From: Damien Broderick (d.broderick@english.unimelb.edu.au)
Date: Thu Mar 07 2002 - 05:39:43 MST
At 12:53 AM 3/7/02 -0900, John Grigg wrote:
>please keep in mind that some scholars believe that
>when the Old Testament talks about "the sons of God
>mating with the daughters of men" it actually meant
>young men from households of the faithful entering into
>relationships with women from pagan and idol worshipping cultures.
I dare say these are the same scholars who derive much of their wisdom from
the golden plates delivered by an angel. I would give their views about as
much credence as I'd place in the views that scientologists espouse
concerning the veracity of Elron's lucrative fantasies.
Damien Broderick
[why did I bother writing that?]
[an angel made me do it]
[anyone interested in a quite enjoyable and richly written 1200 page romp
with a wonderfully godless message could do worse than hunt out Philip
Pullman's recent `children's' trilogy HIS DARK MATERIALS, starting with THE
GOLDEN COMPASS--all the book-burning idiots bleating about awful Harry
Potter and his evil witches obviously haven't found the good stuff yet...]
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