tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225373.post3487525466851266581..comments2024-02-29T03:34:23.190-05:00Comments on Who Were the Sea Peoples?: Why We Are "Punished" for Sinning, Along with Remarks on Jenner and Dolezalgcallahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10065877215969589482noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225373.post-13833695772366619802015-06-15T23:10:57.928-04:002015-06-15T23:10:57.928-04:00Ooh, my apologies: I took you to be saying somethi...Ooh, my apologies: I took you to be saying something intelligent.gcallahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10065877215969589482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225373.post-51451777359362438222015-06-15T22:01:51.470-04:002015-06-15T22:01:51.470-04:00No Gene. In my version Paul was a deluded fanatic ...No Gene. In my version Paul was a deluded fanatic predicting doom within his lifetime. He wasn't making observations on inner peace, he was warning that an angry old man was about to kill everyone. <br /><br />If your stewardess told you you don't have time to finish posting to your blog buckle in fast would you call her a font of spiritual wisdom? Especially if, oops her bad, the plane already landed and there is no imminent crash? Ken Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08207803092348071005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225373.post-41600510434623360382015-06-15T20:40:45.669-04:002015-06-15T20:40:45.669-04:00Boy, Ken, you give the SAME explanation I gave, bu...Boy, Ken, you give the SAME explanation I gave, but begin it with "No" as if you were correcting me!!gcallahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10065877215969589482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225373.post-40066828644004152012015-06-15T17:14:11.665-04:002015-06-15T17:14:11.665-04:00No. Paul told slaves to live with it because he th...No. Paul told slaves to live with it because he thought the rapture was coming very soon, and that nothing should distract you from the urgent task of getting right with god, before judgment day was suddenly upon you. Ken Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08207803092348071005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225373.post-69694703334344251792015-06-15T15:18:36.234-04:002015-06-15T15:18:36.234-04:00Wow. Just... wow. I dislike using corny phrases ...Wow. Just... wow. I dislike using corny phrases like that, Gene, but the past week has been an astonishing culmination of insight from this blog. My mind races as I read your posts.. and so instead of rambling, I should just affirm that what is being written here is... profound. Congratulations. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00053155617490357148noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225373.post-82628477452703891752015-06-15T10:35:08.686-04:002015-06-15T10:35:08.686-04:00Really great post Gene.Really great post Gene.Bob Murphyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04001108408649311528noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225373.post-23530620517684645222015-06-15T03:41:34.704-04:002015-06-15T03:41:34.704-04:00Gene, your discussion of illusion and universal co...Gene, your discussion of illusion and universal consciousness seems more like Vedantic Hinduism than Buddhism. By the way, here's a good quote from the Isha Upanishad on this subject: "When a man understands that the Self has become all things, what sorrow, what trouble can there be to him who once beheld that unity?"Keshav Srinivasanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04754620266852651577noreply@blogger.com