Philo's guide to decoding the Hebrew Bible

Ishtar · Post by **Ishtar** » Tue Aug 05, 2008 4:23 am

I'm waiting for Monk to catch up, unless he's bailed. ...

After that, if there's still an appetite for this, I'd like to go on to discuss how the dying and resurrecting godman on the cross of the Mystery religions comes through into the Gnostic allegorical stories of the cross and the Christ.

seeker · Post by **seeker** » Tue Aug 05, 2008 7:21 am

I'm interested in your take on that Ish. Personally I think you can read the whole of Mark as a Gnostic document. I've always thought the Annunciation was the most blatant image of the Gnostic idea of secret knowledge transforming man into the Gnostic ideal of a 'saved' individual.

Ishtar · Post by **Ishtar** » Tue Aug 05, 2008 7:26 am

seeker wrote:I'm interested in your take on that Ish. Personally I think you can read the whole of Mark as a Gnostic document. I've always thought the Annunciation was the most blatant image of the Gnostic idea of secret knowledge transforming man into the Gnostic ideal of a 'saved' individual.

Mark written by Marcion, do you mean?

Post by **Minimalist** » Tue Aug 05, 2008 8:07 am

Well, while you're waiting, Ken Humphreys is at it again. This time demolishing "Solomon".

http://www.jesusneverexisted.com/templemount.htm

Asherah – Mrs God

asherah

Gold plaque of fertility goddess Asherah, excavated from ancient Gaza (Tell el-Ajjul) in the 1930s by Sir Flinders Petrie.The popular goddess seriously angered the spin-doctors of Yahweh:

"See what they do in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem? The children gather wood, and the fathers kindle the fire, and the women knead their dough, to make cakes to the Queen of Heaven ...

Behold my anger and my fury shall be poured out upon this place, upon man, and upon beast, and upon the trees of the field, and upon the fruit of the ground; and it shall burn, and shall not be quenched. Thus said the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel."

—Jeremiah 7:17,21.

and

Astarte figurines are found in ancient sites throughout the Levant. The ubiquitous Asherah worship – more popular than the vengeful god Yahweh – celebrated the creative union of male and female, Baal with his consort Astarte.

Even the Bible provides disguised confirmation of the fertility cult in Jerusalem with its curious references to "sodomites" and "women weaving" in 2 Kings 23.7. The word used for sodomites here (qadesh) refers not to homosexuals but to prostitutes consecrated to the goddess.

The innocuously described "groves" for which the women of Jerusalem were weaving "hangings" were not leafy orchards but trees carved to represent the "staff of life" – the erect phallus. These virile poles would be raised aloft mounted in drilled foundation stones. This portability made it possible for them to be "brought out" and "burned in the Kidron valley". The woven adornments hung upon them represented the "door of life" – the receptive female organ.

Post by **Minimalist** » Tue Aug 05, 2008 8:19 am

Well, while you're waiting, Ken Humphreys is at it again. This time demolishing "Solomon".

http://www.jesusneverexisted.com/templemount.htm

Asherah – Mrs God

asherah

Gold plaque of fertility goddess Asherah, excavated from ancient Gaza (Tell el-Ajjul) in the 1930s by Sir Flinders Petrie.The popular goddess seriously angered the spin-doctors of Yahweh:

"See what they do in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem? The children gather wood, and the fathers kindle the fire, and the women knead their dough, to make cakes to the Queen of Heaven ...

Behold my anger and my fury shall be poured out upon this place, upon man, and upon beast, and upon the trees of the field, and upon the fruit of the ground; and it shall burn, and shall not be quenched. Thus said the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel."

—Jeremiah 7:17,21.

and

Astarte figurines are found in ancient sites throughout the Levant. The ubiquitous Asherah worship – more popular than the vengeful god Yahweh – celebrated the creative union of male and female, Baal with his consort Astarte.

Even the Bible provides disguised confirmation of the fertility cult in Jerusalem with its curious references to "sodomites" and "women weaving" in 2 Kings 23.7. The word used for sodomites here (qadesh) refers not to homosexuals but to prostitutes consecrated to the goddess.

The innocuously described "groves" for which the women of Jerusalem were weaving "hangings" were not leafy orchards but trees carved to represent the "staff of life" – the erect phallus. These virile poles would be raised aloft mounted in drilled foundation stones. This portability made it possible for them to be "brought out" and "burned in the Kidron valley". The woven adornments hung upon them represented the "door of life" – the receptive female organ.

Post by **Minimalist** » Tue Aug 05, 2008 8:20 am

Well, while you're waiting, Ken Humphreys is at it again. This time demolishing "Solomon".

http://www.jesusneverexisted.com/templemount.htm

Asherah – Mrs God

asherah

Gold plaque of fertility goddess Asherah, excavated from ancient Gaza (Tell el-Ajjul) in the 1930s by Sir Flinders Petrie.The popular goddess seriously angered the spin-doctors of Yahweh:

"See what they do in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem? The children gather wood, and the fathers kindle the fire, and the women knead their dough, to make cakes to the Queen of Heaven ...

Behold my anger and my fury shall be poured out upon this place, upon man, and upon beast, and upon the trees of the field, and upon the fruit of the ground; and it shall burn, and shall not be quenched. Thus said the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel."

—Jeremiah 7:17,21.

and

Astarte figurines are found in ancient sites throughout the Levant. The ubiquitous Asherah worship – more popular than the vengeful god Yahweh – celebrated the creative union of male and female, Baal with his consort Astarte.

Even the Bible provides disguised confirmation of the fertility cult in Jerusalem with its curious references to "sodomites" and "women weaving" in 2 Kings 23.7. The word used for sodomites here (qadesh) refers not to homosexuals but to prostitutes consecrated to the goddess.

The innocuously described "groves" for which the women of Jerusalem were weaving "hangings" were not leafy orchards but trees carved to represent the "staff of life" – the erect phallus. These virile poles would be raised aloft mounted in drilled foundation stones. This portability made it possible for them to be "brought out" and "burned in the Kidron valley". The woven adornments hung upon them represented the "door of life" – the receptive female organ.

Post by **Minimalist** » Tue Aug 05, 2008 8:23 am

Well, while you're waiting, Ken Humphreys is at it again. This time demolishing "Solomon".

http://www.jesusneverexisted.com/templemount.htm

Asherah – Mrs God

asherah

Gold plaque of fertility goddess Asherah, excavated from ancient Gaza (Tell el-Ajjul) in the 1930s by Sir Flinders Petrie.The popular goddess seriously angered the spin-doctors of Yahweh:

"See what they do in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem? The children gather wood, and the fathers kindle the fire, and the women knead their dough, to make cakes to the Queen of Heaven ...

Behold my anger and my fury shall be poured out upon this place, upon man, and upon beast, and upon the trees of the field, and upon the fruit of the ground; and it shall burn, and shall not be quenched. Thus said the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel."

—Jeremiah 7:17,21.

and

Astarte figurines are found in ancient sites throughout the Levant. The ubiquitous Asherah worship – more popular than the vengeful god Yahweh – celebrated the creative union of male and female, Baal with his consort Astarte.

Even the Bible provides disguised confirmation of the fertility cult in Jerusalem with its curious references to "sodomites" and "women weaving" in 2 Kings 23.7. The word used for sodomites here (qadesh) refers not to homosexuals but to prostitutes consecrated to the goddess.

The innocuously described "groves" for which the women of Jerusalem were weaving "hangings" were not leafy orchards but trees carved to represent the "staff of life" – the erect phallus. These virile poles would be raised aloft mounted in drilled foundation stones. This portability made it possible for them to be "brought out" and "burned in the Kidron valley". The woven adornments hung upon them represented the "door of life" – the receptive female organ.

Post by **Minimalist** » Tue Aug 05, 2008 8:42 am

Well, while you're waiting, Ken Humphreys is at it again. This time demolishing "Solomon".

http://www.jesusneverexisted.com/templemount.htm

Asherah – Mrs God

asherah

Gold plaque of fertility goddess Asherah, excavated from ancient Gaza (Tell el-Ajjul) in the 1930s by Sir Flinders Petrie.The popular goddess seriously angered the spin-doctors of Yahweh:

"See what they do in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem? The children gather wood, and the fathers kindle the fire, and the women knead their dough, to make cakes to the Queen of Heaven ...

Behold my anger and my fury shall be poured out upon this place, upon man, and upon beast, and upon the trees of the field, and upon the fruit of the ground; and it shall burn, and shall not be quenched. Thus said the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel."

—Jeremiah 7:17,21.

and

Astarte figurines are found in ancient sites throughout the Levant. The ubiquitous Asherah worship – more popular than the vengeful god Yahweh – celebrated the creative union of male and female, Baal with his consort Astarte.

Even the Bible provides disguised confirmation of the fertility cult in Jerusalem with its curious references to "sodomites" and "women weaving" in 2 Kings 23.7. The word used for sodomites here (qadesh) refers not to homosexuals but to prostitutes consecrated to the goddess.

The innocuously described "groves" for which the women of Jerusalem were weaving "hangings" were not leafy orchards but trees carved to represent the "staff of life" – the erect phallus. These virile poles would be raised aloft mounted in drilled foundation stones. This portability made it possible for them to be "brought out" and "burned in the Kidron valley". The woven adornments hung upon them represented the "door of life" – the receptive female organ.

Ishtar · Post by **Ishtar** » Tue Aug 05, 2008 9:22 am

Minimalist wrote:
"Behold my anger and my fury shall be poured out upon this place, upon man, and upon beast, and upon the trees of the field, and upon the fruit of the ground; and it shall burn, and shall not be quenched. Thus said the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel."

Sounds like his piles are playing up again!

Post by **Minimalist** » Tue Aug 05, 2008 9:23 am

You mean god....or Ken?

Ishtar · Post by **Ishtar** » Tue Aug 05, 2008 9:29 am

Minimalist wrote:You mean god....or Ken?

Is there a difference?

Post by **Minimalist** » Tue Aug 05, 2008 9:32 am

Sure.

Ken is real.

seeker · Post by **seeker** » Tue Aug 05, 2008 10:26 am

Ishtar wrote:
seeker wrote:I'm interested in your take on that Ish. Personally I think you can read the whole of Mark as a Gnostic document. I've always thought the Annunciation was the most blatant image of the Gnostic idea of secret knowledge transforming man into the Gnostic ideal of a 'saved' individual.
Mark written by Marcion, do you mean?

I've thought of that similarity. It's certainly possible and Marcion was around at the right time.

seeker · Post by **seeker** » Tue Aug 05, 2008 10:27 am

Minimalist wrote:Sure.

Ken is real.

Okay I'm confused. So Ken has piles?

Ishtar · Post by **Ishtar** » Tue Aug 05, 2008 10:55 am

seeker wrote:
Minimalist wrote:Sure.

Ken is real.
Okay I'm confused. So Ken has piles?

Nah ...!

There's not much difference between Yahweh and Ken because both say Jesus Never Existed.