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What are Gnostic Gospels?

Seeded on Thu Apr 5, 2007 10:58 AM EDT (episcopalchurch.org)

When anyone identifies the Gospels of Thomas, Mary and Philip as "Gnostic," they see behind such texts an assertion that creation of this world is an error brought about by an inferior divine being, not the transcendent true God.

religion, christianity, gospels, gnostic, gnosticism, nag-hammadi-library, codex-sinaiticus, gospel-of-thomas

Author says 'Judas Gospel' questions emphasis on Jesus' death

Seeded on Sun Mar 11, 2007 8:09 PM EDT (The Dallas Morning News)

The buzz surrounding the discovery of a "Gospel of Judas" – released in spring 2006 as part of a National Geographic project – has largely focused on the man himself. But the document's coming to light has also raised questions beyond Judas' place in early Christianity.

church, religion, king, christianity, gnosticism, judas, pagels

The Pirate Bay eying Sealand to escape digital persecution

Seeded on Sun Jan 14, 2007 11:52 PM EST (Engadget)

While Sweden (and Russia, to name a few) has long been a country of choice when it came to hosting less-than-upstanding websites, the head honchos around the globe looking out for their precious content have somehow reached The Pirate Bay, and now the popular torrent tracking sit …

technology, music, mpaa, riaa, p2p, recording-industry, sealand, piratesbay

New books respond to Gospel of Judas

Seeded on Sat Dec 30, 2006 7:05 PM EST (Gazette.com)

The Gospel of Judas made a big splash when it was revealed to the world in April, and naturally, it spawned several books analyzing, discrediting or praising it.

religion, christianity, gnostic, gnosticism, judas

Spacecraft sets off in search of new Earth

Seeded on Wed Dec 27, 2006 6:32 PM EST (-)

THE search for an Earth-like planet orbiting a distant star begins in earnest today with the launch of the first scientific satellite designed to find rocky "exoplanets" beyond our Solar System. Instruments on board the French-made Carot satellite are designed to monitor the …

russia, france, kazakhstan, space, europe, spacecraft, science, astronomy, telescope, planets

Ancient pyramids discovered in Bosnia

Seeded on Wed Dec 27, 2006 6:23 PM EST (The Register (UK))

The Great Pyramid of Giza is the sole survivor of the Seven Wonders of the World.

history, egypt, bosnia, science, archaeology, bosnia-herzegovina, semir-osmanagic, ancient-history, pyramids, giza

Why Some Old Books Are Stirring Up a New Debate About the Meaning of Jesus

Seeded on Sun Dec 10, 2006 3:40 PM EST (US News & World Report)

Call it part of the Gnostic connection, a long, fine thread of influence connecting contemporary cultural debates with an important struggle in the early Christian movement to define the meaning of Jesus's life and teaching.

religion, christianity, gnostic, gnosticism

New Testament Trifecta - December 8, 2006 - The New York Sun

Seeded on Fri Dec 8, 2006 10:53 PM EST (The New York Sun)

hose who believed in Jesus in Late Antiquity, both "Catholic" and "Gnostic" Christians, did so because they saw him as the eternal Son of God. History for them was an incidental concern at best.

religion, christianity, gnostic

RIAA Petitions Judges to Lower Artist Royalties

Seeded on Fri Dec 8, 2006 1:12 AM EST (gear.ign.com)

In publicly defending its strong arm tactics and stated desire to scare consumers into absolute compliance, the RIAA has long cited the negative repercussions of piracy and lost revenue upon the recording artists that pour their talent into making the music that people like to he …

technology, music, lawsuit, copyright, downloading, artists, riaa, p2p

Genetic Archaeology Finds Clues to Pregnancy in Male Pipefish, Seahorses - USA

Seeded on Thu Dec 7, 2006 9:08 PM EST (infozine.com)

Genetic archaeology is providing a new clue to one of the greatest gender mysteries in the fish world: how did male pregnancy evolve in a family of fish?

science, archaeology, genetics, biology, msu, male-pregnancy, pipefish, seahorses

Why I Left the Conservative Movement

Seeded on Wed Dec 6, 2006 10:06 PM EST (Blog Critics)

A recent article by Dennis Prager is a prime example of why I no longer consider myself a Republican and consider myself outside of the current conservative movement.

history, constitution, politics, president, religion, islam, oath, christianity, koran, founding-fathers

Lawsuit Over White House's "Propaganda Vehicle for Religion"

Seeded on Tue Dec 5, 2006 4:55 PM EST (bbsnews.net)

The U.S. Supreme Court will hear a lawsuit filed by the Freedom From Religion Foundation challenging the government preference for religion shown by the creation of the White House Office of Faith-based Initiatives.

politics, religion, supreme-court, bush-administration, freedom-from-religion-foundation

RIAA Legal Ruling Could Shut Down The Internet

Seeded on Sat Dec 2, 2006 7:03 PM EST (Alex Jones' Prison Planet.com)

A landmark legal case on behalf of the Recording Industry Association of America and other global trade organizations seeks to criminalize all Internet file sharing of any kind as copyright infringement, effectively shutting down the world wide web - and their argument is support …

technology, internet, file-sharing, riaa, p2p

People's Daily Online -- Robot archaeologist to be sent to explore Egypt's largest pyramid

Seeded on Fri Dec 1, 2006 10:34 PM EST (PEOPLE.com)

Tests on robot archaeologists are underway in order to send a robot deep inside Egypt's largest Khufu pyramid near the capital for exploration, Egypt's MENA news agency reported on Thursday.

egypt, hong-kong, robotics, science, archaeology, uk, pyramid

Pakistan foils bid to smuggle historic artefacts

Seeded on Sat Nov 18, 2006 8:51 PM EST (khaleejtimes.com)

Pakistan officials said on Saturday they had foiled a bid to smuggle hundreds of historical artefacts to the United Arab Emirates, and were looking for those who booked the consignment.

history, smuggling, crime, artifacts, world-news, archaeology, buddha, uae

KFC's new logo visible from space

Seeded on Tue Nov 14, 2006 9:04 PM EST (qsrweb.com)

KFC Corp. said it became the world's first brand visible from outer space by unveiling an 87,500-square-feet, updated Colonel Sanders logo in the Area 51 desert.

advertising, odd-news, chicken, fast-food, kfc, extraterrestrial, alien

curlio.com: MP3.com returns to the MP3 scene

Seeded on Tue Nov 14, 2006 8:57 PM EST (curlio.com)

The once popular music site MP3.com is returning!

entertainment, music, download, artists, mp3, riaa

Judge OKs Challenge To RIAA's $750-Per-Song Claim

Seeded on Mon Nov 13, 2006 4:08 PM EST (Slashdot)

In UMG v.

technology, riaa

When The RIAA Hates You This Much, You Must Be On The Right Track

Seeded on Mon Nov 13, 2006 4:07 PM EST (Techdirt)

...one problem in the ongoing battle between Hollywood, technology companies and consumers over intellectual property issues is that consumers don't have a group as visible and as noisy as the RIAA or MPAA standing up for them.

technology, mpaa, riaa, gary-shapiro, digital-freedom

Tomb Robbers Lead Archeologists to Graves of 3 Royal Dentists

Seeded on Sun Nov 12, 2006 7:21 PM EST (CNET News.com)

Archeologists in Egypt have uncovered the ancient tombs of three dentists close to Egypt's oldest pyramid, located just outside Cairo. The tombs were found after a group of thieves was caught digging in the area.

egypt, tomb, science, dental, dentist, dentistry, archaeology, cairo, saqqara

P2P Steps Into The Darknet

Seeded on Mon Aug 28, 2006 6:33 PM EDT (linuxpipeline.com)

The entertainment industry's open-ended war against online piracy -- both real and imagined -- has spawned its share of unintended consequences.

technology, file-sharing, mpaa, riaa, p2p, bittorrent, darknet

Smallest Pyramids in the Universe

Seeded on Tue Aug 22, 2006 11:38 PM EDT (aip.org)

French physicists believe they can solve the mystery behind dozens of nuclear experiments conducted years ago.

physics, chemistry, science, pyramid

Kennewick Man: to disturb or not to disturb?

Seeded on Sat Aug 19, 2006 10:51 PM EDT (The Houston Chronicle)

Most of you, I'm sure, have heard of Kennewick Man. Discovered a decade ago in Washington, the 9,300-year-old skeleton is as notable for its legal discoveries as scientific ones.

science, archaeology, anthropology, native-american, kennewick-man, nagpra

Tablature Files Considered Copyright Infringement

Seeded on Mon Aug 14, 2006 6:05 PM EDT (cybergrass.com)

We are all aware of the RIAA jihad against their customers and the MPAA taking on those who share illegal copies of movies. In December of last year, we reported about the lyric sites being shutdown.

music, copyright, bluegrass, us-news, mpaa, riaa, guitar, tablature, mpa, olga

You are terrorists, we are virtuous: Yitzhak Laor on the IDF

Seeded on Sun Aug 13, 2006 3:38 PM EDT (lrb.co.uk)

As soon as the facts of the Bint Jbeil ambush, which ended with relatively high Israeli casualties (eight soldiers died there), became public, the press and television in Israel began marginalising any opinion that was critical of the war.

israel, lebanon, war, military, palestine, world-news, idf, social-commentary, hezbollah, hizbollah

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