knowledge....

Responding to the guestion of knowlege...
I remember someone in class mention the DeadSea scrolls. There is a book called "the Gnostic Gospels" by Elaine Pagels, which gives an account of the dead sea scrolls in relations to why they were hidden and left out of the Bible as we know it today. 'Gnosicim' means knowledge I think. I don't have the book on me because I am at a coffee shop. But what I remember about what Pagels says is that everything that the bible contains was included because of political reasoning. Apparently the reason the Gnostic Gospels were left out (actually hidden and found close to 50 years ago) is because it's doctrine included some themes or ideas that promote 'self knowledge' or mysticism. Don't quote me on this but I think Pagels said that at the time the Catholic church's doctrine was being formed it was crucial that it's teaching was consistent in order to form a solid body in the church. The dead sea scrolls has influences of eastern religous thought because Thomas the disciple, who spent much time in India, wrote with an Eastern vibe. The idea behind much of the writing in Gnostic gospels is blurry... between 'God is within us' to 'we are our own Gods.' The way it was interrupted is that man could become his own Christ, and this was a form of enlightenment. And in fact there is a passage where Christ recognizes the "christ" within his brother and (I can't remember his name) Christ tells him to no longer refer to him as master. It is all very interesting and my interpretation may be completely off...(don't quote me on anything because I have a tendency to make things up)...I will bring the book to class if anyone is interested...
Anyways "knowledge" can be very threatening in the political realm if it goes against the current grain of thought.
Ash

Don't Mess with Satan

This comic book is from a project I did last year for English 205.

I just thought it would help to show that the awe and power of Satan and his fallen angels are a force to be reckoned with.

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"Better to reign

in Hell than serve

in Heaven."

-Satan

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Oprahs got my back.....

Just words...yes, Hobbes may be right that words are just words in themselves, but this comment of Hobbes is a rather a lazy one. If Hobbes wants to rid himself of the 'uncertainty' and 'wonder' of metaphysical inquirey then he can go right ahead, but I will not confuse his fear of the unknown with intelligence. He is indeed intelligent when it comes to logic, persuasion and propaguanda, but in terms of metaphysics he is nothing more than a closed book, a shut mind, a stubborn two year old. C. S. Lewis says, "god shows himself to some people more than others- not because he has favourites but because he cannot show himself to a man whose whole mind and heart are in the wrong condition, just as sunlight cannot shine into a dusty mirror as well as a clear one." Words in themselves are merely words, but when Wilmot's sparking mind inquires 'what really happened before the BIg Bang,' this is when words become poetry.

Sincerely,
Eve and friends.