Apollonius of Tyanna

I guess there has been a lot of talk in some quarters lately about Circles of Delusion. We have the Mormon Circle of Delusion, the Moslem Circle of Delusion, and the Christian Circle of Delusion. Though the Christians are quick to judge the other two, they seem blind to their own. Of those ten questions this one writer wants every Christian to ask I would like to hammer on three of them. One is the notion that Moses never existed and there is no archiological evidence Jews were ever either in Egypt or migrated in the millions around Mt. Sinai. If the Jews never wandered in the Sinai for forty years I guess the next question is "Where did they come from?" As you know I used to own a book called The Secret Passage of the Lion, which says there is a break in the Chronology of first Kings just before Omri and after King Asa. You will note curtessy Gene Scott among other people that there is evidence for a Bet Kumri, which is Assyrian for House of Omri. It's interesting that the Bible speaks of Jeroboam and not Omri so much. But if you're an archiologist Omri assumes much more important. This book says Solomon was actually a much more ancient King reigning around 1500 BC. I say all of this because Abraham is portrayed as going to the King of Salem, even though Jews today believe Jerusalem was conquered by King David 1700 years later in a heroic battle led by Joab. So who are you going to believe? The archologists or what? My second question is the Meracles of Jesus. There seems to be no historic evidence of them outside the Bible. Perhaps this isn't news but I find it interesting. The third is on marriage and divorce. If these Christians are as Calvinistic as they say they are then every time a pastor says "What God hath joined together let no man put assunder" he is taking the Lord's name in vain, because the Lord wasn't in it, because it didn't happen. They got divorced. And the author claims that divorce rates among Christians are no lower than among the heathen. Don't ask me; I'm just reporting it. As to the other assertions on this My Space - slash - You Tube presentation - - of course Christians look like idiots when they try to answer even elementry questions about their God. They will simply claim "By looking like an idiot I am glorifying God". How can you argue with that?

Frankly, typing this posting was the last thing I expected to be doing this Saturday night. I thought I was done blogging for a while, at least till Tuesday when gay pride takes over. But I saw that My Space entry and I just had to investigate. I have absolutely no doubt that those postings are reaching a lot more people than my blogs are, in the same way that I believe a lot more mathematical calculations are being done on computers rather than on slide rules.

Who is Appolonius of Tyanna and why is he important. Back when I was in philosophy class (back when they wrote on stone tablets) we learned that "Apolonian" things were of the intellect and Dianecian things were of the emotion. But also anything Apollonian was related to the Sun and Sun worship, as opposed to the Moon. There are still feminists out there who say that the Apollo project was the organized rape of the Moon. So the name "has a history". Also we know that just prior to Christianity taking over the world there was the Sol Invictus religion, which translates to Invincible Sun, or Unconquered Sun. So now that you know that let's get on to why Apollonius of Tyanna is important. Get your "Glass Onion" L P's out because "Here's another clue for you all". What is the one "Missing Link" in my whole theory about the origen of Christianity? It's been the Apostle Paul. Who was he? Well, here's another PAUL for you all. Appolonius of Tyanna was apparently born in 40 AD and died in 120 AD and as such could be the "Old Man" that Justin the martyr met. Both birth and death dates are highly flexible since this man's life is poorly documented and seems to be one of those men to whom myth makers are attracted. He is mentioned as a possible "antitype" of Jesus Christ. He is said to have ascended into heaven when he died, and performed meracles. Eusubius (if you believe him) claims that Apollonius performed his great meracles with the power of demons. Strangely enough, like Jesus, it's claimed this man visited India. His father died at age twelve and there is a blank in the years of his life, just like Jesus. This man unlike Jesus did not believe you could petetion the Lord with Prayer. (shall I keep repeating it like Jim Morrison?) But like Jesus this man was against animal sacrifices. Sometimes it's interesting to see the things that were NOT changed when the gospels were written down. But more important is where this man lived. He lived right in Asia Minor or western Turkey right where the Apostle Paul did all his minestry. He was born in Capidocia. He was said to be a Pythagarean, whom I know little about, with the exception of the Gnostic notion of "The One". (Yeah, Borgs, too!) It's interesting to note that between his death in AD 120 and the inilation of Palestine, (which was a word invented by the Romans to torment the Jews and should never be used by a Jewish person again) - - between these two events there was a lot of "emotion" where people had feelings they "didn't know what to do with". Psychologically, this is a prime time for mental abberations to occur. (as Ron Hubbard might say) You enter that bubble of delusion where your thoughts run in incurable circular arguments. So you can add this guy's name as an admixture in the Jesus Brew, along with "That Egyption" and "Yeshua" and Philo of Alexandria. And of course there is Mithraism, which goes back to Pursian myths- - notably elements of the Christmas Story.

If you judged The Jesus Story by the same criteria that you judged the story of Santa Clause or Jack and the Bean Stalk, its meaning would be obvious. Sure such stories fill a need in our lives, but they aren't science, archiology,. or history. I promised myself I wouldn't say anything else against Jesus or Christians a while back and I haven't kept my word. OK, give me twenty lashes with a wet noodle! Some have spoken of the Necessity of Now, or the Burden of Now. In like matter I think the Overriding Nature of Reality trumps any promise I made to nobody in particular. I have always said of others "If you break your word because what you promissed was so assenine to begin with people will thank you for breaking your word". That entry said that while it's true that Smart People believe in Christianity- - - the act itself of Believing was not smart, it was very unwise. Sometimes intelligent people will come up with ingenious and inovative ways to preserve their own flawed egos. There were smart people who were loyal members of the Nazi Party, and some of them were brilliant and Hitler counted on that. But believing in an error is not only bad for You; it's bad for the Planet. It's bad for the Species. It celebrates death when we should be celebrating life, and darkness and obscurity when we should be celebrating enlightment and education for all. All of this you should think about. I will.