuse, 'I never knew him.'"

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  • From Paul S Person@3:633/10 to All on Wed Aug 19 09:32:12 2026
    On Wed, 19 Aug 2026 19:56:09 +1000, Daniel70
    <daniel47@nomail.afraid.org> wrote:

    On 19/08/2026 6:28 am, BobbieSellers wrote:
    On 8/17/26 09:05, Paul S Person wrote:
    On Sun, 16 Aug 2026 13:38:08 -0700, BobbieSellers
    <bliss-sf4ever@dslextreme.invalid> wrote:

    <Snip>

    ????We moved from stories to real explanations for natural
    phenomenon from the 17th century through the present.? Some
    people who derives power from the stone age stores resist
    these explanations which still give men power over women at
    the least and impose a hierarchical order on society.

    Your faith in the reality of those explanations is touching.

    ????I read the bible in 3 evangelical churches and in RC HS
    so I
    know what it says and how phony it is.

    Sorry! "RC HS"??

    This being bliss, I would say "Roman Catholic High School" is what it
    meant.

    I read the Lesson in two regional Roman Catholic Churches about fifteen >times a year.

    I don't think she was referring to reading pericopes in public,
    although that is certainly possible. I think she is saying that she
    has read more than a little of it. Possibly a lot more.
    --
    "Here lies the Tuscan poet Aretino,
    Who evil spoke of everyone but God,
    Giving as his excuse, 'I never knew him.'"

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  • From William Hyde@3:633/10 to All on Wed Aug 19 16:24:01 2026
    The Doctor wrote:
    In article <11607ph$1e5pn$1@dont-email.me>,
    William Hyde <wthyde1953@gmail.com> wrote:
    The Doctor wrote:
    In article <115vnkd$18t03$2@dont-email.me>,
    William Hyde <wthyde1953@gmail.com> wrote:
    The Doctor wrote:
    In article <115t4ar$eqpr$1@dont-email.me>,
    William Hyde <wthyde1953@gmail.com> wrote:
    The Doctor wrote:
    In article <robertaw-7C31C0.21580415082026@news.individual.net>, >>>>>>> Robert Woodward <robertaw@drizzle.com> wrote:
    In article <115qfva$3lkpj$1@dont-email.me>,
    William Hyde <wthyde1953@gmail.com> wrote:

    The Doctor wrote:

    (Snip!)


    Iberia was muslim at the start of the 11th Century.

    Mostly Muslim ruled from the early 700s. What percentage of the >>>>>>>>> population was Muslim at various times is unclear.

    In the early years a number of Visigothic nobles converted so as to save
    their lands. The sincerity of their conversions can be doubted (they
    had only recently converted from Arian to Catholic), though they did >>>>>>>>> wage war against the remnant Christian states of the north.

    Politics frequently trumped religion. Christian-Muslim alliances >>>>>>>>> against other Christian or Muslim powers were common. Even Duke Odo of
    Aquitaine was allied with a Berber lord who was on the outs with the >>>>>>>>> Muslim noble who claimed to rule all Iberia. Just as Odo was on the outs
    with Charles Martel.

    About 3 centuries later (after the collapse of the Caliphate of >>>>>>>> Cordoba), the great Spanish national hero Rodrigo
    D?Ÿ’???ƒ???Ÿƒ??????az de
    Vivar (aka El
    Cid) served under Islam rulers about as much time he served under >>>>>>>> Christian rulers.


    Such is Holy War.

    No, that was secular war.

    Which is the point of the previous two posts. Religious wars often >>>>>> change into secular wars. As in the 30 years war where Catholic France >>>>>> weighed in on the Protestant side, because an Austrian/Spanish victory >>>>>> would be bad for France while the Protestant Dutch helped France repress >>>>>> it's own Protestants because they needed French support for the wider war.

    And the Spanish allowed their enemies, the Dutch, to run the Spanish >>>>>> coastal trade because they themselves could not, and the Dutch did this >>>>>> because they needed the money from Spain to fight Spain.


    William Hyde


    Ever read Doctor Who : The Massacre of St. Bartholomew?

    No. I've only read works of history on that day and that time.


    It is a rather intresting book.

    It does explain the British psyche against the RCC.

    That's a much more complicated issue.

    I had an uncle whose paternal line left Europe for England shortly
    after, and because of, St Barts. Given where they lived, it proved to
    be a good idea.


    You got my point.

    He never mentioned it until I was middle aged. It was a point of
    interest, no more, in a very interesting family history. The family
    origin story, you might say.

    The only raving anti-catholic in my extended family was an ignoramus who doubtless never heard of St Barts and was probably hazy on the location
    of France. He was an evil enough bastard that his descendants were
    not prone to share his opinions about anything. I believe that he was an ex-catholic himself.

    As I said, it's complicated.

    William Hyde

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  • From Blueshirt@3:633/10 to All on Thu Aug 20 09:08:00 2026
    William Hyde wrote:

    The only raving anti-catholic in my extended family was
    an ignoramus who doubtless never heard of St Barts and
    was probably hazy on the location of France.

    I believe that he was an ex-catholic himself.

    They're the worst. Look at Henry VIII!

    As I said, it's complicated.

    The Tudors would probably agree with you.

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  • From Blueshirt@3:633/10 to All on Thu Aug 20 09:33:02 2026
    Paul S Person wrote:

    On Wed, 19 Aug 2026 19:56:09 +1000, Daniel70
    <daniel47@nomail.afraid.org> wrote:

    I read the Lesson in two regional Roman Catholic Churches
    about fifteen times a year.

    I don't think she was referring to reading pericopes in public,
    although that is certainly possible.

    I think she is saying that she has read more than a little of
    it. Possibly a lot more.

    The more of it you read, the more you see how silly it all is.

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  • From Paul S Person@3:633/10 to All on Thu Aug 20 08:42:54 2026
    On Thu, 20 Aug 2026 02:52:25 -0000 (UTC), doctor@doctor.nl2k.ab.ca
    (The Doctor) wrote:

    <snippo>

    Sorry! "RC HS"??

    This being bliss, I would say "Roman Catholic High School" is what it >>meant.

    I read the Lesson in two regional Roman Catholic Churches about
    fifteen
    times a year.

    I don't think she was referring to reading pericopes in public,
    although that is certainly possible. I think she is saying that she

    Are you from the USA?

    Why, yes. Seattle, in fact.

    When I was growing up, one of the Roosevelt High School (the mascot
    was a bear, guess which Roosevelt it was named after) sports chants
    was "Boo Blanchet!".

    Blanchet was the local RC High School.

    has read more than a little of it. Possibly a lot more.
    --
    "Here lies the Tuscan poet Aretino,
    Who evil spoke of everyone but God,
    Giving as his excuse, 'I never knew him.'"
    --
    "Here lies the Tuscan poet Aretino,
    Who evil spoke of everyone but God,
    Giving as his excuse, 'I never knew him.'"

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  • From Scott Lurndal@3:633/10 to All on Thu Aug 20 17:07:48 2026
    Paul S Person <psperson@old.netcom.invalid> writes:
    On Thu, 20 Aug 2026 02:52:25 -0000 (UTC), doctor@doctor.nl2k.ab.ca
    (The Doctor) wrote:

    <snippo>

    Sorry! "RC HS"??

    This being bliss, I would say "Roman Catholic High School" is what it >>>meant.


    When I was growing up, one of the Roosevelt High School (the mascot
    was a bear, guess which Roosevelt it was named after) sports chants
    was "Boo Blanchet!".

    Prior to the 1970s, there was a great deal of anti-catholicism
    in the united states. To the extent that protestant parents
    would not attend their son's wedding when he married a Catholic girl
    in the 1950s. There was also a lot of controversy when JFK was
    elected over the potential that the pope[*] may influence US politics.

    Fortunately, the USA is more secular now than at any point in the
    past. Although the current administration and the goofy red party
    are trying their best to reverse that (e.g. Texas).


    [*] Anyone who has really studied history learns that most popes
    were ambitious and power-mad and absent a few (Francis), not particuarly interested in the poor.

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  • From Blueshirt@3:633/10 to All on Fri Aug 21 09:51:18 2026
    Scott Lurndal wrote:

    Anyone who has really studied history learns that most
    popes were ambitious and power-mad and absent a few (Francis),
    not particuarly interested in the poor.

    I assume that's because the poor didn't have enough wealth to
    make very generous donations... so the power mad pontiffs
    preferred to focus on enriching the Vatican first.

    However, it's the economically vulnerable believers that sustain
    religious institutions through their faith and giving what
    little they do have. The whole house of cards would collapse
    without the gullible poor. Their simplicity makes them
    believers... and believers sustain the racket.

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  • From Paul S Person@3:633/10 to All on Fri Aug 21 03:13:43 2026
    On Thu, 20 Aug 2026 17:07:48 GMT, scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal)
    wrote:

    Paul S Person <psperson@old.netcom.invalid> writes:
    On Thu, 20 Aug 2026 02:52:25 -0000 (UTC), doctor@doctor.nl2k.ab.ca
    (The Doctor) wrote:

    <snippo>

    Sorry! "RC HS"??

    This being bliss, I would say "Roman Catholic High School" is what it >>>>meant.


    When I was growing up, one of the Roosevelt High School (the mascot
    was a bear, guess which Roosevelt it was named after) sports chants
    was "Boo Blanchet!".

    Prior to the 1970s, there was a great deal of anti-catholicism
    in the united states. To the extent that protestant parents
    would not attend their son's wedding when he married a Catholic girl
    in the 1950s. There was also a lot of controversy when JFK was
    elected over the potential that the pope[*] may influence US politics.

    Fortunately, the USA is more secular now than at any point in the
    past. Although the current administration and the goofy red party
    are trying their best to reverse that (e.g. Texas).

    The only "red" party I am aware of is the Republican Party.

    Red State. Red County. Red District.

    And their leader is a good friend of a Commie (by his own admission).

    Trust me on this -- the Republicans are doing far more to ensure their
    defeat in November than anyone else is.

    Whether this will change Texas and other extremist Red states remains
    to be seen.

    [*] Anyone who has really studied history learns that most popes
    were ambitious and power-mad and absent a few (Francis), not particuarly >interested in the poor.
    --
    "Here lies the Tuscan poet Aretino,
    Who evil spoke of everyone but God,
    Giving as his excuse, 'I never knew him.'"

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  • From Paul S Person@3:633/10 to All on Fri Aug 21 03:14:56 2026
    On Fri, 21 Aug 2026 09:51:18 GMT, "Blueshirt" <blueshirt@indigo.news>
    wrote:

    Scott Lurndal wrote:

    Anyone who has really studied history learns that most
    popes were ambitious and power-mad and absent a few (Francis),
    not particuarly interested in the poor.

    I assume that's because the poor didn't have enough wealth to
    make very generous donations... so the power mad pontiffs
    preferred to focus on enriching the Vatican first.

    However, it's the economically vulnerable believers that sustain
    religious institutions through their faith and giving what
    little they do have. The whole house of cards would collapse
    without the gullible poor. Their simplicity makes them
    believers... and believers sustain the racket.

    Yeah, yeah, we've all heard of Marx.

    So, what else is new?
    --
    "Here lies the Tuscan poet Aretino,
    Who evil spoke of everyone but God,
    Giving as his excuse, 'I never knew him.'"

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  • From Blueshirt@3:633/10 to All on Fri Aug 21 12:07:37 2026
    Paul S Person wrote:

    On Fri, 21 Aug 2026 09:51:18 GMT, "Blueshirt"
    <blueshirt@indigo.news> wrote:

    Scott Lurndal wrote:

    Anyone who has really studied history learns that most
    popes were ambitious and power-mad and absent a few
    (Francis), not particuarly interested in the poor.

    I assume that's because the poor didn't have enough wealth to
    make very generous donations... so the power mad pontiffs
    preferred to focus on enriching the Vatican first.

    However, it's the economically vulnerable believers that
    sustain religious institutions through their faith and
    giving what little they do have. The whole house of cards
    would collapse without the gullible poor. Their simplicity
    makes them believers... and believers sustain the racket.

    Yeah, yeah, we've all heard of Marx.

    So, what else is new?

    Nothing, it's a story as old as the hills. That's why the
    organised religions still exist today... and are not short of
    money. Gullible weak-minded fools need the crutch of something
    to believe in and will happily put what they can spare into the
    basket when it comes around.

    Which is why some people like to form their own religions (re
    the L.Ron Hubbard thread subject), as at the end of the day it's
    all about the money. It's the $ that keeps these fake
    institutions alive and enriches the creators/organisers/leaders.
    If there was no money in religions, they wouldn't be there!

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  • From Scott Dorsey@3:633/10 to All on Fri Aug 21 09:55:13 2026
    Blueshirt <blueshirt@indigo.news> wrote:
    Scott Lurndal wrote:

    Anyone who has really studied history learns that most
    popes were ambitious and power-mad and absent a few (Francis),
    not particuarly interested in the poor.

    I assume that's because the poor didn't have enough wealth to
    make very generous donations... so the power mad pontiffs
    preferred to focus on enriching the Vatican first.

    The catholic Catholic church is both a political and a religious organization and there have been times when the political part has overruled the religious part. We've been getting away from that at least since John Paul II but
    these things come and go.

    However, it's the economically vulnerable believers that sustain
    religious institutions through their faith and giving what
    little they do have. The whole house of cards would collapse
    without the gullible poor. Their simplicity makes them
    believers... and believers sustain the racket.

    I worked for a "Christian" broadcaster for a while and they had a regular program with Reverend Ike. He is exactly the kind of person that Jesus
    tossed out of the temple. So was the station manager.
    --scott


    --
    "C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."

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  • From BobbieSellers@3:633/10 to All on Fri Aug 21 08:17:41 2026
    On 8/21/26 02:29, Daniel70 wrote:
    On 20/08/2026 2:32 am, Paul S Person wrote:
    On Wed, 19 Aug 2026 19:56:09 +1000, Daniel70
    <daniel47@nomail.afraid.org> wrote:
    On 19/08/2026 6:28 am, BobbieSellers wrote:
    On 8/17/26 09:05, Paul S Person wrote:
    On Sun, 16 Aug 2026 13:38:08 -0700, BobbieSellers
    <bliss-sf4ever@dslextreme.invalid> wrote:

    <Snip>

    ˙˙˙˙˙We moved from stories to real explanations for natural
    phenomenon from the 17th century through the present.˙ Some
    people who derives power from the stone age stores resist
    these explanations which still give men power over women at
    the least and impose a hierarchical order on society.

    Your faith in the reality of those explanations is touching.

    ˙ ˙˙˙˙I read the bible in 3 evangelical churches and in RC HS so I
    know what it says and how phony it is.

    Sorry! "RC HS"??

    This being bliss, I would say "Roman Catholic High School" is what it
    meant.

    I read the Lesson in two regional Roman Catholic Churches about fifteen
    times a year.

    I don't think she was referring to reading pericopes in public,
    although that is certainly possible. I think she is saying that she
    has read more than a little of it. Possibly a lot more.

    "I read the bible in 3 evangelical churches" could mean she, silently,
    reads the Books of The Bible whilst at Services .... I don't/didn't know.

    We studied and we memorized. Verses that supported
    the particular viewpoint of the particular institution.
    I particularly remember though the singing in the
    first one I remember. We sang "Jesus loves the Little Children
    of the World Red and Yellow, Black and White they are precious
    in his sight."

    White Nationalist domination was right out with that
    little non-denominational gathering in the Sacramento Valley
    in the 1940s.

    Then in Fallon, Nevada and in the next in Yuba City
    we were taught if we did not believe as the pastors did that
    we must be damned to the Hell of burning fire for eternity.

    The RC HS tossed in Purgatory for the repentant sinners.

    And besides reading tn the Douay version of the time
    we studied the Catechism and more memorization. Of course
    I was not a Catholic at the time but my step-father was a
    lapsed Catholic and he was trying to gain points in the
    race for Heaven or Purgatory.

    Well you mix those various POV and Science up and
    you end up with an serious unbeliever.

    bliss- study, practice, experience



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  • From The True Melissa@3:633/10 to All on Fri Aug 21 13:11:31 2026
    The Doctor wrote in article <1169o3h$2kla$12@gallifrey.nk.ca>:
    "I read the bible in 3 evangelical churches" could mean she, silently, >reads the Books of The Bible whilst at Services .... I don't/didn't know.

    Melissa?


    What?

    I'm not in this thread. I'm not the "she" they mean.

    --
    The meek shall inherit, we're told,
    But I'm not so easily sold.
    For supposing they should,
    It would do them no good --
    They'd lose it at once to the bold.

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  • From Jay Morris@3:633/10 to All on Fri Aug 21 20:06:07 2026
    On 8/21/2026 9:50 AM, The Doctor wrote:
    "red for republicand and blue for democrats" is confusing.

    In most other conutries, blue is for conservative

    and

    red are for Liberlas or Socialists - pick your country.

    It was decided by TV News.

    How the Colors Changed
    Early TV Maps: In the 1970s and 1980s, networks switched colors often.
    For example, NBC News used red for Democrats in 1976, while CBS News
    used blue for Republicans in 1980.

    The "R" Mnemonic: In 1984, ABC News anchor David Brinkley used a simple
    trick to remember the colors, saying, "Red, R, Reagan ? that's why we
    chose red" for the Republican incumbent.

    Standardization: By the 1996 election, most networks settled into the
    current pattern, and print newspapers like The New York Times and USA
    Today locked in the red-for-Republican and blue-for-Democrat standard
    during the 2000 election.

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  • From Cujo DeSockpuppet@3:633/10 to All on Sat Aug 22 14:19:16 2026
    doctor@doctor.nl2k.ab.ca (The Doctor) wrote in news:116cate$oo3$14@gallifrey.nk.ca:

    In article <116c1o2$13kdo$1@dont-email.me>,
    Daniel70 <daniel47@nomail.afraid.org> wrote:
    On 22/08/2026 3:11 am, The True Melissa wrote:
    The Doctor wrote in article <1169o3h$2kla$12@gallifrey.nk.ca>:
    "I read the bible in 3 evangelical churches" could mean she,
    silently, reads the Books of The Bible whilst at Services .... I
    don't/didn't know.

    Melissa?

    What?

    I'm not in this thread. I'm not the "she" they mean.

    BobbieSellers is a Woman whom Binky(Word used by paedophiles to
    indicate their joy of child sexual molestation) has, apparently
    dragged into RADW from RASW
    --
    Daniel70

    talk as a paedophile DannyBoy, get treated as a pedophile Dannyboy.

    FUCK OFF, BINKY!

    --
    "I've known for over a year that this guy is the assassin of the Usenet
    poetry community. When I first arrived, I thought he was keeping the
    lights on in a dead group by reposting from archives. I soon realized
    that he was just endlessly reposting his own stuff, that he had killed
    the group by flooding it, and that most of the people he called
    "trolls" were actually the members of the group.
    I've joined the crowd. I'm done trying to work with him and speak reason
    to him. It's exhausting and pointless." - Little Willie Douchebag gets
    another asskicking from The One True Melissa

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  • From BobbieSellers@3:633/10 to All on Sat Aug 22 08:31:23 2026
    On 8/22/26 04:38, Daniel70 wrote:
    On 22/08/2026 3:11 am, The True Melissa wrote:
    The Doctor wrote in article <1169o3h$2kla$12@gallifrey.nk.ca>:
    "I read the bible in 3 evangelical churches" could mean she, silently, >>>> reads the Books of The Bible whilst at Services .... I don't/didn't
    know.

    Melissa?

    What?

    I'm not in this thread. I'm not the "she" they mean.

    BobbieSellers is a Woman whom Binky has, apparently dragged into RADW
    from RASW

    Apparently The True Melissa is correct but why does RADW tolerate such an insult to the prefrontal cortex as "The Doctor"?

    By the way I was a Dr.Who fan watching it via broadcast from old
    Channel 54 in San Jose, California then via Cable from the same
    source which due to proximate programming led me into anime and
    finally manga. I liked the shows featuring the original Doctor
    Forman where we learned about the horrible genesis of the Daleks
    in a apocalyptic war between two factions on a planet which was
    mainly painted flats.
    I prefer printed material as you don't have pay for the
    electricity to read it mostly. All the good shows on broadcast
    are stuck in the 4 PM - 9 PM high cost electricity time period.
    This is due to high air conditioning usage in the hotter parts
    of the Greater San Francisco Bay Area.

    bliss- study, practice, experience

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  • From Paul S Person@3:633/10 to All on Sat Aug 22 09:12:03 2026
    On Fri, 21 Aug 2026 14:50:12 -0000 (UTC), doctor@doctor.nl2k.ab.ca
    (The Doctor) wrote:

    <snippo>
    "red for republicand and blue for democrats" is confusing.

    Recently, it was revealed here that it was chosen (Blue having already
    been taken by Democrats) because it begins with "R", as does
    "Republican".

    Such is the seriousness with which this was taken.

    In most other conutries, blue is for conservative

    and

    red are for Liberlas or Socialists - pick your country.

    Personally, I always thought the color for "Republican" should be
    yellow -- to match the broad yellow stripe running up their backs.

    And The Donald's antics have done /nothing/ to suggest otherwise.
    --
    "Here lies the Tuscan poet Aretino,
    Who evil spoke of everyone but God,
    Giving as his excuse, 'I never knew him.'"

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  • From Paul S Person@3:633/10 to All on Sat Aug 22 09:17:30 2026
    On Sat, 22 Aug 2026 08:31:23 -0700, BobbieSellers <bliss-sf4ever@dslextreme.invalid> wrote:

    <snippo>

    I prefer printed material as you don't have pay for the
    electricity to read it mostly. All the good shows on broadcast
    are stuck in the 4 PM - 9 PM high cost electricity time period.
    This is due to high air conditioning usage in the hotter parts
    of the Greater San Francisco Bay Area.

    I would say that all of that is the result of the General
    Persnicketiness of Things.
    --
    "Here lies the Tuscan poet Aretino,
    Who evil spoke of everyone but God,
    Giving as his excuse, 'I never knew him.'"

    --- PyGate Linux v1.5.19
    * Origin: Dragon's Lair, PyGate NNTP<>Fido Gate (3:633/10)
  • From BobbieSellers@3:633/10 to All on Sat Aug 22 12:16:26 2026
    On 8/22/26 09:12, Paul S Person wrote:
    On Fri, 21 Aug 2026 14:50:12 -0000 (UTC), doctor@doctor.nl2k.ab.ca
    (The Doctor) wrote:

    <snippo>
    "red for republicand and blue for democrats" is confusing.

    Recently, it was revealed here that it was chosen (Blue having already
    been taken by Democrats) because it begins with "R", as does
    "Republican".

    Such is the seriousness with which this was taken.

    In most other conutries, blue is for conservative

    The corporatist democrats are quite conservative much
    more so than the paid off by Corporations and oligarchs Republicans.
    Trump is a communist who has had the the Federal Government buy
    stakes in a chip maker.

    Blue is really for the old phrase "True Blue" for the
    Unionists in the 1800s Civil War. Current Republicans diluted
    as they are by the MAGA should be Grey for the original American
    Oath Breakers.

    Progressive Democrats should have the color Fushia
    which is red mixed with blue. I do not speak of the Democratic
    Socialist Party organization because I would not permit
    a political organization that does not respect the constitution.

    So my future parties would be the Constitutional Democrats
    and the Constitutional Conservative parties. I think Trump
    has destroyed the value of the Republican label along with
    his stooges in the White House and the legislative branch.


    and

    red are for Liberlas or Socialists - pick your country.

    Personally, I always thought the color for "Republican" should be
    yellow -- to match the broad yellow stripe running up their backs.

    And The Donald's antics have done /nothing/ to suggest otherwise.

    And he has ruined the economy again with 50% tariffs on Canada which will be reciprocated. What does the USA make that people will
    be willing to pay 50% more for it in Canada?

    Trump may or may not be Putin toy or Kim's pal but he acts like
    a man paid to destroy the USA. He needs a grey uniform with broad
    yellow stripes to wear in a "steel bar hotel".

    But I am a hot-head banned from posting on Daily Kos.

    bliss - study, practice, experience...

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    * Origin: Dragon's Lair, PyGate NNTP<>Fido Gate (3:633/10)
  • From BobbieSellers@3:633/10 to All on Sat Aug 22 12:20:54 2026
    On 8/22/26 09:17, Paul S Person wrote:
    On Sat, 22 Aug 2026 08:31:23 -0700, BobbieSellers <bliss-sf4ever@dslextreme.invalid> wrote:

    <snippo>

    I prefer printed material as you don't have pay for the
    electricity to read it mostly. All the good shows on broadcast
    are stuck in the 4 PM - 9 PM high cost electricity time period.
    This is due to high air conditioning usage in the hotter parts
    of the Greater San Francisco Bay Area.

    I would say that all of that is the result of the General
    Persnicketiness of Things.

    I think that the PG&E pays the TV (Comet) to run the "Librarians" and the"Grimm" shows in that time period. But I
    have paranoid tendencies especially when I cannot watch the hows i like.
    But on the other hand it leaves me more time to read.

    bliss - study, practice, experience...


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  • From Scott Dorsey@3:633/10 to All on Sat Aug 22 19:37:19 2026
    BobbieSellers <bliss-sf4ever@dslextreme.invalid> wrote:

    The corporatist democrats are quite conservative much
    more so than the paid off by Corporations and oligarchs Republicans.
    Trump is a communist who has had the the Federal Government buy
    stakes in a chip maker.

    Trump is a special case. He isn't a conservative. He's not a liberal.
    He's Trump.

    Liberals think about what is best for the poor. They believe that the purpose of the government is to support the people on the bottom who cannot support themselves. They believe the people on the top can take care of themselves. Liberals are people who love America and I can work with them although I
    often disagree with them.

    Conservatives think about what is best for the economy. They believe that supporting the people on the top creates investment which supports everyone below them. They believe the people on the bottom will be best served in
    this way. Conservatives are people who love America and I can work with
    them although I often disagree with them.

    Trump thinks about what is best for Trump. He doesn't care about the people on the top, he doesn't care about the people on the bottom. He doesn't care about his own staff, he doesn't even care about his own family, he cares about Donald Trump. He doesn't love America, he only loves money.

    and the Constitutional Conservative parties. I think Trump
    has destroyed the value of the Republican label along with
    his stooges in the White House and the legislative branch.

    Yes, I do think Trump is the worst thing to have happened to the conservative movement in America.
    --scott

    --
    "C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."

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  • From Paul S Person@3:633/10 to All on Sun Aug 23 08:52:34 2026
    On Sat, 22 Aug 2026 12:16:26 -0700, BobbieSellers <bliss-sf4ever@dslextreme.invalid> wrote:

    On 8/22/26 09:12, Paul S Person wrote:
    On Fri, 21 Aug 2026 14:50:12 -0000 (UTC), doctor@doctor.nl2k.ab.ca
    (The Doctor) wrote:

    <snippo>
    "red for republicand and blue for democrats" is confusing.

    Recently, it was revealed here that it was chosen (Blue having already
    been taken by Democrats) because it begins with "R", as does
    "Republican".

    Such is the seriousness with which this was taken.

    In most other conutries, blue is for conservative

    The corporatist democrats are quite conservative much
    more so than the paid off by Corporations and oligarchs Republicans.
    Trump is a communist who has had the the Federal Government buy
    stakes in a chip maker.

    Blue is really for the old phrase "True Blue" for the
    Unionists in the 1800s Civil War. Current Republicans diluted
    as they are by the MAGA should be Grey for the original American
    Oath Breakers.

    Progressive Democrats should have the color Fushia
    which is red mixed with blue. I do not speak of the Democratic
    Socialist Party organization because I would not permit
    a political organization that does not respect the constitution.

    So my future parties would be the Constitutional Democrats
    and the Constitutional Conservative parties. I think Trump
    has destroyed the value of the Republican label along with
    his stooges in the White House and the legislative branch.


    and

    red are for Liberlas or Socialists - pick your country.

    Personally, I always thought the color for "Republican" should be
    yellow -- to match the broad yellow stripe running up their backs.

    And The Donald's antics have done /nothing/ to suggest otherwise.

    And he has ruined the economy again with 50% tariffs on Canada which
    will be reciprocated. What does the USA make that people will
    be willing to pay 50% more for it in Canada?

    Trump may or may not be Putin toy or Kim's pal but he acts like
    a man paid to destroy the USA. He needs a grey uniform with broad
    yellow stripes to wear in a "steel bar hotel".

    But I am a hot-head banned from posting on Daily Kos.

    When the Great Recession hit, I "knew" the real cause: the Republicans
    were trying to fulfill the Contract on America they had accepted back
    in th 90s. Trump could be understood as their 2nd attempt, albeit not
    a particularly serious one.

    The Contract on America was, of course, spun as the Contract With
    America. But that's JARL (Just Another Republican Lie), barely worth mentioning.

    The /real/ question is: who did they take it out /with/? Who do they
    expect to pay them when they finally manage to destroy America?

    Hey, I've often said that there are wing-nuts on all sides. I never
    said I wasn't one of them.
    --
    "Here lies the Tuscan poet Aretino,
    Who evil spoke of everyone but God,
    Giving as his excuse, 'I never knew him.'"

    --- PyGate Linux v1.5.19
    * Origin: Dragon's Lair, PyGate NNTP<>Fido Gate (3:633/10)
  • From Paul S Person@3:633/10 to All on Mon Aug 24 09:24:20 2026
    On Sun, 23 Aug 2026 18:48:20 -0000 (UTC), doctor@doctor.nl2k.ab.ca
    (The Doctor) wrote:

    In article <qh5m8llk208blch2rcfd5l73hsshg6kma8@4ax.com>,
    Paul S Person <psperson@old.netcom.invalid> wrote:
    On Sat, 22 Aug 2026 12:16:26 -0700, BobbieSellers >><bliss-sf4ever@dslextreme.invalid> wrote:

    On 8/22/26 09:12, Paul S Person wrote:
    On Fri, 21 Aug 2026 14:50:12 -0000 (UTC), doctor@doctor.nl2k.ab.ca
    (The Doctor) wrote:

    <snippo>
    "red for republicand and blue for democrats" is confusing.

    Recently, it was revealed here that it was chosen (Blue having
    already
    been taken by Democrats) because it begins with "R", as does
    "Republican".

    Such is the seriousness with which this was taken.

    In most other conutries, blue is for conservative

    The corporatist democrats are quite conservative much
    more so than the paid off by Corporations and oligarchs Republicans. >>>Trump is a communist who has had the the Federal Government buy
    stakes in a chip maker.

    Blue is really for the old phrase "True Blue" for the
    Unionists in the 1800s Civil War. Current Republicans diluted
    as they are by the MAGA should be Grey for the original American
    Oath Breakers.

    Progressive Democrats should have the color Fushia
    which is red mixed with blue. I do not speak of the Democratic
    Socialist Party organization because I would not permit
    a political organization that does not respect the constitution.

    So my future parties would be the Constitutional Democrats
    and the Constitutional Conservative parties. I think Trump
    has destroyed the value of the Republican label along with
    his stooges in the White House and the legislative branch.


    and

    red are for Liberlas or Socialists - pick your country.

    Personally, I always thought the color for "Republican" should be
    yellow -- to match the broad yellow stripe running up their backs.

    And The Donald's antics have done /nothing/ to suggest otherwise.

    And he has ruined the economy again with 50% tariffs on Canada which >>>will be reciprocated. What does the USA make that people will
    be willing to pay 50% more for it in Canada?

    Trump may or may not be Putin toy or Kim's pal but he acts like
    a man paid to destroy the USA. He needs a grey uniform with broad
    yellow stripes to wear in a "steel bar hotel".

    But I am a hot-head banned from posting on Daily Kos.

    When the Great Recession hit, I "knew" the real cause: the Republicans
    were trying to fulfill the Contract on America they had accepted back
    in th 90s. Trump could be understood as their 2nd attempt, albeit not
    a particularly serious one.

    The Contract on America was, of course, spun as the Contract With
    America. But that's JARL (Just Another Republican Lie), barely worth >>mentioning.

    The /real/ question is: who did they take it out /with/? Who do they
    expect to pay them when they finally manage to destroy America?

    Hey, I've often said that there are wing-nuts on all sides. I never
    said I wasn't one of them.

    FYI there is econoic war between Canada and the USA.

    Actually, I'm surprised Trump hasn't proposed a Fan Line along the
    border to blow the smoke illegally immigrating wildfire smoke back to
    Canada.

    Powered, of course, by his favorite fuel: coal.

    Apparently, he isn't aware that we have our own wildfire smoke in the
    USA. As we find out, from time to time, in Seattle.
    --
    "Here lies the Tuscan poet Aretino,
    Who evil spoke of everyone but God,
    Giving as his excuse, 'I never knew him.'"

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    * Origin: Dragon's Lair, PyGate NNTP<>Fido Gate (3:633/10)
  • From Bruce@3:633/10 to All on Mon Aug 24 13:41:22 2026
    The Doctor wrote:

    FYI there is econoic war between Canada and the USA.


    Try that in English, shit for brains.

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  • From BobbieSellers@3:633/10 to All on Mon Aug 24 11:49:16 2026
    On 8/24/26 10:41, Bruce wrote:
    The Doctor wrote:

    FYI there is econoic˙ war between Canada and the USA.


    Try that in English, shit for brains.

    Last time in 1930s Canada won. Of course the UK was a bit
    more of a power then.
    Trump Revives Herbert Hoover?s Nightmare and Canada Fights Back
    by Thom Hartmann <https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2026/8/24/800088583/community/trump-revives-herbert-hoovers-nightmare-and-canada-fights-back/>

    Let's call him Herbert Hoover Trump from here on until he is
    out. Smoot-Hawley should have been repealed long ago and it should
    go join other wastes of time and paper in the dustbin of history.

    bliss


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  • From Bruce@3:633/10 to All on Tue Aug 25 02:36:53 2026
    The Binky Doctor wrote:

    Just do not feed the pedophile.



    https://myimgs.org/image/gK81YxoH

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