And I quote:
"IF WINTER in America is cold, then spring seems full of angst, a brewing
portentousness, like an impregnated sky ahead of a thunderstorm."
Makes "It was a dark and stormy night..." read quite nicely.
Caleb
On Fri, Apr 23, 2010 at 8:56 AM, Alison Croggon <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Seems that Noam's not alone. Here's another piece from the Age's US
> correspondent saying the same thing. The Age is hardly a hotbed of
> radical thought...
>
>
> http://www.theage.com.au/world/raging-against-the-machine-20100422-tfub.html
>
> xA
>
> On Thu, Apr 22, 2010 at 11:05 PM, Uche Ogbuji <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> > On Thu, Apr 22, 2010 at 6:01 AM, Robin Hamilton <
> > [log in to unmask]> wrote:
> >
> >> Jesus, God, Holy Ghost = 3 in 1.
> >>>
> >>> Hal
> >>>
> >>
> >> Nah -- not really Xstn at all. It's a late Platonic interpolation
> inserted
> >> into the Johannine Gospel. (Possibly from Plotinus via Philo of
> Alexandria,
> >> though I wouldn't swear to that. I'm sure Patrick will know.)
> >>
> >> Dunno how it got past the censors in the first place, and it's been
> causing
> >> trouble ever since.
> >
> >
> >
> > Uh oh. Now that we've backed into Christology, all bets are off.
> >
> > Anyway the branches are many, through numerous heresies, and even the
> > censors (at Nicaea) only managed to cauterize a few of the Baobab
> branches,
> > and the thicket diversifies even to this day (you should see some of the
> > Christological interpretations of Nigerian sects such as Church of Christ
> > and Cherubim and Seraphim, with a pinkie-toe dipped in Yemowo and Idoto).
> >
> > Batter my heart, three person'd God; for, you
> > Decussate prelate in hypostate stew.
> >
> >
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