"katy" wrote
: Our parish priest has a Masters in Divinity....it's just another word
: for Theology...and Metaphysics is just another term for
: Philosophy....means Vito is probably very erudite

Why, thank you but there is so much to learn that I fear I shall die long
before becoming erudite grin

: ....also means he probably knows who Teilhard de Chardin is....

Yes. I have never really understood "original sin". Even in the Christian
version of Genesis, Adam and Eve are punished for their sin of
disobedience - she by painful childbirth and he by having to labor for a
living - and that is the end of it - leaving one to wonder why a savior was
needed let alone a church. The church saw that question coming in
Teilhardt's ideas.

They don't like to hear about Elohim (plural) or Lillith or ... etc. .....
either.

I started Latin in 10th grade over 50 years ago. It provided access to
ideas and info that were otherwise censored in those days. Sorry to say I
forgot 99% of it during my working career in engineering but continued my
studies on/off to this day.

To answer Horvath - no, these studies never got me a job or a raise but
designing killing machines provided a nice income and now a reasonable
retirement.

: ...Vito, are you a priest disguised as a sailor?

Hmmm .... naw, the other way around. No church would like my 'rap' on how
it is Satan tool grin.
God forbid mankind two things: eternal life and the knowledge of good and
evil. Churches promise the former and claim to know all about the latter.
So ......

Best regards, Vito