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[internetworkers AT lists.ibiblio.org (David R. Matusiak)]

ummm....  i thought the original christians were spores send down by 
the aliens with the intention of building a formidable near-human 
presence on Earth that would soon control politics and media enough to 
make the eventual takeover by the aliens even easier?

i mean, that is what it says in my copy of the "Satanic Conspiracy 
Theorist Handbook."  seriously, look it up -- its towards the beginning 
(pp. 15-21).

On Monday, February 3, 2003, at 05:54  AM, Calvin Powers wrote:

> At 2/2/2003 11:44 PM, you wrote:
>> quotation from Chris Hedemark <chris AT yonderway.com> [on 030202 22:49]:
>>
>> > On Sunday, February 2, 2003, at 10:35 PM, K. Jo Garner wrote:
>> >
>> > > * The Christian Church turned Imbolc into Candlemas, a celebration
>> > [snip]
>> >
>> > One can already call the accuracy into question; there is no 
>> Christian
>> > celebration of Candlemas (though the Catholics may have some ritual
>> > like this)
>>
>> Chris, even though you might not want to believe it, the Catholic
>> Church was the original christian church.  And guess what, although 
>> its
>> not celebrated on Feburary 1, but the second, there is a Canldemas
>> (http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/03245b.htm).
>
> Ummm. Not quite. Maybe the original Christian Church for Europe. But 
> the Coptic Christians trace their roots back to the time just after 
> Jesus' Death.
> Catholicism as we know it, with the Holy trinity and all, wasn't 
> formalized until about 400 years A.D.
>
> Interestingly enough, before the Catholic Church formalized it's dogma 
> there was a raging theological debate about whether Jesus was "divine" 
> or was just a man. The the "just a man" camp of Christians still 
> revered him anyway, but they believed that Jesus was sent to Earth by 
> God to live as a man, not a divine being among men. See 
> http://www.copts.net/index.asp
>
>> Peace.
>>
>> john