Happy Good Frigg's Day

[joeallonby]

on 4/18/03 11:01 PM, Terrance at lycidas2 at earthlink.net wrote:

> 
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> joeallonby wrote:
>> 
>> This is a masterpiece.
>> 
>> Jesus died for somebody's sins, but not mine.
> 
> Jesus was executed as were many by the Romans for being a Messianic
> pretender. 
> The veneration of the cross, an important symbol in GR, is a tradition
> that began in the 7th century. The cross is an ancient and widespread
> religious symbol. Those that associate its smugness in GR with Christ
> will have to explain why Pynchon associates the cross the Egyptian sign
> for Life, the Tree of Life in the Herero religion, the swastica--which
> was a sign of life and an astrological symbol,  sign of blessing long
> before Jesus of Nazareth was born....and so on....

Quote from the late Bill Hicks on his "Relentless" CD :

>If Jesus comes back tomorrow, don't you think that the last thing that guy
would want to see is a fucking cross?

or from Douglas Adams :

>These events took place approximately 2000 years after some guy was nailed to a
tree for saying "Wouldn't it be great if we were all nice to each other for
a change?" which was the curious way in which people measured time on that
planet.

Peace
Joe