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>"the 2nd coming of christ" netscape.net> wrote in message
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>>>>On Tue, 03 Jul 2007 17:36:30 -0400, dh@. wrote:

>>>>>>> Then just say whether you suck up to the beast or you deny
>>>>>>>his existence.

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>> I'll suck up to the Beast any day before I suck up to any false
>> Christ-image manufactured for the purpose of manipulating the
>> masses.
>>

>>>>>>i don't know what beast you are referring to here. i only believe
>>>>>>in myself and the beast within myself, not in any cartoon
>>>>>>character fabricated by the christians.

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>>>>> At this point my impression is that the concept of Lucifer (or
>>>>>what/who ever) is included in the Old Testament, and that is
>>>>>what/who is Satan. That means the idea was around long
>>>>>before Christianity.

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>> One has to question the validity of any Christian interpretation
>> as portrayed in an English translation of the Old Testament. The
>> Hebrew language is very complex and where the word Satan appears
>> in a Christian bible, there more than likely are a number of
>> possible meanings associated with the actual Hebrew word in
>> question that are not being properly understood. One cannot go to
>> a Christian translation of Hebrew writing and expect that it is
>> going to be a valid representation of what those Hebrew authors
>> were trying to convey.
>>

>>> Christ changed things, and unless you accept what he
>>>changed there will be things you could never understand.
>>>Of course even if you accept them you'll never be able to
>>>understand everything, but you would still be a lot better off
>>>than you are now if it's all for real. If it's all just bullshit then
>>>it makes no difference what anyone thinks.

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>> To me Christ is just a myth.

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>Well, if you write the year 2007 on your checks, that is how many years
>since Christ was born.