Here are 20 rules for writing that are easy to remember, read them carefully and you will understand why. 1) Remember to never split an infinitive. 2) The passive voice should never be used. 3) Do not put statements in the negative form. 4) A verb has to agree with their subjects. 5) Proofread carefully [...]
May 062013
An essay by Barbara G. Walker that was circulated on FidoNet BBSes in their heyday.
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The Jesus who was called Christos, “Anointed,” took his title from Middle-Eastern savior-gods like Adonis and Tammuz, born of the Virgin Sea-goddess Aphrodite-Maria (Myrrha), or Ishtar-Mari (Hebrew Mariamne). Earlier biblical versions of the same hero were Joshua son of Nun (Exodus 33:11), Jehu son of Nimshi, whom Elijah anointed as a sacred king (1 Kings 19:16), and Yeshua son of Morah, The Book of Enoch said in the 2nd century B.C.E. that Yeshua or Jesus was the secret name given by God to the Son of Man (a Persian title), and that it meant “Yahweh saves.”
In northern Israel the name was written Ieu. It was the same as Ieud or Jeud, the “only-begotten son” dressed in royal robes and sacrificed by god-king Isra-El. Greek versions of the name were Iasion, Jason, or Iasus — the name of one of Demeter’s sacrificed consorts, killed by Father Zeus after the fertility rite that coupled him with his mother. Iasus signified a healer Therapeuta, as the Greeks called the Essenes, whose cult groups always included a man with the title of Christos. The literal meaning of the name was “healing moon-man,” fitting the Hebrew version of Jesus as a son of Mary, the Alma or “moon maiden.” Continue reading »
