>...
>      On the subject of simon magus aside from what is in the scriptures,
> their seem to be variations of stories pertaining to him having a
> confrontation with Peter in Rome, and the stories are of authors just as
> dubious in reputation as the story itself. What do you make of this,
> and are any of the authors have even a small amount of credibility on
> simple matters ?
>...

>...
> On the subject of simon magus aside from what is in the scriptures,
> their seem to be variations of stories pertaining to him having a
> confrontation with Peter in Rome, and the stories are of authors just as
> dubious in reputation as the story itself. What do you make of this,
> and are any of the authors have even a small amount of credibility on
> simple matters ?
>...

> "David" yahoo.com> wrote in message
>
> news:812f9fd4-0824-45a5-809a-dac82136e0e8@i76g2000hsf.googlegroups.com...
> On May 9, 9:18 pm, Rod att.net> wrote:
>

>>...
>> On the subject of simon magus aside from what is in the scriptures,
>> their seem to be variations of stories pertaining to him having a
>> confrontation with Peter in Rome, and the stories are of authors just as
>> dubious in reputation as the story itself. What do you make of this,
>> and are any of the authors have even a small amount of credibility on
>> simple matters ?
>>...

>
> The miracles of healing, contained in the apocryphal literature,
> caused it to be discredited by the earlier school of critics.  Much
> has been lost to us through the dismissal of this literature.
>
> I recommend giving the following Thiering article a complete ...

> "David" yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:812f9fd4-0824-45a5-809a-dac82136e0e8@i76g2000hsf.googlegroups.com...
> On May 9, 9:18 pm, Rod att.net> wrote:

>> ...
>> On the subject of simon magus aside from what is in the scriptures,
>> their seem to be variations of stories pertaining to him having a
>> confrontation with Peter in Rome, and the stories are of authors just as
>> dubious in reputation as the story itself. What do you make of this,
>> and are any of the authors have even a small amount of credibility on
>> simple matters ?
>> ...

>
> The miracles of healing, contained in the apocryphal literature,
> caused it to be discredited by the earlier school of critics. Much
> has been lost to us through the dismissal of this literature.
>
> I recommend giving the following Thiering article a complete
> read to change your perspective.
> ...

>...
>    The main thing that attracted me in all of this is a recurring
>    theme of the impossible being performed with an audience
>    present. Throughout history there have been recurrences of
>    impossible feats performed in front of audiences, and the mystery
>    for me is what driving force has been behind it. In most instances
>    it seems as though it is the same type of things repeating themselves
>    over a span of centuries.
>
>    First their were the Chaldeans and the gregorian chant, then St.
>    Germain and the tetragrammaton, then along came the jews and what they
>    termed as "higher knowledge of God", or as it is known now,
>    Qua'ballah.
>
>    I'm interested in the root of these stories about Simon Magus and his
>    abnormal abilities, the root of his knowledge. I'm just as sure that
>    Peter knew many things as well, though I'm sure an apostle would be
>    reluctant to discuss any observations made of his rivals abilities
>    with another. Christians are very closed mouthed and ignorant when it ...

>    The main thing that attracted me in all of this is a recurring
>    theme of the impossible being performed with an audience
>    present. Throughout history there have been recurrences of
>    impossible feats performed in front of audiences, and the mystery
>    for me is what driving force has been behind it. In most instances
>    it seems as though it is the same type of things repeating themselves
>    over a span of centuries.

>    First their were the Chaldeans and the gregorian chant,

> then St.
>    Germain and the tetragrammaton,

> On May 12, 12:13 pm, Rod att.net> wrote:
>

>> The main thing that attracted me in all of this is a recurring
>> theme of the impossible being performed with an audience
>> present. Throughout history there have been recurrences of
>> impossible feats performed in front of audiences, and the mystery
>> for me is what driving force has been behind it. In most instances
>> it seems as though it is the same type of things repeating themselves
>> over a span of centuries.

>
> Alot of words, none of them making any sense...

>    Thats the very thing that I've said all along about your trolling
>    and forging of posts, the problem is that you won't stop making
>    a general mess of the bandwidth with your posts.

>> The Chaldeans were from Babylon (you know, Iraq?) and Gregorian chants
>> originated with Egyptian Christian  monks.

>
>    And I care because ???

>>> then St.
>>>    Germain and the tetragrammaton,

>

>> The Count of St. Germain was an 18th Century occultist from
>> Transylvania who had nothing to do with the tetragrammaton that is
>> found over 6000 times in the Hebrew Masoretic text of the Tanakh.

>    Still, the stories persist,

> On May 14, 2:53 pm, Rod att.net> wrote:
>

>> Thats the very thing that I've said all along about your trolling
>> and forging of posts, the problem is that you won't stop making
>> a general mess of the bandwidth with your posts.

>
> I'm not a troll and I have never once forged a post in Usenet. As far
> as the bandwidth is concerned - I couldn't care less.
>

>>> The Chaldeans were from Babylon (you know, Iraq?) and Gregorian chants
>>> originated with Egyptian Christian monks.

>> And I care because ???

>
> Foolishly, I thought that you might be interested in the truth for a
> change. I should have known better.
>

>>>> then St.
>>>> Germain and the tetragrammaton,

>>> The Count of St. Germain was an 18th Century occultist from ...