Chuck Gould wrote:
On Dec 22, 5:46�am, John H. wrote:
On Sat, 22 Dec 2007 00:27:27 -0800 (PST), Chuck Gould





wrote:
On Dec 21, 5:34?pm, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:
Here 'ya go - should keep you busy for a while. ?:)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesus_H._Christ
via...
http://www.iambossy.com/
I guess people are free to interpret "IHS" any way that is personally
meaningful.
Of notable interest; the Catholic church had pretty much a monopoly on
organized Christianity for the longest time, especially during the
middle ages. According to their encyclopedia, the translation noted by
the author of the Wiki article is a "wrong understanding". Doesn't
mean that some folks don't see it the same way as the Wiki writer,
however.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07649a.htm
OK, Chuck!

I will pray that you, Harry, and Larry share a room in the afterlife. That
should make you happy. You won't have to put up with us lowlifes that may
have some beliefs you would like to belittle.
--
John H

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What a bizarre remark.

Tom dropped some cite about the hidden meaning of IHS.

I noted that the Catholic encyclopedia disagreed with his reference.

How does that belittle your belief? Good grief man, I referred to the
Catholic Encyclopedia as a probable authority on the matter!

Catholic traditions offer one of the better insights into orthodox
Western spiritual beliefs of the middle ages- Catholicism was the only
major game in town, and pretty well ran the government. The Roman
church can be credited with preserving some carefully selected schools
of thought and knowledge during a time of rampant illiteracy and when
Europeans placed little value on a classical eduation.

I can't believe you read my post carefully or bothered to follow the
link.
It seems like you are (over) reacting to what you presume I am going
to
state rather than what I actually post. If you kneel to pray in the
next few days, try to do so on the knee that doesn't jerk as
badly. :-)

A Joyous Yuletide to you and all your house.


Herring and a few others seem to be overly sensitive about certain
religious matters.

There's much to admire about Joshua, aka Jesus, whether he was real or
not. On the other hand, I find very little to admire in fundamentalist
Christianity because of its insularity, its attempts to convert, and its
small-mindedness.

Why Herring takes that personally I do not know.