(Ron) Aristotle
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Tue, 26 May 1998 00:39:14 (00896161154, 3.0.5.16.19980526003914.19178eea@205.242.230.4)
At 09:50 PM 5/25/98 -0400, Brian Dean wrote:
>RON
> We have 4 books which detail Jesus' life and teachings, not to mention
>the letters of numerous of his direct disciples. We also have the
>letters of the Apostles direct students (The Apostolic Fathers). There
>is a whole culture which keeps time based on their estimate of His
>birth.
There was no estimate and no serious scholar thinks
the date or the month is correct. December 25 was the
birthday of Mithras, the biggest rival to Christianity.
It was a male-only religion and the females brought
their husbands to Christianity, but the men brought
with them many of the trappings of Mithraism.
Jesus was born in the Spring around 6 BC.
"In that region there were shepherds living in the
fields, keeping watch over their flock by night."
Luke 2:8
Shepherds did not keep watch in December in Palestine.
>The largest and longest lasting government (the Catholic Church),
>established by Him, is still in existence.
The only government established by him.
> The problem is you have different standards for Him than you do for
>Aristotle. Aristotle doesn't make any demands on you or cause you to
>feel convicted. Aristotle doesn't ask you to change your life. He does.
Aristotle rules the lives of men in Western society
far more than does Jesus. All conventional logic is
based on the Rules laid out by Aristotle. Anytime
anyone says contradictions can't exist they are
parroting the rule of Aristotle. Anytime anyone
believes an object can be identified, they are
following the teachings of the Lord Aristotle.
Anytime anyone accepts that things must be true
or false with nothing in between, they have accepted
the LORD ARISTOTLE with all their heart and soul.
To be set free and know more about reality and the
way things are, the false Lord Aristotle must be
rejected and a person must be born again as a child,
learning the correct way to think, not grouping things
into artificial categories; not making all things
absolute black and white never seeing the colors;
not denying the contradictions even though there are
no words to express them. The prophets crying in the
wilderness are few but they are growing since the
truth is on their side. Consider carefully the
teachings of the Lord Aristotle who proved logically
that the stars are alive and control our affairs.
All Fools have multiple religions and that of the
Lord Aristotle ranks highest, even higher than that
of the Religions of Science and Atheism.
Dick Jones
"Probable impossibilities are to be preferred to
improbable possibilities." Aristotle, _Poetics_
"For centuries now we've tried everything else;
the power of wealth, of mighty armies and navies,
machinations of diplomats. All have failed.
Before it's too late, and time is running out,
let us turn from trust in the chain reactions
of exploding atoms to faith of the chain reaction
of God's love. Love - love of God and fellow men.
That is God's formula for peace. Peace on earth
to men of good will."
--Richard Cardinal Cushing X(ian)