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Chagyah

03-21-2002, 08:40 AM

<title>....may it be so !.... Lavi Chagyah Chagyah lavi_chagyah@yahoo.com</title>
On 3/20/02 9:53:00 PM, Kimberly Snow wrote: 
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Re: Bombecks lament ! 
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....." There is nothing better for a man than to eat, drink, and find enjoyment in performing his work - this I also saw : That it came from the hand of Yahweh " 
.....Ecclesiastes 2:24 
 
......" So I commend enjoyment of life, because nothing is better for a man under the sun than to eat, drink, and be joyful. Then joy will accompany him in his work all the days of the life which Yahweh has given to him under the sun." Ecclesiastes 8:15 
 
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........Ever notice how many people go around looking as if they were dipped in sour pickle juice !!!! OY! 
 
Shalom ! 
Lavi Chagyah

Chagyah

04-08-2002, 09:10 AM

<title>Give me a break !!!!!!! Lavi Chagyah Chagyah lavi_chagyah@yahoo.com</title>
On 3/24/02 9:57:00 AM, Carol Strauss wrote: 
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<a target=_new href="http://www.enemies.com/html/oldtestament/FLOOD_cosmic_amnesia.html">http://www.enemies.com/html/oldtestament/FLOOD_cosmic_amnesia.html</a> 
Happy Camper 
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...........I am continually amazed @ your ability to embrace the ridiculous,insipid,and arcane fantasy...yet reject solid scripture ! 
Please review this data : 
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.... : History 
 
Gnosticism consisted of many syncretistic belief systems which combined elements taken from Asian, Babylonian, Egyptian, Greek and Syrian pagan religions, from astrology, and from Judaism and Christianity. They constituted one of the three main branches of early Christianity: the other two being:the remnants of the Jewish Christian sect which was created by Jesus' disciples,and the churches started by St. Paul, that were eventually to grow and develop into "mainline" Christianity by the end of the third century. 
 
 
By the second century CE, many very different Christian-Gnostic sects had formed within the Roman Empire at the eastern end of the Mediterranean. Some Gnostics worked within Jewish Christian and mainline Christian groups, and greatly influenced their beliefs from within. Others formed separate communities. Still others were solitary practitioners. 
 
As mainline Christianity grew in strength and organization, Gnostic sects came under increasing pressure and persecution. They almost disappeared by the 6th century. The only group to have survived into modern times is the Mandaean sect of Iraq and Iran. This group has about 15,000 members (one source says 1,500), and can trace their history continuously back to the original Gnostic movement. 
 
Many new emerging religions in the West have adopted ancient Gnostic beliefs and practices. 
 
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......: Ancient Gnostic Leaders 
 
 
Simon Magus: He was one of the earliest Gnostics He was skilled in the arts of magic. He interpreted the Garden of Eden, exodus from Egypt and the crossing of the Red Sea as allegories. 
 
Marcion: (85-160 CE) He organized a series of Gnostic congregations in the eastern Mediterranean which survived into the 3rd century CE. He wrote a book called Antitheses which earned him excommunication by the Christian leaders of Rome. He rejected the institution of marriage. He believed that the Demiurge arranged Jesus' persecution and crucifixion. But the death of Christ on the cross was only a hallucination, since Jesus did not have a physical body. 
 
Valentinus: He was born in Egypt, traveled to Rome about 140 CE and then moved to Cyprus. He was the founder of perhaps the largest and most influential school of Gnosticism which lasted until it was suppressed in the 4th century CE. He taught that groups of Aeons made up the "pleroma (fullness) of the High God. One group, the Ogoad are called: Depth, Silence, Mind, Truth, Word, Life, Man and Church. Another group was the Decad (10) and Dodecad (12). The last of the Docecad was Wisdom,also called Sophia. 
 
Carpocrates: (circa 140 CE); He taught reincarnation. An individual had to live many 
lives and adsorb a full range of experiences before being able to return to God. They practiced free sexuality. 
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Wake Up ! 
 
Shalom ! 
Lavi Chagyah