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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. > > > > > > -- > > Uche Ogbuji http://uche.ogbuji.net > > Founding Partner, Zepheira http://zepheira.com > > Linked-in profile: http://www.linkedin.com/in/ucheogbuji > > Articles: http://uche.ogbuji.net/tech/publications/ > > TNB: http://www.thenervousbreakdown.com/author/uogbuji/ > > Friendfeed: http://friendfeed.com/uche > > Twitter: http://twitter.com/uogbuji > > http://www.google.com/profiles/uche.ogbuji > > > > > > -- > Editor, Masthead: http://www.masthead.net.au > Blog: http://theatrenotes.blogspot.com > Home page: http://www.alisoncroggon.com >