I never claimed the Age gloried in great prose writers, or even
thinkers. Just offering it up as an aside.
xA
On Fri, Apr 23, 2010 at 9:55 AM, Caleb Cluff <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> 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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