Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!mips!dimacs.rutgers.edu!aramis.rutgers.edu!athos.rutgers.edu!christian From: hermetic@byron.u.washington.edu (Heracleitos the Obscure) Newsgroups: soc.religion.christian Subject: Re: Jesus' resurrection Message-ID: Date: 28 Oct 90 08:14:48 GMT Sender: hedrick@athos.rutgers.edu Organization: University of Washington, Seattle Lines: 17 Approved: christian@aramis.rutgers.edu Hmmm, let's see: God created man in his own image (atually ALHIM 'elohim' = 'gods' created man in their own image, but we won't get into that here), I have a sense of humor, if I am created in the image of God, therefore God must have a sense of humor. Is this logical? Or perhaps you are created in the image of God, in which case God does NOT have a sense of humor, in which case I myself am definitly (in the words of a semi-eminent statesman) in deep doo-doo, along with whole bunches of other people. But, hell, at least we'll be able to trade jokes whilst the red-hot pitchfork-jabbing and such is going on. Anyway. On the YHVH problem, there is a solution to it, and it is to be found by a Qabalistic transmutation of the tetragrammaton into an seven, eight or nine letter name (it can be done each way); I have it written up somewhere, I will post it maybe if there is any interest. Heracleitos the Obscure = Joshua Geller