tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5736821.post114067784196595849..comments2023-08-08T04:19:26.974-07:00Comments on THE CALLADUS BLOG: How many other ministers are "in on the secret?"Calladushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17620879847877868166noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5736821.post-1140711067073745932006-02-23T08:11:00.000-08:002006-02-23T08:11:00.000-08:00Exclam: Yes, I've seen xenu.net before - I spent ...Exclam: Yes, I've seen xenu.net before - I spent a lot of hours learning about the Cult of Scientology - it was one of the things that started me on my path to Atheism. "A Piece of Blue Sky" by Jon Atack is a wonderful book on them. You can read it free online on xenu.net. (or purchase it from Amazon)<BR/><BR/>Scientiae: In the church I grew up in, I knew a Doctorate of Divinity - this guy had literally studied <I>years</I>, his dissertation was based on his study in the middle east. (Israel, Jerusalem) <BR/><BR/>He was a very liberal minister, who once told me that he believed that large portions of the bible were not true. His opinion was that people added forgeries or embellishments when the manuscripts were copied by hand.<BR/><BR/>He told me (and I've since read about it myself) of how profitable a business it was for the con artists of the time to sell fake religious 'holy relics'. <BR/><BR/>I think he used this as an excuse to re-write the bible for himself, much like Thomas Jefferson did with the Jeffersonian Bible, to make it a kinder, more moral book that he could believe in.<BR/><BR/>I think he needed a way to balance the dichotomy of his beliefs.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5736821.post-1140700811109566242006-02-23T05:20:00.000-08:002006-02-23T05:20:00.000-08:00I saw that one over at PostSecret too- and felt re...I saw that one over at PostSecret too- and felt really bad for the guy. Eeek. Trapped (or feeling trapped, which isn't the same) in a life you know to be a lie. Awful.Scientiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09254279030002819459noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5736821.post-1140678776208962792006-02-22T23:12:00.000-08:002006-02-22T23:12:00.000-08:00don't forget operation clambake! lots of hubbards...don't forget operation clambake! lots of hubbards shit there<BR/><BR/>http://www.xenu.net/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com