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I can suggest.. Bloodlines of the Holy Grail by Laurence Gardner.. Seems to
be the latest revelations/..
Some of his lectures are available at
http://www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/Congress/2301/Directory.html
Peter
We are about to go on a Journey. All Aboard
http://sites.netscape.net/gsussnzl/poleshift
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From: Tatman, Robert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Sent: Thursday, December 02, 1999 7:13 AM
Subject: Re: [CTRL] [SC] Skeptic News - Monday #1 - 11/29/99
> -Caveat Lector-
>
> This heresy is properly known as "docetism" ("seeming" or "fooling"). See
> John Dart, *The Laughing Savior* (out of print) for a popularized
> examination of this and other Gnostic beliefs represented in the Nag
Hammadi
> Library.
>
> HBHG, however, has to be read with about a peck of salt. There is a lot of
> valuable material in it; there is also a lot of sheer, unadulterated
> poppycock. Check their sources before swallowing anything in the book.
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Ric Carter [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > Sent: Tuesday, November 30, 1999 4:34 PM
> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Subject: Re: [CTRL] [SC] Skeptic News - Monday #1 - 11/29/99
> >
> > -Caveat Lector-
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > From: Ric Carter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > >
> > > >Yeshua's crucifixion was faked and it was actually Simon of Cyrene
> > > >who was nailed up,
> > >
> > > Why Simon of Cyrene? What's the story?
> >
> > This is one of the earliest traditions of non-orthodox Xianity,
> > passed on for millennia in the oral tradition, and substantiated
> > by the Nag Hammadi scrolls. I'm reading about it in HOLY BLOOD,
> > HOLY GRAIL by Baigent & Leigh & Lincoln [Dell, 1983]. On page
> > 381 of the Dell paperback they write:
> >
> > In one undated codex, for example, the Second Treatise of the
> > Great Seth, Jesus is depicted precisely as he is in the heresy
> > of Basilides -- escaping his death on the cross by dint of an
> > ingenious substitution... Jesus speaks in the first person:
> >
> > "I did not succumb to them as they had planned... and I did not
> > die in reality but in appearance, lest I be put to shame by
> > them... it was another, Simon, who bore the cross on his
> > shoulder. It was another upon whom they placed the crown of
> > thorns... And I was laughing at their ignorance." (22)
> >
> > With convincing consistency certain other works in the Nag Hammadi
> > collection bear witness to a bitter and ongoing feud between Peter
> > and the Magdalen -- a feud [reflecting] a schism between the
> > "adherants of the message" and the adherants of the bloodline.
> >
> > HOLY BLOOD is a fascinating book, laying the groundwork for many of
> > the conspiracies that are currently under discussion. And it points
> > out just what a sham Xianity is. Read and learn.
> >
> >
>
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