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Pittsburgh Area Computer Club:
Twenty Years Looking Back ::
(Ramblings to Unite Ideas)
From 3-1-2012
The Club Needs:::
A New President
More Members
To Follow the By-Laws
Co-Operation
Free Elections
Vender Input
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MSMjF_WwcWU&list=UUW6GuvdYSsI2k8MSfzqeocA&index=1&feature=plcp
I. "NO ONE KNOWS THE DAY OR TIME"
http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Mark+13%3A32-37&version=CEV
A. AGES: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Age_of_Aquarius
B. MAYA http://www.latinamericanstudies.org/mayas.htm 2012 December 21 – The Mesoamerican Long Count calendar, notably used by the pre-ColumbianMaya civilization among others, completes a "great cycle" of thirteen b'ak'tuns (periods of 144,000 days each) since the mythical creation date of the calendar's current era.
13 x 144,000 / 365.25 = 5,125 years
1)- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2012
a. The power the apostles called "the right and the left" is when a person is no longer a Christian but a Christ:
Gospel of Philip:: http://www.gnosis.org/naghamm/gop.html
b. Mayan Mythology: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maya_mythology
2)- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2012_phenomenon
2012: Mayan Prophecy and the Shift of the Ages 2009 76 minutes
According to the ancient Mayan calendar, the last day of history will be Dec. 21, 2012. This provocative documentary looks at the doomsday prophecy and the attention it has received -- and asks whether the 2012 date is really about the "end."
Instead, the filmmakers suggest, humankind may be on the verge of a complete transformation in its nature, and 2012 will mark the beginning of a whole new historical cycle.
Summa: A New Age interpretation of this transition is that this date marks the start of time in which Earth and its inhabitants may undergo a positive physical or spiritual transformation, and that 2012 may mark the beginning of a new era.[5]
If Media + History + Predictions = PROPHECY (then we could tell the future)
Notebook Laptop HP Pavilion dv6-6140us Entertainment PC
I chose because it has a Performance index of 5.8 out of/ 7.9 with these 2.4 ghz (1.5ghz) Quad Core AMD CPU, A8 Vision Radeon graphics, beatsaudio, Blueray Disc player, HP CoolSense (cooler when it senses its on your lap)
Games Loaded:
http://shopping.hp.com/shopping/pdf/Games_popup.pdf
Price:
http://bountii.com/product-12182-hp-pavilion-dv6-6140us-15.html?gclid=CODMhNKm3qwCFYZ_5Qod_3r2bA
Reviews: http://www.amazon.com/review/R2K5M1W4ELP9Y8/ref=cm_cr_pr_viewpnt#R2K5M1W4ELP9Y8
AGE AFFECTS MEMORY
As we get older the body functions slower unless we keep it active and nurished.
As always: Start Here:: Dr John Christopher:::
http://www.herballegacy.com/Impotency.html
Counter Impotence
This is another malfunction of the body due to inadequate blood oxygen flow and atherosclerosis (hardening and clogging of arteries) of the penis.
There have been several studies over the last fifteen years to see what effects Ginkgo may have on this disorder. For example, in 1991 a study published in the Journal of Sex Education and Therapy evaluated the effect of Ginkgo leaf extract in the treatment of erectile dysfunction in fifty patients. The men diagnosed with arterial erectile impotence received 240 mg of ginkgo leaf extract daily for a period of nine months. The patients were divided into two groups based on their response to conventional therapies. Twenty of the patients had previously experienced some success with conventional drug therapies. The second group had not experienced erection following conventional therapies. Following treatment with the ginkgo leaf extract, all patients in the first group (twenty men) regained full, sufficient, and spontaneous erections following six months of treatment. Improvement continued through the nine-month treatment period. Nineteen of the thirty patients in the second group responded positively to the treatment, while eleven remained impotent. No side effects were reported in the study. This was only the second study published on the use of ginkgo leaf extracts in the treatment of impotence.[10] In another study, ultrasound examinations of sixty impotent men who took Ginkgo biloba showed improved penile blood circulation after just six weeks. After six months, fifty percent of the patients had regained potency. Studies continue to investigate Ginkgo in the treatment of impotence and the findings are quite satisfactory.
http://www.herballegacy.com/Nelson_Ginkgo_Bibliography.html
http://www.raysahelian.com/impotence.html
Bible Translations and References:
http://biblebrowser.com/matthew/1-19.htm
On the Immaculate Conception and the Conception of Mary by the Holy Spirit
The Gospels of Matthew and Luke were taken from an earlier text that was lost and it might be resurrected by the text that is in common in both. This earlier Gospel is called Q that means source from the German word “quelle.”1
1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Q_document
The purpose of this page is to lay out for comparison various outlines of Q that are provided by contemporary scholars. The following books are currently represented in this study.
[This table is quoted from A Theology of Q, pp. xi-xiii.]
| Title | Matthew | Mark | Luke |
| The Preaching of John | 3:7-10 3:11-12 | 1:7-8 | 3:7-9 3:15-18 |
| Temptations | 4:1-11 | 4:1-13 | |
| Beatitudes | 5:3-12 | 6:20b-23 | |
| Love of Enemies | 5:38-48 7:12 | 6:27-36 | |
| Judging | 7:1-5 12:36-37 15:14 10:24-25 | 4:24-25 | 6:37-42 |
| Fruits | 7:15-20 12:33-35 | 6:43-45 | |
| House on Rock | 7:21-27 | 6:46-49 | |
| Centurion of Capernaum | 8:5-13 | 7:1-10 13:28-29 | |
| John's Question and Jesus' Answer | 11:2-6 | 7:18-23 | |
| Jesus' Witness to John | 11:7-19 21:31-32 | 7:24-35 16:16 | |
| Commissioning the Twelve | 10:1 10:7-11 10:14 | 6:6b-13 | 9:1-6 |
| On Following Jesus | 8:18-22 | 9:57-62 | |
| Commissioning of 70 | 9:37-38 10:7-16 | 10:1-12 | |
| Woes on Galilee | 11:20-24 | 10:13-15 10:12 | |
| Whoever Hears You, Hears Me | 10:40 | 10:16 | |
| Thanksgiving and Blessedness of Disciples | 11:25-27 13:16-17 | 10:21-24 | |
| Lord's Prayer | 6:9-13 | 11:1-4 | |
| Encouragement to Pray | 7:7-11 | 11:9-13 | |
| Beelzebul Controversy | 12:22-30 9:32-34 | 3:22-27 | 11:14-23 |
| Return of the Evil Spirit | 12:43-45 | 11:24-26 | |
| Sign of Jonah | 12:38-42 16:1-4 | 8:11-12 | 11:16 11:29-32 |
| Sound Eye | 6:22-23 | 11:34-36 | |
| Against the Pharisees | 23:4-36 | 7:1-9 | 11:37-54 |
| Fearless Confession | 10:26-33 | 12:2-9 | |
| Sin against the Holy Spirit | 12:31-32 | 3:29-30 | 12:10 |
| Assistance of the Holy Spirit | 10:19-20 | 13:11 | 12:11-12 21:14-15 |
| Anxiety | 6:25-34 | 12:22-32 | |
| Treasures in Heaven | 6:19-21 | 12:33-34 | |
| Watchfulness and Faithfulness | 24:42-51 | 12:35-48 | |
| Divisions in Households | 10:34-36 | 12:49-53 | |
| Signs of the Times | 16:2-3 | 12:54-56 | |
| Agreement with Accuser | 5:25-26 | 12:57-59 | |
| Mustard Seed | 13:31-32 | 4:30-32 | 13:18-19 |
| Leaven | 13:33 | 13:20-21 | |
| Exclusion from the Kingdom | 7:13-14 7:22-23 8:11-12 19:30 | 13:22-30 | |
| Lament over Jerusalem | 23:37-39 | 13:34-35 | |
| Great Supper | 22:1-14 | 14:15-24 | |
| Conditions of Discipleship | 10:37-38 | 14:25-33 | |
| Parable of Salt | 5:13 | 9:49-50 | 14:34-35 |
| Lost Sheep | 18:12-14 | 15:1-7 | |
| Two Masters | 6:24 | 16:13 | |
| Concerning the Law | 11:12-13 5:18 | 16:16-17 | |
| Warning against Offenses | 18:6-7 | 9:42 | 17:1-3a |
| On Forgiveness | 18:15 18:21-22 | 17:3b-4 | |
| On Faith | 17:19-20 | 9:28-29 | 17:5-6 |
| Day of the Son of Man | 24:23 24:26-27 24:37-39 24:17-18 10:39 24:40-41 24:28 | 13:19-23 13:14-16 | 17:22-37 |
| Parable of Pounds | 25:14-30 | 19:11-27 | |
| Precedence | 19:28 | 10:41-45 | 22:28-30 |
http://www.earlychristianwritings.com/q-contents.html
I. The life of man - to know and love God
1 God, infinitely perfect and blessed in himself, in a plan of sheer goodness freely created man to make him share in his own blessed life. For this reason, at every time and in every place, God draws close to man. He calls man to seek him, to know him, to love him with all his strength. He calls together all men, scattered and divided by sin, into the unity of his family, the Church. To accomplish this, when the fullness of time had come, God sent his Son as Redeemer and Saviour. In his Son and through him, he invites men to become, in the Holy Spirit, his adopted children and thus heirs of his blessed life.
2 So that this call should resound throughout the world, Christ sent forth the apostles he had chosen, commissioning them to proclaim the gospel: "Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, to the close of the age."4 Strengthened by this mission, the apostles "went forth and preached everywhere, while the Lord worked with them and confirmed the message by the signs that attended it."5
3 Those who with God's help have welcomed Christ's call and freely responded to it are urged on by love of Christ to proclaim the Good News everywhere in the world. This treasure, received from the apostles, has been faithfully guarded by their successors. All Christ's faithful are called to hand it on from generation to generation, by professing the faith, by living it in fraternal sharing, and by celebrating it in liturgy and prayer.6
THE SAYINGS OF JESUS
Gospel of Thomas Commentary |  |
This page explores modern interpretations of the Gospel according to Thomas, an ancient text preserved in a Coptic translation at Nag Hammadi and Greek fragments at Oxyrhynchus. With no particular slant, this commentary gathers together quotations from various scholars in order to elucidate the meaning of the sayings, many of which are rightly described as "obscure." |
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Find information on other ancient texts here:
Early Christian Writings - New Testament, Apocrypha, Gnostics, and Church Fathers
This web site is copyright © 2011 Peter Kirby <E-Mail>.
Gnosticism (from gnostikos, "learned", from Greek: γνῶσις gn� sis, knowledge)
is a scholarly term for a set of religious beliefs and spiritual practices common to early Christianity, Hellenistic Judaism, Greco-Roman mystery religions, Zoroastrianism (especially Zurvanism), and Neoplatonism.
A common characteristic of some of these groups was the teaching that the realisation of Gnosis(esoteric or intuitive knowledge), is the way to salvation of the soul from the material world. They saw the material world as created through an intermediary being (demiurge) rather than directly by God. In most of the systems, this demiurge was seen as imperfect, in others even as evil. Different gnostic schools sometimes identified the demiurge as Adam, Ahriman, Samael, Satan, Yaldabaoth, or Yahweh.
Jesus is identified by some Gnostic sects as an embodiment of the supreme being who became incarnate to bring gn� sis to the earth.[1] Others adamantly deny that the supreme being came in the flesh, claiming Jesus to be merely a human who attained divinity through gnosis and taught his disciples to do the same.[citation needed] Among the Mandaeans, Jesus was considered a mšiha kdaba or "false messiah" who perverted the teachings entrusted to him by John the Baptist.[2] Still other traditions identify Mani and Seth, third son of Adam and Eve, as salvific figures.[3]
The Christian sects first called "gnostic" a branch of Christianity, however Joseph Jacobs and Ludwig Blau (Jewish Encyclopedia, 1911) note that much of the terminology employed is Jewish and note that this "proves at least that the principal elements of gnosticism were derived from Jewish speculation, while it does not preclude the possibility of new wine having been poured into old bottles."[4] The movement spread in areas controlled by the Roman Empire and Arian Goths,[5] and the Persian Empire; it continued to develop in the Mediterranean and Middle East before and during the 2nd and 3rd centuries. Conversion to Islam and the Albigensian Crusade (1209–1229) greatly reduced the remaining number of Gnostics throughout the Middle Ages, though a few Mandaean communities still exist. Gnostic and pseudo-gnostic ideas became influential in some of the philosophies of various esotericmystical movements of the late 19th and 20th centuries in Europe and North America, including some that explicitly identify themselves as revivals or even continuations of earlier gnostic groups...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gnosticism
Dr. Pagels goes on to say: “This, I suggest, is the symbolic meaning of attributing the “Gospel of Thomas” to Jesus’ “twin brother.” I don't think the statement was meant to be taken literally, as if Jesus actually had a twin brother. I think it is meant to say, in effect, that “You, the reader, are the twin brother of Christ, when you recognize the divine within you, then you come to see, as Thomas does in this gospel, that you and Jesus are at a deep level, so to speak, identical twins.”
According to Elaine Pagels, the Gospel of Truth, also discovered at Nag Hammadi, also refers to the potential within the human spirit, when it says: “You are the children of inner-knowledge...Say, then, from the heart that you are the perfect day, and in you dwells the light that does not fail.”
Another of these texts, the Gospel of Philip, makes the same point more succinctly:“Don’t seek to become a Christian, but a Christ.”
“Jesus said: Whoever drinks from my mouth will become like me; I myself shall become that person and the hidden things will be revealed to that person.” (The Gnostic Gospels of Jesus, Saying 108, Marvin Meyer).
Jesus aimed to provoke self-knowledge and enlightenment. Wisdom is not something that can be just consumed and Truth cannot be understood prematurely; hence the teaching is described as “secret”.
After the incident from the Gospel of Thomas quoted above, Thomas tells the others that he cannot tell them what Jesus said, because: “you will pick up rocks and stone me, and fire will come from the rocks and consume you.” In other words, they are not ready to understand and if he tells them they will be envious and resentful of him, and these sentiments will harm them.
Similarly focusing on the necessity of preparation, Saying 14 continues: “Jesus said to them, ‘If you fast, you will bring sin upon yourselves, and if you pray you will be condemned, and if you give to charity, you will harm your spirits.’” Again, the disciples are not ready to perform these activities without harming themselves. They first need to become humble and free from hypocrisy: able to act without rewarding themselves by feeling “good” or “holy”. Similarly with dietary practices: “When you go into any region and walk about in the countryside, when people take you in, eat what they serve you and heal the sick among them. After all, what goes into your mouth will not defile you; rather, it’s what comes out of your mouth that will defile you.”
Jesus was a teacher whose unquestionable mission was to restore the spiritual nature and function of his faith, the Jewish faith, which had once again declined into empty ritual, worldliness and corruption. “Think not that I am come to abolish the law or the prophets. I am not come to destroy, but to fulfill. For verily I say unto you, till heaven and earth pass away, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled.” Matthew (5:17-18).
In this endeavor, like all true spiritual leaders, he was uncompromising; should his actions and words involve politics, or have political consequences, then so be it, but, like the great Axial prophets and teachers before him, his aim was spiritual revitalization – a “new kingdom” in which those who listened and followed could fulfill their potential and destiny.
He taught at a time when, because of Rome’s imperial domination, the Jewish experience of religious ideals melded with their politics. Rome instituted social stratification right through society, leading to systematic injustice for the many people on the bottom rungs. Jesus directed his message to them, the poor and destitute:“Blessed are the poor, for yours is heaven’s kingdom.” (The Gnostic Gospels of Jesus, Saying 54, Marvin Meyer).
Jesus was against the abuse of power wherever he saw it, not only out of compassion and empathy for the many, many downtrodden, but because while people are dominated, restricted and crushed, as so many were, they cannot assume responsibility for themselves and their actions. Hence, they are unable to fulfill their spiritual potential as human beings. This was where his healing was perhaps most needed.
So he broke with all ties to any kind of exploitation or abuse of power: social ties, institutional ties, and even with his own family ties. “Whoever does not hate father and mother cannot be a disciple of me, and whoever does not hate brothers and sisters and bear the cross as I do will not be worthy of me,” he says (The Gnostic Gospels of Jesus, Saying 55, Marvin Meyer). Families, too, were hierarchical, ruled by a paternal chauvinism that held their members down.
Many Jews sought the literal Kingdom of God on earth; Jesus taught that alignment with “the father’s kingdom” was the individual’s spiritual aim and purpose. “It will not come by watching for it. It will not be said, ‘Look, here it is,’ or ‘Look, there it is.’ Rather the father’s kingdom is spread out upon the earth, and people do not see it.” (The Gnostic Gospels of Jesus, Saying 113, Marvin Meyer). People do not see it because we have not developed the capacity. (“Whoever has found oneself, of that person the world is not worthy.” The Gnostic Gospels of Jesus, Saying 111, Marvin Meyer.) To be like Jesus, one must learn, as the Middle Eastern proverb has it: “To be in the world, but not of the world.”
Like the Axial sages, the kingdom of god that Jesus spoke of was achievable here and now through one’s own efforts, actions and thoughts, and that was all that mattered. He taught through direct communication, to anyone who would really listen “Let those who have ears, hear” – that the kingdom of god was possible for everyone who relinquished all ties to anything and anyone that did not lead to a greater understanding and love of God.
