Damm you, Pericles & David f. I had a great reply all written out & ready to post, then I read your reply & found that I would have unintentionally plagiarized myself.

Would wish to try and explain the difference between a normal Christian and a philosophical Christian.

The wonderful tale of the young Jesus, expressed in background so much in the Sermon on the Mount, but finishing humanly so sadly, yet so gloriously religiously in the Spiritual Outcome beyond the Crucifixion.

To be sure in philosophy we tend to follow history and the early growth of Christianity with minds mixed somewhat between legend and spiritual reasoning, mindful of the Thou Shalts of the disciples, heartful of the cruelty of the pagan Romans against the battling Christians, as well as experiencing a mixture of historicism and religiosity as the Roman emperor Constantine though never himself a Christian, not only gave the order to treat the Christians as normal citizens, but also took control over the Council of Nicea in which Christianity was declared not only spiritually powerful by Constantine but politically powerful.

However, as Christianity became more political, it was realised that the young Jesus in the Sermon on the Mount never talked about doing down or killing off the unbelievers, but even putting ourselves in the position of the so-called enemy, as was said to try and Understand our Enemies.

It is also interesting that it was that St Thomas was also a philosopher, having not only gained a Sainthood, but also had accepted Hellenistic Reasoning from early Islamics as a way to release early Christianity from the Dark Ages.

St Thomas was also the philosopher who organised the study which became the forerunner of all Western universities.

It is well to also remind that it was not long before the Thousandth Year after the Death of Jesus, it was decided to fake a document giving the now dead but Spiritual Constantine the gift giving Christianity the right to declare war, a document still held by the Catholic Church.

As every political historian should know, the fake document since known as the Donation of Constantine, also gave the right for Christian nations to practice the colonialism that has made Anglo nations in particular so strong ever since.

Regards, BB, WA

Pete,
"Ting!" goes the Christian piano and the " No Sale here" sign pops up like magic.

Have you ever considered a life of an ascetic hermit/prophet/saint in the desert? If you write down your ideas on scrolls date them 1500 BCE, in 2000 years time they'll be worth something....Imagine the angst you'll cause those pesky scientists then. True you won't be there to enjoy it but hey it's one form of immortality (of sorts).

thankfully all proper observation and science confirms the accuracy of Scripture and Jesus descriptions of mankind. Many of the above little gods mocking will look pathetically shallow on judgement day. The pseudo science used to enthrone the gods is full of holes and the fruit of their dogmas is very clear for anyone with a conscience to see. The plight of our young people, old people and aboriginals has never looked worst since our secularist decided that they would impose their dogmas on society. Thankfully their are millions in the world today who see through the pride and arrogance of man who shakes his/her puny fists at their Creator. The acceptance of Christ is not an intellectual problem as history proves His death and Resurrection. The problem is hard, proud lustful hearts that refuse to acknowledge their own filth.

peter, does it bother you that the only person who seems to write in support is a bitter-mouthed loon?

On the contrary, with runner an exception, I find my support very challenging and well read. Have you not read Relda and crabsby?
My biggest support comes from people who do not write on these pages and they constantly assure me that I am on the right track and that the trolls who inhabit these pages are unbelievable.

There is one thing that you all seem to forget and that is my main career was as a scientist. Go to Google scholar and enter Sellick, P.M and you will find out that my scientific reputation is firmly established. It does not seem to occur to you that one can be a successful scientist and still entertain theological ideas. DUUUUR!