Christian love

[Kelley Walker]

At 01:19 PM 7/6/01 -0400, Gregory Geboski wrote:
>Well, all Christians believe that Jesus rose from the dead. (Don't believe 
>it? Then you're not a Christian.) That "common thread" should be enough to 
>give pause to any thinking person; most cultures treat the idea of the 
>risen dead as an object of horror.

persephone and demeter? fuckmedead, but read about how hades rapes 
persephone and how he feeds her his seed. HA! (hi m. mcintyre and dd, just 
for you!)

how's about \Dionysus?  the cult of Isis and Osyris. (Egyptian) what about 
Gilgameth?  Adonis? (adon means god in palestinian language. do you think 
of palestian culture of over 2000 yrs ago as christian?)  what about Ishtar 
(Egyptian. is this christian and even considered "western") Mebbe try: 
Mithra and Mithraism in India? Attis and Cybele? (Asia?)

if you want to read some stuff that evokes sado masochism try the Mayan 
Popul Vuh in which the Sun --Hunhun-ahpu-- and Venus--Vukub-hunhun-ahpu -- 
are called by the Lord of Death (Vucub Caquix). the tortures and trials the 
sun and venus go thru...hmmmm...would make doug get a stiffy, i'm sure! :)

which of course, should remind everyone that a lot of other cultures engage 
in ritualistic sacrifices and i'd sure call that sado-masochistic.